Indian Papers of Texas and the Southwest, Vol. III

TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1846-1859 133 dations of that nature, the person convicted thereof shall be punished with the utmost severity according to law, and all horses stolen, either by the Indians from citizens of the United States, or by the citizens of the United States from any of the said tribes or nations, into whose possession soever they may have passed, upon due proof of rightful ownership shall be restored; and the Chiefs of said tribes or nations shall give all necessary aid and protection to citizens of the United States, in reclaiming or recovering such stolen horses; and the Civil Magistrates of the United States severally shall give all neces- sary aid and protection to Indians in claiming and recovering such stolen horses. Article 11th. It is agreed that all stolen property now in the possession of the Indians, parties hereto, shall be given up at this time, and all that they know of or can find before that time, shall be de- livered at Fort Martin Scott on the 5th. day of February, A. D. 1851, and should .any Indian refuse to bring or surrender such stolen property, immediate notice shall be given to the Officer Commanding the nearest Military Post. Article 12th. It is agreed by the Indians, parties hereto, that they will not allow horses which they know or believe to have been stolen, to pass through their country, and that they will take such horses and the Indians having them, into possession and cus- tody, and bring them to the nearest Military Post or to the Indian Agent. Article 13th. It is agreed that the Indians parties hereto will neither at- tack, steal from, murder, make captive, or otherwise injure or molest any white person, and that they will use all their in- fluence to prevent others from doing so; and immediately give notice of such, their locality and numbers, as refuse to comply with this article. Article 14th. Should any of the "Young Men" belonging to the bands or parties hereto, refuse to obey their Chiefs, and steal, murder, or otherwise violate this treaty, they shall be immediately ar- rested by their own bands, brought into Fort Martin Scott, and surrendered for trial and punishment according to law.

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