256 TREATY WITH THE CHAYENNES. 1825. or interrupt 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. gomsem bg That the friendship which is now established between the United nursuedinqtdér States and the Chayenne tribe, should not be interrupted by the mis-
- 9 p"°'?“°."l-l“` conduct of individuals it is hereby acreed, that for injuries done by innes by mdivi- . . . * ¤ . .
duals, &,c_ dividuals, no private revenge or retaliation shall take place, but instead thereof, complaints shall be made, by the party injured, to the superintendent or agent of Indian affairs, or other person appointed by the President; and it shall be the duty of the 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 ghgersm gxgyt it the injury had been done to a white man. And it is agreed, that the themselves rv Chiefs of said Chayenne tribe shall, to the utmost of their power, exert ’°°°"°f S‘°1°“ themselves to recover horses or other property, which may be stolen or proper y` taken from any citizen or citizens of the United States, by any individual or individuals of said tribe; and the property so recovered shall be forthwith delivered to the agents or other person authorised 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 so stolen cannot be recovered, and that sufficient proof is produced that it was actually stolen by a citizen of the United States. And the said Chayenne 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. No guns, &c_ And the Chiefs and Warriors, as aforesaid, promise and engage that to be furnished their tribe will never, by sale, exchange, or as presents, supply any
- ?,°':Y%*b§h°S· nation or tribe of Indians, not in amity with the United States, with
° ° ‘guns, ammunition, or other implements of war. Done at the mouth of the Teton River, this sixth day of July, 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, Headmen and Warriors, of the Chayenne tribe of Indians, have hereunto set their hands and affixed their seals. H. ATKINSON, Br. Gen. UZ S. Army. BENJ. (YFALLON, UZ SC Agt. Ind. Af Chiefs. Chah-puc·pah-ha, or the one that raises Shc·e-mow-e-to-chaw-ca·we-wah-ca-tm th° W"` °l“b· we, or the wolf with the high back, Ta`¥°n'°°'h°°`°h'°°“l3'h°'Pa`ha’ or the We-che-ga-la, or the little moon, pllc of b“Hal°° bonesr _ _ T,,_mn_ca_pa’ 0,. the buffaloé head, Ma-te-wash-e-na, or the little white J`·a-pu, or the one who talks against the bw', Others_ Shong-ge-mon-e-to, or the wolf} Shong-ge·mon—e-to-e~ah·ca, or the run- . nin wolf Wam0r8' N ah·pi-ton-ha, or the big hand, Ta-ke-che-sca, or the white deer, Oh-kee-che·tn, or the soldier, Tah-hi-o-ta, or the lousy man.
