69 The accompanying Treaty held on the San Saba by the United States Agent, with the Comanches and other tribes of Texas Indians, is published for the information of all concerned.

Notwithstanding that this Treaty still requires the sanction of the General Government at Texas to make it binding by law, it still evinces a disposition on the part of the Indians to preserve a peaceable attitude towards the whites.

Article 2nd It is stipulated by the Indians, parties hereto, that the Government of the United States shall have the sole and exclusive right of regulating trade and intercourse with them, and they do hereby respectively engage to afford protection to such persons, with their property, as shall be duly authorized to reside among them for the purpose of trade or intercourse, and to their agents and servants; but no person shall be permitted to reside among them as a trader, or introduce goods into the Indian country, who is not furnished with a license for that purpose, according to the laws of the United States, to the end that the said Indians may not be imposed upon in their trade; and if any licensed trader shall abuse his privilege by unfair trading, upon complaint by said Chiefs to their Agent, and proof thereof, his license shall be taken from him, and he shall be further punished according to law; and if any person shall intrude himself as a trader, or introduce such goods into the Indian country without such license, upon complaint, he shall be dealt with according to the law, and the goods so introduced shall be forfeited to the Indians giving the information, who shall have the right to take into possession and keep said goods until the matter is legally investigated.

Article 7th It is agreed that if any Indian or Indians shall commit a murder or robbery, or steal anything from any citizen of the United States, the tribe or band to which the offender belongs, shall deliver up the person or persons so offending to the Officer Commanding at Fort Martin Scott, to the end that he or they may be found guilty of robbery, or stealing, according to the law.

Article 11th It is agreed that all stolen property now in possession of the Indians, parties hereto, shall be give up at this time, and all of that they know of or can find before that time, shall be delivered at Fort Martin Scott on the 5th day of February, A.D., 1851, and should any Indian refuse to surrender or bring such stolen property, immediate notice shall be given to the Officer Commanding the nearest Military Post.

The German settlement on the north side of the Llano will be embraced in the foregoing article, so long as they do not trade with the Indians in anything except the produce of their farms, nor for any horses or mules which may have been stolen.

Article 16th The Indians, parties hereto, agree to deliver by the 5th day of February, 1851, to the Officer Commanding Fort Martin Scott, the Indians who murdered the German at Craig's trading house, on the Llano, during the present fall, or should they be unable to deliver them, then point out said murderers, and render such assistance in arresting them as may be necessary.

Article 20th It is further agreed that blacksmiths shall be sent to reside among the said tribes or nations, to keep their guns and farming utensils in order, so long and in such a manner as the President may think proper.