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THOS. F. ECKftRT, Act. Assistant Secretary of War. lion. Jambs Harlan, Secretary of the Interior.The Treaty .with tlic ClimtHWS anilChlt;krokeeH. |[From the Leavenworth Bulletin.]That is an important treaty made with the Indians on our border, and if the letters from Fort Smith are to bo relied upon, it is made and will be kept in good faith.The stipulations were entered into and agreed upon June 23, between United States Commissioners and General Stifhd WhIm^ representing the rebel Indians. Those stipulations are:ART1CLK J. All act* of hostility on the part of both armies hftvifig ceased by virtue of a convention entered into on the 20th day of May. 1885, between M*d. Gen. E. K.H. Can ay, United States Army,commanding Military Division of the Mississippi, anti (ten. E. Kirby Smith, Confederate Htutes Army, commanding Trans-Mississippi Detiartment, nil the Indians of tne rhcroKi** Nation hero represented, and who were lately allied with the Confederate States in acts of hostility against the Government of the United Ktttteo, 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 any act of hostility against the whirls and the Indians of the various tribes who have been friendly to or engaged in the service of the United Htates during the war.Art. 2. It is stipulated by the undersigned W8uiiiiKion«ri on the part of the United Htates, that as long as the Indians aforesaid observe Article 1 of this agreement, they shall be protected by the United Btates authorities In theirpersons and property, not only from encroach e part of the whites, but also fromnientH on the part of the whites, bat also from the Indians who have been engaged lu the servlet* of the United Htates.Art. ft. The above articles of agreement to remain and he In full force and effect until the meeting of the Grand Council, to uieetat Armstrong's Academy, Choctaw Nation, on the first of September, A. P. IMS, and until such time as the proceedings of said Grand Council shall be ratified before the proper authorities, both of the Cherokee Nation and the United Htates.In testimony Whereof, the said Ideut.-OoU A. C. Matthews and Adjt. Wm. H. Vance, Commissioners on the part of the United States, and Brig.-Gen. Stand VVUa. Governor and Princi-jtfil Chief of the Cherokee Nation, hereunto set their hands and seals.A. C. Matthew*. Lieut.-Colonel.Wm. 11. Vani k, Lieut, and Adjt. U.S. Vols.6ta.ni Watik. Brlg.-Oen. and Principal Ode/, Commissioners.Gen. Waticgave the Commissioners every assurance, and so did Gov. Piehiynn, of the Choctaw*, and Lieut. Porter, of tne Creeks, who w» a delegate to the Grand Council at Armstrong's Academy, that any agreement entered into by Gen. Stand Watie on behalftr*l,e8* would Ik* respectedThe resolutions adopted by tho couucil at Armstrong's Academy,provided for at*tiding commissioner* to Washington to negotiate a treaty of peace with the United Suites. They provide that each tribe should send delegates, and empowered them to ctleet a treaty, separate for each 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 officially notilied of the surrender. Yet they WWW aware that negotiations were pending, and anticipated the result;, but, knowing what would be the character of tlie surrender, provided for sending delegates to Washington.Alter 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 Indians are hard to manage; the educated, or those considered such, not always trustworthy. Yet, as they have been subdued; as the Greeks have felt onee the power of the nation (the Choctaws have been friendly to the whites), we may expect pence. The rebel Indian leaders projxwaed, for this end, first, a settlement of Indian difficulties among Themselves; second, a grand council lor this end; and in accordance with this policy, the governor and principal chief of the Choctaw nation, P. P. Pichlynn, has issued a proclamation, calling the aforesaid council of all the Indians of the Indian confederation and tin* Indians of the prairies, to be commenced and held on the nrst day of September, A. D. 1865, at Armstrong's Academy, in the Choctaw nation, at which time and place there will be duly author-.ifced commissioners from the United States to treat on the subject of a permanent and lasting peace.If we understand the report of the United States Commissioners, they have faith in the result. The assurance* of the chiefs are certainly very strong. The wild Indians say “mark out the path, We will follow the civilised agree to commit no acts of hostility against the Government of tho United States, nor to molest the whites in any wjiy whatever, and to allow' emigrants, the overland mail, Ac., to pass through the territory unmolested.New York Census Takers.■JW-TH*'Wthe(Buiint: witl met cun Ink Btcx tel 11 For Rep Rev turi JectNparpro;lytAs*Btalbrot/ronTsinfCe*Tw:forjperadvTHleTilltheQ,ult;ponIn ivarmatFoeA IadaFarallchaforFinr.reacunrtveeJT1glelt;TY©optcop!subBigrat
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Philadelphia Age
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Tue, Aug 01, 1865
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