Anson Dart (1797–1879) was the Superintendent for Indian Affairs in the

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from 1850 to 1852. Dart negotiated treaties with the tribes in the territory (now the states of

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and

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), thirteen of which were negotiated August 5–9, 1851, at Tansy Point located in

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. Dart's orders were to remove the western Oregon tribes to the east of the

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. This plan did not succeed as tribes refused to sign these treaties. Dart finally settled on tribal reservations west of the Cascades. Altogether Dart negotiated 19 treaties in the territory. These treaties were never ratified by the

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. Dart resigned in 1852 to be replaced by

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who was very successful with his treaties negotiated in 1853-1855.

References

External links

* Lewis, David
Anson Dart
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