TREATY WITH THE ClUAPAWS. 1818.

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pence of the United States , as soon as the same can be done with con-venience, and shall not be sold or disposed of, by the said Quapaw tribeor nation, to any individual whatever, nor to any state or nation, with-out the approbation of the United States first had and obtained.

Art. 3. It is agreed, between the United States and the said tribeor nation, that the individuals of the said tribe or nation shall be atliberty to hunt within the territory by them ceded to the United States ,without hindrance or molestation, so long as they demean themselvespeaceably, and offer no injury or annoyance to any of the citizens ofthe United States, and untill the said United States may think properto assign the same, or any portion thereof, as hunting grounds to otherfriendly Indians.

Art. 4. No citizen of the United States , or any other person, shallbe permitted to settle on any of the lands hereby allotted to, and re-served for, the said Quapaw tribe or nation, to live and hunt on; yet itis expressly understood and agreed on, by, and between, the partiesaforesaid, that, at all times, the citizens of the United States shall havethe right to travel and pass freely, without toll or exaction, through theCluapaw reservation, by such roads or routes as now are, or hereaftermay be, established.

Art. 5. In consideration of the cession and stipulations aforesaid, theUnited States do hereby promise and bind themselves to pay and deliverto the said Q-uapaw tribe or nation, immediately upon the execution ofthis treaty, goods and merchandize to the value of four thousand dol-lars, and to deliver, or cause to be delivered, to them, yearly, and everyyear, goods and merchandize to the value of one thousand dollars, to beestimated in the city or place, in the United States , where the same areprocured or purchased.

Art. 6. Least the friendship which now exists between the UnitedStates and the said tribe or nation, should be interrupted by the miscon-duct of individuals, it is hereby agreed, that, for injuries done by indi-viduals, no private revenge or retaliation shall take place; but, insteadthereof, complaints shall be made by the party injured, to the other; bythe tribe or nation aforesaid, to the governor, superintendent of Indianaffairs, or some other person authorized and appointed for that purpose;and by the governor, superintendant, or other person authorized, to thechiefs of the said tribe or nation. And it shall be the duty of the saidtribe or nation, upon complaint being made, as aforesaid, to deliver upthe person or persons, against whom the complaint is made, to the endthat he or they may be punished, agreeably to the laws of the state orterritory where the offence may have been committed; and, in like man-ner, if any robbery, violence, or murder, shall be committed on anyIndian or Indians, belonging to the said tribe or nation, the person orpersons so offending shall be tried, and, if found guilty, punished inlike manner as if the injury had been done to a white man. And it isfurther agreed, that the chiefs of the said tribe or nation shall, to theutmost of their power, exert themselves to recover horses, or other pro-perty, which may be stolen from any citizen or citizens of the UnitedStates , by any individual or individuals of the said tribe or nation; andthe property so recovered, shall be forthwith delivered to the governor,superintendant, or other person authorized to receive the same, 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 obtained that such property wasactually stolen by an Indian or Indians, belonging to the said tribe ornation, 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

The Quapawsmay hunt in theceded territory,until, &c.

No persons tosettle on landsreserved.

Payment ingoods for landsceded.

No private re-venge for inju-ries by indivi-duals.

Offenders tobe delivered upfor punishment.

Recovery ofstolen property.

Deduction forproperty stolento be made fromannuity.