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TREATY WITH UMIPQUAS AND CALAPOOIAS. Nov. 29, 1854. 1125 FRANKLIN PIERCE, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Nov. 29, 1854. ro ALL Ann sn~:eur.An ·ro wnoivr rrmsn rnnsnnrs emu.}; comm, Gnnncrmoa Wnnanas a treaty was made and concluded at Calapooia Creek, Preamble. Douglas county, Oregon Territory, on the twenty-ninth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and nfty-four, by Joel Palmer, superintendent of Indian affairs, on the part of the United States, and the following named chiefs and heads of the confederated bands of the Umpqua tribe of Indians and of the Calapooias residing in Umpqua Valley, to wit: Napesa, or Louis, head chief; Peter, or Injice; Tas-yah, or General Jackson; Bogus; Nessick; Et-na-ma, or William; Cheen-len-ten, or George; Nas-yah, or John; Absaquil, or Cheenook; Jo, and Tom;they being assembled in council with their respective bands, which treaty is in the words, following, to wit :-— Articles of agreement and convention made and concluded at Calapooia Creek, Douglass county, Oregon Territory, this twenty-ninth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, by Joel Palmer, superintendent of Indian affairs, on the part of the United States, and the following named chiefs and heads of the confederated bands of the Umpqua tribe of Indians, and of the Calapooias residing in Umpqua Valley, to wit: Napesa or Louis, head chieh Peter or Injice, Tasyah or General Jackson, Bogus, Nessick, Et-na-ma or William, Cheen-len-ten or George, Nasyah or John, Absaquil or Cheenook, Jo, and Tom, they being assembled in council with their respective bands. Anrxonn Fraser. The confederate bands of Umpqua and Calapooia Cession to the Indians cede to the United States all their country included within the U¤i*°d Sm¤¤· following limits, to wit: Commencing at the northwest corner of the country purchased of the Galeese Creek and Illinois River Indians, on the 18th day of November, 1854, and running thence east, to the boundary of the Cow.Creek purchase, thence northerly along said boundary to its northeastern extremity; thence east to the main ridge of the Cascade Mountains ; thence northerly to the main falls of the North Umpqua. River; thence to Scott’s Peak, bearing easterly from the headwaters of Calapooia Creek; thence northerly to the connection of the Calapooia Mountains with the Cascade range; thence westerly along the summit of the Calapooia Mountains to a point whence a due south line would cross Umpqua River at the head of tide-water; thence on that line to the dividing ridge between the waters of Umpqua. and Goose Rivers ; thence along that ridge, and the divide between Coquille and Umpqua rivers, to the western boundary of the country purchased of the Galeese Creek Indians, or of the Cow Creek Indians, as the case may be, and thence to the place of beginning. Provided, however, that so much of the lands as are embraced within the following limits, shall be held by said confederated bands, and such other bands as may be designated to reside thereupon, as an Indian Reservation for reservation. To wit: Commencing at a point three miles due south of ¤Y%id¢¤°€· the mouth of a small creek emptying into the Umpqua River, near the western boundary of John Churchel1’s land claim, at the lower end of Cole’s Valley ; thence north to the middle of the channel of Umpqua River; thence up said river to a point due south of the highest peak of