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1128 TREATY WITH UMPQUAS AND CALAPOOIAS. Nov. 29, 1854. have his or her proportion of the annuities withheld from him or her for such time as the President may determine. mms, gw_ An·r1cLn 'I‘n1~zcm. Tho said confederatc bands agree, that all the !g*}]'tg3·°°¤· necessary roads, highways, and railroads which may be constructed as ° ° the country improves, the lines of which may run through the reservation of said Indiana shall have the right of way therein, a just compensation being made therefor. Merchandise .ARTICLE ELEVLNTH. The merchandise distributed to the members

81; gffuggj of the said confederated bands at the negotiation of this treaty shall be

ties. considered as in part payment of the annuities herein provided. ARTICLE TWELFTH. This treaty shall be obligatory on the contracting parties as soon as the same shall be ratified by the President and Senate of the United States. `In testimony whereof the said Joel Palmer, on the part of the United States as aforesaid, and the undersigned chiefs and heads of the said eonfederated bands of Umpquas and Calapooias, have hereunto set their hands and seals, at the place and on the day and year heretofore written. ` JOEL PALMER, Superintendent, [L. s.] NA··PE-SA, or Louis, his x- mark, L. s.] INJIOE, or Peter, his x mark, L. s.] TAS-YAH, or Gen. Jackson, his x mark, [L. s. BOGUS, his x mark, L. s.] NESSIOK, his x mark, L. s.] ET-NA-MA, or William, his x mark, L. s.] CHEEN-LEN-TEN, or George, his x mark, L. s.] NAS»YAH, or John, his x mark, L. s.] ABSAQUIL, or Cheenook, his x mark, [L. S. JO, his x mark, [L. s.] TOM, his x mark, [L. s.] Executed in the presence of us, Enwnnn R. Gnnmr, Secretary, C121s. TAYLOR, JOHN FLETT, Interpreter. And whereas the said treaty having been submitted to the Senate of the United States, for its constitutional action thereon, the Senate did, on the third day of March, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, advise and consent to the ratification of its articles, by a resolution in the words and figures following, to wit z —- "IN Exnoumvn Ssssxon, SENATE on me Umrnn Smrns, “ March 3, 1855. Assent of “Rcsolved, (two thirds of the senators present concurring,) That the S°”’·t°· Senate advise and consent to the ratification of the articles of agreement and convention made and concluded at Calapooia Creek, Douglas county, Oregon Territory, this twenty-ninth day of November, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, by Joel Palmer, superintendent of Indian affairs, on the part of the United States, and the following named chiefs and heads of the oonfederated bands of the Umpqua tribe of Indians, and of the Calapooias, residing in Umpqua Valley, to wit: Na-pe-sa, or Louis, head chief; Peter, or Iujice; Tas-yah, or General Jackson; Bogus; Nessick; Et-na-ma, or William; Qheen—len-ten, or George; Nas-yah, or John; Absaquil, or Cheenook; Joe; and Tom; they being assembled in council with their respective bands. “A¢test: ASBURY DICKINS, “ Secretary." 3.