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Art. 8. And the United States agree that such of the Great andLittle Osage Indians, as may think proper to put themselves under theprotection of fort Clark, and who observe the stipulations of this treatywith good faith, shall be permitted to live and to hunt, without molesta-tion, on all that tract of country, west of the north and south boundaryline, on which they, the said Great and Little Osage, have usuallyhunted or resided : Provided, The same be not the hunting grounds ofany nation or tribe of Indians in amity with the United States ; and onany other lands within the territory of Louisiana , without the limits ofthe white settlements, until the United States may think proper to as-sign the same as hunting grounds to other friendly Indians.
Art. 9. Lest the friendship which is now established between theUnited States and the said Indian nations should be interrupted by themisconduct of individuals, it is hereby agreed that for injuries done byindividuals, no private revenge or retaliation shall take place, butinstead thereof complaints shall be made by the party injured to theother, by the said nations or either of them, to the superintendent orother 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 madeas aforesaid, to deliver up the person or persons against whom the com-plaint is made, to the end that he or they may be punished agreeably tothe laws of the state or territory, where the offence may have been com-mitted ; and in like manner, if any robbery, violence or murder shall becommitted on any Indian or Indians belonging to either of said nations,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 awhite man. And it is agreed that the chiefs of the Great and LittleOsage, shall to the utmost of their power exert themselves to recoverhorses or other property which may be stolen from any citizen or citi-zens of the United States , by any individual or individuals of either oftheir nations; and the property so recovered shall be forthwith deliveredto the superintendent or other person authorised to receive it, that itmay be restored to the proper owner; and in cases where the exertionsof the chiefs shall be ineffectual in recovering the property stolen asaforesaid, if sufficient proof can be adduced that such property wasactually stolen by any Indian or Indians belonging to the said nations,or either of them, the superintendent, or other proper officer, may deductfrom the annuity of the said nations respectively a sum equal to thevalue of the property which has been stolen. And the United States hereby guarantee to any Indian or Indians of the said nations respec-tively, a full indemnification for any horses or other property which maybe stolen from them by any of their citizens: Provided, That the pro-perty so stolen cannot be recovered, and that sufficient proof is producedthat it was actually stolen by a citizen of the United States . And thesaid nations of the Great and Little Osage engage, on the requisition ordemand of the President of the United States , or of the superintendent,to deliver up any white man resident among them.
Art. 10. The United States receive the Great and Little Osagenations into their friendship and under their protection; and the saidnations, on their part, declare that they will consider themselves underthe protection of no other power whatsoever; disclaiming all right tocede, sell or in any manner transfer their lands to any foreign power,or to citizens of the United States or inhabitants of Louisiana , unlessduly authorised by the President of the United States to make the saidpurchase or accept the said cession on behalf of the government.
Art. 11. And if any person or persons, for hunting or other purpose,shall pass over the boundary lines, as established by this treaty, into the
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