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TREATY WITH THE KIOWAS AND COMANCHES. 001*. 21, 1867. 587 Jnms O. Tnrnon, Artist. G20. B. Wu.1.1s, Phonographcr. C. W. Wuxrnnxnn, Trader And whereas, the said treaty having been submitted to the Senate of B¤¤i¤¤¤¤•>¤- the United States fur its constitutional action thereon, the Senate did, on the twenty-fifth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, advise and consent to the ratification of the same, by a resolution in the words and figures following, to wit :— In Exmonrrvr. Session, Sauna or me Umrnn Surns, July 25, 1868. i Resolved, (two thirds of the senators present concurring,) That the Senate advise and consent to the ratification of the articles of a treaty and agreement made and entered into at the council camp on Medicine Lodge creek, in the State of Kansas, between the United States and the confederated tribes of Kiowa and Comanche Indians. Attescz GEO. C. GORHAM, Sccretaiy. Now, therefore, be it known that I, ANDREW J 0HNs0N, President of P'°°1“m“*l°“· the United States of America, do, in pursuance of the advice and consent of the Senate, as expressed in its resolution of the twenty-fifth of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, accept, ratify, and con- Brm the said treaty. In testimony whereof I have hereto signed my name, and caused the seal of the United States to be atiixed. Done at the city of Washington, this twenty-fifth day of August, in [SEAL] the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty- ' eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the ninety-third. By the President: ANDREW JOHNSON. W11.r.1An¢ H. Snwnnn, Secretary of State.