Convention with the Jicarilla Apache, 1873

Item

Title
Convention with the Jicarilla Apache, 1873
Original Signatory Tribe(s)
Jicarilla Apache
Successor in Interest Tribes
Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico
Date Original
10 December 1873
Subjects/Keywords
railroads
Description
railroads through the reservation herein designated.
right of way
Description
The said Jicarilla Apache Indians agree that the Congress of the United States may authorize the passage of roads, highways and railroads through the reservation herein designated.
roads and highways
Description
The said Jicarilla Apache Indians agree that the Congress of the United States may authorize the passage of roads, highways
crimes against Indian country
Description
If bad men among the whites or among other people subject to the authority of the United States, shall commit any wrong upon the person or property of the Jicarilla Apache Indians, the United States will, upon proof made to the Agent and forwarded to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs at Washington City, proceed at once to cause the offender to be arrested and punished according to the laws of the United States, and also reimburse the injured person for the loss sustained.
promise to pay
Description
The United States agrees to appropriate, for the aid and encouragement of the Jicarilla Apaches annually for and during the period of five years, the sum of ten thousand dollars to be expended by and under the direction of the President of the United States, for the benefit of the said Indians, and at the expiration of that period, they shall be entitled to an annual appropriation of three thousand dollars per year, for educational purposes, for and during the succeeding period of ten years.
Treaty Type
other
Bibliographic Citation
Deloria, Vine, Jr. and Raymond DeMallie. Documents of American Indian Diplomacy: Treaties, Agreements, and Conventions, 1775-1979. 2v. (Norman: Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 1999), 510
Misc. Records, Indian Collections, New Mexico State Records Center and Archives, Santa Fe.
Last updated in MODX
2023-10-27
MODX ID
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3070