TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1846-1859
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if persisted in, cannot fail to involve both the United States and the Indians in end- less strife. It is therefore agreed that it shall be put an entire stop to on both sides. Nevertheless, should bad men, in defiance of this agreement, continue to make depredations of that nature, the person convicted thereof shall be punished with the utmost severity, according to the laws of the State or Territory where the offence may have been committed; and all horses so stolen, either by the Indians from the 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 owner- ship, shall be restored; and the chiefs of said tribes or nations shall give all neces- sary aid and protection to the citizens of the United States in reclaiming and re- covering such stolen horses; and the civil magistrates of the United States, respec- tively, shall give all necessary aid and protection to Indian$ in claiming and re- covering such stolen horses. Article IX. For the protection of said Indians and for the purpose of carrying out the stipu- lations of this treaty more effectually, the President shall, at his discretion, locate upon their borders trading houses, agen- cies, and posts. In consideration of the friendly disposition of said tribes, evi- denced by the stipulations in the present treaty, the commil!!sioners of the United States, in behalf of the l!!aid States, agree to give to the eaid tribes or nations goods, as presents, at this time, and agree to give presents in goods to them, to the
How punished.
All stolen h~rses to be restored.
Trading houses, agene'ies, and posts to be located on the borders.
See post, p. 848.
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