Andrew Johnson, 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 tenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, by and between William P. Dole, commissioner on the part of the United States, and Wah-gah-sap-pi or Iron Whip, Gist-tah-wah-gu or Strong Walker, Wash-com-mo-ni or Mitchell P. Cerre, Ash-nan-e-kah-gah-he or Lone Chief, and Tah-ton-ga-nuz-zhe or Standing Buffalo, chiefs and headmen of the Ponca Tribe of Indians, on the part of said Indians ..