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TREATY WITII THE KICKAPOOS. MAY 18, 1854. 108] IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, July 11, 1854. Resolved, (two thirds of the Senators present concurring,) That the Senate advise and consent to theratification of the articles of agreement and convention made and concluded at the city of Washington, this eighteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-fou r, by George W. Manypenny, ommissioner on the part of the United States, and the following named delegates of the Kickapoo tribe of Indians, viz: Pah-kah-kah, or John Kennekuk; Kap-i-o-ma, or the Fox Carrier; Noka-wat, or the Fox Hair ; ]?e—sha—gon, or Tug made of Bear Skin; and Ke-wi-sah—tuk, or Walking Bear or Squire; thereto duly authorized by said tribe. 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 eleventh day of July, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, accept, ratify and confirm the said treaty. In testimony whereof, I have caused the seal of the United States to be herewith aiiixed, having signed the saine with my hand. Done at the city of Washington, this seventeenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and [L. s.] fifty-four, and of the independence of the United States the seventy-ninth. FRANKLIN PIERCE. BY THE PRESIDENT: W. L. MARCY Secretary of State. vox,. x. TREAT. -- 136