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 TREATY WI’£II THE COW CREEK INDIANS. Smrr. 19, 1853. 1029 BIGHEAD, Quin·ti—oo-san, his x mark, [L. s. JACKSON, My-n-e-letta, his x mark, [L. s. Tom, son of Quin-ti-oo-san, his x mark, [L. s. ’I`om, Tal-sa-pe-er, his x mark, [L. s.] Signed in presence of J. B. Nronors E. Cnromne., } Inmpretem Tnnononn TIERNEY, Secretary. {,$H§T]3£u;;5OWN’ } Witnesses. ' I 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 twelfth day of April, eighteen hiindred and fifty-four, advise and consent to the ratification of its articles, with amendments thereto proposed, by a resolution in the words and figures following, to wit: -— " IN Exnonrrvn SESSION,—SENATE or run Umrnn Sums, ".April 12, 1854. “ Resolved, (two thirds of the senators present concurring,) That the Senate advise and consent to the ratification of the stipulations of a treaty made and entered into on Cow Creek, Umpqua Valley, in the Territory of Oregon, this 19th day of September, A. D. 1853, by and between Joel Palmer, Superintendent of Indian affairs, on the part of the United States, and Quin-ti-oo-san, or Bighead, principal chief, and My-n-e·letta, or Jackson, and Tom, son of Quin-ti-oo-san, subordinate chiefs, on the part of the Cow Creek band of Umpqua tribe of Indians, with the following “ AMENDMENT : “ Add the following as a new article : -— “ Anrrorn 7. It is agreed between the United States and the Cow Farmsmaybo Creek band of the Umpqua tribe of Indians, that, should it at any time °S°“bl”’h°d* hereafter be considered by the United States as a proper policy to establish farms among and for the benefit of said Indians, it shall be discretionary with the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to change the annuities herein provided for, or any part thereoh into a fund for that purpose. " Change article 7 to article 8. Attest:-— ASBURY DICKINS, Secretary." And whereas the amendments proposed by the Senate, in their resolution of April twelfth, as above recited, were duly presented to the chiefs and headmen of the Cow Creek band of Umpqua Indians, and were by them accepted, ratified, and confirmed, in manner following, to wit: -—-· We, the undersigned, principal chief and subordinate chiefs of the Cow Creek band of the Umpqua tribe of Indians, parties to the treaty concluded at Cow Creek, Umpqua Valley, in the Territory of Oregon, on the 19th day of September, A. D. 1853, having had fully explained to us the amendment made to the same by the Senate of the United States, on the 12th day of April, 1854, which is in the following words, viz :·-— AMENDMENT : Add the following as a new article: -—- Anrrcma 7. It is agreed between the United States and the Cow Creek band of the Umpqua tribe of Indians, that, should it at any time