TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1846-1859
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Article 15th. It is agTeed by the Indians, parties hereto, that they will not go below the present line of Military Posts on the East side of the Colorado River, or below the Llano River, and a line run- ning West from its headwaters on the West side of said Colo- rado, without express permission from the Indian Agent or some Officer Commanding a Military Post in Texas, in writ- ing; and that they will give immediate notice to the nearest Military Post should other Indians attempt to do so. The Ger- man settlement on the North side of the Llano will be embraced in the foregoing article, so long as they do not trade with the Indians in any thing except the produce of their farms, nor for any horses or mules which may have been stolen. Article 16th. The Indians, parties hereto, agree to deliver by the 5th day of February, 1851, to 1he Officer Commanding Fort Martin Scott, the Indian who murdered the German at Craig's trading house, on the Llano, during the present fall, or should they be unable to deliver them, then to point out said murderers, and render such assistance in arresting them as may be necessary. Article 17th. The Indians, parties hereto, agree to deliver at the same time and place, the Indians who captured and carried away the white girls near the town of Lamar, on Copano Bay, in Septem- ber or October last, or should they be unable to do so, point out such Indians to such force as may be sent after them, and ren- der further assistance as may be necessary to their arrest and punishment. Article 18th. For the protection of said Indians, and for the purpose of securing a permanent peace and carrying out the stipulations of this treaty, the Government of the United States shall, within the year A. D. 1851, establish in the Indian country one or more trading houses and Agencies, and make such suitable r-resent as may be deemed proper, and treat with said Indians ag to a definite line between them and the whites, so that the lndian country may be known and respected. Article 19th. If any person or persons shall introduce ardent spirits ur in-
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