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Show 649 Bella-go W. Handcls- and Friedens - Vertrag zwischen der American-Fur-Company und dem Stamme der Blackfeet We send greeting to all mankind! Be it known unto all nations, that the most ancient, most illustrious and most numerous tribes of the red skins, lord of the soil from the banks of the great waters unto the tops of the mountains, upon which the heavens rest, have entered into solemn league and covenant, to make preserve and cherish a firm and lasting peace, that so long as the water runs, or grass grows, they may hail each other as brethern and smoke the calumet in friendship and security. On the vigil of the feast of St. Andrew in the year eighteen hundred and thirty one, the powerful and distinguished nation ofBlackfeet, Piegan- and Blood-Indians, by their ambassadors c>oc>o<*oc*oc*oc«oc>oooooco appeared at Fort Union near the spot where the Yellow Stone-River unites its current with the Missouri, and in the council-chamber of the Governor Keneth Mckenzie met, the principal chief of all the Assiniboin-Nation, the man that holds the knife, attended by his chiefs of council, le Brechu, le Borgne, the Sparrow, the Bears Arm, la Terre qui trembe, andVEnfent de medecine cm c^j when conforming to all ancient customs and ceremonies cv and observing the due mystical signs enjoined by the grand medecine-lodges, a treaty of peace and friendship was entered into between the said high contracting parties, mid is testified by their hands and seals hereunto annexed, hereafter and for ever to live as brethern of one large united happy family, and may the great spirit, who whatchet over us all approve our conduct and teach us to love one another. Done, executed, ratified and confirmed at Fort Union au the day and year first within, written in the presence of Jas Archdale Hamilton. H. € hard on 82 |
