263 TREATY WITH THE OSAGES. 1825. nation, tribe, or band of Indians, not in amity with the United States, with guns, ammunition, or other implements of war. Done at the Mandan Village, this fourth day of August,· A. D. 1825, and of the Independence of the United States the fiftieth. In testimony whereof, the Commissioners, Henry Atkinson and Benjamin O’Fallon, and the Chiefs and Warriors, of the Crow tribe of Indians, have hereunto set their hands and affixed their seals. H. ATKINSON, Br. Gen. U S. Army. BENJ. O’FALLON U S. A t. Ind. A . ) gl Obie/iz. Co-tah-bah-sab, the one that runs. E_shc_hunS_ka’ 0,, the long ll,,l,._ Bah-cha-na-mach, the one that sits in the Sh - - b-b' h th th d. P*¤¤· H;,_;:_g,ash;SO;,;I;l3,at 3,,;,1; gs a He-raplldah-pah, the one that ties his hair Ch - - h-h , lf’ h. 0***- Huig,_?l,S;,,,ch? lm; ;l5§l;Uéi,g_ Bes-ca-bar-rn·sha, the dog that eats. Mah-piteh, bare, shoulder, N9h·P\l0h-lim, ltllé lllllé OHG that holds the Esh—ea-ca-mah-hoo, the standing lance. Shck m he m°uih· _ Che-rep-con-nes-ta·chea, the little white Bah‘d“‘“`h’°ha“‘d“h» the °"° that J¤mP5 b ll. 0V€1’ 8V8T)' p€l'S0l'\. Al,_m,`l,_Sh,,y_she_,a, the yellow big belly_ Mash-pah-hash, the one that is not right. In presence of A. L. Langham, Sec. to the Com. H. Leavenworth, Col. U. S. Army. S. W. Kearney, Br. Maj. lst Infi D. Ketchum, Maj. U. S. Army. R. B. Mason, Capt. lst Infi G. C. Spencer, Capt. Ist Infi J. Gantt, Capt. 6th Infi Thos. P. Gwynn, Lieut. lst Infi Saul MacRee, Lieut. and A. Camp. Thomas Noel, Lieut. 6th Inf. Wm. L. Harris, lst InfZ John Gale, Surg. U. S. A. J. V. Swearengen, Lieut. lst Infi R. Holmes, Lt. 6th Inf. M. W. Batman, Lieut. 6th Infi R. M. Coleman, U. S. A. J. Rogers, Lieut. 6th Ini Wm. Day, Lieut. lst Infi G. H. Kennerly, U. S. S. Ind. Ag’t. B. Riley, Capt. 6th Infi Wm. S. Harney, Lieut. lst Irifi Jas. W. Kingsbury, Lieut. lst Reg. Intl George C. Hutter, Lieut. 6th Inf. Wm. Armstrong, Capt. 6th Reg. Inf. To the Indian names are subjoined a mark and seal. TREATY WITH THE GREAT AND LITTLE OSAGES. Aug 10, 1825 WHEREAS the Congress of the United States of America being anxious ·——+ to promote a direct commercial and friendly intercourse between the ],,¥;;fg°'{"8";gl“* citizens of the United States and those of the Mexican Republic, and, ' to afford protection to the same, did, at their last session, pass an act, 1825, ch. 50. which was approved the 3d March, 1825, " to authorize the President of the United States to cause a road to be marked out from the Western frontier of Missouri to the confines of New Mexico," and which authorizes the President of the United States to appoint Commissioners to carry said act of Congress into effect, and enjoins on the Commissioners, so to be appointed, that they first obtain the consent of the intervening tribes of Indians, by treaty, to the marking of said road, and to the unmolested use thereof to the citizens of the United States and of the Mexican Republic; and Benjamin H. Reeves, Geo. C. Sibley, and Thomas Mather, Commissioners duly appointed as aforesaid, being duly and fully authorized, have this day met the Chiefs and Head men of the Great and Little Osage Nations, who being all duly authorized to meet and negotiate with the said Commissioners upon the premises, and being specially met for that purpose, by the invitation of said Commissioners, at the place called the Council Grove, on the river Nee-ozho, one hun-
