James Buchanan, President of the United States of America, to all and singular to whom these presents shall come, greeting
Subtitle: whereas a treaty was made and concluded on the Qui-nai-elt river, in the Territory of Washington, on the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, and at the City of Olympia also in said Territory, on the twenty-fifth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, between Isaac I. Stevens, Governor and Superintendent of Indian Affairsin the Territory aforesaid, on the part of the United States, and the hereinafter named 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 ...
Contributors: Quinault Tribe of the Quinault Reservation, Washington; Quileute Tribe of the Quinault Reservation, Washington; United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan); Edward E. Ayer Collection (Newberry Library); Adam Matthew Digital (Firm)
Publisher: s.n.
Published: 1859
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Subjects: Quinault Indians; Treaties; Quileute Indians; Indian land transfers; Relocation; Treaty Indian reservations; Indian Removal, 1813-1903; Indians of North America; Government relations
Other titles: Treaty between the United States and the Qui-nai-elt and Quil-leh-ute Indians; Treaties between the US and the Indians.; American Indian histories and cultures.
Work titles: Quinault River Treaty (1855)
Notes: Title from caption.

"July 1, 1855, and January 25, 1856. Ratified March 8, 1859."--Cover.

The Treaty of Quinault River was negotiated in 1855 and officially signed in Jan. 1856 by the Quinault, Hoh, Queet and Quileute tribes.

Ratified by the Senate Mar. 8, 1859; and signed by President Buchanan Apr. 11, 1859.

Edward E. Ayer Collection, Newberry Library

Mode of access: World Wide Web.