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 TREATY WITH THE CHEYENNE INDIANS. Ocronnn 28, 1867. 593 Treaty between the United State: of America and the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Tribes of Indians ; Ooncluded October 28, 1867; Ratification advised Judy 25, 1868 ; Prockzimed August 19, 1868. ANDREW JOHNSON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Oct. $6,1m. ro nu. no smeursn ro wnou mesa rnssnnrs sxum. conn, annxrrxne: Wnnnnss a treaty was made and concluded at the Council Camp, on P,.,,,,,,,,, Medicine Lodge creek, seventy miles south of Fort Larned, in the State of Kansas, on the twenty-eighth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixt -seven, by and between N. G. Taylor, Brevet Major-General William dl Harney, Brevet M8j0l*G6D• eral C. 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 O-to—ah-nae-co (Bull-Bear), Moke-tav-a-to ` (Black Kettle), Little Raven, Yellow Bear, and other chiefs and headmen of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe 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 Contracting Camp on Medicine Lodge creek, seventy miles south of Fort Larned, l""i°”‘ in the State of Kansas, on the twenty-eighth `day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty··seven, by and between the United States of America, represented by its commissioners duly appointed thereto, to wit: Na.- thaniel G. Taylor, William S. Harney, C. C. Augur, Alfred H. Terry, John B. Sanborn, Samuel F. Tappan and John B. Henderson, of the one part, and the Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribes of 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 : — Antrrcnn I. From this day forward all war between the parties to peace ,,,4 this agreement shall forever cease. The Government of the United ¤‘i¤¤•i¤hiP¢ States desires peace, and its honor is here pledged to keep it. The Indians desire peace, and they now pledge their honor to maintain it. If bad men among the whites, or among other people subject to the Otfendm authority of the United States, shall commit any wrong upon the person Qfffé 3,‘°b° “._ or property of the Indians, the United States will, upon proof made to ,-cm.; md pm,- the agent and forwarded to the Commissioner of Indian AH`airs at Wash· i¤h°di ington 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 among thereupon the person or property of any one, white, black, or Indian, subject dinzgfpbgsma to the authority of the United States and at peace therewith, the tribes gfam (Q. M_ herein named solemnly agree that they will, on proof made to their agent, and notice by him, deliver up the wrongdoer to the United States, to be tried and punished according to its laws; and in case they wilfully refuse so to do, the person injured shall be reimbursed for his loss from the annuities or other moneys due or to become due to them under this or other treaties made with the United States. And the President. on von. xv. 'l`unA·r. — 38