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Titles
Ratified Indian Treaty 284: S'klallam (Clallamj; Various Divisions), Sokokomish (Twana), Toanhooch (Twana), and Chimakum - Point No Point, Suquamish Head, Washington Territory, January 26, 1855
Other Titles
RIT #284
RIT 284
Ratified Indian Treaty #284
National Archives Identifier
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/176561924
Level of description
File Unit
Creation date
Jan. 26, 1855
Contains
Treaty Between the United States and the S'klallam (Clallamj; Various Divisions), Sokokomish (Twana), Toanhooch (Twana), and Chimakum Indians Signed at Point No Point, Suquamish Head, Washington Territory
Small Brown Cover Sheet: "1855. Treaty with the S'Klallam, and also the Sko-ko-mish, To-an-hooch and Chem-a-kum, Tribes in the Territory of Washington. Dated, January, 26, 1855. Ratified, April, 29, 1859. Original."
Senate's Advice and Consent to Treaty Ratification
Instrument of Ratification Signed by President James Buchanan and Secretary of State Lewis Cass
Typed Copy of Letter from Hamilton Fish, Department of State, to Secretary of the Interior Jacob D. Cox
Typed Copy of Letter from Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. S. Parker to Secretary of the Interior J. D. Cox
Typed Copy of Letter from Secretary of the Interior J. D. Cox to Secretary of State Hamilton Fish
Named Native nations
Suquamish
Present-day Nations
Duwamish Tribe of Indians [Unrecognized]
Suquamish Indian Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation, Washington
Cessions with shared date(s)
353
354
Signatory
United States of America