Explain the promises made between the Confederacy and the Five Tribes once the tribes signed treaties to join the Confederacy.

Answer:

Responses may vary but should include some or all of the following information: When the Five Tribes signed treaties to align with the Confederacy, both sides made promises to one another. The Five Tribes gave the Confederacy the right to construct roads, military posts, and railroads in their territory. They also gave the Confederacy the right to establish a postal system and a telegraph system in their territory as well as gather more soldiers for the Confederate American Indian troops. In return, the Confederacy promised to establish the Five Tribes as their protectorates, annex the Indian Territory, honor the Five Tribes’ ownership of their tribal lands, continue the institution of slavery, supply the tribes with weapons, pay the troops, let troops remain in Indian Territory (unless the tribe approves their movement), and pay their annuities to the Union.