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 TREATY WITH THE APACHES. JULY 1, 1852. 979 FRANKLIN PIERCE, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: July 1, 1852. ro Am. Ann smeoran ro wnoar rnnsn rnnsmrrs SHALL comm, onnnrme; Wiinnnas a Treaty was made and concluded at Santa Fe, New Mexi- Preamble. co, on the first day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, by and between Col. E. V. Sumner, U. S. A., commanding the 9th Department, and in charge of the Executive Office of New Mexico, and John Greiner, Indian Agent in and for the Territory of New Mexico, and acting Superintendent of Indian Affairs of said Territory, representing the United States, and Cuentas Azules, Blancito, Negrito, Captain Simon, Captain Vuelta, and Mangus Colorado, chiefs, acting on the part of the Apache nation of Indians, situate and living within the limits of the United States, which treaty is in the words fol— lowing, to wit: Articles of a Treaty made and entered into at Santa Fe, New Mexico, on the first day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, by and between Col. E. V. Sumner, U. S. A., commanding the 9 Department and in charge of the Executive Office of New Mexico, and John Greiner, Indian Agent in and for the Territory of New Mexico, and acting Superintendent of Indian Affairs of said Territory, representing the United States, and Cuentas, Azules, Blancito, Negrito, Capitan Simon, Capitan Vuelta, and l\/Iangus Colorado, chiefs, acting on the part of the Apache Nation of Indians, situate and living within the limits of the United States. Anrrcnn 1. Said nation or tribe of Indians through their authorized Authority ot Chiefs aforesaid do hereby acknowledge and declare that they are law- fully and exclusively under the laws, jurisdiction, and government of the g ` United States of America, and to its power and authority they do hereby submit. ARTICLE 2. From and after the signing of this Treaty hostilities Y<>¤¤<= to ¢XiS¢~ between the contracting parties shall forever cease, and perpetual peace and amity shall forever exist between said Indians and the government and people of the United States; the said nation, or tribe of Indians, The Apaches hereby binding themselves most solemnly never to associate with Ol` give g3E;;’t*;?,*;5*’i Countenance or aid to any tribe or band of Indians, or other p€I`SODS OI` hosmmcsf H powers, who may be at any time at war or enmity with the government or people of said United States. ARTICLE 3. Said nation, or tribe of Indians, do hereby bind them— G<;<>dft1‘$¤§f- solves for all future time to treat honestly and humanely all citizens of Q}°§,C°U,ffféf,°“’ the United States, with whom they may have intercourse, as well 21S all States by naporsons and powers, at peace with the said United States, who may be  3fcl;;"”"" lawfully among them, or with whom they may have any lawfnl intercourse. ' ARTICLE 4. All said nation, or tribe of Indians, hereby bind them- Cases ofag- Solvos to refer all cases of aggression against themselves or their property §;°,§;":_gg;r;%°{2 and territory, to the government of the United States for adjustment, and g0,.m,,»,,,,,,»,_ to conform in all things to the laws, rules, and regulations of said govorrv Lyw fg lie ment m regard to the Indian mm. °°" °""° °‘ ARTICLE 5. Said nation, or tribe of Indians, do hereby bind them- Yf¤Vi§l¤¤S_ selves for all future time to desist and refrain from making any “ i¤0l1l'· ;€:;]?;ig°§féx,_ sions within the Territory of Mexico " of a hostile or predatory character; oo. and that they will for the future refrain from taking and conveying into