and such agent shall always receive honour and protection in the Dobacoonda country; and the Dobacoonda Chief shall pay attention to what the agent says, and the person and property of the agent shall be sacred. XI. The Chief of Dobacoonda shall, within 48 hours from the date of this agreement, make a law for carrying the whole of it into effect, and shall proclaim that law, and the Chief of Dobacoonda shall put that law in force from that time for ever. XII. The Queen of England, out of friendship for the Chief of Dobacoonda, and because the Chief of Dobacoonda has made this agreement, gives him the following articles, which the said Chief of Dobacoonda hereby acknowledges to have received, viz.: 2 jars of rum (15 gallons); 2 kegs of gunpowder (25 pounds); 2 muskets; 30 pounds of tobacco. XIII. The Acting Governor and the Chief of Dobacoonda hereby agree, that the foregoing agreement shall be subject to the sanction and ratification of Her Majesty the Queen of England. And so we the said Acting-Governor and the Chief of Dobacoonda have made and signed this agreement, at MacCarthy's Island, this 21st day of January, 1843; and it shall stand for ever, subject to the sanction of Her Majesty the Queen of England aforesaid. T. L. INGRAM, Acting-Gover nor, on behalf of Her Majesty JAYNOU SANOO, the Queen. Witnesses: P. J. MACDONALD, Commander of MacCarthy's Island. his mark. (21.)—TREATY with the Chiefs of Samo and Moricaryah.-Signed at Kontaigh, May 20, 1845. TREATY between Wilkins George Terry, Esq., Doctor John William Johnston, of the 1st West India Regiment, and Charles Heddle, Esq., Commissioners on the part of his Excellency William Fergusson, Lieutenant-Governor of the Colony of Sierra Leone and its Dependencies, for and on behalf of Her Most Gracious Majesty Victoria by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c., and Bey Sherbro," Chief of the Samo Country, and Morie Bokery, Chief of Moricaryah. ART. I. There shall be peace and friendship between the subjects of the Queen of England and the people, subjects to Bey Sherbro, of the Samo country, and Morie Bokery, Chief of Moricaryah aforesaid. * King of the North Bulloms. II. The Chiefs aforesaid shall permit the ministers of the Christian religion to reside within their territories, and shall permit them to exercise their calling; and they, the Chiefs aforesaid, do hereby guarantee to them the fullest protection. III. The lives and properties of liberated Africans, and all other subjects of the Queen of England, shall be inviolate. IV. The Chiefs aforesaid promise and engage to abolish the Slave Trade, and not to allow any exportation of slaves from their respective countries; nor to allow any vessels, crafts, boats, or canoes, to enter into any of their rivers, creeks, bays, or waters, for the purpose of buying or selling slaves, or being in any manner engaged in the Slave Trade; nor to allow factories or other establishments to be formed in their territories by any persons whatever, for the purchasing or selling slaves. V. No country law, custom, or purrah, is to be put in force against any subject of the Queen of England, on any pretence whatever; nor are any of the Queen's subjects to break through any country law or custom, nor commit any illegal act within the territories, or upon any of the subjects of the Chiefs aforesaid, parties to this Treaty. VI. The Chiefs aforesaid do hereby recognize and acknowledge the rights which the subjects of the Queen of England have heretofore and at all times enjoyed, of free and unrestricted intercourse for trade and commerce, and for all other legitimate purposes, in and throughout the countries adjacent to and bordering on the Mellacourie River; and the Chiefs aforesaid do hereby on their parts confirm, guarantee, and assure to the subjects of the Queen of England this right of free and unrestricted intercourse, so far as their own territories extend; and also that the subjects of Her said Majesty shall be allowed to remain in peaceable possession of the lands and houses which they purchased or hired in the country and territories of the said Chiefs; and that the subjects of Her said Majesty, as heretofore, may sell, buy, or hire lands or houses in the country, and that those lands or houses shall not be entered upon or into without their consent; nor shall their goods be seized, nor their persons touched. And if English people are wronged or ill-treated by the subjects or people of the said Chiefs, they, the said Chiefs, shall punish those who wrong or ill-treat the English people. VII. The cances and boats of the people or subjects of the Chiefs, parties to this Treaty, and the produce of their respective territories, are to be placed on the same footing as the boats and canoes of the colony. VIII. All disputes which may arise between any of the inha bitants of the colony of Sierra Leone and the subjects or people of either of the said Chiefs, shall be referred to the Governor of Sierra Leone for the time being. IX. The Chiefs parties to this Treaty shall not enter into wars, or commit any acts of aggression either on each other or on any neighbouring Chiefs, by which the peace of the country shall be disturbed, the trade between their countries and the colony of Sierra Leone interrupted, and the safety of the property and persons of the Queen of England's subjects compromised. X. The subjects of the Queen of England are hereby strictly prohibited from engaging, either directly or indirectly, in any war or quarrel which may break out amongst the Chiefs parties to this Treaty, or their subjects or people; and they are strictly prohibited from aiding or assisting them in the prosecution of any such war or quarrel, by furnishing them either with powder or muskets, or with any other description of warlike stores whatever. XI. The paths shall be kept open through the Moricaryah and Samo countries to other countries, so that English traders may carry goods of all kinds through the aforesaid Moricaryah and Samo countries, to sell them elsewhere; and the traders of other countries may bring their goods through the aforesaid countries, to trade with the English people freely and unmolested. XII. The Queen of England may appoint an agent to visit the countries subject to the said Chiefs, or to reside there, in order to watch over the interests of the English people, and to see that this Agreement is fulfilled; and such agent shall always receive honour and protection in the countries of the aforesaid respective Chiefs; and the said Chiefs shall pay attention to what the said agent may advise; and the person and property of the agent shall be respected. XIII. If the people of Moricaryah and Samo aforesaid should take away the property of any English person, or should not pay their just debts to any English person, the aforesaid Chiefs of the said countries shall do all they can to make the people restore the property and pay the debt; and if the English people should take away the property of the people of the said Chiefs, or should not pay their just debts to the people, the Chief shall make known the fact to the Governor of the colony, for the time being, or to the resident agent, if there be one; and the Governor of the said colony of Sierra Leone, or the agent, whichever it may be, shall do all he can to make the English persons restore the property, and pay their debts. XIV. In proof of the value entertained by the said Chiefs of the countenance and support of the British Government, and of their earnest desire that they and their successors should always hereafter be considered as staunch allies to the Queen of England, and to the Government of the colony of Sierra Leone, the said Chiefs do [1850-51.] 30 II. The Chiefs aforesaid shall permit the ministers of the Christian religion to reside within their territories, and shall permit them to exercise their calling; and they, the Chiefs aforesaid, do hereby guarantee to them the fullest protection. III. The lives and properties of liberated Africans, and all other subjects of the Queen of England, shall be inviolate. IV. The Chiefs aforesaid promise and engage to abolish the Slave Trade, and not to allow any exportation of slaves from their respective countries; nor to allow any vessels, crafts, boats, or canoes, to enter into any of their rivers, creeks, bays, or waters, for the purpose of buying or selling slaves, or being in any manner engaged in the Slave Trade; nor to allow factories or other establishments to be formed in their territories by any persons whatever, for the purchasing or selling slaves. V. No country law, custom, or purrah, is to be put in force against any subject of the Queen of England, on any pretence whatever; nor are any of the Queen's subjects to break through any country law or custom, nor commit any illegal act within the territories, or upon any of the subjects of the Chiefs aforesaid, parties to this Treaty. VI. The Chiefs aforesaid do hereby recognize and acknowledge the rights which the subjects of the Queen of England have heretofore and at all times enjoyed, of free and unrestricted intercourse for trade and commerce, and for all other legitimate purposes, in and throughout the countries adjacent to and bordering on the Mellacourie River; and the Chiefs aforesaid do hereby on their parts confirm, guarantee, and assure to the subjects of the Queen of England this right of free and unrestricted intercourse, so far as their own territories extend; and also that the subjects of Her said Majesty shall be allowed to remain in peaceable possession of the lands and houses which they purchased or hired in the country and territories of the said Chiefs; and that the subjects of Her said Majesty, as heretofore, may sell, buy, or hire lands or houses in the country, and that those lands or houses shall not be entered upon or into without their consent; nor shall their goods be seized, nor their persons touched. And if English people are wronged or ill-treated by the subjects or people of the said Chiefs, they, the said Chiefs, shall punish those who wrong or ill-treat the English people. VII. The canoes and boats of the people or subjects of the Chiefs, parties to this Treaty, and the produce of their respective territories, are to be placed on the same footing as the boats and canoes of the colony. VIII. All disputes which may arise between any of the inha bitants of the colony of Sierra Leone and the subjects or people of either of the said Chiefs, shall be referred to the Governor of Sierra Leone for the time being. IX. The Chiefs parties to this Treaty shall not enter into wars, or commit any acts of aggression either on each other or on any neighbouring Chiefs, by which the peace of the country shall be disturbed, the trade between their countries and the colony of Sierra Leone interrupted, and the safety of the property and persons of the Queen of England's subjects compromised. X. The subjects of the Queen of England are hereby strictly prohibited from engaging, either directly or indirectly, in any war or quarrel which may break out amongst the Chiefs parties to this Treaty, or their subjects or people; and they are strictly prohibited from aiding or assisting them in the prosecution of any such war or quarrel, by furnishing them either with powder or muskets, or with any other description of warlike stores whatever. XI. The paths shall be kept open through the Moricaryah and Samo countries to other countries, so that English traders may carry goods of all kinds through the aforesaid Moricaryah and Samo countries, to sell them elsewhere; and the traders of other countries may bring their goods through the aforesaid countries, to trade with the English people freely and unmolested. XII. The Queen of England may appoint an agent to visit the countries subject to the said Chiefs, or to reside there, in order to watch over the interests of the English people, and to see that this Agreement is fulfilled; and such agent shall always receive honour and protection in the countries of the aforesaid respective Chiefs; and the said Chiefs shall pay attention to what the said agent may advise; and the person and property of the agent shall be respected. XIII. If the people of Moricaryah and Samo aforesaid should take away the property of any English person, or should not pay their just debts to any English person, the aforesaid Chiefs of the said countries shall do all they can to make the people restore the property and pay the debt; and if the English people should take away the property of the people of the said Chiefs, or should not pay their just debts to the people, the Chief shall make known the fact to the Governor of the colony, for the time being, or to the resident agent, if there be one; and the Governor of the said colony of Sierra Leone, or the agent, whichever it may be, shall do all he can to make the English persons restore the property, and pay their debts. XIV. In proof of the value entertained by the said Chiefs of the countenance and support of the British Government, and of their earnest desire that they and their successors should always hereafter be considered as staunch allies to the Queen of England, and to the Government of the colony of Sierra Leone, the said Chiefs do [1850-51.] 30 |