Government of the United States of America

Name: Treaty with the Kiowa and Comanche
Author: Government of the United States of America

Treaty with the Kiowa and Comanche (1868)

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“Treaty with the Kiowa and Comanche”, published in 1868, is a work by Government of the United States of America. It explores elements such as reservation, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and Indians.

Quotes from Treaty with the Kiowa and Comanche (Government of the United States of America)

Government of the United States of America, Treaty with the Kiowa and Comanche (1868)

“ Article 5 The United States agrees that the agent for the said Indians in the future shall make his home at the agency-building: that he shall reside among them, and keep an office open at all times, for the purpose of prompt and diligent inquiry into such matters of complaint by and against the Indians as may be presented for investigation under the provisions of their treaty stipulations, as also for the faithful discharge of other duties enjoined on him by law. ”

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Government of the United States of America, Treaty with the Kiowa and Comanche (1868)

“ If bad men among the whites, or among other people subject to the authority of the United States, shall commit any wrong upon the person or property of the Indians, the United States will, upon proof made to the agent and forwarded to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs at Washington City, proceed at once to cause the offender to be arrested and punished according to the laws of the United States, and also re-imburse the injured person for the loss sustained. ”

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Government of the United States of America, Treaty with the Kiowa and Comanche (1868)

“ Article 12 No treaty for the cession of any portion or part of the reservation herein described, which may be held in common, shall be of any validity or force as against the said Indians, unless executed and signed by at least three-fourths of all the adult male Indians occupying the same, and no cession by the tribe shall be understood or construed in such manner as to deprive, without his consent, any individual member of the tribe of his rights to any tract of land selected by him as provided in Article III [VI] of this treaty. ”

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Government of the United States of America, Treaty with the Kiowa and Comanche (1868)

“ The President may, at any time, order a survey of the reservation, and, when so surveyed, Congress shall provide for protecting the rights of settlers, in their improvements, and may fix the character of the title held by each. ”

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Government of the United States of America, Treaty with the Kiowa and Comanche (1868)

“ Article 8 When the head of a family or lodge shall have selected lands and received his certificate as above directed, and the agent shall be satisfied that he intends in good faith to commence cultivating the soil for a living, he shall be entitled to receive seeds and agricultural implements for the first year not exceeding in value one hundred dollars, and for each succeeding year he shall continue to farm for a period of three years more, he shall be entitled to receive seeds and implements as aforesaid not exceeding in value twenty-five dollars. ”

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Government of the United States of America, Treaty with the Kiowa and Comanche (1868)

“ Any person over eighteen years of age, not being the head of a family, may in like manner select and cause to be certified to him or her, for purposes of cultivation, a quantity of land not exceeding eighty acres in extent, and thereupon, be entitled to the exclusive possession of the same as above directed. ”

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Government of the United States of America, Treaty with the Kiowa and Comanche (1868)

“ For each male person over fourteen years of age, a suit of good substantial woollen clothing, consisting of coat, pantaloons, flannel shirt, hat, and a pair of home-made socks. For each female over twelve years of age, a flannel skirt, or the goods necessary to make it, a pair of woolen hose, and twelve yards of calico, and twelve yards of “domestic.” ”

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Government of the United States of America, Treaty with the Kiowa and Comanche (1868)

“ But should such roads or other works be constructed on the lands of their reservation, the Government will pay the tribes whatever amount of damage may be assessed by three disinterested commissioners, to be appointed by the President for that purpose; one of said commissioners to be a chief or head-man of the tribes. ”

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