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 TREATY WITH THE OSAGES. 1808. 109 Am-. 8. And the United States agree that such of the Great and Hunting Little Osage Indians, as may think proper to put themselves under the g¤>¤¤d- protection of fort Clark, and who observe the stipulations of this treaty with good faith, shall be permitted to live and to hunt, without molestation, on all that tract of country, west of the north and outh boundary line, on which they, the said Great and Little Osage, have usually hunted or resided: Provided, The same be not the hunting grounds of any nation or tribe of Indians in amity with the United States; and on any other lands within the territory of Louisiana, without the limits of the white settlements, until the United States may think proper to assign the same as hunting grounds to other friendly Indians. Am-. 9. Lest the friendship which is now established between the Injuries, how United States and the said Indian nations should be interrupted by the *0 be P¤’9V°¤*°d misconduct of individuals, it is hereby agreed that for injuries done by md P“m°h°d' individuals, no private revenge or retaliation shall take place, but instead thereof complaints shall be made by the party injured to the other, by the said nations or either of them, to the superintendent or other person appointed by the President to the chiefs of the said nation; and it shall be the duty of the said chiefs, upon complaints being made as aforesaid, to deliver up the person or persons against whom the complaint is made, to the end that he or they may be punished agreeably to the laws of the state or territory, where the offence may have been committed; and in like manner, if any robbery, violence or murder shall be committed on any Indian or Indians belonging to either of said nations, the person or persons so olfending shall be tried, and if found guilty, shall be punished in like manner as if the injury had been done to a white man. And it is agreed that the chiefs of the Great and Little Osage, shall to the utmost of their power exert themselves to recover horses or other property which may be stolen from any citizen or citizens of the United States, by any individual or individuals of either of their nations; and the property so recovered shall be forthwith delivered to the superintendent or other person authorised to receive it, that it may be restored to the proper owner; and in cases where the exertions of the chiefs shall be ineffectual in recovering the property stolen as aforesaid, if suHicient proof can be adduced that such property was actually stolen by any Indian or Indians belonging to the said nations, or either of them, the superintendent, or other proper officer, may deduct from the annuity of the said nations respectively a sum_equal to the value of the property which has been stolen. And the United States _ hereby guarantee to any Indian or Indians of the said nations respectively, a full indemnification for any horses or other property which may be stolen from them by any of their citizens: Provided, That the property so stolen cannot be recovered, and that sufficient proof is produced that it was actually stolen by a citizen of the United States. And the said nations of the Great and Little Osage engage, on the requisition or _ demand of the President of the United States, or of the superintendent, Q to deliver up any white man resident among them. 6 Anr. 10. The United States receive the Great and Little Osage Osa es rs- . nations into their friendship and under their protection; and the said ¤¤lV¤§j¤i<>¤h¤ nations, on their part, declare that they will consider themselves under lzgliftgn °f the protection of no other power whatsoever; disclaiming all right to ` cede, sell or in any manner transfer their lands to any foreign power, f or to citizens of the United States or inhabitants of Louisiana, unless i duly authorised by the President of the United States to make the said ?` purchase or accept the said cession on behalf of the government. Q. Am. 11. And if any person or persons, for hunting or other purpose, H; shall pass over the boundary lines, as established by this treizéty, mto the ing grounds_