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INDEX.0OPageOath ofof Office," ""Obligations,St. LouisLouis Treaty,Treaty,Obligations, St.Officers, 656G.if58586060616153535656696969696969727282821,b 64Council mayCouncilmay choose,choose,'Penalties,Penalties,DutiesDuties of,of,PayPay overover money,money,ForfeitForfeit office,office,ResistanceResistance to,to, bi46 '""""‘ OsageOsage" Great and Little. "" Treaty of,. . .' Boundary Line,Line.Agency and Reservation, ,"Children,Children, EducationEducation of,of,Tribes,Unite with other Tribes.Remove to Indian Territory," LandLand Book,Book, - Reservation." Reservation. LocationLocation of,of.NationalConstitution," National Constitution, s, DestructionDestruction of, Pastures, Fencing within,7878.1, 8484

INDEX.PagePagePawnees.Payment,Payment. Annual, For Road,Road,For 'Semi-Annual, Peace. Preservation of, -- Petty Larceny,Perjury, Penalty for,Perjury,Permit. Grazing.- Police,Police. May not act as Judges,."Regulations,"Regulations,Poncas, Poison, Live Stock,Prairie Fires, Setting of,of,Preamble to Constitution.Property. Removal fromfrom Territory, Disposal of,of,"Levied on by Execution, ' Advertised by Sheriff,Sheriff,Sheriff's fees,Sheriffsfees.-46-----.---- - -79.-'.-9393.---93 .93"Exceptions," Debtor'sDebtor's propertyproperty heldheld byby another,another, -CC"Common,Common,‘ Stolen,94------959551517Process,"10161621218067729 dureProcedure Civil,--6060--ProsecutingProsecuting Attorney,----929286leZSBRape,""Penalty for,66-Records, Destroying of,7373-6868

INDEX.IXDEX.PageReservations.Indians to Remove. ' ' .Survey of.Half-Breeds.Individual,Individual.Revenue, Osage.Robbery.Robbery. HowHow punished.punished." .Road, To New Mexico.Survey,." Osage Agency to Caneyville,To be worked,"Penaltyfornon-completion,"Penalty for non-completion,Road, Rail,,4Pay for right of way,"way, 4G25.8939.89391111.195544686815- 1 166969696969621212525-'*.-,4GG.sB.Saw Mill,Schools,SellLandsfor,Schools, Sell Lands for,' Funds,""Established by Schoenmaker, 'Support of.,.34121222. -.3336""" ActAct relatingrelating to,to, --. 'CompulsoryCompulsory attendance,attendance,.44"AgeAge Legal,Legal,' ‘ Annuity withheldwithheld forfor ession, Extra.Session,Extra, ofof Schoolto erect.erect.School House,House, U.U. S.S. toSeduction,Seduction,2424.979734347474-MadeMade inin proximityproximity toto others,others,565623238989

INDEX.PagePajreSheri ff,Sheriff.-.Hig.h,High,-- - -Election. Term,"Term.Duties.Duties.District, Bond.Oath."Oath.Duties.-- Slander. WillfulWillful and malicious.Southern Cattle, regulations. . -.Spirit. Ardent. Sale of.'.Stocks, Osage.St. Louis Treaty.Stealing Timber,-- Strays.StraysSheriff toto advertise,advertise,'' Sheriff' Clerk toto register,.Owner to prove, " Post, - - ,.''Sold, maimed or killed,. . ." SheriffSheriff to give possession to purchaser,Suits, Commenced,SubornationPerjury,Subornation of Perjury,Summons, Issue of,.Sunday, Observance of, - " bivto60(508787878787878 88888898989818197253939- 3 , LandsLands notnot subjectsubject totoTaxation.Taxes,"""ii.313155LevyingLevying andand Collecting,Collecting,OnOn LiveLive Stock,Stock,PropertyProperty soldsold for,for,.98989999100100

INDEX.PageTexasTexas Cattle,Cattle,---9797Importationof.Importation of.'.-Permission"Permission toto purchase,purchase,Timber, Stealing of,Townships, Osage Nation,Treason,Treason, defined,defined, punishmentpunishment for,for, - Treasurer,Officers located,Treasurer, OfficersTreaties. Supreme Law,.Ratified how,' " Ratified(See General XTUnited States Indian Agent to remove Negroes,United States Indian Agent to remove Negroes,Violence, How punished,Violence, How punished,444444L4253946-3125-a63OQ6331 LWay, Right of,Wills,Howproved,Warrant,Issueof,Writs,"Wills, How proved,Year, Fiscal,a954WWay,War, IndiansRight of,to abstain- from, Warrant,Issuea of,uuWrits,-4-War, Indians to abstain from,t4956463Y"636458

OSAGES—GREATL I T T L E .OSAGES— GREAT AND LITTLEtreaty made andand concludedconcluded atFort Clark, on the rightArticles of aa treatyat Fortrightbank ofof the Missouri, aboutabout fivefive miles above the FireFire PrairiePrairie inthe TerritoryTerritory ofof Louisiana, the tenthtenth dayday of November, in the yearof our Lord, one thousandofthousand eighteight hundredhundred and eight, betweenPeter Choteau, esquire, agentfor the Osage, and speciallyagent forspecially commissioned and instructedmissionedinstructed to enterenter into the same by his excellency,Meriwether Lewis, governor andAffairsMeriwetherand superintendentsuperintendent of IndianIndian Affairsfor the Territoryaforesaid, in behalfforTerritory aforesaid,behalf ofof the UnitedUnited States ofofAmerica, ofof the one part, and the chiefschiefs and warriors ofof the Greatand LittleLittie Usages,Osages, for themselves andand theirtheir nations, on the otherpart.ARTICLE1.ARTICLE 1.TheThe United States beingbeing anxious to pro-mote peace, friendshipfriendship and intercourse with the Osagetribes, to affordafford them every assistance in their power, andto protect them fromfrom the insults and injuries of othertribes of Indians, situated near the settlements of the whitepeople, have thought proper to build aa fort on the rightbank of the Missouri, aafew miles above the Fire Prairie,and do agree to garrison the same with as many regulartroops as the President of the United States may, fromtime to time, deem necessary forfor the protection of all orfriendly and well disposed Indians of the Great andderly, friendlyLittle Osage Nations, who reside at this place, and who dostrictly conform to and pursue the counsels or admonitionsof the President of the United States through his subordinatedinate omcers.officers.31, 1822.1822. ProART. 2. Abrogated by treatytreaty of August 31,Proclaimed FebruaryFebruary 19,19, 1823.furnish, at thisART. 3. The United States agree to furnish,place, for the use of the Osage Nations, aablacksmith, and

2.2.UNITEDUNITED STATESSTATES TREATIESTREATIEStools to mend their arms, and utensils of husbandry, andandengage to build them aahorse mill, or water mill; also tofurnishfurnish them with ploughs, and to build, for the greatchiefOsages, and for the great chiefthechief of the Great Osag-es,chief of theLittle Osages. aastrong block-house in each of their towns,established near this fort.fort.which are to be establishedART. 4.4. WithWith aa viewview toto quietquiet the animosities, which atatpresent exist between the inhabitants of the Territory ofoftheLouisiana and the Osage Nations, in consequence of thelawless depredation of the latter, the United States dofurther agree to pay to their own citizens, the fullfurtherfull value ofofsuch property, as they can legally prove to have been stolen or destroyed by the said Osages.acquisition sages, since the acquisitionof Louisiana by the United States, provided, the samethousand dollars.does not exceed the sum of five thousandART. 5.5.In consideration of the lands relinquishedrelinquished bythe Great and Little Osages to the United States, as stipulated in the sixth article of this treaty, the UnitedUnited StatesStatesyearly,promise to deliver at Fire Prairie, or at St. Louis, yearly.to the Great Osage Nation, merchandise to the amount orof one thousand dollars, and to the Little Osage Navalue oftion, merchandise to the amount or value of five hundredhundreddollars, reckoning the value of said merchandise at thefirstUnited States,first cost thereofthereof in the city, or place in the Unitedwhere the same .shallshall have been procured.And inthe merchandisemerchandise aforesaid,aforesaid, thethe UnitAndin additionaddition toto theUnited States have, at and before the signature of these articles,hundredpaid to the Great Osage Nation, the sum of eight hundredOsages. the sum of fourdollars, and to the Little Osages,four hundredhundreddollars.ART. 6. AndAnd in considerationconsideration of the advantages whichwe derive fromfrom the stipulations contained in the foregoingforegoingarticles, s,Osages, forfor ourselvesourselves andand ourour nations,nations, respectively,respectively, coneonvenantvenant andand agreeagree withwith thethe UnitedUnited States,States, thatthat thethe bounboundarydary line between our nationsnations andand the United States, shallshallbe as follows, to-wit: Beginning at Fort Clark on thethe

UNITEDSTATES TREATIES.TNITED STATESTREATIES.3.3.Missouri,Missouri, fivefive milesmiles aboveabove FireFire Prairie,Prairie, andand runningrunning thencethenceaa due south course to the river Arkansas, and down thethesame to the Mississippi; hereby ceding and relinquishingrelinquishingforever to the United States, all the lands which lie eastforeverof said line.line, and north of the southwardly bankhank of saidriver Arkansas, and all lands situated northwardlynorth wardly of theriver Missouri. And we do furtherfurther cede and relinquishrelinquish tothe United States forever, aa tract ofof two leagues square,to embrace Fort Clark, and to be laid off in such mannermanneras the PresidentPresident of the UnitedUnited States shall thinkthink proper.proper.ART.7. AndART. 7.And it is mutually agreed byby thethe contractingcontractingparties, that the boundary line hereby established, shall berun and marked at the expense of the United States, assoon as circumstances or their convenience will permit;permit; sages promise to depute twoand the Great and Little Osageschiefs fromfrom each of their respective Nations, to accompanyaccompanythe commissionercommissioner or commissioners, who may be appointappointed on the part of the UnitedUnited States, to settle and adjustadjustthe said boundary line.ART. 8. And the UnitedABT.United States agree that such of thetheGreatGreat andand LittleLittle OsageOsage Indians,Indians, asas maymay thinkthink properproper totoputput themselvesthemselves underunder the" protection of FortFort Clark,Clark, andandwhowho observe thethe stipulationsstipulations ofof this treatytreaty with good faith,faith,shallshall bebe permittedpermitted toto livelive and toto hunt, withoutwithout molestation,molestation,on allall thatthat tracttract ofof countrycountry westwest ofof thethe northnorth andand southonsouthboundary line, on which they, the said Great and LittleLittleOsages havehave usuallyusually huntedhunted oror resided:resided: PROVIDED,PROVIDED, TheOsagesThesameof any other nation orsame bebe notnot thethe hunting grounds ofortribe of Indians in amity with the United States; and onany other lands within the Territory of Louisiana, withoutthe limits ofof the white settlements, until the UnitedUnited StatesStatesmay think proper to assign the same as hunting groundsgroundsto other friendlyfriendly Indians.ART. 9.9. Lest thethe friendshipfriendship whichwhich isis nownow establishedestablishedbetween the United States and the said IndianIndian nationsnationsshould hebe interruptedinterrupted by the misconductmisconduct of individuals,itinjuries done by individuals noit is hereby agreed that for injuriesno

1.I'NTtTKI)tiTiiSTATCSsTA'rES TREATIES.private revenuerevenge or retaliationretaliation shall take place,place. but insteadthereof.thereof, complaints shall behe made by the party injured,injured, tothe other, by the said nations or eithpreither of them, to thesuperintendent or other person appointedappointed by the PresidentPresidentto the chiefs of said nation:nation; and it shall behe the duty of saidchiefs, upon complaintschiefs.ennplaink being made as aforesaid, to deliverup the person or persons,persons. against whom the complaint ismade, to the end that he or they may be punished agreeably to the laws of the State or Territory, where thetheoffenseoffense may have been committed; and in like manner, ififany robbery,robbery. violence, or murder shall be committed onany Indian or Indians belonging to either of said nations,the person or persons so offendingoffending shall be tried, and iffoundfound guilty, shall behe punished in like manner as if theinjurybeen donedone to aa whitewhite man. And it is agreedagreedinjury had ethat the chiefs of the Great and Little Osages, shall toto theutmostof theirpower, exerthorsesutmost oftheir power,exert themselvesthemselves toto recoverrecover horsesor otherororother propertyproperty whichwhich maymay bebe stolenstolen fromfrom anyany citizencitizen orcitizensany individualor individindividcitizens ofof thethe UnitedUnited StatesStates byby anyindividual orualsof eitherof theirtheir nations;so recovrecovuals ofeither ofnations; andand thethe propertyproperty orered shall be forthwith delivered to the superintendent orother personto receiveit, thatthat itmay bebe rereotherperson authorizedauthorized toreeive -it,it maystoredthe propercase wherewhere theexerstored toto theproper owner;owner; andand inin casethe exertionsof thethe chiefschiefs shallshall beineffectual inthetions ofhe ineffectualin recoveringrecovering eadproperty stolen as aforesaid, if sufficient proof can be adducedthat suchwas actuallyactually stolenstolen byby anyInduced thatsuch propertyproperty wasany Indianor Indiansofdian orIndians belongingbelonging toto thethe saidsaid nations,nations, oror eithereither ofthem,the superintendent,superintendent, oror otherother properproper officer.officer, maymay dedethem, theduct fromannuity ofsaid nations,nations, respectively,respectively, aaductfrom thethe annuityof thethe saidsumequaltothevalueofthepropertywhichhasbeensum equal to the value of the property which has beenstolen.And t h e United States hereby guarantee to anystolen. And the United States hereby guarantee to anyIndianor Indians of the said nation, respectively; a fullIndian or Indians of the said nation, respectively; a fullindemnification' for any horses or other property, whichindemnification for any horses or other property, whichmay be stolen from them by any of their citizens: P B O may be stolen from them by any of their citizens: PROVIDED, That the property so stolen cannot be recovered,VIDED, That the property so stolen cannot be recovered,and that sufficient proof is produced, that it was actuallyand that sufficient proof is produced, that it was actuallystolen by a citizen of the United States. And the saidstolen by a citizen of the United States.And the said

UNITEDUNITED STATESSTATES TREATIES.TREATIES. .).nations of the Great andand Little Osages engage, on the requisition or demand of the President of the United States,or of the superintendent, to deliver up any white man resident among them.ART. 10.10. The United States receive the Great andLittleOsageLittle Osage nationsnations intointo theirtheir friendshipfriendship andand underunder theirtheirprotection ;; and the said nations, on their part, declarethat they will consider themselves under the protection ofofno other power whatsoever; disclaiming all right to cede,sell or in any mannermanner transfertransfer their lands to any foreignforeignpower, or to citizens of the United States,power.States. or inhabitants ofofLouisiana,Louisiana. unless duly authorizedauthorized by the PresidentPresident of theUnited States to make the said purchase or accept thesaid cession on behalfGovernment.behalf of the Government.ART. 11.11. And if any person or persons, for huntinghunting orother purposes,purposes. shall pass over the boundary lines, as established by this treaty,treaty. into the country reserved for theGreat and Little Osage Nations, without the license of thesuperintendent, or other proper officer,officer. they,they. the saidGreat and Little Osages.oreitherofthem,shall be at lib sages.apprehend such unlicensedunlicensed hunters or other pererty to apprehendsons, and surrender them, together with their property.property,but without other injury,injury, insult or molestation, to theSuperintendentIndian Affairs.Affairs, or to the «agentSuperintendent of Indianagent nearestthe place of arrest, to be dealt with according to law.12. And the chiefs and warriors, as aforesaid,ART. rpromise and engage that neither the Great nor LittleLittleOsageOsage Nations,Nations, willwill ever,ever, byby sale.sale, exchange.exchange, oror asas presents.presents,supply any nation or tribe of Indians, not in amity withthe United States.States, with guns, amunitionamunition or other implements of war.13. This treaty shall take effecteffect and be obligatoryART. 13.on the contractingcontrac

COMPILED IIY W. S. FIT/PATRICK, r 1895. PRESS OF THE CEDAR VALE COMMERCIAL, CEDAR VALE, KANSAS u TREATIES AND LAWS . Witness my hand and seal of the Osage Nation, at my office in Pawhuska, Osage Nation, in the Territory of . Camp Meeting. Dist