The Quinault Treaty (also known as the…

July 1855 CE

The Quinault Treaty (also known as the Quinault River Treaty and the Treaty of Olympia) is signed on July 1, 1855, at the Quinault River between the United States and the  Quinault and Quileute tribes located in the western Olympic Peninsula north of Grays Harbor, in the recently formed Washington Territory.

Signatories include Isaac Stevens, superintendent of Indian affairs and governor of Washington Territory, and representatives of the Quinault and Quileute, as well as the Hoh tribe, which is considered a subset of the Quileutes.

The Quinault Indian Reservation is established under the terms of the treaty.

Indian signatories include the Quinault Head Chief Taholah and Sub-chiefs Wah-kee-nah, Yer-ay-let'l, and Kne-she-guartsh, the Quileute Head Chief How-yat'l and Sub-chiefs Kal-lape, Tah-ah-ha-wht'l, along with other tribal delegates.

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