treaty district

Hist.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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one of the administrative districts into which the Northwest was divided to facilitate the arranging of treaties (def. la).

See: treaty(def. 1a)

Quotations

1878

A careful estimate places the total Indian population of this treaty district at about 7,000 souls.