The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-11-08
The Laramie Treaty.

Col ID. ID MITCHELL and party returned 10 81
Louis on Tuesday evening last, from Horse Creek,
about thirty miles from Fort Laramie, where thev
have concluded treaty with certain Indian tribe.
inhabitES the vast regions this side Of the Ro.kv
houh'a'hs-lhe party were Accompanied by
Mal fIfzr,nIcE, and sftcen Indians-beinc a
delegation from the Grani Coun,:l-who are on
their way to Washington, ior the purpose Of Oh.
tainng the ratification Of the Treaty. This dele
CATION consists Of three Chayenne., three Araps.
hoes two Ouoes with their squaws, one Assini-
bon, and five Sioux b, sides one Crow. who mys.
terlouSly disappeared near Brunswick, No. when
on the way dawn the river, and is supposed to
have gone back to his tribe The Council wa, in
session twelve days, and attended by between six
and seven thousand Indians Of the tribes above
named and twolor three others.-1he ST. Louis
lntel!lgencer Of Thursday, contains the following
ouIliIe of the principal provisions Of the treaty.
furnished to the Editor by agentleuaa present at
its cUnsumation -
A covenant Of perpetual peace and amty 10
made between the several tribes of Indians repre.
sen'ed, and between the Indian tribes and the U.
hHed states Government Any disputes that
may hereafter arise between any Of the different
tribes, are to be settled by reference to the U.
nlted States authorities
Should any depredations he hereafter committed
by any of the whites upon any Of the Indians tho
United States shall make goodall losses occasion.
ed thereby rnd indemnify the injured parties as
far as possible.
If Indians commit any deprcdations upon whites.
the tribe to which the former NAV belong shall be
responsible m like manner, and the amount Of da.
IMAGES occasoned may be retained by the United
States out OF the annuites TO be paid, or in what
ever other way that may be found most conyen.
lent
The right ofmaking roads and esta blishine mil.
itary aud other posts throughout the territory. |,
guaranteed 20 the United States and all hunting
privileges arc reserved to the Indians as thcv have
hitherto enjoyed them.
The boundaries Of the territories to DO sccupied
by the Cmyennes, Arapahoes, Sioux Blackfcet.
Crows, Assinibons Grovupters, and Mandans. re-
spectyeIy, being all between the Missonri and
Arkansas rivers, settled and defined.
The United States Government is Ia nav nm
annuity Of $4,000 IN goods or agricultural and
other implements Of civilization, at the option Of
the President, during the maintenance of good
faith on the part of the Indians, tor fifty years.
These are the main provisions of the treaty, ms
II now stands. proposition was made on the
part ol the United States that portion of terri.
tory he laid off in the Cheyenne and Arnraboe
country, near the head waters Of the Arkansas.
for the establishment Of n ha!fbreed colony--,be
object being to introduce gradually among the
Indians the habits Of civilized life as far N prac.
tcahle The Chnyennes and Arapahocs, howcy.
er refused their assent to it, for the reason that i.
would furnish pretext for the visits of large mum.
bers INTO tier territory from other tribes who
might eventually oust them from their posses.
sOns
The immense side Of emigration which In, lat
terly flowed over the plains, las driven off the
game 20 an extent almost beyond belief; thus oc.
caslonlng great loss to the Indians The annuity
Is intended as sort of compensation for this, but
II Is sad will be a very small one in reality.
As an evidence of the good will entertained bv
them towards the whites it is mentioned that the
Indians biought in and surrendered "A number of
horses which had been previously stolen on the
plains.
A map of the Indian territory was used in ar.
ranging the terms OF the treaty. The presence
Of number of traders led to the making Of mum.
ber OF important corrections 80 that the man
which now accompanies the treaty, is the most
correct that has ever been drawn This will prove
a very important acquisition to the couutrv. Az
crs were re.cons,ructlig tGr atsfb ,vews OF tbesc
formed of the nature Of the proceedings, made
formal speech, in which he expressed the hope
tha, his Great Father, in re.modelins the country
would put down n few more buffalo to his tribe.
as they were getting very scarce in their hunting
grounds