The Fort Smith Council ( September 21 , 1865 ) , also known as the Indian Council , was a series of meetings held at Fort Smith , Arkansas from September 8–21 , 1865 , that were organized Arranging by the United States Commissioner of Indian Affairs , Dennis N. Cooley , for Indian tribes east of the Rockies ( and particularly those living in what was then defined as Indian Territory ) .

Other members of Cooley 's party representing the U. S. government were : Elijah Sells , Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Southern Superintendency ; William Harney , an Army officer who had spent Expend_resource most of the Civil War in Europe ; Ely Parker , a Seneca chief and U. S. Army officer who had been the military secretary for General Grant ; Charles Mix , secretary of the council and long-time chief clerk at the Bureau of Indian Affairs .

An arrest Arrest warrant was issued Creating for promoter Alex Cooley , who avoided Preventing_or_letting arrest Arrest by leaving Departing the island before the festival Social_event was over .