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 950 TREATY WITH THE WALLA-WALLAS, &0. JUNE 9, 1855. Consent of Sen- And whereas the said treaty was submitted to the Senate of the United ?g‘;9M”°h 8· States for its constitutional action thereon, and the said Senate did, on the ` eighth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, advise and consent to the ratitication of the same, by a resolution, in the words and figures following, to wit: “IN Exncurrvn Session, “Smu:un on rnn Umrmn Srnrns, March 8, 1859. "Resolved, (two thirds of the senators present concurring,) That the Senate advise and consent to the ratification of [the] treaty between the United States and the chiefs, headmen and delegates of the Wl'alla-Wallas, Cayuses and Umatilla tribes of Indians occupying lands partly in Washilngtgn and partly in Oregon Territories, and signed the 9th day of June, 5 . "Attest: “ASBURY DICKINS, Secretary." Proclamation, Now, therefore, be it known that I, JAMES BUCHANAN, President AWB 11i1g5g- of the United States of America, do, in pursuance of the advice and consent of the Senate, as expressed in their resolution of March the eighth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, accept, ratify, and connrm said treat . Inytestimony whereof, I have caused the seal of the United States to be hereto affixed, and have signed the same with my hand. Done at the City of Washington, this eleventh day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- [smiu.] nine, and of the independence of the United States the eighty-third. JAMES BUCHANAN. By the President: LEWIS Cass, Secretary of State.