TREATY WITH THE ONKPAHPAH INDIANS. Occronna 20, 1865. 741 Signed by the Commissioners on the part of the United States. and by the chiefs and headmen, after the treaty had been fully read, interpreted, and explained in our presence : — Haz. L. Hosumt, Obie/` Justice of Montana Territory. S. S. Cumxs, Bot. Lt. Col. US S. VZ E. F. RUTH, Secy of Commission. W. S. Woons, Surgeon (I SC Pills. C. S. Moxmrsou. O. E. GUERNSEY. Cuannss Dsoan, his x mark, Intwpreter. The foregoing signatures in this handwriting (that of Gen’l Curtis) were made in presence of the undersigned on the 28th and 29th Oct. 1865, at Fort Sully. Maj. A. P. SHREVE, Paymaster UC S A. JOHN PATTEE, Lt. Col. 7th bwa 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 _Rutitlcation the fifth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, advise l‘;g;‘t.‘“*°¤d· and consent to the ratification of the same, with an amendment, by a resolution in the words and Figures following, to `wit : —- IN Exnonrivm Snssiorr, SENATE or run UNITED Srnrns. March 5th, 1866. Resolved, (two thirds of the Senators present concurring,) That the Senate advise and consent to the ratification of the treaty made and concluded at Fort Sully, in the Territory of Dakota, by and between the Commissioners on the part of the United States and the chiefs and headmen of the Onk-pah-pah band of Dacotah [Dakota] or Sioux Indians, with the following ‘ AMENDMENTS Amucria IV., lines 3, 4, and 5, strike out the following words, viz: " and of their non-interference with the persons and property of citizens S°° A"", P- 739- 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 consid- P’°°l“‘m°°‘ ered 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 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 amxed. Done at the city of Washington this seventeenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and [sen..] sixty-six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the ninetieth. ANDREW JOHNSON. By the President: Wtunur H. Snwnan. Secretary of State.
