tween the United States and the Belantse-eta or Minnetaree tribe shall not be interrupted by the misconduct of individuals, it is hereby agreed, that for injuries done by individuals, no private revenge or retaliation shall take place, but instead thereof complaints shall be made, by the party injured, to the superintendent or agent of Indian affairs or other person appointed by the President; and it shall be the duty of the said Chiefs, upon complaint being made as aforesaid, to deliver up the person or persons against whom the complaint is made, to the end that he or they may be punished, agreeably to the laws of the United States. And, in like manner, if any robbery, violence, or murder, shall be committed on any Indian or Indians belonging to said tribe, the person or persons so offending shall be tried, and if found guilty, shall be punished in like manner as if the injury had been done to a white man. And it is agreed that the Chiefs of the said Belantse-eta or Minnetaree tribe shall, to the utmost of their power, exert themselves to recover horses or other property, which may be stolen or taken from any citizen or citizens of the United States, by any individual or individuals of said tribe; and the property so recovered shall be forthwith delivered to the agents or other person authorized to receive it, that it may be restored to the proper owner. And the United States hereby guarranty to any Indian or Indians of said tribe, a full indemnification for any horses or other property which may be stolen from them by any of their citizens: Provided, That the property so stolen cannot be recovered, and that sufficient proof is produced that it was actually stolen by a citizen of
the United States. And the said Belantse-eta or Minnetaree tribe engage, on the requisition or demand of the President of the United States, or of the agents, to deliver up any white man resident among them.
And the Chiefs and Warriors, as aforesaid, promise and engage that their tribe will never, by sale, exchange, or as presents, supply any nation, tribe, or band of Indians, not in amity with the United States, with guns, ammunition, or other implements of war.
Done at the Lower Mandan Village, this thirtieth day of July, A. D. 1825, and of the independence of the United States the fiftieth.
In testimony whereof, the commissioners, Henry Atkinson and Benjamin O'Fallon, and the chiefs and warriors of the said Belantse-etea or Minnetaree tribe of Indians, have hereunto set their hands and affixed their seals.
H. Atkinson, brigadier-general U. S. Army, [L. S.]
Benj. O'Fallon, United States agent, Indian affairs, [L. S.]
Shan-sa-bat-say-e-see, the wolf chief, his x mark, [L. S.]
E-re-ah-ree, the one that make the road, his x mark, [L. S.]
Pas-ca-ma-e-ke-ree, the crow that looks, his x mark, [L. S.]
E-tah-me-nah-ga-e-she, the guard of the red arrows, his x mark, [L. S.]
Mah-shu-ca-lah-pah-see, the dog bear, his x mark, [L. S.]
Oh-sha-lah-ska-a-tee, his x mark, [L. S.]
Kah-re-pe-shu-pe-sha, the black buffalo, his x mark, [L. S.]
Ah-too-pah-she-pe-sha, the black mocasins, his x mark, [L. S.]
Mah-buk-sho-ok-oe-ah, the one that carries the snake, his x mark, [L. S.]
At-ca-chis, the black lodges, his x mark, [L. S.]
Nah-rah-ah-a-pa, the color of the hair, his x mark, [L. S.]
Pa-ta-e-she-as, the wicked cow, his x mark, [L. S.]
Kee-re-pee-ah-too, the buffalo head, his x mark, [L. S.]
Lah-pa-ta-see-e-ta, the bear's tail, his x mark, [L. S.]
Pa-ta-lah-kee, the white cow, his x mark, [L. S.]
Ah-sha-re-te-ah, the big thief, his x mark, [L. S.]
Bo-sah-nah-a-me, the three wolves, his x mark, [L. S.]
San-jah-oe-tee, the wolf that has no tail, his x mark, [L. S.]
Sa-ga-e-ree-shus, the finger that stinks, his x mark, [L. S.]
Me-a-cah-ho-ka, the woman that lies, his x mark, [L. S.]
Ah-mah-a-ta, the missouri, his x mark, [L. S.]
E-sha-kee-te-ah, the big fingers, his x mark, [L. S.]
Mah-shu-kah-e-te-ah, the big dog, his x mark, [L. S.]
Be-ra-ka-ra-ah, the rotten wood, his x mark, [L. S.]
E-ta-ro-sha-pa, the big brother, his x mark, [L. S.]
In the presence of—
A. L. 