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 1028 TREATY WITH THE COW CREEK INDIANS. SEPT. 19, 1853. blankets, eighteen pairs pants, eighteen pairs shoes, eighteen hickory shirts, eighteen hats or caps, three coats, three vests, three pairs socks, three neckhandkerchiefs, forty cotton flags, one hundred and twenty yards prints, one hundred yards domestic, one gross buttons, two lbs. thread, ten papers needles, and such other goods and provisions as may be deemed by the superintendent or agent most conducive to the comfort and necessities of said Indians, on or before the nrst day of October, A. D. 1854. The remaining eleven thousand dollars to be paid in twenty equal annual instalments of five hundred and fifty dollars each, commencing on or about the first day of October, 1854, in blankets, clothing, provisions, stock, farming implements, or such other articles, and in such manner as the President of the United States may deem best for the interests of said tribe. Houses to be Anrronm 4. In addition to the aforesaid twelve thousand dollars °”"°°°d' there shall be erected for the use of said tribe, at the expense of the United States, two dwelling-houses, the cost of which shall not exceed two hundred dollars each, and a field of five acres fenced and ploughed, and suitable seed furnished for planting the same. Protection to Ancrror.1: 5. The said band of Indians agree to give safe conduct to h'“°u°”· all persons passing through their reserve, and to protect in their person and property all agents or other persons sent by authority of the United States to reside among them. _ Redress for Anrxorn 6. That the friendship which is now established between §£‘(_,”f° g"" the United States and the Cow Creek band of Indians, shall not be interrupted by the misconduct of individuals, it is hereby agreed that for injuries done, no private revenge or retaliation shall take place ; but instead thereof complaint shall be made by the party injured to the Indian agent; and it shall be the duty of the chiefs of said band of Indians, upon complaint being made as aforesaid, to deliver up the person against whom the complaint is made, to the end that he may be punished, agreeably to the laws of the United States; and in like manner if any violation, robbery, or murder shall be committed on any Indian belonging to said band, the person so offending shall be tried, and if found guilty, shall be pun- _ ished according to the laws of the United States. And it is ihrther mlfgsnhiggiigtgf agreed that the chiefs shall, to the utmost of their ability, exert themselves P Pto recover horses or other property which has or may hereafter be stolen from any citizen of the United States, by any individual of said tribe, _ and deliver the same to the agent or other person authorized to receive for g;f§°‘£;‘;5°°· it; and the United States hereby guarantee to any Indian or Indians of ,,w]e,, from In. said band, a full indemnification for any horses or other property which di¤¤¤- may be stolen or taken from them by any citizen of the United States, provided, the property stolen cannot be recovered, and that sufficient proof is produced that it was actually stolen or taken by a citizen of the U. S. And the chiefs further agree, that upon the requisition of the President of the U. S., Superintendent of Indian affairs, or Indian agent, to deliver up any person resident among them. ARTICLE 7. [8.] This treaty shall take effect and be obligatory on the contracting parties as soon as the same shall be ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate} In testimony whereof the said Joel Palmer, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, on the part of the United States, and chiefs of the Cow Creek band of Umpqua Indians, before named, have hereunto set their hands and seals, the day and year aforesaid. JOEL PALMER, [L. S.] Superintendent Indian Affairs, O. Il
 * For a new Article 7, see p. 1029.