Point No Point Treaty
Signed | January 26, 1855 |
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Location | Northern tip of the Kitsap Peninsula |
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The Point No Point Treaty was signed on January 26, 1855, at
On the first day of the council, treaty provisions were translated from English to the Chinook Jargon for the 1,200 natives who assembled at the sand spit they called Hahdskus,[1] across Admiralty Inlet from Whidbey Island. Today this is the site of a lighthouse.
Skokomish leader Hool-hol-tan expressed concern about finding sufficient food in the new locations, and did not like the lands being offered as a reservation. L'Hau-at-scha-uk, a To-antioch, was afraid he would die if he left his ancestral lands. Others objected that the land was being bought too cheaply, now that they understood what it was worth. The whites played down the importance of the land, but the first day ended without an agreement.
But by the next morning, the various chiefs and headmen returned under white flags to add their marks to the treaty. It had already been prepared by the United States representatives in its final form; they had no intention of using it as a basis for negotiations.[1]
References
External links
- "Treaty With the S'Klallam, 1855", Jamestowntribe.org