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 TREATY WI'I‘H THE WALLA—WALLAS, &c. JUNE 9, 1855. 945 Treaty between the United States and the WaHa·W Uaquu and Umatilla Tribes and Bands of Indians in Washingloiiudnd  Territories. Oonclnded at Camp Stevens, in the Wada- Wada Valley, Washington Territory, June 9, 1855. Ratified by the Senate, March 8, 1859. Proclaimed by the President of the United States, April 11, 1859. J AMES BUCHANAN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ro nm. AND SINGULAR ro wnotx rumen rnnsnms sunm. coms, omtirrmez Jam 9, 1855. Wuznnas a treaty was made and concluded at the treaty ground, Camp Preamble. Stevens, in the Walla—Walla Valley on the ninth 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 Walla-Walla, Cayuses and Umatilla tribes and bands of Indians, occupying lands partly in Washington and partly in Oregon Territory, they being duly authorized thereto by said tribes and bands; which treaty is in the following words and figures, to wit: Articles of agreement and convention made and concluded at the treaty Contracting ground, Camp Stevens, in the Walla-Walla Valley, this ninth day of June, P"`°i°" in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-tive, by and between Isaac I. Stevens, governor and superintendent of Indian affairs for the Territory of Washington, and Joel Palmer, superintendent of Indian affairs for Oregon Territory, on the part of the United States, and the undersigned chiefs, headmen, and delegates of the Walla-Wallas, Ca.- yuses, and Umatilla tribes, and bands of Indians, occupying lands partly in Washington and partly in Oregon Territories, and who, for the purposes of this treaty, are to be regarded as one nation acting for and in behalf of their respective bands and tribes, they being duly authorized thereto; it being understood that Superintendent I. I. Stevens assumes to treat with that portion of the above named bands and tribes residing within the Territory of Washington, and Superintendent Palmer with those residing within Oregon. Anriomz I. The above named confederated bands of Indians cede to I gil? °Y the United States all their right, title, and claim to all and every part of 6:,,;,, s,,,_2,,,,_ the country claimed by them, included in the following boundaries, to wit: Boundaries, Commencing at the mouth of the Tocannon River, in Washington Territory, running thence up said river to its source; thence easterly along the summit of the Blue Mountains, and on the southern boundaries of the purchase made of the Nez Percés Indians, and easterly along that boundary to the western limits of the country claimed by the Shoshonees or Snake Indians; thence southerly along that boundary (being the waters of Pow— der River) to the source of Powder River, thence to the head waters of Willow Creek, thence down Willow Creek to the Columbia River, thence up the channel of the Columbia River to the lower end of·a large island below the mouth of Umatilla River, thence northerly to a point on the Yakama River, called Tohmah-luke, thence to Le Lac, thence to the White banks on the Columbia. below Priest’s Rapids, thence down the Columbia River to the junction of the Columbia and Snake Rivers, thence up the Snake River to the place of beginning: Provided, however, That so much Bounty;".