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 TREATY WITH THE KIOWAS AND COMANCHES. Ocw. 21, 1867. 585 hundred and sixty-five, within three years from this date;*‘] and they, [the said tribes?] further expressly agree - ` lst. That they will withdraw all opposition to the construction of the Agreementsas milmad now being built 011 the Smoky Hill river, whether it be built to *° “*“"°“d”¥ Colorado or New Mexico. 2d. That they will permit the peaccable construction of any railroad not passing over their reservation as herein defined. 3d. That they will not attack any persons at home, nor travelling, nor emigrants and molest or disturb any wagomtrains, coaches, mules, or cattle belonging to f‘“ig"““” ““"°l‘ the people of the United States, or to persons friendly therewith. m` 4th. They will never capture or carry off from the settlements white Women and women or children. chiidmn- 5th. They will never kill nor scalp white men nor attempt to do them harm. (Sth. They withdraw all pretence of opposition to the construction of Pm6cm1- tha railroad now being built along the Platte river and westward to the ’°“g’ “’£g°“ Pacific ocean; and they will not, in future, object. to the construction of lm S’ c` railroads, wagon roads, mail stations, or other works of utility or necessity which may be ordered or permitted by the laws of the United States. But should such roads or other works be constructed on the lands of their 1)**}****%]** M reservation, the government will pay the tribes whatever amount of dam- ggggiggéiougsa age may be assessed by three disinterested commissioners, to be appointed by the President for that purpose; one of said commissioners to be ll chief or headman of the tribes. 7th. They agree to withdraw all opposition to the military posts now Military posts. established in the western territories. AI{TICLE XII. N0 treaty for the cession of any portion or part; of the N? ¤’¤¤W for reservation herein described, which may be held in common, shall be of $$$g%"tgfb?S°r` any validity or force as against tha, said Indians, unless executed and vahd unless, dw. signed by at least three fourths of all the adult male Indians occupying the same, and no cession by the tribe shall be understood or construed in such manner as to deprive, without his consent, any individual member of the tribe of his rights to any tract of land selected by him as provided in Article IIL [VI.] of this treaty. _ Anrxcms XIII. The Indian agent, in employing u farmer, blacksmith, fag;§;“ggY‘“g miller, and other employés herein provided for, qualifications being cquél, pmfgmyncg io be shall give the preference to Indians. §E"°¤ F<t{*g¤ I¤· A1ur10Lm XIV. The United States hereby agrees to furnish annually “{§'§{t;g Sigms to the Indians the physician, teachers, carpenter, miller, engineer, farmer, tg furnish physiaud blacksmiths, as herein contemplated, and that such appropriations §;g””v‘°”·°h°"v shall be made from time to time, on the estimates of the Secretary of the. ` Interior, as will be sufficient to employ such persons. ARTICLE XV. It is agreed that the sum of seven hundred and fifty House for dollars be appropriated {br the purpose of building a dwelling-house on T°sh`°`w“‘ the reservation for "Tosh-c—wa," (or the Silver Brooch,) the Comanche chief who has already commenced farming on the said reservation. And the sum of five hundred dollars annually, For three years from date, shall P¤'¤S€¤tS fo1' be expended in presents to the ten persons of said tribes who in the bw °"°p°‘ judgment of the agent may grow the most valuable crops for the period named. AI{TICLE XVI. The tribes herein named agree, when the agency Reservation house and other buildings shall be constructed on the reservation named, {1*; giggxtggnt they will make said reservation their permanent home and they will ` make no permanent settlement elsewhere, but they shall have the right to hunt on the lands south of the Arkansas river, formerly called theirs, in the same manner, subject: to the modifications named in this treaty, as agreed on by the treaty of the Little Arkansas, concluded the eighteenth day of October, one thousand aight hundred and sixty-five.