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 TREATY WITH THE NEZ PERCES. JUNE 11, 1855. 957 Treaty between the United States rj America and the Mz Percé Indians. Uoncluded ut Camp Stevens, in the Wzllm Waua Vallethfune 11, 1855. Ratzified by the Senate, March 8, 1859. Prodafmed by the President of the United States, April 29, 1859. JAMES BUCHANAN, `PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ro ,41.1:. AND SINGULAR TO WHOM THESE Pnzsmms SHALL coun, exmnrmo: Jim. 11, 1355, Wunnnss a treaty was made and concluded at the treaty ground, Ymmblc- Camp Stevens, in the Walla-Walla Valley, on the eleventh day of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, between Isaac I. Stevens, governor and superintendent of Indian adairs for the Territory of Washington, and Joel Palmer, superintendent of Indian affairs for Oregon Territory, on the part of the United States, and the hereinafter-named Chiefs, Headmen, and Delegates of the Nez Percé tribe of Indians occupying lands lying partly in Oregon and partly in Washington Territory, between the Cascade and the Bitter Root Mountains, on behalf of and duly authorized by said tribe, which said treaty is in the words and figures following, to wit: Articles of agreement and convention made and concluded at the treaty contracting ground, Camp Stevens, in the Walla-Walla Valley, this eleventh day of P'·"*l°'· June, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fil`ty-five, by and between Isaac I. Stevens, governor and superintendent of Indian afairs for the Territory of Washington, and Joel Palmer, superintendent of Indian aiiairs for Oregon Territory, on the part of the United States, and the undersigned chiefs, headmen, and delegates of the Nez Percé tribe of Indians occupying lands lying partly in Oregon and partly in Washington Territories, between the Cascade and Bitter Root Mountains, on behalf of, and acting for said tribe, and being duly authorized thereto by them, it being understood that Superintendent Isaac I. Stevens assumes to treat only with those of the above-named tribe of Indians residing within the Territory of Washington, and Superintendent Palmer with those residing exclusively in Oregon Territory. ARTICLE I. The said Nez Percé tribe of Indians hereby cede, relin· mC§1°’l9?¤?£§°“ quish and convey to the United States all their right, title, and interest in gmt; and to the country occupied or claimed by them, bounded and described as follows, to wit: Commencing at the source of the Wo·na-ne·she or Boundaries. southern tributary of the Palouse River; thence down that river to the main Palouse; thence in a southerly direction to the Snake River, at the mouth of the Tucanon River; thence up the Tucanon to its source in the Blue Mountains; thence southerly along the ridge of the Blue Mountains; thence to a point on Grand Ronde River, midway between Grand Ronde and the mouth of the Woll-low-how River; thence along the divide between the waters of the Woll-low-how and Powder River; thence to the crossing of Snake River, at the mouth of Powder River; thence to the Salmon River, fifty miles above the place known [as] the " crossing of the Salmon River;" thence due north to the summit of the Bitter Root Mountains; thence along the crest of the Bitter Root Mountains to the place of beginning. Anrronn II. There is, however, reserved from the lands above ceded K¤¤¤¤"¤*i°¤· for the use and occupation of the said tribe, and as a general reservation