TREATY WITH THE QUINAIELT 1855

Articles of agreement and convention made and concluded by and between Isaac I. Stevens, governor and superintendent of Indian affairs of the Territory of Washington, on the part of the United States, and the undersigned chiefs, headmen, and delegates of the different tribes and bands of the Qui-nai-elt and Quil-leh-ute Indians, on the part of said tribes and bands, and duly authorized thereto by them.

ARTICLE 1. The said tribes and bands hereby cede, relinquish, and convey to the United States all their right, title and interest in and to the lands and country occupied by them, bounded and described as follows: Commencing at a point on the Pacific Coast, which is the southwest corner of the lands lately ceded by the Makah tribe of Indians to the Untied States, and running easterly with and along the southern boundary of the said Makah tribe to the middle of the coast range of mountains; thence southerly with said range of mountains to their intersection with the dividing ridge between the Chehalis and Quinaielt Rivers; thence westerly with said ridge to the Pacific Coast; thence northerly along said coast to the place of beginning.

ARTICLE 2. There shall, however, be reserved, for the use and occupation of the tribes and bands aforesaid, a tract or tracts of land sufficient for their wants within the Territory of Washington, to be selected by the President of the United States, and hereafter surveyed or located and set apart for their exclusive use, and no white man shall be permitted to reside there on without permission of the tribe and of the superintendent of Indian affairs or Indian agent. And the said tribes and bands agree to remove to and settle upon the same within one year after the ratification of this treaty, or sooner if the means are furnished them. In the meantime it shall be lawful for them to reside upon any lands not in the actual claim and occupation of citizens of the Untied States, and upon any lands claimed for occupied, if with the permission of the owner or claimant. If necessary for the public convenience, roads may be run through said reservation, on compensation being made for any damage sustained thereby.

ARTICLE 3. The right of taking fish at all usual and accustomed grounds and stations is secured to said Indians in common with all citizens of the Territory, and of erecting temporary houses for the purpose of curing the same; together with the privilege of hunting, gathering roots and berries, and pasturing their horses on all open and unclaimed lands. Provided, however, that they shall not take parties as soon as the same shall be ratified by the President and Senate of the Untied States.

In testimony whereof, the said, Isaac I. Stevens, governor and superintendent of Indian affairs, and the undersigned chiefs, headmen, and delegates of the aforesaid tribes and bands of Indians, have hereunto set their hands and seals, at Olympia, January 25, 1856, and on the Qui-nai-elt River, July 1, 1855,

• Isaac I. Stevens, Governor and Sup't of Indian Affairs.
• Tah-ho-la, Head Chief Qui-nite-'l tribe, his x mark. [L.S.]
• How-yat'l, Head Chief Quil-ley-yute tribe, his x mark. [L.S.]
• Kal-lape, Sub-chef Quil-ley--hutes, his x mark. [L.S.]
• Tah-ah-ha-wht'l, Sub-chief Quil-ley-hutes, his x mark. [L.S.]
• Lay-le-whash-er, his x mark. [L.S.]
• E-mah-lah-cup, his x mark. [L.S.]
• Ash-chak-a-wick, his x mark. [L.S.]
• Ay-a-quan, his x mark. [L.S.]
• Yats-see-o-kop, his x mark. [L.S.]
• Karts-so-pe-ah, his x mark. [L.S.]
• Quat-a-de-tot'l, his x mark. [L.S.]
• Now-ah-ism, his x mark. [L.S.]
• Cla-kish-ka, his x mark. [L.S.]
• Kler-way-sr-hun, his x mark. [L.S.]
• Quar-ter-heit'l, his x mark. [L.S.]
• Hay-nee-si-oos, his x mark. [L.S.]
• Hoo-e-yas'lsee, his x mark. [L.S.]
• Quilt-le-se-mah, his x mark. [L.S.]
• Qua-lasts-kaim, his x mark. [L.S.]
• Yah-le-hum, his x mark. [L.S.]
• Je-tah-let-shin, his x mark. [L.S.]
• Ma-ta-a-ha, his x mark. [L.S.]
• Wah-kee-nah, Sub-chief Qui-nite'l tribe, his x mark. [L.S.]
• Yer-ay-let'l, Sub-chief, his x mark. [L.S.]
• Silley-mark'l, his x mark [L.S.]
• Cher-lark-tin, his x mark. [L.S.]
• How-yat-'l, his x mark. [L.S.]
• Kne-she-guartsh, Sub-chief, his x mark. [L.S.]
• Klay-sumetz, his x mark. [L.S.]
• Kape, his x mark. [L.S.]
• Hay-et-lite-'l, or John, his x mark. [L.S.]

Executed in the presence of us; the words "or tracts," in the II. article, and "next," in the IV. article, being interlined prior to execution.

• M.T. Simmons, special Indian agent.
• H.A. Goldsborough, commissary, &c.
• B.F. Shaw, interpreter.James Tilton, Surveyor-general Washington Territory.
• F. Kennedy.
• J.Y. Miller.
• H.D. Cock.