In October 1867, the Peace Commission convened at Medicine Lodge Creek,
Kansas, to negotiate treaties with a coalition of Plains Indian chiefs. 
The Peace Commission was created to promote the U.S. government's "Peace
Policy" for the Indians.  The policy called for more distinct reservation
lines, provisions for education, annuities, land allotments, and food,
until Indian communities could become self-supporting through agriculture
and raising cattle.  As with many treaties at this time, the Indians were
held to their word immediately upon signing, while the government did not
deliver the promised monies and goods until the agreement was approved by
Congress.  Ultimately, the Plains tribes relocated south of the Arkansas
River.  The Medicine Lodge meeting is shown in this engraving.