OCR Text |
Show REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. XLlX I f i t should be found that there are of the adult Poneas, millas or females, not con-nected with any family, hot etanding,whollg alone, there shall be reserved fmm the lsnds thoa eeded suffioieot to allot to each of such Indians 80 sares, and the remainder ehall be allotted to heads of families and to soeh &lala members over the age of trvent.7- one yearn ss shall marry. The selections and allotments shall be made by sooh person as the Secretary of the lotnrior shall designate far that purpose, and enbjcct to his approval; and thereopon the Uuited Statee shall give to each allottee, when he shall have settled no his land, title in fee-aimpla for the land. The title to be acquired by the Poneas shall not bu snbject to slieoatiop, lease, or incumbmuoe, either by valont8ry conveyance of the grantee or his heirs, or by tha jodgmeok, order, or decree of any court, nor snbjsot to taxation of my oharxter, bat nhall be end remain insliensble and not anhieatto txxa-tion far the pe;iod of twenty ybars, end ontilsnch time thereafter% the ~r"esidentmn,v see fit to remove the restrictions, which shnll be inoorpornted in the psteut. This agreement shall not be binding notil it shdl have been exeol~hed and signed by at least thee-foorths of all the adult male Indians occupying or iutereiitcd in the prrs-e n t Sioox Reservation, and ratitied by the Congress of the United States. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals on the day &sod date above written. Ogalalla Sioux sod Brnl6 Sioox: . Mahpiyaluta, hi8 + mark (Red Claud). Wakinyeoaka, his + mark (White Thunder). Tasnokekokipapi, hie + mark (Yoong Men Afraid of his Roraes). Miwaksnyuha (Captain George Sword). Asaopi, his + mark (Milk). Wohels, his + mark (Cook). Standing ilook Sioux: Cataowakinjan, his + mmk (Thunder Hswk). Nasonatanka, his + mark (Big Head). Mato-oulaiyuksa, his + mark (Bear's Rib). Cantepeta, his + mark (Fire Heart). Tatatsnkduts, his + mark (Bad Bull). Wakutemsoi, his + mark (Shootiog Walker). I certify that the foregoiug agreement was read a2d explained by me and mas fully underataod by the above-named Iodiaos hefore signing, aod that the Name was exe-cuted by the nltuve Ogalalle, Brul6, 8od Standing Rick Sioox, at the Department bf the Interior, Washington, D. C., on the 20th day of August, 1881. JOHN P. WILLIAMSON. Attest: A. BBLI,, E. P. HANNA. Awguat 20, iaal. The foregoing agreement is approved bx us. S. J. KIRKWOOD. 6'rclary of the I n t e ~ & ~ . H. PRICE, Commissioner of Indian Afni~a. An agent is now among the Bioax Indians parties to the twaty of April 29, 1808, to obtain the ratitication by them of the foregoing agreements as indioated in the last cla~~saen,d as required by the twelfth article of the said treaty of 1868. It will, doubtless, be thus IND-IV |