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James Buchanan, President of the United States of America, to all and singular to whom these presents shall come, greeting : whereas a treaty was made and concluded at Muckl-te oh, or Point Elliott, in the Territory of Washington, the twenty-second day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, by 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 Dwamish, Suquamash, Sk tahl-mish, Sam-ahmish, Smalh kahmish, Skope-ahmish, St-kah-mish, Snoqualmoo, Skai-wha-mish, N'Quentl-ma-mish, Sk-tah-le jum, Stoluck-wha-mish, Sno-ho-mish, Skagit, Kik-i-allus, Swin a mish, Squin ah-mish, Sah ku-mehu, Noo-wha-ha, Nook wa-chah mish, Mee see-qua-guilch, Cho bah-ah-bish and other allied and subordinate tribes occupying certain lands situated in the said Territory of Washington ...

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Government document
Contributor:
Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818-1862.
United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)
Duwamish Tribe.
Suquamish Indian Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation, Washington.
Edward E. Ayer Collection (Newberry Library)
Adam Matthew Digital (Firm)
Series:
Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America
Standardized Title:
Treaty of Point Elliott (1855)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Duwamish Tribe.
Suquamish Indian Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation, Washington.
Coast Salish Indians--Treaties.
Coast Salish Indians.
Indian land transfers--Washington (State).
Indian land transfers.
Coast Salish Indians--Relocation--Washington (State).
Treaty Indian reservations--Washington (State).
Treaty Indian reservations.
Indian Removal, 1813-1903.
Indians of North America--Government relations--1789-1869.
Indians of North America.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (10 pages)
Other Title:
Treaty between the United States of America and the Dwamish, Suquamish, and other allied and subordinate tribes of Indians in Washington Territory
Title on publisher's website: Treaties between the US and the Indians. 123
Place of Publication:
[Washington, D.C. : publisher not identified, 1859]
Notes:
Title from caption.
"January 22, 1855, ratified April 11, 1859."--Cover.
Ratified by the Senate Mar. 8, 1859; and signed by President Buchanan Apr. 11, 1859.
Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, England : Adam Matthew Digital, c2013 (American Indian histories and cultures)
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