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Show REPORT OF THE 00~1SSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 33 nology, and formerly of this Ofiice, failed to indicate any subsequent action by the President in proclaiming the ratification of this treaty; but more than twenty-five years subsequent to its ratification by the Senate the correspondence of the War Department speaks of the cession of land described therein as an accomplished fact. It appears in the appendix to the Senate Compilation of Indian Treaties, page 793. The first treaty was made with the Delaware September 7, 1778, and the last treaty was made August 13,1868, with the Nee Perc6, though the last treaty proclaimed by the President February 17,1870, was made as early as October 14, 1864, with the Klamath, Modoc, and Yahooskin band of Snake Indians. These 370 treaties were made at the following periods, viz: 1778 ........... 1 1808 ........... 2 1831 ........... 5 1852 ........... 2 1784.; ......... 1 1809 ........... 4 1832 ........... 16 1853 ........... 3 1785 ........... 2 1814 ........... 1 1833 ........... 9 1854 ........... 18 1786 ........... 3 181; ........... 14 1834 ........... 6 1855 ........... 19 . 1789. .......... 2 1816 ........... 10 1835 ........... 3 1856 ........... 5 1790 ........... 1 1817..; ........ 5 1836 ........... 20 1857 ........... 2 1791 ........... 1 1818 ........... 15 1837 ........... 12 1858 ........... 4 1794 ........... 3 1819 ........... 4 1838 ........... 6 1859 ........... 4 1795 ........... 1 1820 ........... 6 1839 ........... 3 1860 ........... 1 1796 ........... 2 1821 ........... 3 1840 ........... 1 1861 ........... 4 1797 ........... 1 1822 ........... 2 1842 ........... 4 1862 ........... 3 I798 ........... 1 1823 ........... 1 1843 ........... 1 1863 ........... 8 1801 ........... 2 1824 ........... 3 1845 ........... 1 1884 ........... 4 1802 ........... 4 1825 ........... 20 1846 ........... 5 1865 ........... 18 1803 ........... 4 1826 ........... 4 1847 ............ 2 1866 ........... 7 1804 ........... 4 1827 ........... 3 1848 ........... 3 1867 ........... 8 1805 ........... 8 1828 ........... 4 1849 ........... 2 1868 ........... 8 1806. .......... 1 I18.29 . .......... 4 1850. .......... 1 1807 ........... 2 1830 ........... 2 1851 ........... 3 By an act approved February 16, 1863 (12 Stats., p. 652), Congress declared- That all t,mties heretofore made and entered into by the Sisaeton. Wahpeton, I Rlrrla\raksnton. and Wahpakcwta band, of Xionx Indiaue, or any of tloen~, with the l1nitel Sure?, are herrlrs declared to bcabnyated and ~nnul leds,o ior any ~reatiea or any of them purport impose any future obligation on'the United Sutetes, and all lands or right of occupancy within the State of Minnesota, and all annuities and claima heretofore accorded to ssjd Indians, or any of them, to be forfeited to the United States. - Of all treaties made with the Indians of the United States from 1778 to 1868, covering a period of ninety years, this is the only instance in which the Government has abrogated or annulled an Indian treaty after it had been ratified and proclaimed by tbe President. Congress, by an act approved March 3,1871 (16 Stgts., p. 566), pm-hibited the making of any futuie Indian treaty. (See Rev. Stat., sec. |