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 TREATY WITH THE APACHE, &¤· INDIANS. OCTOBER 17, 1865. 713 Treaty between the Gifted States of America and the Apache, (Moyenne, and Arrapahoe Tribes ¢y" Indians; Ooncluded October 17, 1865; Ratification advised May 22, 1866 ; Proclaimed May 26, 1866. ANDREW JOHNSON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF ANHQRICA, 0¤t.11,1cc6. ro nr. nm srscnua ro wxou nasa rnnnms sum. coun, onanrmo: Wusneas a treaty was made and concluded at the council-ground on Preamble. the Little Arkansas river, in the State of Kansas, on the seventeenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, by and between John B. Sanborn, William S. Harney, James Steele, William W. Bent, Kit Carson, Thomas Murphy, and J. H. Leavenworth, Commissioners, on the part of the United States, and Kou-zhonta-w, (Poor Bear,) Ba-zhe—ech, (Iron Shirt,)`and other chiefs and headmen, on the part of the Apache tribe of `Indians, Moke-ta-ve-to, (Black Kettle,) Oh~to-ah-ne-so—to-wheo, (Seven Bulls,) and other chiefs and headmen, on the part of the Cheyenne tribe of Indians, and Oh-has-tee, (Little Raven,) Oh-hah-mah-hah, (Storm,) and other chiefs and headmen, on the part of the Arrapahoe tribe of Indians, all of which chiefs and headmcn were duly authorized thereto by their respective tribes, which treaty is in the words and figures following, to wit: — Whereas a treaty was made and concluded, by and between the under- £¤9“h`*°“¤| signed Commissioners on the part of the United States, and the under- P °°` signed chiefs and headmen of the Cheyenne and Arrapahoe tribes of Indians, on the part of said tribes, on the fourteenth day of October, ,,,,,,1 p_708_ A. D. 1865, at the council-grounds on the Little Arkansas river, in the State of Kansas; and whereas the Apache Indians, who have been heretofore confederated with the Kiowa and Camanche tribes of Indians, are desirous of dissolving said confederation and uniting their fortunes with the said Cheyennes and Arrapahoes; and whereas the said last-named tribes are willingto receive among themselves on an equal footing with the members of their own tribes, the said Apache Indians; and the United States, by their said Commissioners, having given their assent thereto; it is therefore hereby agreed by and between the United States, by their said Commissioners, and the said Cheyenne, Arrapahoe, and Apache Indians, by the undersigned chiefs and headmen of said tribes respectively, as follows, viz:- Anrrcne I. The said Cheyenne, Arrapahoe, and Apache tribes hence- Cheyenne Arforth shall be and they are hereby united, and the United States will ‘XP;;‘§:·;§és hereafter recognize said tribes as the confederated bands or tribes of mg ,,,,,,,,4 ,,,,,1 Cheyenne, Arrapahoe, and Apache Indians. ¤¤¤°g¤i¤°d ¤ Anrrcnn Il. The several terms, stipulations and agreements to be §f,§‘,;‘;d§"*,f,': done and performed on the part of the United States for and »with the United States. said Cheyenne and Arrapahoe tribes of Indians, and by the said Cheyenne t.m§n:E_";:m“ °t; and Arrapahoe tribes of Indians, for and- with the United States, by the i,,, b,,,,,,,,; ,,,,,0,, provisions of said treaty of October 14th, A. D. 1865, shall be done and WM parties h•¤‘¤- performed by the United States for and on behalf of the said confederated °°‘ tribes or bands of Cheyenne, Arrapahoe, and Apache Indians, and on