FRANKLIN PIERCE.

WASHINGTON, _February 19, 1855_.

_To the Senate of the United States_:

I transmit herewith, for the constitutional action of the Senate, a

treaty made by Isaac I. Stevens, governor and superintendent of Indian

affairs in Washington Territory, on the part of the United States,

and the chiefs, headmen, and delegates of the Nesqually, Puyallup,

Steilacoom, Squawksin, S'Homamish, Ste'h-chass, F'peeksin, Squi-aitl,

and Sa-heh-wamish tribes and bands of Indians occupying the lands lying

around the head of Pugets Sound and the adjacent inlets in Washington

Territory.

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