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TREATY WITH THE MINNECONJON INDIANS. Oc’roBER 10, 1865. 697 Cmis. C. G. THORNTON, Lt. Ool. 4th UZ SC Vols. E. F. RUTH, Sec’y of Commission. R. R. HITT, Reporter of Uom’rt. Tnos. D. h/IAURICE, Late Jllty`. lst lib. Lt. Art’y. W. LIOTT, Capt. and (1 S. Zicrmicn R1cNooNr1m,'his x mark, Interpreter. CHARLES Drzeams, his x mark, *‘ The following chiefs came into council on the 20th Oct. and desired to sign the treaty. They are represented as always friendly to the whites, and have, therefore, been away from most of the tribe. HAH-SAH-NE-NA—MAZA, One Iron Horse, his x mark. 'I`O-KIO·WI-CIIACK-A-’I‘A, The One that Kills the First on Hand, his x mark. ATTEST: S. S. Cuarrs, But. Lt. Col . U SC TC Huz. L. Hosmmz, O'/tief Justice of Mzntana Territory. CtxAnLns Deanes, his x mark. 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 fifth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, advise and consent to the ratification of the same, with an amendment, by a resolution in the words and figures following, to wit: — IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, SENATE or rmt Uurrnn STATES, M3l'Cll 5th, 1866. Resolved, (two thirds of the Senators present concurring,) That the R¤im¤¤*i¤¤ Senate advise and consent to the ratification of the treaty between the ;g;it?m°°d` United States, by their Commissioners, and the chiefs and headmen of the Minneconjon hand of Docotah [Dakota] or Sioux Indians, made and concluded at Fort Sully, in the Territory of Dakota, with the following AMENDMENT: Article IV., lines 3, 4, and 5, strike out the following words, viz: " and See Ame, p. crm. of their non-interference with the persons and property of citizens of the United States travelling thereon." Attest: J. W. FORNEY, Secretary. And whereas article sixth of said treaty provides that any amendment Pmcuimed. or modification of it by the Senate of the United States shall he considered final and binding upon the said hand of Indians, represented in council, as a part of the treaty, in the same manner as if it had been subsequently presented and agreed to by the chiefs and headmen of said bai1d:— Now, therefore, be it known that I, ANDREW JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, do, in pursuance of the advice and consent of the Senate, as expressed in its resolution of the fifth of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, accept, ratify, and confirm the said treaty, with the amendment as aforesaid. In testimony whereofl I have signed the same with my hand and have caused the seal of the United States to be hereto afiixed. Done at the city of Washington, this seventeenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and [L. s.] sixty-six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the ninetieth. ANDREW JOHNSON. By the President: WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.