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commit any act of hostility Jigiiinst the whitls and the Indians of the various tribes who have been friendly to or engaged in the service of the United States during the war.Akt. 2. It is stipulated by the undersigned commissioners on the port of the United States, that iui 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 encroachments on the part of the whites, but uiso from tlie Indians who have beeu engage*] In the service of the United Htates.Art. 8, The above articles of agreement to remain and he in full force and effect until the meeting of the Grand Council, to meet at Armstrong's Academy, Choctaw Nation,on the first of September, A. 1. ltBi, and until such time vis the proceedings of said Grand Council shall be ratified before the proper authorities, both of tire Cherokee Nation and the United States.In testimony whereof, tlie said I.leut.-Coi. A. C. Matthews and Adjt. Wm. H. Vance, Commissioners on the port of the United States, and Brlg.-Gen. BtanU WaUc. Governor and Principal Chief of the Clu-rokee Nation, hereunto set their hands and seals.A. 0. IIa i m i wsl Lieut.-Colonel.Wm. II. Vani k, Lieut, and Adjt. U. S. Vols.Stan I* Watik, Hrfg.-Oon. and Principal Chief, Commissioners.Gen. Watie gave the Commissioners every assurance, and ho did Gov. Piehlynn, of the Choctaws, and Lieut. Porter, oftne Creeks, who was a delegate to the Grand Council at Armstrong’s Academy, that any agreement catered into by Gen. Stand Watie on behalf of,tJ^^a foresaid tribes, would be respectedThe resolutions adopted by the council at Armstrong's Academy, provided for sending commissioners to W ashington to negotiate a treaty of peace with the United •Suites. They provide that each tribe should send delegates, and empowered them to ellect a treaty, separate for eadh tribe or nation, after which each and all of the treaties to be submitted to the councils of the respective nations for ratification. At the time the council was held at which the resolutions referred to were adopted, the delegates were not oiliciaily notilied of the surrender. Yet they were aware that negotiations were pending, and anticipated the result;, but, knowing what would be the character of the surrender, provided for sending delegates to Washington.After the arrival of the commissioners in the territory, the authorities of the tribes with whom* the commissioners conferred asked that a council be called to meet on the first bf September next, which would supersede the necessity of sending commissioners to Washington.We hope and we fear. The wild Indiansnro VkflrH f n munurm • tha fwhinutnil ap f Iiauo
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Philadelphia Age
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Tue, Aug 01, 1865
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