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 TBEATY WITH THE POTTAWATOMIES. Novmnsmc 15, 1861. 1197 LOUIS BLACKBIRD, his x mark. JOS. N. BOURASSA, ZZ SC 1hter’r. Signed in presence of_— L. R. PALMER. S. M. Fmteusou. C. N. Gnu. R¤tifi¤¤¤<>¤· Jomr D. Loser. Now, therefore, be it known that I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States of America, having seen the aforesaid amendments of the Senate, and the assent thereto of the said committee and others of the Pottawatomie nation of Indians, do, in pursuance of the advice and consent of the Senate, as expressed in their resolution of the Signature fifteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, accept, ratify, and confirm said treaty with the amendments as aforesaid. In testimony whereof I have caused the seal of the United States to be hereto atlixed, having signed the same with my hand. Done at the city of Washington, this nineteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, [1.. s.] and of the Independence of the United States the eighty- sixth. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By the President: Wnmnm H. Smwmn, Veorezmyqf Stare.