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TREATY WITH THE SEMINOLE WDIANS. Manoa 12, 1866. 761 J. W. DUNN, U S. Indian Agent for the Oreek Nation. PERRY FULLER. Signed by John F. Brown, special delegate for Southern Seminoles, in presence of, this June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six —- W. R. Inwm. J. M. Tnmsnrrs. Geo. A. REYNOLDS, UZ SC Indian Agent. Ronnnr J o11NsoN, his x mark, UC SC Interpreter. And whereas, the said treaty having been submitted to the Senate of R¤*m°**°¤· the United States for its constitutional action thereon, the Senate did, on the nineteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, advise and consent to the ratification of the same, by a resolution in the words and figures following, to wit:-— IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, SENATE OF THE UNITED STAT 1*8. July 19, 1866. Resolved, (two thirds of the senators present concurring,) That the Senate advise and consent to the ratification of the articles of a treaty made and concluded at lVasl1ington, D. C., March twenty-first, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, between the Commissioners on the part of the United States and the Seminole Indians. Attest: J. W. FORNEY, Secretary. Now, therefore, be it known that I, ANDREW J OHNSON, President of P¤‘¤¤l¤i¤¤¤<l· the United States of America, do, in pursuance of the advice and consent of the Senate, as expressed in its resolution of the nineteenth of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, accept, ratify, and confirm the said treat . Ddnae at the city of Washington this sixteenth day of August, in the ear of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, and of the independence of the United States of America the ninety-first. ANDREW JOHNSON. By the President: WVILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.