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Indians Ceded the Lands from Point Pully to the British Boundary

 1855 - 1930

AT THIS PLACE ON JANUARY 22, 1855
GOVERNOR ISAAC I. STEVENS
CONCLUDED THE TREATY BY WHICH THEINDIANS CEDED THE LANDS FROM POINT
PULLY TO THE BRITISH BOUNDARY. OF THE
ONE HUNDRED SIGNATURES, EIGHTY-TWO
WERE BY INDIAN CHIEFS, HEADMEN, AND
DELEGATES OF NUMEROUS TRIBES, THE FIRST
FOUR RECOGNIZED AS LEADING CHIEFS OF
THEIR OWN AND ALLIED TRIBES WERE
SEATTLE, PATKANIM, GOLLAH, AND CHOW-
ITS-HOOT. THE UNITED STATES SENATE
RATIFIED THE TREATY ON MARCH 8, 1859

 

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