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Show 63 Sec. 6. The United States shall have the privilege of running roads or telegraph lines through said reserva- • tion. Sec. 7- The President may, if he thinks best, cause the land to be laid out, and assign the same to individuals or families of Indians who may consent to make it a permanent home; also to build for each one of the principal chiefs of each band one house, and to plough and fence five acres of land, and pay in money to each chief $100 a year for 20 years, to commence three months after the removal to reservation; and to give to each chief, three months after his removal to the reservation, 2 yokes of oxen, 2 yokes and chains, 1 wagon, 1 plough, 10 hoes, 6 axes, 2 shovels, 2 spades, 4 scythes and snaths, 1 saddle and bridle, and 1 set of harness. Sec. 8. The annuities of the Indians shall not be taken to pay the debts of individuals. Sec. 9. The said Indians promise to be friendly and to commit no depredations. If they do, the guilty one shall return the property taken, or it must be paid for out of their annuities. Nor shall they make war on any tribe except in self-defence. Sec. 10. They further agree that no liquor shall be used by any of them, and no white person or persons shall be allowed to bring any upon the reservation. I have used the $10,000 treaty fund in paying the expenses of these negotiations, and promised to give to Indians more presents on this account on the arrival of the goods.c- The above synopsis is included rather than the full treaty, because the synopsis accurately reflects the full treaty; the original still exists in the National Archives, and is now available on microfilm. Article XI is interesting: This treaty shall be obligatory on the contracting parties as soon as the same shall be ratified by the President and Senate of the United States. 20 Ibid. |