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deem beneficial to them.--—, Commissioner.'^The concurrence of the War Department in the above in expressed fn £l»e lollowing letter:War Department,Washington City, July 22,1HH8. j Sir—I am instructed by the Secretary of War to inform you that Fie concurs in tho views expressed in your communication to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, a copy of which was enclosed in your letter of the 15tli instant, and also to state that the Adjutant General has been directed to transmit to Major General Pope a copy of the communication in question.I have the honor to le, sir, your obedient servant,Tiios. F. SoKtRT,Act. Assistant Secretary of War.Hon. James Harlan, Secretary of the interior.Tlie Treaty with tlie Choctaws anilfherobeea.[From the hnrenvoith Bulletin.]That is an important treaty mado with the Indians on our border, and if the letters from Fort Smith are to be relied upon, it is made and will le kept in good faith.The stipulations were entered into and agreed upon June 23, lWw, between United Staten Commissioners and General Stifhd Watk^ representing the rebel Indians. These stipulations are:Article 1. AH acts of hostility on the port of both armies having ceased by virtue of a convention entered Into on the 20th day of May, 18*5, between Maj. Gen. E. Canny, United States Ai my,commanding Military Division or the Mississippi, and Gen. E. Kirby Smith, Confederate States Army, commanding Traus-Mis-Ktntou Deimrtment, all the Indians of the ChcroKi-e Nation here represented, and who were lately allied with the Confederate States in arts of hostility against the Government of the United States, do agree with as little delay as possible to return to their respective homes, and there remain at peace With the United States, and offer no indignity whatever, nor commit anv act of hostility against the whltls and the Indians of the various tribes who have been friendly to or engaged in theservice of the United States during the war.Akt. 2. It is stipulated by the undersigned commissioners on the part of the United State*, that as long as the Indians aforesaid observe Article 1 of this agreement, they shall be protected by the United States authorities in their persons and property, not only from encroachment* on the part of the whins*, but also from the Indians who have been engaged In the ser-r«l* f liA Unitoil Uftttau
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Philadelphia Age
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Tue, Aug 01, 1865
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