The Cheyenne were to give up their claims to the wide-ranging territory of the central plains and confine themselves to the reservation.

The treaty also required the Cheyenne to accept agency services — to receive government goods and services in exchange for their agreement to settle.

This provision was meant to address the economic dimension of the transition from hunting to settled life.

In practice, the goods often didn’t arrive, the agents were often incompetent or corrupt, and the transition to the restricted life of the reservation was far harder than the treaty negotiators had represented.

Black Kettle moved his band to the reservation.