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 TREATY WITH THE CROWS. 1825. 267 citazens, duly authorized by the United States, shall be admitted to trade or hold intercourse with said tribe of Indians. ARTICLE 4. That the Crow tribe may be accommodated with such articles of Regulation of m3fCh3DdIZC, GLC. 8.8 tl16l1' l16GB5S3U8S miy d8II1&I1Cl, the United States tmd°· agree to admit and licence traders to hold intercourse with said tribe, under mild and equitable regulations: in consideration of which, the Crow tribe bind themselves to extend protection to the persons and the property of the traders, and the persons legally employed under them, whilst they remain within the limits of their district of country. And the said Crow tribe further agree, that if any foreigner or other person, not legally authorized by the United States, shall come into their district of country, for the purposes of trade or other views, they will apprehend such person or persons, and deliver him or them to some United States’ Superintendent or agent of Indian Affairs, or to the commandant of the nearest military post, to be dealt with according to law. And they further agree to give safe conduct to all persons who may be legally authorized by the United States to pass through their country, and to protect in their persons and property all agents or other persons sent by the United States to reside temporarily among them; and that they will not, whilst on their distant excursions, molest or interrupt any American citazen or citazens, who may be passing from the United States to New Mexico, or returning from thence to the United States. ARTICLE 5. That the friendship which is now established between the United C0¤l'B9_t0l>0 States and the Crow tribe, should not be interrupted by the misconduct 2;*;*;;*;:; of individuals, it is hereby agreed, that for injuries done by individuals, ,5,,, to individ no private revenge or retaliation shall take place, but instead thereof, duilsi &»¤- complaints shall be made, by the party injured, to the superintendent or agent of Indian affairs, or other person appointed by the President; and it shall be the duty of said Chiefs, upon complaint 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 United States. And, in like manner, if any robbery, violence, or murder, shall be committed on any Indian or Indians belonging to the said tribe, the person or persons so offending 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 Cl1i¢f¤*°¤¤1't said Crow tribe shall, to the utmost of their power, exert themselves to ;2;'::;,l;$;1;°; recover horses or other property, which may be stolen or taken from any pyqpgrty, citazen or citazens of the United States, by any individual or individuals of said tribe; and the property so recovered shall be forthwith delivered to the agents or other person authorized to receive it, that it may be restored to the proper owner. And the United States hereby guarrauty to any Indian or Indians of said tribe, a full indemnification for any horses or other property which may be stolen from them by any of their _ Gitazensz Provided, That the property stolen cannot be recovered, and P¤'°“¤°· that sufficient proof is produced that it was actually stolen by a citazen of the United States. And the said tribe engage, on the requisition or demand of the President of the United States, or of the agents, to doliver up any white man resident among them. ARTICLE 6. No guns, &.c. And the Chiefs and Warriors, as aforesaid, promise and 6llg3€6 that their tribe will never, by sale, exchange, or as pr6S6rltS, SUPP! WY micsof U·$·