Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America, to all and singular to whom these presents shall come, greeting : whereas a treaty was made and concluded at the city of Washington in the District of Columbia, on the twelfth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, by and between Clark W. Thompson and Ashley C. Morrill, commissioners on the part of the United States, and the hereinafter-named chiefs, headmen and warriors of the Red Lake and Pembina Bands of Chippewa Indians, on behalf of and duly authorized thereto by said bands, ..