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TREATY WITH THE MAHAS. 1825. 283 rupt any American citizen or citizens who may be passing from the United States to New Mexico, or returning from thence to the United States. ARTICLE 5. That the friendship which is now established between the United Course to be States and the Maha tribe should not be interrupted by the miseon- P“”“°dl“‘2“l°" duct of individuals, it is hereby agreed, that, for injuries done by indi. ;?€§r§;°?lQ,£·l°` viduals, no private revenge or retaliation shall take place, but instead duals, &c. thereof, cchnplaints shall be made by the party injured, to the superintendent or agent of Indian atfairs, or other person appointed by the President; and it shall be the duty of said Chiefs, upon complaint being made as aforesaid, to deliver up the person or persons against whom the complaint is made, to the end that he or they may be punished agreeably to the laws of the United States. And, in like manner, if any robbery, violence, or murder, shall be committed on any Indian or Indians belonging to said tribe, the person or persons so offending shall be tried, and if found guilty shall be punished in like manner as if the injury had been done to a white man. And it is agreed, that the Chiefs to exert Chiefs of said Maha tribe shall, to the utmost of their power, exert ‘h°ms°lV°S *0 themselves to recover horses or other property, which may be stolen or ;gY,;$:y?t°1°n taken from any citizen or citizens of the United States, by any individual or individuals of said tribe; and theproperty so recovered shall be forthwith delivered to the agents or other person authorized to receive it, that it may be restored to the proper owner. And the United States hereby guarranty to any Indian or Indians of said tribe, a full indemnification for any horses or other property which may be stolen from them by any of their citizens: Provided, That the property stolen cannot be Proviso. recovered, and that sufficient proof is produced that it was actually stolen by a citizen of the United States. And the said Maha tribe engage, on the requisition or demand of the President of the United States, or of the agents, to deliver up any white man resident among them. ARTICLE 6. And the Chiefs and Warriors, as aforesaid, promise and engage, that No guns, &e. their tribe will never, by sale, exchange, or as presents, supply any Lo l>§ll1¥¤lSl‘:°d nation, tribe, or band of Indians, not in amity with the United States, hg;ug"lg°é_‘§? with guns, ammunition, or other implements of war. Done at Fort Atkinson, Council Bluffs, this sixth day of October, A. D. 1825, and of the Independence of the United States the fiftieth. In testimony whereof, the said Commissioners, Henry Atkinson and Benjamin O’Fallon, and the Chiefs, Head—men, and Warriors, of the Maha tribe, have hereunto set their hands, and affixed their seals. H. ATKINSON, Br. Gen. U S. Army. BENJ. O’FALLON, U S. Agt. Ind. Af Opa-ton-ga-the big elk. Esh-sta-ra-ba ————. Oh0·shin-ga—the man that cooks little in Ta-reet·tee-the side of a butfaloe. a small kettle. Sa-da-ma-ne-—he that arrives. Wash-ca-ma-nee-the fast walker. Moh-pe-ma-nee—the walking cloud. Shon-gis-cab-—the white horse. Momee-shee—he who lays on the arrows We.du.gue.noh-—the deliberator. from the number that pierce him. Wa·shin-ga-sabba—the black bird. Ma-sha-ke»ta-the soldier. Ta-noh-ga—the butfaloe bull. Te-sha-va-gran—the door of the lodge.