Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 15.djvu/622

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590 TREATY WITH` THE KIOWA INDIANS. OCTOBER 21, 1867. a council held at the same place and on the same day, with the chiefs and headmen of the said Kiowa. and Comanche tribes, they consent to the confederation of said Apache tribe, as desired by it, upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth in this supplementary treaty: Now, therefore, it is hereby stipulated and agreed by and between the aforesaid commissioners, on the part of the United States, and the chiefs and headmen of the Kiowa and Comanche tribes, and, also, the chiefs and headmen of the said Apache tribe, as follows, to wit:- The Apaches ARTICLE I. The said Apache tribe of Indians agree to oonfederate ?€"°° °° b°g°‘“° and become incorporated with the said Kiowa and Comanche Indians, and igiiilxzaitéowu to accept as their permanent home the reservation described in the afore- ¤¤d C<>m¤¤¤h¤¤· said treaty with said Kiowa and Comanche tribes, concluded as aforesaid at this place, and they pledge themselves to make no permanent settlement at any place, nor on any lands, outside of said reservation. Advantages of ARTICLE II. The Kiowa and Comanche_ tribes, on their part, agree £°"”'L°'rg°:*Yt£° that all the benedts and advantages arising from the employment of phy- A;;cQ,,,_ y ° sicians, teachers, carpenters, millers, engineers, farmers, and blacksmiths, agreed to be furnished under the provisions of their said treaty, together with all the advantages to be derived from the construction of agency buildings, warehouses, mills, and other structures, and also from the establishment of schools upon their said reservation, shall be jointly and equally shared and enjoyed by the said Apache Indians, as though they had been originally a part of said tribes; and they further agree that all other benefits arising from said treaty shall be jointly and equally shared as aforesaid. Ammatsu, gw. ARTICLE III. The United States, on its part, agrees that clothing and to b¤ ¤h*¤”<>d by other articles named in Article X. of said original treaty, together with um Ap“°h°S' all money or other annuities agreed to be furnished under any of the provisions of said treaty, to the Kiowas and Comanches, shall be shared equally by the Apaches. In all cases where specific articles of clothing are agreed to be furnished to the Kiowas and Comanches, similar articles Census. shall be furnished to the Apaches, and a separate census of the Apaches shall be annually taken and returned by the agent, as provided for the

A'!““*{l“PP'°‘ other tribes. And the United States further agrees, in consideration of

5a;;·;_g(;·_···· the incorporation of the said Apaches, to increase the annual appropriation of money, as provided for in Article X. of said treaty, from twenty- five thousand to thirty thousand dollars; and the latter amount shall be annually appropriated, for the period therein named, for the use and benebc-T)¤;;m:;g¤_ fit of said threeetribes, confederated as herein declared; and the clothing an and other annuities, which may from time to time be furnished to the Apaches, shall be based upon the census of the three tribes, annually to be taken by the agent, and shall be separately marked, forwarded, and delivered to them at the agency house, to be built under the provisions, ot' said original treaty. Apnetwstoob- Arvrrctm IV. In consideration of the advantages conferred by this

'F*`V$* 5°*P“_l**1 supplementary treaty upon the Apache tribe of Indians, they avree to

ions of ouginnl I _ d Z . . . . ° ,,.0,,,,).; oiserve an i.nthfully comply with all the stipulations and agreements entered into by the Kiowas and Comanches in said original treaty. They bo keep the agree, in the same manner, to keep the peace toward the whites and all P°“°°¢ other persons under the jurisdiction of the United States, and to do and perform all other things enjoined upon said tribes by the provisions of to gm up wa said treaty ; and they hereby give up and Forever relinquish to the United tain rights. States all rights, privileges, and grants now vested in them, or intended to be transferred to them, by the treaty between the United States and the Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribes of lndians, concluded at the ramp on the Little Arkansas river, in the State of 'Kansas, on the` fourteenth day ot' October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and alsb by the supplementary treaty, concluded at the same place on the seventeenth day of' the same month, between the United States, of the one part, and the Cheyenne, Arapahoe, and Apache tribes, of the other part. I