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TREATY WITH THE CAMANCHES AND KIOWAYS. Ocromax, 18, 1865. 717 Treaty between the United States of America and the Uamanche and Hman Tribes of Indians; Ooncluded October 18, 1865 ; Ratification advised, , May 22, 1866 ; Proclaimed May 26, 1866. ANDREW JOHNSON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AJYHBRICA, 0et.18, 1865. ·ro Am. Im: srxounm ro wuou ruse rnmsnms susu. coun, cxzurnm: WHEREAS a treaty was made and concluded at the council-ground on Preamble. the little Arkansas river, in the State of Kansas, on the eighteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-tive, by and between John B. Sanborn, William S. Harney, Kit Carson, William W. Bent, James Steele, Thomas Murphy, and J. H. Leavenworth, Commissioners, on t.he part of the United States, and Tab-e-nam i-kah, (Rising Sun,) Esh-e-tave-pa-rah, (Female Infant,) and other chiefs and headmen, on the part of the Camanche bands of Indians, and Queilpark, (Lone Wolf,) Wah-toh-konk, (Black Eagle,) and other chiefs and headmen, on the part of the Kiowa tribe of Indians, all of which chiefs and headmen were duly authorized thereto by their respective bands and tribes, which treaty is in the words and figures following, to wit: —- ARTICLES or A Tnnur made and concluded at the council-ground on 0?¤¤‘¤¤¥i¤8 the Little Arkansas river eight miles from the mouth of said river,_in p°m°s' the State of Kansas, on the eighteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-tive, by and between John B. Sanborn, William S. Harney, Thomas Murphy, Kit Carson, William W. Bent, Jesse H. Leavenworth, and James Steele, Commissioners on the part of the United States, and the undersigned chiefs and headmen of the several bands of Camanche Indians specified in connection with their signatures, and the chiefs and headmen of the Kiowa tribe of Indians, the said chiefs and headmen by the said bands and tribes being thereunto duly authorized. Anrxcnn I. It is agreed by the parties to this treaty that hereafter P¤‘r¤¢¤¤| perpetual peace shall be maintained between the people and government p°“°°‘ of the United States and the Indians parties hereto, and that the Indians parties hereto shall forever remain at peace with each other and with all other Indians who sustain friendly relations with the government of the United States. For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this article, it is agreed b HOSWG ¤<>¤¤¤ that in case hostile acts or depredations are committed by the people of a;b€€,2§g,;°’ the United States, or by the Indians on friendly terms with the United States, against the tribe or tribes or the individual members of the tribe or tribes who are parties to this treaty, such hostile acts or depredations shall not be redressed by a resort to arms, but the party or parties aggrieved shall submit their complaints, through their agent, to the President of the United States, and thereupon an impartial arbitration shall be had under his direction, and the award thus made shall be binding on all parties interested, and the government of the United States will in good faith enforce the same. And the Indians parties hereto, on their part, agree, in case crimes or