TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1846-1859
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Article V.
The said tribes or nations shall have the right of send"ing delegates to the city of Washington whenever they may think their interest requires it. Article VI. The said tribes and their associate bands pledge themselves to give notice to the agent of the United States residing near them of any designs which they may know or suspect to [be] formed in any neighboring tribe, or by any person what- ever, against the peace and interests of the United States. Article VII. It is agreed that, if any Indian or In- dians shall commit a murder or robbery on any citizen of the United States, the tribe or nation to which the offender be- longs shall deliver up the person or per- sons so complained of, on complaint being made to their chief, to the nearest post of the United States, to the end that he or they may be tried, and, if found guilty, punished, according to the law of the State or Territory where such offence may have been committed. In like manner, if any subject or citizen of the United States shall commit murder or robbery on any Indian or Indians of the said tribes or nations, upon complaint thereof to the agent residing near them, he or they shall be arrested, tried and punished according to the law of the State or Territory where such offence may have been committed. Article VIII. The practice of stealing horses has prevailed very much to the great disquiet of the citizens of the United States, and,
This article struck out by the Senate. See post, p. 848.
The said tribes to give notice of any designs
against the peace and interest of the U. States.
Indians guilty of murder or robbery to be delivered up.
Citizens of the United States guilty of murder or robbery of Indians to be punished according to law.
Horse stealing.
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