æz hˈɛd ʌvðɪ ˈɪndiən pˈiːs kəmˈɪʃən, tˈeɪlɚ nᵻɡˈoʊʃɪˌeɪɾᵻd ðə mˈɛdəsən lˈɑːdʒ tɹˈiːɾi, baɪ wˌɪtʃ sˈʌðɚn plˈeɪnz ˈɪndiənz ðə kɪˈoʊə, ɐpˈætʃi ænd kəmˈæntʃi, ɐɡɹˈiːd tə ɹᵻmˈuːv tʊ ɐ ɹˌɛzɚvˈeɪʃən ɪn ˈɪndiən tˈɛɹɪtˌoːɹi ænd sˈiːdᵻd ðɛɹ tɹɐdˈɪʃənəl lˈændz ɪŋklˈuːdɪŋ pɹˈɛzəntdˈeɪ kˈænzəs.
As head of the Indian Peace Commission, Taylor negotiated the Medicine Lodge Treaty, by which southern Plains Indians (the Kiowa, Apache and Comanche), agreed to remove to a reservation in Indian Territory and ceded their traditional lands including present-day Kansas.