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 TREATY WITH THE S’KLALLAMS. JANUARY 26, 1855. 933 Treaty between the United States of America and the S’KlaZlan¢s Indians. Ooneluded at Point no Point, Washington Territory, January 26, 1855; Rati/ied by the Senate, March 8, 1859 ; Proclaimed ky the President of the United States, April 29, 1859. JAMES BUCHANAN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: ro ALL AND SINGULAR T0 Wn0M THESE Pnssmnrs snam. coma, cnrznrruo : ·I¤¤¤¤1'y26, T856- Wnnnnas a Treaty was made and concluded at Hahd Skus, or Point Preamble. no Point, in WVashington Territory, on the twenty-sixth day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, between Isaac I. Stevens, Governor and Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the said Territory, on the part of the United States, and the hereinafter named Chiefs, Headmen, and Delegates of the different villages of the S’Klallams Indians, viz.: the Kali-tai, Squah-quaihtl, Tch·queen, Ste-tehtlum, Tsohkw, Yennis, El-hwa, Pishtst, H unnint, Klat-la-wash, and Oke-no, and also of the Sko—ko·mish, Too-an-hooch, and Chem-a-kum tribes occupying certain lands on the straits of Fuca and Hood’s Canal, in the Territory of Washington, on behalf of said tribes, and duly authorized by them; which treaty is in the words and figures following, to wit: Articles of agreement and convention, made and concluded at Hahd- C9¤h`¤°ti¤8 skus, or Point no Point, Suquamish Head, in the Territory of Washing- pamw" ton, this twenty-sixth day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-tive, by Isaac I. Stevens, governor and superintendent of Indian affairs for the said Territory, on the part of the United States, and the undersigned chiefs, headmen, and delegates of the dillerent villages of the S’Klallams, viz.: Kah-tai, Squah—quaihtl, Tch-queen, Ste-tehtlum, Tsohkw, Yennis, El— hwa, Pishtst, Hun-nint, Klat-la-wash, and Oke-ho, and also of the Skolco-mish, To-an·hooch and Chem·a—kum tribes, occupying certain lands on the straits of Fuca and Hood’s Canal in the Territory of Washington, on behalf of said tribes, and duly authorized by them. ‘ _ Airrxctm I. The said tribes and bands of Indians hereby cede, relin· ,mg:jQ‘;{‘w°f quish, and convey to the United States all their right, title, and interest United gum, in and to the lands and country occupied by them, bounded and described as follows, viz.: commencing at the mouth of the Okeho River, on the B0¤¤<l¤·1‘i¤¤· Straits of Fuca, thence southeastwardly along the westerly line of. Territory claimed by the Makah tribe of Indians to the summit of the Cascade range; thence still southeastwardly and southerly along said summit to the head of the west branch of the Satsop River, down that branch to the main fork; thence eastwardly and following the line of lands heretofore ceded to the the United States by the Nisqually and V°l- X- P- 1181 other tribes and bands of Indians, to the summit of the Black Hills, and northeastwardly to the portage known as Wilkes’ portage; thence _ northeastwardly, and following the line of lands heretofore ceded to the ';”‘° T*‘°°~**“v United States by the Dwamish, Suquamish, and other tribes and bands p' ' of Indians to Suquamish Head ; thence northerly through Admiralty Inlet to the Straits of Fuca; thence westwardly through said straits to the place of beginning; including all the right, title, and interest of the said tribes and bands to any land in the Territory of Washington. ARTICLE II. ’I`here is, however, reserved for the present use and 0ecu· Ti¢S¤¤’V¤*i°¤· pation of the said tribes and bands the following tract of land, viz.: the