TREATY WITH THE YANKTONAI INDIANS. OCTOBER 20, 1865. 737 A. W. Hur.BA1zD, M OC 6th Dist. bwa, E. F. RUTH, Secretary of Commission. R. R. HITT, Reporter of Commission. ZEDHIER REENJCONTRE, his x mark, Interpreter. CHARLES DEGRES, his x mark, Interpreter. THE MAN THAT RUNS IN HIS TRACKS, O-yea-ke-pa, his x mark. THE MAN SURROUNDED, Na-je-om—pee, his x mark. THE MEDICINE WHITE MAN, IVa-se-chewa-kon, his x mark. THE MAN THAT STIRS, Skin-ich-e-a, his x mark. FAST WALKER, Mon-ne-loo-sa, his x mark. RED BULL, Taw-ton, his x mark. The foregoing signatures in this handwriting (that of General Curtis) were made in presence of the undersigned on the 28th and 29th October, 1865 at Fort Sully. Maj. A. P. SHREVE, Paymaster U S. A. JOHN PATTIE, Lt. Col. 7th Iowa Cavalry. 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 fifth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, advise and consent to the ratification of the same, with an amendment, by a resolution in the words and figures following, to wit: - IN ExEouT1vE SESSION, SENATE or THE UNITED STATES, March 5, 1866. Resolved, (two thirds of the Senators present concurring,) That the _Rattiieatio¤ Senate advise and consent to the ratification of the treaty made and con- ;;;‘t“m°“d‘ eluded at Fort Sully, in the Territory of Dakota, by and between the ` Commissioners on the part of the United States and the Upper Yanktonai band of Dacotah [Dakota] or Sioux Indians, with the following AMENDAIENT: Article IV., lines 3, 4, and 5, strike out the following words, viz.: "and SBB AM¢.p·735· of their non-interference with the persons and property of citizens of the United States travelling thereon." Attest: J. W. FORNEY, Secretary. And whereas article sixth 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: -- Now, therefore, be it known that I, ANDREW JOHNSON, President of Proclaimed, 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 sixty- [L. S.] six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the ninetieth. ANDREW JOHNSON. By the President : WILLIAM H. SEWAED, Secretary ty' State. VOL. xiv. 47
