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TREATY WITH THE TABEGUACHE INDIANS. Ooronnn 7, 1863. 673 Treaty between the United States of America and the Tabeguache Band of Wah Indians, concluded October 7, 1863; Ratification advised, with Amendments, by the Senate, March 25, 1864; Amendments assented to, October 8, 1864; Proclaimed by the President of the United States, December 14, 1864. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ro Im. Ann srneunuz ro wnou rnnsn rxnsanrs suau. coms, ennnrrmz October 7, 1853. WHEREAS a treaty was made and concluded at the Tabeguache Agency Preamble. at Conejos, Colorado Territory, on the seventh day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, by and between John Evans, Michael Steck, Simeon Whiteley, and Lafayette Head, com- Contracting missioners on the part of the United States, and the hereinafter named P““‘°S· chiefs and warriors of the Tabeguache band of Utah Indians, on the part of said band of Indians, and duly authorized thereto by them, which treaty is in the words and Figures following, to wit:- Whereas the Tabeguache band of Utah Indians claim an exclusive right Boundaries of to the following described country as their lands and hunting-grounds l““‘l’·&"· within the territory of the United States of America, being bounded and described as follows, to wit :- “ Beginning on the 37th degree of north latitude, at the eastern base of the Sierra Madre Mountains; running thence northerly with the base of the Rocky Mountains to the forty-first parallel of north latitude; thence west with the line of said forty-first parallel of north latitude to its intersection with the summit of the Snowy range northwest of the North Park; thence with the summit of the Snowy range southerly to the Rabbit-Ear Mountains ; thence southerly with the summit of said Rabbit-Ear range of mountains, west of the Middle Park, to the Grand River ; thence with the said Grand River to its confiuence with the Gunnison River; thence with the said Gunnison River to the mouth of the Uncompahgre River; thence with the said Uncompahgre River to its source in the summit of the Snowy range, opposite the source of the Rio Grande del Norte; thence in a right line south to the summit of the Sierra La Plata range of mountains, dividing the waters of the San Juan River from those of the Rio Grande del Norte; thence with the summit of said range southeasterly to the thirty-seventh parallel of north latitude; thence with the line of said parallel of latitude to the place of beginning : " And whereas the said Indians, for the purpose of maintaining friendly relations with the people and government of the United States of America, and for the other considerations herein mentioned, are willing to cede a portion of said country, and to enter into the covenants and agreements herein set forth, the President of the United States of America, by John Evans, Governor of Colorado Territory, and ex ojicio Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the same ; Michael Steck, Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Territory of New Mexico; Simeon Whiteley and Lafayette Head, Indian agents, duly authorized and appointed as commissioners for the purpose, of the one part, and the undersigned chiefs and warriors of the Tabeguache band of Utah Indians, of the other part, have made and entered into the following treaty, which, when ratiiied by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall be binding on both parties, to wit : —— vox,. xm. TREAT. —— 57