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 TREATY WITH THE TABEGUACHE INDIANS. 001*032:1: 7, 1863. 675 manner, if any robbery, violence, or murder shall be committed on y Indian or Indians belonging to said band, the person or persons so odi-iiiding shall be tried, and if found gui1ty,shall be punished in like manner as if the injury had been done to a white man. And it is agreed that the chiefs of Recovery or said Tabeguache band shall, to the utmost of their power, exert themselves ¤*°l°¤ P*°P°¤7· to recover horses or other property which may be stolen or taken from any citizen or citizens of the United States by any individual or individuals of said band ; and the property so recovered shall be forthwith delivered to the agents or other persons authorized to receive it, that it may be restored to the proper owner. And for such property as any Indian or Indians belonging to said band may have taken from citizens of the United States which cannot be_restored, payment shall be reserved from the annu- Deduction ities which the said band is to receive, upon sufficient proof of the fact. "¤'°¤¤ ¤¤¤¤i°i¢¤· And the United States hereby guarantee to any Indian or Indians of said Guaranty by band a full indcmnitication for any horses or other property which may be the Ummd Stal"' stolen from them by any of their citizens: Prouided, That the property so stolen cannot be recovered, and that sufficient proof is produced that it was actually stolen by a citizen of the United States. And the said Tabeguache band engages, on the requisition or demand of the President of surrender of the United States, or of the agents, to deliver up any white man resident white ¤¤°¤- among them. ARTICLE VII. And the chiefs and warriors as aforesaid promise and Muninons of engage their band will never, by sale, exchange, or as presents, supply any w"" nation or tribe of Indians, not in amity with the United States, with guns, ammunition, or other implements of war. ARTICLE VIII. For the period of ten years the said band shall receive, Annuity. annually, by such distribution as the Secretary of the Interior may direct, ten thousand ¢lollars’ worth of goods, and also ten thousand dollars’ worth of provisions. Anrrcrr. IX. For the purpose of improving their breed of horses, the Hams. band shall receive Eve American stallions the first year after the ratification of this treaty. ARTICLE X. Each family that shall announce through its head to the Donations of agent of the band a willingness and determination to begin and follow the “*°°k· pursuits of agriculture, by farming or raising stock and growing wool, upon such lands and according to such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, shall receive the following donations of stock to aid them in their endeavor to gain a livelihood by such new pursuits, viz.: Of cattle, one head annually during five years, beginning with the rati- Ecation of this treaty. Of sheep, ten head annually during the first two years after the radiication of this treaty, and five head annually during the three years thereafter. The Secretary of the Interior may also direct that their share of annuity goods and provisions shall be of a character suited to such change of life: Provided, however, That such stock shall only be donated as long as such family shall in good faith keep and use the same for the purpose indicated in this article. All the Indians of said band who may adopt and wnform to the provisions of this article shall be protected in the quiet and peaceable possession of their said lands and property. The government also agrees to establish and maintain a. blacksmith llilapksmith shop, and employ a competent blacksmith, for the purpose of repairing the ’" S °P‘ guns and agricultural implements which may be used by said band of ndians. In testimony whereof, the said commissioners, as aforesaid, and the said Signature. chiefs and warriors of the Tabeguache band of Utah Indians, have hereunto set their hands and seals, at the Tabeguache agency, at Conejos, Col-