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TREATY WITH THE UPPER YANKTONAIS INDIANS. OCT. 28, 1865. 745 Rock Man, TON-KA—WI-CHA—SA, his x mark. Chief: Black Catfish, O·wA-sA-PA, his x mark. Chief: The Curley-headed Goose, MA-GA-so-MA-no, his x mark. The above signatures in this handwriting (that of Gen’l Curtis) were made gn presence of the undersigned, on the 28th and 29th Oct., 1865, at Fort ul . MAJYA. P. Smtnvm, Paymaster U Sl A. JOHN PATTEE, 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 hfth 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 EXECUTIVE SESSION, SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, March 5th, 1866. Resolved, (two thirds of the Senators present concurring,) That the R°z§¤°d Wm Senate advise and consent to the ratification of the treaty made and con- °m°n mm' eluded 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 Upper Yanktonais band of Dacotah [Dakota or Sioux] Indians, with the following AMENDMENT: Article IV., lines 3, 4, and 5, strike out the following words, viz: " and 4***% P- 746- 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 P¤>°l¤i¤¤°d· 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, Azvnnsw Jormsorz, 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 Wasltington this seventeenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and [SEAL.] sixty-six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the ninetieth. ANDREW JOHNSON. By the President: vv-ILLIAM H. Snwsxm, Secretary of Slate.