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 450 TREATY WITH THE CHICKASAWS. 1834. paye Pawnees have hereunto signed their names and aiiixed their seals on the day and year above written. HENRY L. ELLSWORTH. (Grand Pawnees.) (Tappaye Paumces.) Shah·re-ta.h—riche, Little Chief, Sbon-gah—kah-he-gah, Lah-ho-pah-go-lah-lay-shah·rh0, Pe.tah-lay-shah-rho, Ah-ke-tah-we·he-kah-he-gay, Ah-sha.-kah-tah-kho. Skah-lah-lay-shah-rho. (Pawnee Republicans.) (Pawnee Laups.) Blue Coat, Big Axe, Lay-shz1h—rho·lah-re-ho—rh0, Middle Chief, Ah-shuh·lay—ka.h·sah-hah, Spotted Horse, Lay-shah-ke.re-pahs-kay. Big Soldier. Signed, sealed, and delivered in the presence of Edward A. Ellsworth, Sec. ro tem. Jno. Dou hert, Indn. A t. A. L. Papin. Ware S. Ma, M. D. P S Y S Y John Dunlop. John T. Irving, Jr. Lewis La. Chapelle, Interpreter. To the Indian names are Iubloiucd marks. ARTICLES OF CONVENTION AND AGREEMENT May 247 me Proposed by the Commissioners on the part ry" the United States, T,-·—-·r·· in pursuance of the request made, by the Delevation re_presentroclamuuon, . . _ . . G . Ju; 1 ]834_ in the Chickasaw nation 0 Indians, and which have been y . E agreed to. fence and Azvr. I. It is agreed that perpetual amity, peace and friendship, shall f"°¤dSl“P· exist between the United States, and the Chickasaw nation of Indians, Indians about Am. II. The Chickasaws are about to abandon their homes, which i,(,bG_p§?i°°t°d they still hope to find a country, adequate to the wants and support of their people, somewhere west of the Mississippi and within the territorial limits of the United States; should they do so, the Government of the United States hereby consent to protect and defend them acainst the inroads of any bther tribe of Indians, and from the whites? and agree to keep them without the limits of an State or Territor . The . Y Y . Chickasaws pledge themselves never to make war upon any Indian people, or upon the whites, unless they are so authorised by the United States. But if war be made upon them, they will be permitted to defend themselves, until assistance, be iven to them b the United g Y States, as shall be the case. U. S. to pre. Am`. III. The Chickasaws are not acquainted with the laws of the Wm ir{¢¤1¤i0¤¤ whites, which are extended over them; and the many intruders which °“ th°“`l°"d°‘ break into their country, interupting their rights and disturbing their repose, leave no alternative whereby restraint can be afforded, other than an appeal to the military force of the country, which they are unwilling to ask for, or see resorted to; and therefore they agree to forbear such a request, for prevention of this great evil, with the understanding, which is admitted, that the agent of the United States, upon
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