1186 TREATY WITH NISQUALLYS, &o. Duo. 26, 1854. SAH—PUTSH, his x mark. L. S. WILLIAM, his x mark. r.. s. Executed in the presence of us : —— M. T. Simmons, Lzdian Agent. JAMES Dorr, Secretary of the Commission. C. H. LIIASON, Secretary Washington Territory. W. A. Sr.AUeurE1t. lst Lieut. 4th Infantry. .IAnEs MCALISTER, E. Grnnmeé, jr., Gnoneu S1—:AzEn, HENRY D. Cocx, S. S. Form, jr., JOHN W. McAr.xs·rEn, Cnovmcxron CUSHMAN, PETER Annnnson, SAMUEL KLADY, W. H. PULLEN, P. O. Hooen, E. R. TYEEALL, Gnoaen Grnns, BENJ. F. SHAW, Interpreter, HAZARD STEVENS. 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, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-tive, advise and consent to the ratification of its articles by a resolution in the words and figures following, to wit : —- “ In Exncurrvn Snssron, SENATE or THE Umrnn STATES, "March 3, 1855. Consent of “Resolved, (two thirds of the senators present concurring,) That the S°"“°°‘ Senate advise and consent to the ratification of the articles of agreement and convention made and concluded on the She-nah—nam, or Medicine Creek, in the Territory of Washington, this twenty-sixth day of December, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, by Isaac I. Stevens, governor and superintendent of Indian affairs of the said Territory, on the part of the United States, and the undersigned chiefs, headmen, and delegates of the N isqually, Puyallup, Steilacoom, Squawksin, S’Hom— amish, Steth-chass, T’Peeksin, Squi-aitl, and Sa-heh-wamish tribes and bands of Indians occupying the lands lying round the head of Puget’s Sound and the adjacent inlets, who, for the purpose of this treaty, are to be regarded as one nation, on behalf of said tribes and bands, and duly authorized by them. ·=Attest¤ ASBURY DICKINS, " Secretary." Now, therefore, be it known that I, FRANKLIN PIERCE, President of the United States of America, do, in pursuance of the advice and consent of the Senate, as expressed in their resolution of the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-tive, accept, ratify, and confirm the said treaty.
