Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 10.djvu/1176

 1132 TREATY WITH NISQUALLYS, &c. Dao. 26, 1854. FRANKLIN PIERCE, Dec. 26, 1854. PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ·ro Am. Ann smonxnuz ro wnom russia rmssmsrs snnm, coms, onnzrxrroz WHEREAS a treaty was made and concluded on the She·nah-nam, or _ Medicine Creek, in the Territory of Washington, on the twenty-sixth T‘“°· day of December, one thousand eight hundred and·fifty-four, between the United States of America and the N isqually and other bands of Indians, which treaty is in the words following, to wit:- Articles of agreement and convention made and concluded on the Shenah·nam, or Medicine Creek, in the Territory of Washington, this twenty- sixth-day of December, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty- four, by Isaac I.·Stevens, governor and superintendent of Indian affairs of the said Territory, on the part of the United States, and the undersigned chiefs, headmen, and delegates of the Nisqually, Puyallup, Steilacoom, Squawksin, S’Homamish, Steh-chass, T’Peeksin, Squi-aitl, and Sa-heh-wamish tribes and bands of Indians, occupying the lands lying round the head of Puget’s Sound and the adjacent inlets, who, for the purpose of this treaty, are to be regarded as one nation, on behalf of said tribes and bands, and duly authorized by them. ARTICLE I. The said tribes and bands of Indians hereby cede, relinquish, and convey to the United States, all their right, title, and interest in and to the lands and country occupied by them, bounded and described cmiou to as follows, to wit: Commencing at the point on the eastern side of Ad- U¤i*°d S'>°·i·°°· miralty Inlet, known as Point Pully, about midway between Commencement and Elliott bays ; thence running in a southeasterly direction, following the divide between the waters of the Puyallup and Dwamish, or White aivers, to the summit of the Cascade Mountains; thence southerly, along the summit of said range, to a point opposite the main source of the Skookum Chuck Creek; thence to and down said creek, to the coal mine; thence northwesterly, to the summit of the Black Hills; thence northerly, to the upper forks of the Satsop River; thence northeasterly, through the portage known as Wilkes’s Portage, to Point Southworth, on the western side of Admiralty Inlet; thence around the foot of Vashon’s Island, easterly and southeasterly, to the place of beginning. ARTICLE II. There is, however, reserved for the present use and occupation of the said tribes and bands, the following tracts of land, viz: Reservation for The small island called Klah-che-min, situated opposite the mouths of wid g,-um, Hammersley? and Totten’s inlets, and separated from Hartstene Island by Pea.le’s Passage, containing about two sections of land by estimation ; a square tract containing two sections, or twelve hundred and eighty acres, on Puget’s Sound, near the mouth of the She-nah-nam Creek, one mile west of the meridian line of the United States land survey, and a square tract containing two sections, or twelve hundred and eighty acres, lying on the south side of Commencement Bay; all which tracts shall be