Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-04-14
ARTICLE XI.

Considering that great part of the ter
ritories which, by the present treaty, are to
be comprehended for the future within the
limits of the United States is now occupied
by savage tribes, who will hereafter be under
the exclusive control Of the Government of
the United States, and whose incursions
within the territory of Mexico would be
prejudicial in the extreme, it is solemnly
agreed that all such incursions shall be
forcibly restrained by the Government of the
United States whensoever this may be neces-
sary; and that when they cannot be prevent
ed, they shall be punished by the said Gov
eminent, and satisfaction for the same shall
be exaeted-all :. in the same way, and with
equal diligence and energy, as if the same
incursions were meditated or committed
within its own territory, against its own
citizens.
1t shall not be lawful, under any pretext
whatever, for any inhabitant of the United
States to purchase or acquire any Mexican,
or any foreigner residing iu Mexico, who may
have been captured by Indians inhabiting the
territory of either of the two Republics, nor
to purchase or acquire horses, mules, cattle,
or property of any kind, stolen within Mexi-
can territory by such Indians.
And in the event of any person or persons.
captured within Mexican territory by IIdi-
ans, being carried into the territory of the
United States, the Government of the latter
engages and binds itself, in the most solemn
manner, SO soon as it shall know of such
captives being within Its territory, and shall
De able SO to do, through the faithful exer-
else of its influence and power, to rescue
them and return them to their country,
or deliver them to the agent or repre-
sentative of the Mexican Government. The
Mexican authorities will. as far as practical
BILE, give to the Government of the
United States notice of such captures and
its agents shall pay the expenses incurred in
the maintenance and transmission of the
rescued captiyes; who, in the meantime,
shall be treated with the utmost hospitality
by the American authorities at the place
where they may be. But if the Government
of the United States, before receiving such
notice from Mexico, should obtain intelli-
pence through any other channel of the
existence of Mexican captives within its ter
ritory, it viii proceed forthwith to effect
their release and delivery to the Mexican
agent, as above stipulated.
For the purpose of giving 10 these stipula-
lions the fullest possible efficacy, thereby af-
fording the security and redress demanded
by their true spirit and intent, the Govern
ment of the United States will now and here
after pass, without unnecessary delay, and al
ways vigilantly enforce. such laws as the ma
ture OF the subject may require. And, final
ly, the sacredness of this obligation shall
never be lost sight of by the said Govern
ment when providing for the removal of the
indians from any portion of the said terrific
ries, or for its being settled by citizens OF
the United States; bat, on the contrary, spe-
cial care shall then be taken not to place its
Indian occupants under. the necessity OF
seeking new homes, by committing those in
vasiohs which the United States have solmn-
ly obliged themselves to retain.