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Show LXX REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONEB OF INDIAN AEFAIRS. Accordingly Moses and Snr-saw-kin, of the Columbia Reservation, and Tonasket and Lot, of the Colville Beservation, under the charge of Oapt. B. D. Baldwin, Pifth United States Infantry, visited Washing-ton in July last, and entered into an agreement, the following memoran-dum of whioh was signed by them aud by the Secret.ary of the Interior and Commissioner of Indian Affairs,on the 7th of July last,: In the eonfareueswith Chief Moses and Snr-ssrp-kin, of the Colnmbi:!. Reservation. and Tonaskat and Lot, of the Colville Reservation, hed this day, the following was substantially what w;ls asked for by the Indians: Tonasket asked for a saw and grist mill, a boarding school to be established a t BuonapwteCreekto aocommodate one hundred (100)pupils, and aphysieinn to reaide with them, and one buudred ($100) dollars to bimself each year. Sar-sarp-kin asked to be allowed to remain on the Cohlmhin Reservation with his people, where t,hey now live, andto be protectod in'their rights as sattlem, and inad-dition to the ground they now have under cultivation within the limit of the fifteen mile strip cut off from thenorthern portion of theColumbiaReservation, tobe allowed to select enooch more onoccn~iedla nd in severalty to make a total to Sm-aarp-kin of fonr aqnorr miles, king 2,560 acre8 of land, and pnch hnud of it flamilx or tnale adult olle sgllare mile; or to move ue to tbe Colville Reaarsariun, if thcx so desire, and in oaee they eo remove and mlinqniah all their olaima on the Columbia Reserration, he , is to receive one hnndred (100) head of Cow8 for himself snd people, and such farm-ing implements a8 may be neceswry. All of whioh the Secretary apeas they should have, and that he will esk Congrssa to make an appropriation to enable himto perform. The 8eoret,ary also agrees to ask Congress to make an spproprietion to enable him to purcbse for Chief Moses a sufficient number of cows to furnish each one of his band with two cows; also to give Mmss one thonsand ($1,000) dollars for the pur-pose of erecting a dwelling horn for himself; slso to erect a bailding and mlaintain a echo01 therein; also to construct a ww-mill and grist-mill as ~ o o nas the same shall he required for use; also that each head of a family or male adult person shall be filmished wtth one wagon. one double set of herneas, one grain eradle, one plow, one barrow, one soythe, one hoe, and such otheragriooltnralimplementses may be neces-sary. And on condition that Chief Mows and hia people keep this agreement faithfully, he is to be "aid in cash, in addition to all of the above, one thousand (.$1.,00 0). dollars por anuum during his life. All this on condition that Chief Masee shall remove to the Colville Reservation and mlinouish all claim nwn the Qovernment for any land situstte elsewhere. - A Further, t.hst the Government will secure to Chief Moses and his people, as well as to allother Indians who may. g- oon tothe Colville Reservation, andmgsge in farming, equal rights and protection alike with all other Indians now on the ColvilleReserva-tion, and will afford bim any assistanoe neoeanary to enable him to oany out the terms of this agreement on the part of himself and his people. That ontilhe sodhis people are located permanently on the ColviUe Reservation his status ahall remain as now, and the police over his people shall be ~ e s t e din the military, and all money or other artiolea to be furnihed him and his people shall be sent to some point in the laoality of his people, there to be distributed as pro~ided. All other Indians now living on the Columbia Reservationshall be entitled to 640 acres, or one square mile of land, to eachheaclof family or maleadult, in the possemion and owner-e.& p of which they shall be guaranteed and proteoted. Or should they move on to tho Colville Reservation within two years, they will be provided with such farming implements a8 may be required, pmvided they surrender all rights to the Colombia .Reservstion. ' |