Treaty of Little Arkansas River, October 14, 1865 (Ratified Indian Treaties #341, 14 STAT 703) between the U.S. and Arapahoe and Cheyenne Indians (Black Kettle Band) granting lands in reparation for t
11/29/1964
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[page1]Andrew Johnson,
President of the United States of America,
To all and singular to whom these presents shall come, greeting:
Whereas a Treaty was mad and concluded at the Camp on the Little Arkansas river, in the State of Kansas, on the fourteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, by and between John G. Sanborn, William S. Harney, Thomas Murphy, Kit Carson, William W. Bent, Jesse H. Leavenworth, and James Steele, Commissioners, on the part of the United States, and Moke-ta-veto, (Black Kettle,) Oh-to-an-ne-so-to wheo, (Seven Bulls,) Oh-has-tee, (Little Raven,) Oh-han-mah-hah,(Storm,) and other Chiefs and Headmen of the Cheyenne and Arrapahoe tribes of Indians, on the part of said Indians, and duly authorized thereto by them, which Treaty is in the words and figures following to wit:
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Now, therefore, be it known that I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States of America, do, in pursuance of the advice and consent of the Senate, as expressed in its resolution of the twenty-second of May, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, accept, ratify, and confirm the said Treaty of the fourteenth, of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, with the amendments as aforesaid.
In testimony whereof I have hereto signed my name, and have caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
[seal attached]
Done at the city of Washington, this second--------------------day of February,---------------------in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, and of the Independence of the United S tates of America the ninety-first.
Andrew Johnson
By the President:
William H. Seward
Secretary of State.
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Articles of a Treaty made and concluded, at the Camp on the Little Arkansas river, in the state of Kansas, on the fourteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty five, by and between. John B. Sanborn, William S. Harney, Thomas Murphy, Kit Carson, William W. Bent, Jesse H. Leavenworth and James Steele, Commissioners and the part of the United States, and the undersigned Chiefs and Headmen of and representing the confederate tribes of Arrapahoe and Cheyenne Indians of the Upper Arkansas river, they being duly authorize by their respective tribes to act in the premises.
Article. 1. It is agreed by the parties to this treaty, that hereafter, perpetual peace shall be maintained, between the people and government of the United States and the Indians parties hereto, and that the Indians parties hereto, shall forever remain at peace with each other, and with all other Indians, who sustain friendly relations with the government of the United States. For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this Article, it is agreed that in case hostile acts or depredations are committed by the people of the United States or by Indians on friendly terms with the United States, against the tribe
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the beneficial provisions of this Treaty.
[the following written with a start and end bracket and numbered lines in the left margin]
1 [Article, 9.th It is further agreed that all
2 arrears of annuities, which have accrued or
3 may accrue under the provisions of former
4 treaties, prior to the ratification of this treaty,
5 shall be paid to said Indians as soon
6 as practicable, and that upon such rati-
7 -fication such former treaties shall thence-
8 -forth be abrogated and of no binding
9 force or validity.]
In testimony whereof, the said Commissioners as aforesaid, and the undersigned Chiefs and Headmen of the confederated tribes of the Arrapahoes and Cheyennes of the Upper Arkansas, have hereunto set their hands and seals, at the place and on the day and year first herein before written.
John B. Sanborn, [Seal]
Wm. S. Harney [Seal]
Thos. Murphy [Seal]
Kit Carson, [Seal]
Wm. W. Bent, [Seal]
J. H. Leavenworth [Seal]
James Steele, [Seal]
Commissioners on the part of the United States.
Moke-ta-ve-to his X mark or Black Kettle, Head chief [Seal]
Oh-to-ah-ne-so-to-wheo his X mark or Seven Bulls, Chief, [Seal]
Hark-kah-o-me his X mark or Little Robe Chief [Seal]
Moke-tah-v-ve-ho his X mark or Black white man Chief [Seal]
Mun-a-men-ek his X mark or Eagles Head, headman [Seal]
O-to-ah-nis-to his X mark or Bull that hears headman [Seal]
On the part of the Cheyennes
Oh-has-te his X mark or Little Ram, Head chief [Seal]
Oh-Hah-mah-hah his X mark or Storm Head chief [Seal]
Pah-Uf-pah-top his X mark or Big mouth Head chief [Seal]
Ah-cra-kah-tau-nah his X mark or Spotted Wolf Head chief [Seal]
Ah-nah-wat-tan his X mark or Black man, headman
Nah-a-nah-cha his X mark or Chief in everything headman [Seal]
Chi-e-nuk his X mark or Haversack headman [Seal]
On the Part of the Arrapahoes
Signed and sealed }
in the presence of }
[name crossed out]
John S. Smith, U. S. interpreter
W. R. Irwin}
O. T. Atwood} Secretaries
S. A. Kingman}
This primary source comes from the General Records of the United States Government.
National Archives Identifier: 299802
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