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 TREATY WITH THE CHEYENNE INDIANS. MAY 10, 1868. 655 Treaty between the United States of America and the Northern Cheyenne and Northern Arapahoe Tribes of Indians ; Ooncluded May 10, 1868; Ratgication advised July 25, 1868; Proclaimed August 25, 1868. ANDREW JOHNSON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, May 10, 1868. ro .41.1. Ann smonrnn ro wuou mass rnasmrrs emu. coma, oxmmrmo: Wrrnnnas a treaty was made and concluded at Fort Laramie, in the P1‘<>¤¤¤bl¤· Territory of Dakota, on the tenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, by and between Lieutenant-Gem eral William T. Sherman, Brevet Major-General William S. Harney, Brevet Major-General Alfred H. Terry, Brevet Major-General C. C. Augur, John B. Sanborn, and S. F. Tappan, commissioners, on the part of the United States, and Wah-Toh-Nah, Bah-Ta-Che, and other chiefs and headmen of the Northern Cheyenne and Northern 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 made and concluded at Fort Laramie, Dakota Ter- Cqntrwting ritory, on the tenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand P”°‘°°‘ eight hundred and sixty-eight, by and between the undersigned commissioners on the part of the United States, and the undersigned chiefs and headmen of and representing the Northern Cheyenne and Northern Arapahoe Indians, they being duly authorized to act in the premises. Anricna I. From this day forward peace between the parties to this f ,P°g°§,**°d treaty shall forever continue. The government of the United States de- mm S lp' sires peace, and its honor is hereby pledged to keep it. The Indians desire peace, and they hereby pledge their honor to maintain it. If bad men Offenders among the whites, or among other people subject to the authority of the *‘T€’t”8 3)**:) United States, shall commit any wrong upon the person or property of the xsicgsmd :,,3: Indians, the United States will, upon proof made to the agent and for- ished; warded to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs at Washingtoncity, 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 had men among the Indians shall commit a wrong or depredation among the Im upon the person or property of any one, white, black, or Indian, subject g:l”:“· tg :’,;’°K"‘ to the authority of the United States and at peace therewith, the Indians Umgd sm,,,, 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 an- ` nuitics or other moneys due or to become due to them under this or other treaties made with the United States. And the President, on advising Rules for aswith the Commissioner of Indian Afiairs, shall prescribe such rules and gg;:‘“‘“9 d"“" regulations for ascertaining damages under the provisions of this article as in his judgment may be proper. But no such damages shall be adjusted and paid until thoroughly examined and passed upon by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and no one sustaining loss while violating or because of his violating the provisions of this treaty or the laws of the United States shall be reimbursed therefor.