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Show 152 ' PART IT. LAWt? GOVERNINO VARIOUS TRIHES. point ten miles north of the point where said line intcrsects the thirty- . eighth parallel of north latitude; thence east to the eastern houndary of the lite Reservation; theia- e south along said houndary to the place proviso. of beginning: Pi- oelded, That if anv part of the Uncompagre Park unc- ompuhgre Park « hall be found to extencl south of the nòrth line of said described reserved. country, the sanie is uot inteiided to be ineluded thercin, and is hereby reservèd and retained as a portion of the Ute Reservation. Hiuitintrperniitteu. ARTICLE 11. The United States shall permit the Ute Indians to hunt upon said lands so long as the game lasts and the Indians are at ]) eace with the white people. Annuity. ARTICLE III. The United States agrees to set apart and hold, as a i8&?< K!>? smt!, e2oi: perpetuai trust for the Ute Indians, a sum of money, or its equivalent in bonds. which shall he sufficientto produce the sum of twenty- live thousand dollars per annulli; which sum of twenty- five thousand dol-lars per annulli shall be disbursed or invested at the discretion of the President, or as he may direct, for the use and benefit of the Ute Indians annually forever. Agency io be estab- ARTICLE IV. ' The United States agrees, so soon as the President may •• shed. deem it necessary or expedient, to erect proper buildings and establish an agency for the Weeminuche, M tinche, and Capote bands of Ute Indians at some suitable point, to behereafterselected, on the southern part of the Uto Reservation. ARTICLE V. Ali the provisions of the treaty of eighteen hundred of^ notnUorVTby and sixty- eight not alte. red by this agreement shall continue in force; thvot^ 2At>' 99ontinUe<', ^ nd the following words, from article two of said treaty. viz: " The United States now solemnly agrees that no persons, except thosc herein authorized to do so, and except such ollicers, agents, and employees of the Government as may be authorized to enter upon Indiali reser-vations in discharge of duties enjoined by law, shnll over he permitted to pass over, scttle upon, or reside ih the tcrritory described in this article, except as herein otherwise provided," are hereby expressly re- afrìrmed, except so far as they applied to the country herein ìvlin-quished. saiarj- toJ. eadchìe(. ARTICLE VI. In consideration of the services of Ouray, head- chief of the Ute Nation, he shall receive a salary of one thousand dollars per annum for the terni of ten years, or so long as he shall remain head-chief of the Utes and at peace with the people of the United States. Agreement subject ARTICLE VII. This agreement is subject to ratification or rejection toratiflcation. b^ t h e c o n g r e s 3 0f t n e United States and of the President. [ BEAL.] FELIX R. BRUNOT, Commissioner. Attest: THOMAS K. CREE, Secretàry. JAMES PHILLIPS, M. D., JOHN LAWRENCE, -,- Interpreters. [ Here follows the signature of Ouray, principal chief, and others.] Bonds to be iwued SEC. 2. That the Secretàry of the Treasury shall issue, set apart. oiTreàlurykitn/ iTt^ and hold, as a perpetuai fund, in trust for the Ute Indians, a sufììcient interest, how paid. Biùouttt of tìve- per- centuni bonds of the United States, the interest on which shall be twentv- iive thou- and dollars per annum; whieh interest shall he paid annually, as the President of the United States may direct, for the benefit of said Indians. Payment to ouray. SEC. 3, That the Secretàry of the Treasury shall cause to be paid to Òuray one thousand dollars, as the first installment due li ini annually. so long « as he shall be chief of said Ute Indians; and there is hereby appropriateci, out of any mone}* in the Treasury not otherwise appropriateci, one thousand dollars for that purpose. Approved, Aprii 29, 1S74. |
