Treaty D - June 10, 1851
On June 10, 1851 the Kawaiisu Tribe signed Treaty D. Twenty-nine signatories agreed to the terms of the treaty.
In 1775 Pedro Fages published an account of the government and economic structure of the Kawaiisu Tribe. His notes to the Viceroy relay firsthand knowledge of Kawaiisu tribal structure and give the reader a clear understanding why the territory covered by Treaty D required twenty-nine signatories.
-Treaty D-
TREATY MADE AND CONCLUDED AT CAMP PERSIFER F. SMITH, AT THE TEXAN PASS, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, JUNE 10, 1851, BETWEEN GEORCE W. BARBOUR, UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER, AND THE CHIEFS, CAPTAINS AND HEAD MEN OF THE "CASTAYKE," "TEXON," etc., TRIBES OF INDIANS.
ART.3.It is agreed between the parties that the following district of country be set apart and forever held for the sole use and occupancy of said tribes of Indians, to wit: beginning at the first forks of Kern river, above the Tar springs, near which the road travelled by the military escort, accompanying said commissioner to this camp crosses said river, thence down the middle of said river to the Carises lake, thence to Buena Vista lake, thence a straight line from the most westerly point of said Buena Vista lake to the nearest point of the Coast range of mountains, thence along the base of said range to the mouth or westerly terminus of the Texon pass or Canon, and from thence a straight line to the beginning; reserving to the government of the United States and to the State of California, the right of way over said territory, and the right to erect any military post or posts, houses for agents, officers and others in the service or employment of the government of said territory. In consideration of the foregoing, the said tribes of Indians, jointly and severally, forever quit claim to the government of the United States to any and all other lands to which they or either of them now have or may ever have had any claim or title whatsoever.
In testimony whereof, the parties have hereto signed their names, and affixed their seals, this the day and year first written.
G. W. BARBOUR
Texon.
VINCENTE, his x mark, chief.
CHICO, his x mark, chief.
PABLO, his x mark.
JOSE ANTONIO, his x mark.
MARTIN, his x mark.
FRANCISCO, his x mark.
Castake.
RAFAEL, his x mark, chief.
FRANCISCO, his x mark.
MANUEL, his x mark.
San Imirio.
JOSE MARIA, his x mark, chief.
FRANCISCO, his x mark.
Uvas.
ANTONIO, his x mark.
Carises.
RAYMUNDO his x mark, chief.
JUAN, his x mark.
JUAN DE DIOS, his x mark.
Buena Vista
APOLONIO, his x mark, chief.
Sena-hu-ow.
JOAQUIN, his x mark, chief.
EMITERI0, his x mark, chief.
NICOLAS, his x mark.
BENANCI0, his x mark.
Holo-cla-me.
URBANO, his x mark, chief.
OLORIC0, his x mark.
Soho-nuts.
JOSE, his x mark, chief.
MARIANO, his x mark.
To-ci-a.
FELIPPE, his x mark, chief.
PEDRO, his x mark.
URBANO, his x mark.
Hol-mi-uh.
FRANCISCO, his x mark, chief.
TOMAS, his x mark.
Signed and sealed in duplicate, after having been read and fully explained in the presence of:
H. S. Burton, Interpreter.,
Kit Barbour, Secretary.,
W. S. King, Assistant Surgeon, United States Army.,
J. H. Lendrum, Brevet captain, third artillery.,
J. Hamilton, Lieutenant, third artillery.,
H. G. J. Gibson, Second lieutenant. third artillery,
Walter M. Booth.
See links below.
LINKS
Extinguishment of Indian Title, U.S. Congress, 1850
California Indian Slavery Act of 1850
18 Treaties - California Indian Tribes
Spanish Policy Toward The Indians
Kawaiisu Tribe Home Page
How Tejon Reservation Was Established
1924 Supreme Court Case, US v. Title Insurance 265 U.S. 472 (1924)
California Land Commission
Mattz v. Arnett 412 U.S. 481 (1973)
More Pictures of Kawaiisu Pictographs
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, February 2, 1848
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