FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, September 13, 1865.
Whereas the aforesaid nations and tribes, or bands of Indians,
or portions thereof, were induced by the machinations of the emissaries
of the so-called Confederate States to throw off their allegiance
to the government of the United States, and to enter into treaty
stipulations with said so-called Confederate States, whereby they
have made themselves liable to a forfeiture of all rights of every
kind, character, and description which had been promised and guaranteed
to them by the United States; and whereas the government of the
United States has maintained its supremacy and authority within
its limits; and whereas it is the desire of the government to
act with magnanimity with all parties deserving its clemency,
and to re-establish order and legitimate authority among the Indian
tribes; and whereas the undersigned representatives or parties
connected with said nations or tribes of Indians have become satisfied
that it is for the general good of the people to reunite with
and be restored to the relations which formerly existed between
them and the United States, and as indicative of our personal
feelings in the premises, and of our several nations and tribes,
so far as we are authorized and empowered to speak for them; and
whereas questions have arisen as to the status of the nations,
tribes, and bands that have made treaties with the enemies of
the United States, which are now being discussed, and our relations
settled by treaty with the United States commissioners now at
Fort Smith for that purpose:
The undersigned do hereby acknowledge themselves to be under the
protection of the United States of America, and covenant and agree,
that hereafter they will in all things recognize the government
of the United States as exercising exclusive jurisdiction over
them, and will not enter into any allegiance or conventional arrangement
with any state, nation, power or sovereign whatsoever; that any
treaty of alliance for cession of land, or any act heretofore
done by them, or any of their people, by which they renounce their
allegiance to the United States, is hereby revoked, cancelled,
and repudiated.
In consideration of the foregoing stipulations, made by the members
of the respective nations and tribes of Indians present, the United
states, through its commissioners, promises that it will re-establish
peace and friendship with all the nations and tribes of Indians
within the limits of the so-called Indian country; that it will
afford ample protection for the security of the persons and property
of the respective nations or tribes, and declares its willingness
to enter into treaties to arrange and settle all questions relating
to and growing out of former treaties with said nations, as affected
by any treaty made by said nations with the so-called Confederate
States, at this council now convened for that purpose, or at such
time in the future as may be appointed.
In testimony whereof, the said commissioners on the part of the
United States, and the said Indians of the several nations and
tribes, as respectively hereafter enumerated, have hereunto subscribed
their names, and affixed their seals, on the day and year first
above written.
Hon. D. N. Cooley, president,
Hon. Elijah Sells,
Thomas Wistar,
Brig. Gen. W. S. Harney, U. S. Army,
Col. Ely S. Parker, Commissioners.
Charles E. Mix,
George L. Cook,
W. R. Irwin,
John B. Garrett, Secretaries.
Creeks:
Ock-tar-sars-ha-jo, head chief.
Mik-ko-hut-kee, little white chief.
Cow-we-ta-mik-ko.
Cah-cho-she.
Thlo-cos-ya-lo.
Loch-er-ha-jo.
Co-me-ha-jo.
Tul-wah-mik-ko-che.
Tul-wah-mik-ko.
David Grayson.
David Field.
Tuka-basha-ha-jo.
Captain Johnneh.
Cap-tah-ka-na.
Passa.
Sa-to-wee.
Co-lo-ma-ha-jo.
Tul-me-mek-ko.
Jacob Conal.
David Berryhill.
Sanford Berryman.
Co-nip Fix-i-co, and others.
Wm. F. Brown, clerk.
Harry Island, interpreter for Creeks.
John Marshal, interpreter for Euchees.
Delegates for the black population living among the Creeks and Euchees:
Ketch Barnett.
John Mclntosh.
Scipio Barnett.
Jack Brown.
Cow Tom.
Osages:
White Hair, principal chief.
Po-ne-no-pah-she, second chief Big Hill band.
Wah-dah-ne-gah, counsellor.
Me-lo-tah-mo-ne, "Twelve o'clock."
Ko-she-ce-gla.
Ge-ne-o-ne-gla, (brave.) "Catch Alive."
Mah-ha-ah-ba-so, (brave) "Sky-reaching man.
"Shar-ba-no-sha, (brave) "Done brown."
Interpreters: Alexander Bayette,
Augustus Captain.
Cowskin Senecas:
Isaac Warrior, chief.
Senecas and Shawnees:
Lewis Davis, chief.
A. McDonald.
Goodhunt.
Jas. Tallchief.
Lewis Denny.
Interpreter, Lewis Davis.
Cherokees:
Kah-sah-nie, Smith Christie.
Ah-yes-takie, Thomas Pegg.
Oo-nee-na-kah-ah-nah-ee, White Catcher.
Cha-loo-kie, Fox Flute.
Da-wee-oo-sal-chut-tee, David Rowe.
A h-tah-lah-ka-no-skee-skee, Nathan Fish.
Koo-nah-vah, W. B. Downing.
Ta-la-la.
Oo-too-lah, ta-neh, Charles Conrad.
Ooda-what-tee, Samuel Smith.
Tah-skee-kee-tee-hee, Jesse Baldridge.
Suu-kee, Mink Downing.
Chee-chee.
Tee-coa-le-to-ske, H. D. Reese.
Colonel Lewis Downing, acting and assistant principal chief.
Seminoles:
John Shup-co.
Pascofa.
Fo-hut-she.
Fos-har-go.
Chut-cote-har-go.
Interpreters: Robert Johnson,
Cesar Bruner.
Shawnees:
Charles Blue Jacket, first chief.
Graham Rogers, second chief.
Moses Silverheels.
Solomon Madden.
Eli Blackhoof.
Interpreter, Matthew King.
Wyandotts:
Silas Armstrong, first chief.
Matthew Mud-eater, second chief.
Quapaws:
George Wa-te-sha.
Ca-ha-she-ka.
Wa-she-hon-ca.
S. G. Valier, interpreter.
Chickasaws:
Et Tor Lutkee,
Louis Johnson,
Esh Ma Tubba,
A. G. Griffith,
Maharda Colbert, headmen.
Frazier McCrean.
Benjamin Colbert.
Ed Colbert.
Jackson.
Jim Doctor.
Simpson Killcrease.
A. B. Johnson.
Corman.
George Jonson.
Wolburn.
Choctaws:
William S. Patton.
Robert B. Patton.
A. J. Stanton.
Jeremiah Ward.
Indian agents:
Major G. C. Snow, for Osages.
George A. Reynolds, for Seminoles.
Isaac Coleman, for Choctaws and Chickasaws.
Justin Harlan, for Cherokees.
J. W. Dunn, for Creeks.
Milo Gookins, for Wichitas.
J. B. Abbott, for Shawnees.
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