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848 COMANCHES AND OTHER. TRIBES. MAY 15, 1846. Wocoea. A-qua-gosh, (Short Tail,) Choa-tech-ka»x—wsh, (Charger,) Ho-hed-oi-ah, (Long Ways over the Cha·to-wait, (Ghost.) River,) Tnorns J. Wrnsos, _ Isaac H. Du Vn., Robt. S. Neighbsor,] Hugh Rose, Louis Sanches, Jno. H. Rollins, )·Witna.rses. John Conner, glnterpretcrs. Thomas J. Smith, 5 Jim Shaw, E. Morehouse, [To each of the names of the Indians is affixed his mark.] And whereas the said treaty having been submitted to the Senate of the United States, for its constitutional action thereon, the Senate did, on the fifteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, resolve as follows, viz. 1- Resolution of Resolved, (two thirds of the senators present concurring,) That the g,'fng5§:;,'*°u;; Senate advise and consent to the ratification of the articles of a treaty with mem- made and concluded at Council Springs, in the county of Robinson, '¤°"¤· Texas, near the Brazos River, the 15th day of May, A. D. 1846, between B. M. Butler and M. G. Lewis, commissioners on the part of the United States, of the one part, and the undersigned chiefs, counsellors, and warriors of the Comanche, I-on-i, Ana.·da—ca, Cadoe, Lepan, Long-wha, Keechy, Sah-wah-carro, Wichita, and Wacoe tribes of Indians, and their associate bands, in behalf of their said tribes, on the other part, with thefollowing amendments:——· Strike out the third article of the treaty in the following words: — " Aivrrcnn III. " The United States reserves to itself the right of working such mines as may be found within the Indian Territory; and the said tribes pledge themselves to protect such persons as the President of the United States may send among them for that purpose. In order to guard against the perpetration of frauds upon the Indians, under pretext of hunting and working mines, no person shall be permitted to go among them for that purpose,except by express license from the President of the United States." Strike out the fifth article of the treaty in the following words: -— " ARTICLE V. “ The said tribes or nations shall have the right of sending delegates to the city of Washington whenever they may think their interest requires it." In Article IX., line 10, alter the word "ol," insert ten thousand dollars. In Article IX., line 11, strike out the words " next fall," and insert, at such time as the President of the United States may think proper.