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first time be whipped; the second time he shall be cropped; and the third time he shall be killed; since he does not quit stealing but before he suffer the punishment of the Law, the fact must be proven. 7th If any one give false evidence by which another suffers punishment, he shall receive the same punishment which shall have been inflicted upon the one Apacnit? whom he stated the falsehood. 8th It is agreed, that when a man dies and has children living, his children shall have his property. his other relations shall not take the property to the injury of his children. 9th It is agreed, that if two men trade, they shall not rue? the bargain, but it shall be a trade. 10 It is agreed, that if a white man take an Indian woman, and have children by her and he goes out of the Nation, he shall leave all his property with his children for their support. It has often happened that white men have come into our Nation have, and taken an Indian woman to wife, by whom they have had Children, and when they have gotten their hands full, they have got tired of the Country and left their wife & children to suffer, which we think very unjust, and have