Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 14.djvu/732

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702 TREATY WITH THE LOWER BRULE INDIANS. Ocronnn 14, 1865. headmeu of the Lower Brulé band of Dacctah [Dakota] or Sioux Indians, made and concluded at Fort Sully, in the Territory of Dakota, with the following AMENDMENT: See Ante, p. 700. Article I`V.,'lines 3, 4, and 5, strike out the following words, viz: " and of their no[n]-interference with the persons and property of citizens of the United States travelling thereon." Attest: J. W. FORNEY, Secretary. And whereas article eighth of said treaty provides that any amendment or modification of it by the Senate of the United States shall be considered final and binding upon the said band of Indians, represented in council, as a part of the treaty, in the same manner as if it had been subsequently presented and agreed to by the chiefs and headmen of said band : —— proclaimed_ Now, therefore, be it known that I, ANDREW JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, do, in pursuance of the advice and consent of the Senate, as expressed in its resolution of the fifth of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty~six, accept, ratify, and confirm the said treaty, with the amendment as aforesaid. In testimony whereof, I have signed the same with my hand and have caused the seal of the United States to be hereto affixed. Done at the city of Washington, this seventeenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and [L. s.] sixty-six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the ninetieth. ANDREW JOHNSON. By the President: WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.