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768 TREATY WITH THE BOIS FORTE INDIANS. APRIL 7, 1866. And whereas the foregoing amendment having been fully explained Avwndmeut and interpreted to the chiefs, headmen, and warriors of the Bois Forte °°°°Pt’°d' Band of Chippewa Indians whose names are subscribed to the writing hereto following, they did, on the twenty-eighth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, give their free and voluntary assent to said amendment in the words and figures following, to wit: -— Wliereas the Senate of the United States has advised and consented to the ratification of the treaty‘ made on the seventh day of April, 1866, with the Bois Forte band of Chippewa Indians, with the following amendment, to wit: —- " In article IV. of said treaty, line 4, strike out the word ‘hfty,’ and insert in lieu thereof the word thirty." Now, therefore, we, the chiefs, headmen, and warriors of the said Bois Forte band, duly authorized by our people, do hereby assent and agree to the said amendment above written, the same having been interpreted to us, and being fully understood by us. Witness our hands and seals this 28th day of April, A. D. 1866, at Washington, D. C. GABESHCODAWAY, his x mark. [L. s.] BABAWLIADJEWVESHCANG, his x mark. [L. s.] ADAWAWNEQUABENACE, his x mark. [L. S.] GAGWADACADIEGISHCANG, his x mark. [L. s.] WABAWGALIAWGAU, his x mark. [L. s. GANAWAWBALIINA, his x mark. [L. sd GAWNANDAWAWINZO, his x mark. L. s. ABETAN G, his x mark. [L. S3 Witness:- J osnrn D. Gmmon, [L. s.] U S Interpreter. D. N. CooLEY, [1.. s.] Oom’r Ind. Afairs. L. E. WEBB, U S Indian Agent. J. C. RAIISEY. hwhjmed, Now, therefore, be it known that I, ANDREW Jonxsorr, 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 twenty-sixth of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, accept, ratify, and confirm the said treaty, with the amendment as aforesaid. In testimony whereof, I have signed my name, and have caused the seal of the United States to be hereto affixed. Done at the city of Washington, this fifth day of l\Iay, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, [SEAL.] and of the Independence of the United States of America the ninetieth. ANDREW JOHNSON. By the President: WILLIAM H. SEWABD, Secretary of State.