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ARTICLE V

WHEREAS THE ENEMIES OF THE INDIAN HAVE IN ALL GENERATIONS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF DIFFERENCES AMONG THE INDIAN TRIBES AND NATIONS TO SOW N SEEDS OF SUSPICION AND DISCORD AND THEREBY TO OBSTRUCT THAT UNITY WHICH IS A FIRST REQUIREMENT IN THE PROTECTION OF INDIAN RIGHTS, NOW, THEREFORE, TO COUNTER ANY SUCH ATTACK, THE CONTRACTING PARTIES AGREE THAT WHENEVER ANY DIFFERENCE ARISES AMONG THEM WITH RESPECT TO LAND BOUNDARIES, THE TREAMENT OF THE MEMBERS OR CITZENS OF ONE PARTY BY THE COURTS OR COUCILS OF ANOTHER, OR ANY OTHER MATTER OF CONTROVERSY, THEN MEASURES SHALL BE TAKEN TO RESOLVE SUCH DIFFERENCES IN A COUNCIL OF THE PARTIES CONCERNED, IF SUCH EFFORTS FAIL OR LAG, ANY OF THE CONTRACTING PARTIES NOT INVOLVED IN THE DISPUTE SHALL, WHEN CALLED UPON TO DO SO, SETTLE OR ASSIST IN SETTLING THE SAID DISPUTE, WITH JUSTICE AND HONOR TO ALL, SO THAT ALL MAY ABIDE BY AND HOLD FAST THE CHAIN OF FRIENDSHIP NOW ENTERED INTO. 

ARTICLE VI

THAT IN ALL DELIBERATION HELD PURSUANT TO THIS TREATY, THE COUNSELLORS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE GREAT BINDING LAW WHICH HAS GOVERNED THE DELIBERATIONS OF THE SIX NATIONS FOR MORE THAN FOUR CENTURIES WHICH PRESCRIBES THAT IN ALL COUNCILS OF GOVERNMENT SELF-INTEREST SHALL BE CAST INTO OBLIVION AND THAT THE COUNCILLORS SHALL LOOK AND LISTEN FOR THE WELFARE OF THE WHOLE PEOPLE AND HAVE ALWAYS IN VIEW NOT ONLY THE PRESENT BUT ALSO THE COMING GENERATIONS, EVEN THOSE WHOSE FACES ARE YET BENEATH THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND -- THE UNBORN OF THE FUTURE NATION. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, THE PARTIES HAVE HEREUNTO SET THEIR HANDS AND SEALS, AT THE TIMES AND PLACES HEREUNDER SET FORTH, THROUGH THEIR DULY APPOINTED AND DULY AUTHORIZED CHIEFS AND DELEGATES, WHOSE CREDENTIALS, ALONG WITH THE ORIGINAL OF THIS TREATY, SHALL BE DEPOSITED WITH THE ARCHIVIST OF THE UNITED STATES OR OTHER SUITABLE PLACE OF SAFE KEEPING. 

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