Ratification of the Treaty of Peace,Friendship,and Commerce concluded between the Ibadans and the Ekitiparapos,1886.

We, the undersigned signatories and duly authorised representatives, 23rd September 1886 of signatories of the Treaty of Peace, Friendship), and Com-1888,merce, signed in the months of June and July in the current year by the Alafin of Oyo, the Balogun, the Abese, the Maye, the Agbakin, and the Otun Bale of Ibadan, the Owa of Ilesa, the Ore of Otun, the Ajero of Ijero, the Olujudo of Ido, the Seriki of Ijesa, the Oni, the Balogun, the Obalufe, the Obaloran, the Obajio, the Ajaruwa, theArode and the Orisanire of Ife, the Ogunsua, the Balogun, and the Otun of Modakeke, and the Awujalo and the Balogun of Jebu, and having for its object the termination of the war between the Ibadans and their allies on the one hand and the Ekitiparapo Confederacy on the other hand, hereby ratify and confirm the said treaty and all and singular the conditions and stipulations thereof, and do further agree to, and approve, of the following provisions for the more perfect fulfilment of the same, mado after conference with the governments of the parties principally concerned or their representatives, by the special Commissioners appointed by the Governor of Lagos, as representing Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, to carry the said treaty into effect.

1. Peace between the signatories of the treaty and their people shall be proclaimed by the Commissioners immediately after the signing hereof.
2. Immediately after the proclamation of peace the breaking up of the camps at Kiji and Oke-Mesi respectively shall begin, and upon the signal being given by gun-fire in the Commissioners’ camp the Ibadans encamped in the Kiji camp and Ekitiparapos encamped in the Oke-Mesi camp shall simultaneously begin quietly and peaceably and without any demonstration to withdraw from their said respective camps.
3. The Ibadans encamped in the Kiji camp shall return to their homes by way of Ikirun, Osogbo, Ede, and Iwo, and by way of Ikirun, Ilobu, Ejigbo, and Oyo, and the Ekitiparapos encamped in the Ota-Mesi camp shall return to their homes by way of Mesi Ipole and Mesi-Igbodo, Esa-Oke, and Esa-Egure.
4. The evacuation of the said Kiji and Oke-Mesi camps shall he completed by 12 o’clock noon on Tuesday next, the 28th instant, when a signal gun shall he fired in the Commissioners’ camp, after which, without further warning, the said Kiji and Oke-Mesi camps shall be destroyed by fireat such time and in such manner as the Commissioners shall deem expedient.
5. The camps at Modakeke, Isoya, and elsewhere shall be broken up on such day and in such manner as the Commissioners, after their arrival at the quarters prepared for them by the Modakekes and the Ifes on their battle-field, shall determine, and thereupon the Ifes shall be reinstated in their town of He Ife, and the Modakekes shall forthwith withdraw provisionally to the towns of Ipetumodu, Moro, Odunabou.

The Modakekes shall not build or inwall any town south of the Osun river, and shall remove from the said towns of Ipetumodu, Moro, and Odunabou to the land between the Osun and the Oba rivers, and north of the present town of Modakeke, before the end of the month ofMarch in the year 1888; and for their faithful compliance with the provisions of this article the authorities at Ibadan undertake to be responsible.

1. During the time that the Modakekes shall inhabit the said towns of Ipetumodu,Moro, and Odunabou, they shall be at liberty to cultivate and carry away the produce of their present farms at Modakeke, without molestation from the Ifes. They, on their part, shall not in any way molest the Ifes.
2. Such of the Modakekes as shall desireto live with the Ifes shall give notice of such desire to the- Commissioners within the time limited by the Commissioners forthe breaking up of the said camps at Modakeke, Isoya, and elsewhere, and any Modakeke who shall not have given such notice shall be conclusively deemed to have elected not to live with the Ifes. The Commissioners may make such restrictions as they shall deem expedient as to the number of Modakekes to be permitted to live with the Ifes.
3. Those of the inhabitants of the towns of Otan, Iresi, Ada, and Igbajo, who shall desire to remove from those towns shall be permitted to do so, with all their movable property and without molestation, at any time before the end ofthe month of January, 1887. Any inhabitant of any of the said towns who shall not have left such towns before the expiration of the said teim shall be conclusively deemed to have elected to become a subject of the authorities of Ibadan.
4. The hostages given to the Commissioners by way of security for the due observance of the article of the said treaty relating to the breaking up of the Kiji and Oke-Mesi camps shall remain withthe Commissioners so long as the Commissioners shall deem expedient.

In witness whereof we have hereunto affixed our hands and seals the 23rd day of September, 1886.

xBklewuanIEe repsenting tne Alafin of Oyo.
x.Ajayi,Balogun of Ibadan.

x.Adejumo,representing the Abese of Ibadan
x.Osuntoki,Maye of Ibadan.

xFajinmi,Agbakin of Ibadan

x.Elegbede,representing the Otun Bale of Ibadan.xApelidiagha,representing the Owa of Ilesa.

x.Fatuyi,representing the Ore of Otun.

x.Orisalusi,representing the Ajero of Ijero.

x.Obasa,representing the Olojudo of Ido

.xOgedemgbe,Seriki of Ijesha
.xAfolagi\Representing all the

xOsundulu,Ajaruwa of Ife > Ife signatures of the

xTojo,Arode of Ife ) treaty

xAkinpe,representing the Ogunsua of Modakeke.
x Sowo, Acting Balogun of Modakeke.
xAyanleye,Acting Otun of Modakeke.
xOgi-dekiosin) •^ePresentm& the Awujale of Jebu.xOkunlaja,representing the Bnlogun of Jebu.

Signed, sealed, and delivered in the presence of Henry Higgins,
Acting Colonial Sec,

Oliver Smith,
Queen’s Advocate,Special Commissioners.Charles Phillips,

Clerk in Holy Orders.

Samuel Johnson,

Clerk in Holy Orders
Interpreters on this occasion.

culled from :Ordinances, and Orders and Rules Thereunder, in Force in the …, Volume 2 By Edwin Arney Speed (Lagos)