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 TREATY WITH THE SHOSHONEE INDIANS. JULY .304 1863· 663 Treaty between the United States of America and the Northwestern .Uar’¢0l8 of Shoshonee Indians, concluded at Box Elder, July 30, 1863 ; Rati]‘icr’¤·· tion advised, with Amendments, by the Senate, March 7, 1864; Amendments assenteol to, November 18, 1864; Proclaimed by the President of the United States, January 17, 1865. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ro am. Ann srnennm ro wuou runes rnnsnurs sun:. comm, exmmruo: July 30,186*2 WHEREAS a treaty was made and concluded at Box Elder, in the Ter- Preamble. ritory of Utah, on the thirtieth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, by and between James Duane Doty, Commissioner, and Brigadier General P. Edward Connor, on the part of the United States, and the hereinafter named chiefs and warriors of the northwestern bands of Shoshonee Indians, on the part of said hands of Indians, and duly authorized thereto by them, which treaty is in the words and figures following, to wit : ·— Articles of agreement made at Box Elder, in Utah Territory, this thir- contracting' tieth day of July, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three,,}})' P“""°°‘ and between the United States of America, represented by Brigadier-Gbns. eral P. Edward Connor, commanding the military district of Utah, and James Duane Doty, commissioner, and the northwestern bands of the Shoshonee Indians, represented by their chiefs and warriors: Anrrcnn I. It is agreed that friendly and amicable relations shall be Peace and reéstablished between the bands of the Shoshonee Nation, parties hereto, m°¤d¤hiP· and the United States; and it is declared that a firm and perpetual peace shall be henceforth maintained between the said bands and the United States. ARTICLE H. The treaty concluded at Fort Bridger on the 2nd day of Treaty of Fort July, 1863, between the United States and the Shoshonee Nation, being ?)"dg°" “S"”*°d read and fully interpreted and explained to the said chiefs and warriors, ` they do hereby give their full and free assent to all of the provisions of said treaty, and the same are hereby adopted as a part of this agreement, and the same shall be binding upon -the parties hereto. ARrrcLn III. In consideration of the stipulations in the preceding Annuity im articles, the United States agree to increase the annuity to the Shoshonee creased. nation five thousand dollars, to be paid in the manner provided in said treaty. And the said northwestern bands hereby acknowledge to have re- Receipt. ceived of the United States, at the signing of these articles, provisions and goods to the amount of two thousand dollars, to relieve their immediate necessities, the said bands having been reduced by the war to a state of utter destitution. ARTICLE IV. The country claimed by Pokatello for himself and his Boundary of people is bounded on the west by Raft River and on the east by the Porte- P°k¤*¤U<>’¤ ¢<>¤¤- neuf Mountains. try' Done at Box Elder, this thirtieth day of July, A. D. 1863. JAMES DUANE DOTY, Governor and Acting Superintendent of Indian Afairs in mah Territory. P. EDW. CONNOR, Brig.- Gent. U S Wls., C'omd’g Dist. of Utah. POKATELLO, his x mark, chiefl TOOMONTSO, his x mark. "