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1124 TREATY WITH THE CHASTAS, &c. Nov. 18, 1853. In testimony whereof, Joel Palmer, superintendent aforesaid, and the undersigned chiefs and headmen of said united bands, have hereunto set their hands and seals at the place and on the day and year herein written. (Signed in duplicate.) JOEL PALMER, Superintendent, [L. S.] JES-TUL-TUT, or Little Chief, his x mark, [L. s.] KO-NE-CHE-QUOT, or Bill, his x mark, [L. S.] SE-SEL·CHETL, or Salmon Fisher, his x mar};, [L. s.;]] BAS-TA—SHIN his x mar L. s. For KUL-EE-AM-INA, or Bushland, 3 · TE-PO-KON-TA, or Sam, his X mark, |_L. s.] JO, (Chief of Grave Creeks,) his x mark, [L. s.] Executed in presence of us- Enwann R. Gunnar, Secretary. Joni: Frnrr, Interpreter. Cms. Tarron. And whereas the said treaty having been submitted to the Senate of the United States for its constitutional action thereon, the Senate did, on the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, advise ang consent to the ratification of its articles, by a resolution in the words an figures following, to wit : —- “IN Exncutrivn Session, SENATE or run Umrnn Sums, " March 3, 1855. Assent or “Resolved, (two thirds of the senators present concurring,) That the S°““”°· Senate advise and consent to the ratification of articles of a convention and agreement made and concluded at the council ground opposite the mouth of Applegate Creek, on Rogue River, in the Territory of Oregon, on the eighteenth day of November, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, by Joel Palmer, superintendent of Indian affairs, on the part- of the United States, and the chiefs and headmen of the Qui}-si-eton and Na-hel-ta bands of the Chasta tribe of Indians, the Cow-man—ti-co, Sa-cher-i-ton, and Na-al-ye bands of Scotons, and the Grave Creek band of Umpquas, to wit: Jes-tul-tut, or Little Chief, Ko-ne-che-quot, or Bill, Se-sel-chetel, or Salmon Fisher, Kul-ki—am-i-na, or Bushhead, Te-po-kon-ta, or Sam, and Jo, they being duly authorized thereto by said united bands. " Attest: ASBURY DICKINS, " Secretary." 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 third day of March, one thousand eight 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 hereto affixed, having signed the same with my hand. [L S ] DODS at the city of Washington, this tenth day of April, `in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nity-fave, and of the independence of the United States the seventy-ninth. FRANKLIN PIERCE. By the President: W. L. MARCY, Secretary of State.