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 TREAT Y WITII THE F LATHEADS, &c. JULY 16, 1855. 979 ANDREW, his x mark. L. s. MICHELLE, his x mark. L. s. BATTIS TE, his x mark. L. s. Kootenay:. GUN FLINT, his x mark L. s. LITTLE MICHELLE, his x mark. L. s. PAUL SEE, his x mark. L. s. MOSES, his x mark. [L. s. JAMES DOTY, Secretary. R. H. LANSDALE, Indian Agent. W. H. ’l`.u>1>hN, Sub Indian Agent. HENRY R. Cnosmn, Gosrhvus Souon, Flathead Interpreter. A. J. Honcxcnn, Sp. Ms. WILLIAM Citrus. And, whereas, the said treaty having been submitted to the Senate of Consent of the United States for their constitutional action thereon, the Senate did, §";g‘;°°• Limb °» on the eighth day of March, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, advise and ` consent to the ratification of the same, by a resolution in the words and figures following, to wit: “IN Exmcorrvm Smssxou, " SENATE or THE Uurrnn Sums, March 8, 1859. "Res0lved, (two thirds of the senators present concurring,) That the Senate advise and consent to the ratiication of treaty between the United States and Chiefs, Headmen and Delegates of the confederate tribes of the Flathead, Kootenay, and Upper Pend d’Oreilles Indians, who are constituted a nation under the name of the Flathead Nation, signed 16th day of July, 1855. “Attest: “ASBURY DICKINS, Secretary." Now, therefore, be it known that I, JAMES BUCHANAN, President P,.,,,,],,,,,.,,,,,,,,,, of the United States of America, do, in pursuance of the advice and con- April 18, 1869. sent of the Senate, as expressed in their resolution of the eighth of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, accept, ratify, and confirm the said treaty. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto caused the seal of the United States to be aihxed, and have signed the same with my hand. Done at the city of Washington, this eighteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- [sE1tL.] nine, and of the Independence of the United States the eighty-third. JAMES BUCHANAN. By the President: Lmwrs Cass, Secretary of State. v0L. XII. 'I`xEA·r.-126