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 246 TREATY WITH THE KANSAS. 1825. ARTICLE 7. Agyeement With the view of quieting all animosities which may at present exist entered into by between a part of the white citizens of Missouri and the Kanzas nation, ‘h°,l<l· S· f°' in consequence of the lawless depredations of the latter, the United gig? Pur- States do further agree to pay to their own citizens, the full value of such property as they can legally prove to have been stolen or destroyed Proviso. since the year 1815: Provided, The sum so to be paid by the United States shall not exceed the sum of three thousand dollars. ARTICLE 8. payments, F, And whereas the Kanzas are indebted to Francis G. Choteau, for G· Ch¤¤¢¤¤· credits given them in trade, which they are unable to pay, and which they have particularly requested to have included and settled in the present Treaty; it is, therefore, agreed on, by and between the parties to these presents, that the sum of five hundred dollars, towards the liquidation of said debt, shall be paid by the United States to the said Francois G. Choteau. ARTICLE 9. Merchandise There shall be selected at this place such merchandize as may be to amount of desired, amounting to two thousand dollars, to be delivered at the Kan- F2000 *0 hide- zas river, with as little delay as possible; and there shall be paid to the gx; 2,,;: depntatiou now here, two thousand dollars in merchandize and horses, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged; which, together with the amount agreed ou in the 3d and 4th articles, and the provisions made in the other articles of this Treaty, shall be considered as a full compensation for the cession herein made. ARTICLE 10. Punishmentof Lest the friendship which is now established between the United °m*¤°9$· States and the said Indian Nation should be interrupted by the misconduct of Individuals, it is hereby agreed, that for injuries done by 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 nation, to the Superintendent, or other person appointed by the President to the Chiefs of 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 olfence may have been committed; and in like manner, if any robbery, violence, or murder, shall be committed on any Indian or Indians belonging to said nation, the person or persons so offending shall be tried, and, if found guilty, shall be punished in like manner Chiefs tc exert as if the injury had been done to a white man. And it is agreed, that themselves *0 the Chiefs of the Kanzas shall, to the utmost of their power, exert themmc"" S“g_°° selves to recover horses or other property which may be stolen from any PWP6"Yi 6- . . . . . . . . . . . citizen or citizens of the United States, by any individual or individuals of the Nation; and the property so recovered shall be forthwith delivered to the Superintendent, or other person authorized to receive it, that it may be restored to its proper owner; and in cases where the exertions of the Chiefs shall be ineffectual in recovering the property stolen as aforesaid, if sufficient proof can be adduced that such property was actually stolen, by any Indian or Indians belonging to the said nation, the Superintendent or other officer may deduct from the annuity of the said nation a sum equal to the value of the property which has been stolen. And the United States hereby guarantee, to any Indian or Indians, a full indemnification for any horses or other property which may Pmvisa, be stolen from them by any of their citizens; Provided, That the pro-