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 TREATY WITH THE YANKTONAI INDIANS. OCTOBER 20, 1865. 735 Treaty between the United &ates of America andthe Yan/ctonai Band of Dakota or Sioux Imdans ; Ooncluded October 20, 1865; Ratification advised, with Amendment, March 5, 1866; Proclaimed March 17, 1866. ANDREW JOHNSON, _ PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 0ce;.zo,1se5. ro Am. Arm smonnuz ro wnou 1-mssn rnnsnwrs susm. coms, cnnnrmo: WHEREAS a treaty was made and concluded at Fort Sully, in the Ter- Preamble. ritory of Dakota, on the twentieth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-tive, by and between Newton Edmunds, Edward B. Taylor, Major-General S. R. Curtis, Brigadier- General H. H. Sibley, Henry W. Reed, and Orrin Guernsey, Commissioners, on the part of the United States, and M’Doka, (The Buck,) Mah·to-wak-kouah, (He that runs the Bear,) and other chiefs and headmen of the Yanktonai band of Dakota or Sioux Indians, on the part of said band of Indians, and duly authorized thereto by them, which treaty is in the words and figures following, to wit : — Anricrss or A TnnAcr! made and concluded at Fort Sully, in the Terri- Uqntmcting tory of Dakota, by and between Newton Edmunds, governor and ex- P"°‘°°' oificio superintendent of Indian affairs of Dakota Territory, Edward B. Taylor, superintendent of Indian affairs for the northern superintendency, Major-General S. R. Curtis, Brigadier-General H. H. Sibley, Henry W. Reed, and Orrin Guernsey, Commissioners on the part of the United States, duly appointed by the President, and the undersigned chiefs and headmen of the Yanktonai band of Dakota or Sioux Indians. Anrionn I. The Yanktonai band of Dakota or Sioux Indians, repre- Jurisdiction sented in council, hereby acknowledge themselves to be subject to the Qggglgtggrégtgi exclusive jurisdiction and authority of the United States, and hereby mknowledgsa obligate and bind themselves, individually and collectively, not only to cease all hostilities against the persons and property of its citizens, but to use their influence, and, if requisite, physical force, to prevent other bands of Dakota Indians, or other adjacent tribes, from making hostile demonstrations against the government or people of the United States. Anricmc II. Inasmuch as the government of the United States is Poisons and desirous to arrest the eifusion of blood between the Indian tribes within g_‘;¥;;';%g*t;’°€:’ its jurisdiction hitherto at war with each other, the Yanktonai band of gm amok6d_ Dakota or Sioux Indians represented in council, anxious to respect the wishes of the government, hereby agree to discontinue, for the future, all attacks upon the persons or property of other tribes, unless first attacked by them, and to use their influence to promote peace everywhere in the region occupied or frequented by them. ARTICLE III. All controversies or diiferences arising between the Controversies Yanktonai band of Dakota or Sioux Indians, represented in council, and tig fgcsgfgféfd _ other tribes of Indians, involving the question of peace or war, shall be mango; the Submitted for the arbitrament of the President, or such person or persons Y¤¤$id*>¤¤· as may be designated by him, and the decision or award shall be faithfully observed by the said band represented in council. ARTICLE IV. The said band, represented in council shall withdraw Indiansto from the routes overland already established, or hereafter to be estab- xglfgff lll5h6d, through their country; and in consideration thereof; and of their Ainondnnsng, 11011-interference with the persons and property of citizens of the United PM P- 78"·