Indian Papers of Texas and the Southwest, Vol. III

TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1846-1859 55 and the chiefs of the nations have been committed. In like

or tribes, parties to this treaty, pledge themselves to give pro- tection and assistance to such persons as may be sent among them for this purpose. ARTICLE V. The said tribes or nations shall have the right of sending delegates to the city of Wash- ington whenever they may think their interest requires it. ARTICLE VI. The said tribes and their associate bands pledge them- selves to give notice to the agent of the United States, re- siding near them, of any de- signs which they may know or suspect to [be] formed in any neighboring tribe, or by any person whatever, against the peace and interest of the United States. ARTICLE VII. It is agreed that if any In- dian or Indians shall commit a murder or robbery on any citizen of the United States, the tribe or nation, to which the offender belongs shall de- liver up the person or persons 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 Terri- tory where such offence may

manner, if any subject or citi- zen 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, 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 con- victed thereof shall be pun- ished with the utmost severity according to the laws of the State or Territory where the offence may have been com- mitted; 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

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