T R E A T Y Aug, 24, ]835_ With the Comanche and Witchetaw Indians and their associated
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roclamunon, May 19, mss. _ _ _ Fon the purpose of establishing and perpetuating peace and friendship between the United States of America and the Comanche and Witchetaw nations, and their associated bands or tribes of Indians, and between these nations or tribes, and the Cherokee Muscogee, Choctaw, Osage, Seneca and Quapaw nations or tribes of Indians, the President of the United States has, to accomplish this desirable object, and to aid therein, appointed Governor M. Stokes, M. Arbuckle Brigdi.Genl.United States army, and F. W. Armstrong, Actg. Supdt.Western Territory, commissioners on the part of the United States: and the said Governor M. Stokes and M. Arbuckle, Brigdi. Genl. United States army, with the chiefs and representatives of the Cherokee, Muscogee, Choctaw, Osage, Seneca, and Quapaw nations or tribes of Indians, have met the chiefs, warriors, and representatives of the tribes first above named at Camp Holmes, on the eastern border of the Grand Prairie, near the Canadian river, in the Muscogee nation, and after full deliberation, the said nations or tribes have agreed with the United States, and with one another upon the following articles: Peace and ARTICLE 1. There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between f"°“d’l“P· all the citizens of the United States of America, and all the individuals composing the Comanche and Witchetaiv nations and their associated bands or tribes of Indians, and between these nations or tribes and the Cherokee, Muscogee, Choctaw, Osage, Seneca and Quapaw nations or tribes of Indians. Injuries, &e. Aivrrcnn 2. Every injury or act of hostility by one or either of the Y¤fgW¤¤· contracting parties on the other, shall be mutually forgiven and forever forgot. Fm, pass, B ARTICLE 3. There shall be a free and friendly intercourse between through theIn- all the contracting parties hereto, and it is distinctly understood and than °°¤¤¤'Y· agreed by the Comanche and Witchetaw nations and their associated bands or tribes of Indians, that the citizens of the United States are freely permitted to pass and repass through their settlements or hunting ground without molestation or injury on their way to any of the provinces of the Republic of Mexico, or returning therefrom, and that each of the nations or tribes named in this article, further agree to pay the full value for any injury their people may do to the goods or property of the citizens of the United States taken or destroyed, when peaceably pass- Indemnity for ing through the country they inhabit, or hunt in, or elsewhere. And
&»°· the United States hereby guaranty to any Indian or Indians of either of
' the said Comanche or IVitchetaw nations, and their associated bands or tribes of Indians, a full indemnification for any horses or other property Pmviw which may be stolen from them: 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 within the limits thereof Hunting Anrrcnn 4. It is understood and agreed by all the nations or tribes €"°““d- of Indians parties to this treaty, that each and all of the said nations or (474)
