TREATY WITH CREEKS AND SEMINOLES. AUGUST 7, 1856. 707 Anrrcma VIII. Strike out the word “ sixty " and insert " ninety." Add the following as the AR.TICLE XXVII. “And it is further agreed that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to release the United States from any liability, other than those in favor of said nations or individuals thereo£" We, the above named Creeks and Seminoles, commissioners as above I d, Assint Q2 stated, and parties to the above articles of agreement and convention, Quéggiucntisfal after the said amendments have been read and explained to us, consent to and accept of the same. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals the day of the date hereof TUCII-A—BATCHEE-DIICCO, his x mark, [L. s. ECHO-HARJO, his x mark, [L. s. CHILLY McINTOSH, [L. s.] B. MARSHALL, [L. s.] GEORGE W. STIDHAM, [L. s.] D. N. McINTOSH, [L. s.] Creek Commissioners. JOHN JUMPER, his x mark, [L. s.] TUS-TE-NUC-O-CHEE, his x mark, [L. s.] PARS-CO-FER, his x mark, [L. s.] JAINIES FACTOR, his x mark, [L. s.] Seminole Commissioners. Executed in the presence of : EDWARD HANK10K, ALFRED CHAPAIAN, Wir. IV. DENNIS0N, W. H. Gnnnnrr, Uree/c Agent, J. W. WASHBOURNE, Seminole Agent, G. W. STIDIIAM, OT S bit., Gno. WV. Bnmron, Int. 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 sixteenth of August, aforesaid, accept, ratify, and confirm the said treaty, with the amendments. In testimony whereof, I have caused the seal of the United States to be hereto aiiixed, having signed the same with my hand. Done at the city of Washington, this twenty-eighth day of [L. s.] August, A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty-six, and of the independence of the United States the eighty-first. FRANKLIN PIERCE. By the President: W. L. MARCY, Secretary of State.
