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 TREATY WITH THE QUAPAWS. 1818. 177 pence of the United States, as soon as the same can be done with convenience, and shall not be sold or disposed of, by the said Quapaw tribe or nation, to any individual whatever, nor to any state or nation, without the approbation of the United States first had and obtained. Ama 3. It is agreed, between the United States and the said tribe The Quapaws or nation, that the individuals of the said tribe or nation shall be at my h¤¤*i¤*h¤ liberty to hunt within the territory by them ceded to the United States, Qgmjd Q;-m°Iy' without hindrance or molestation, so long as they demean themselves i ` peaceably, and offer no injury or annoyance to any of the citizens of the United States, and untill the said United States may think proper to assign the same, or any portion thereof, as hunting grounds to other friendly Indians. Arvr. 4. No citizen of the United States, or any other person, shall No personsto be permitted to settle on any of the lands hereby allotted to, and re- S°“1°°3l‘mdS served for, the said Quapaw tribe or nation, to live and hunt on; yet it mma ' is expressly understood and agreed on, by, and between, the parties aforesaid, that, at all times, the citizens of the United States shall have the right to travel and pass freely, without toll or exaction, through the Quapaw reservation, by such roads or routes as now are, or hereafter may be, established. Amr. 5. In consideration of the cession and stipulations aforesaid, the Payment in United States do hereby promise and bind themselves to pay and deliver @3 sf" lands to the said Quapaw tribe or nation, immediately upon the execution of °° E ' this treaty, goods and merchandize to the value of four thousand dollars, and to deliver, or cause to be delivered, to them, yearly, and every year, goods and merchandize to the value of one thousand dollars, to be estimated in the city or place, in the United States, where the same are procured or purchased. Am. 6. Least the friendship which now exists between the United No privatqm States and the said tribe or nation, should be interrupted by the miscon- lz2g; {QQ33E' duct of individuals, it is hereby agreed, that, for injuries done by indi· dual; viduals, no private revenge or retaliation shall take place; but, instead thereof, complaints shall be made by the party injured, to the other; by the tribe or nation aforesaid, to the governor, superintendent of Indian affairs, or some other person authorized and appointed for that purpose; and by the governor, superintendent, or other person authorized, to the chiefs of the said tribe or nation. And it shall be the duty of the said Oiiimdersic tribe or nation, upon complaint being made, as aforesaid, to deliver up fgggzggzicsf 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 the said tribe or nation, the person or persons so offending shall be tried, and, if found guilty, punished in like manner as if the injury had been done to a white man. And it is Recovery of further agreed, that the chiefs of the said tribe or nation shall, to the ¤Y¤l¢¤ i>¤‘¤P¢¤‘¢Y· 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 the said tribe or nation; and the property so recovered, shall be forthwith delivered to the governor, superintendent, or other person authorized to receive the same, that it _ may be restored to the proper owner. And in cases where the exertions D€d¤°¤°¤ {br of the chiefs shall be ineffectual in recovering the property stolen, as fgigegjdggrga aforesaid, if sufficient proof can be obtained that such property was annuity. actually stolen by an Indian or Indians, belonging to the said tribe or nation, a sum, equal to the value of the property which has been stolen, may be deducted, by the United States, from the annuity of said tribe 23