In the end, the Fort Smith Council resulted in the signing of the Reconstruction Treaties of 1866
Explanation:
Elias C. Boudinot, John Ross, John Jumper, and other Indian Territory delegates were concerned by Cooley's additionally stringent terms, which included the abolition of slavery and the incorporation of the freedmen into the tribes. In addition, the nations of Indian Territory would be required to form one government, and no white person, besides than U.S. government officials and employees and others so authorized, would be permitted to reside therein. The Indian leaders were concerned that the latter would allow the South's freed slaves to be resettled in Indian Territory. Discovering that some tribal representatives lacked authority to accept terms, the commissioners settled for a signed peace protocol and left questions at issue to be negotiated under the Reconstruction Treaties of 1866.