Present location: Mill Creek, not far
from the old Whitman Mission Inn, or 6 miles Way-Lat-Poo
on the Mill Fork of the Walla Walla in WA State
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Ratified: March 8, 1859 Proclaimed: April 11, 1859 
Young Chief, Head Chief of the Cayuses, argued
angrily against signing the treaty. Drawing by
Gustav Sohon. Picture courtesy of the Washington
State Historical Society.
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Tribes who signed this treaty:
At the treaty-ground, Camp Stevens, in the Walla Walla Valley Signed by and between Isaac I. Stevens, governor and superintendent of Indian affairs for the territory of Washington and Joel Palmer, superintendent of Indian affairs for Oregon Territory and the chiefs, head-men and delegates of the tribes listed:
Non-Tribal Signers: James Doty, Secretary, TreatiesWm. C. McKay, Secretary, Treaties C Chirouse, O.M.I. A. D. Pamburn, Interpreter John Whitford, Interpreter Mathew Dofa, Interpreter William Craig, Interpreter James Coxey, Interpreter Patrick McKenzie, Interpreter Arch. Gracie, Jr., Brevet Second Lieutenant, Fourth Infantry R. R. Thompson, Indian Agent R. B. Metcalfe, Indian Sub-agent |
