Treaty with the Jicarilla Apache, 1855
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Title
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Treaty with the Jicarilla Apache, 1855
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Date Original
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12 September 1855
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Subjects/Keywords
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roads and highways
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Description
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All necessary roads, high ways and rail roads, the lines of which may run through the reserved tract, shall have the right of way through the same, compensation being made therefor, as in other cases; but the president may grant the right of way to any such roads free of charge, and establish such military posts as he may think proper.
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right of way
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Description
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All necessary roads, high ways and rail roads, the lines of which may run through the reserved tract, shall have the right of way through the same, compensation being made therefor, as in other cases; but the president may grant the right of way to any such roads free of charge, and establish such military posts as he may think proper.
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railroads
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Description
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All necessary roads, high ways and rail roads, the lines of which may run through the reserved tract, shall have the right of way through the same, compensation being made therefor, as in other cases; but the president may grant the right of way to any such roads free of charge, and establish such military posts as he may think proper.
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provide education assistance
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Description
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and expended for their moral improvement and education
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provide agriculture assistance
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Description
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for such beneficial objects as in his judgment will be calculated to advance them in civilization, for building, opening farms, breaking lands, providing stock, agricultural implements, seeds &c, for employing farmers to teach the Indians to cultivate the soil,
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crimes against Indian country
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Description
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And if any citizen of the United States shall, at any time, commit depredations upon the Indians the Jicarillas agree that they will not take private satisfaction or revenge themselves, but instead thereof, they will make complaint to the proper Indian Agent for redress,
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mining and mineral rights
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Description
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he may also assign other lands in exchange for mineral lands, if any such are found on the tract herein set apart;
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promise to pay
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Description
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In consideration of, and full payment for the country ceded, and the removal of the Jicarilla Apaches, the United States agree to pay to them the following sums without interest, to wit; The United States will, during the years 1856, 1857 and 1858 pay to the Jicarillas Three thousand dollars each year, during the year 1859, and the two next succeeding years thereafter the sum of Two thousand dollars each year; and during the year 1862 and the next succeeding twenty years thereafter the sum of One thousand dollars each year.
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Treaty Type
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treaty
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Bibliographic Citation
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Deloria, Vine, Jr. and Raymond DeMallie. Documents of American Indian Diplomacy: Treaties, Agreements, and Conventions, 1775-1979. 2v. (Norman: Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 1999), 1331
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National Archives, Record Group 11, State Department Treaty File, M668, roll 10: 490
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Last updated in MODX
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2023-10-27
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MODX ID
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3112;treaty-with-the-jicarilla-apache-1855-22601
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3112