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 TREATY WITH THE KIOWAS AND OOMANCHES. Om? 21, 1867. 581 Deaty between the United States of America and the Home and O'0manc}1¢· Tribes of Indians ; Ooncluded October 21, 1867 ; Ratt:/icwtfon advised July 25, 1868; Proclaimed Auguit 25, 1868. ANDREW JOHNSON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Ogg, gy 1357, ro am. mn snroumn ·ro wnou rmsss rxssmurs sun.:. coma, onnsruro: [Nora nr rms Dnunruanr or S·rA·m.-The words of this treaty which are put in brackets with an asterisk are written in the original with black pencil, the rest of the ouginal treaty being written with black mk.] Wnnanns a treaty was made and concluded at the Council Cam, on. Preamble; Medicine Lodge creek, seventy miles south of Fort Larned, in the State of Kansas, on the twenty-first day of October, in the year of our Lord. one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, by and between N. G. Ta lor, Brevet Major-General William S. Harney, Brevet Major-General  C. Augur, Brevet Major-General Alfred H. Terry, John B. Sanborn, Samuel F. Tappan, and J. B. Henderson, commissioners, on the part of the United States, and Satank, (Sitting Bear,) Su-Tan—Ta, (White Contracting Bear,) Pat·ry-Wah-Say-Men, (Ten Bears,) and Tep-Pe~Navon, (Painted P"“°“* Lips,) and other chiefs and headmen of the Kiowa and Comanche tribes of Indians, on the part of said Indians, and duly authorized thereto by them, which treaty is in the words and figures following, to wit : -·· Articles of a treaty and agreement made and entered into at the Council Camp, on Medicine Lodge creek, seventy miles south of Fort Larned, in the State of Kansas, on the twenty·iirst day of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, by and between the United States of America, represented by its commissioners duly appointed thereto, to wit, Nathaniel G. Taylor, William S. Harney, C. C. Augur, Alfred S Terry, John B. Sanborn, Samuel F. Tappan, and J. B. Henderson, of the one part, and the confederated tribes of Kiowa and Comanche Indians, represented by their chiefs and headmen, duly authorized and empowered to act for the body of the people of said tribes, (the names of said chiefs and headmen being hereto subscribed,) of the other part, witness: Anrrcnn I. From this day forward all war between the parties to W°*`*°°°”°· this agreement shall forever cease. The government of the United States desires peace, and its honor is Peaceto be here pledged to keep it. The Indians desire peace, and they now pledge l*°P*· their honor to maintain it. If bad men among the whites, or among Qtfenders other people subject to the authority of the United States, shall commit *%;:;*:0*%:2: any wrong upon the person or property of the Indians, the United States mm, gw, will, upon proof made to the agent and forwarded to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs at Washington city, proceed at once to cause the offender to be arrested and punished according to the laws of the United States, and also reimburse the injured person for the loss sustained. If bad men among the Indians shall commit a wrong or depredation Wmsggwri upon the person or property of any one, white, black or Indians, subject Qfiilm J, gg to the authority of the United States and at peace therewith, the tribes punished. herein named solemnly agree that they will, on proof made to their agent