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TREATY WITH THE CHIPPEWAS. Snrr. 30, 1854. 1115 “IN Exncucrrvn Session, Sanus or- rms Umrnn Sruns, January 10, 1855. ¢¢Re.;oZved, (two thirds of the Senators present concurriug,)4That the Senate advise and consent to the ratification of the articles of a treaty made and concluded at La Pointe, in the State of Wisconsin, between Henry C. Gilbert and David B. Herriman, commissioners on the part of the United States, and the Chippewa Indians of Lake Superior and the Mississippi, by their chiefs and headmen, on the 30th day of September, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four. “Attest: "ASBURY DICKINS, “Scc·reto:ry." Now, therefore, be it known, that I, FRANKLIN PIERCE, President of the United States of America, do, in pursuance of the advice and consent of the Senate, as expressed in their resolution of the tenth of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, accept, ratify, and confirm the said treaty. In testimony whereof, I have caused the seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed, having signed the same with my hand. [L S Done at the city of Washington, this twenty-ninth day of ' '] Januar , one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. IY S FRANKLIN PIERCE. By the President: W. L. Manor, Secretary of Scam.