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Show I . REPORT OR THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIBS. 13 ' other lands within or comprising the reservations of the Yankton-Sioux or Dakota Indians as described in the treaty between the said 1qd.ians.and theUnitedStaten, dated April 19,1858, and as afterwards surveyed and sd off 6 thepi4 Iqdian~.: The penalty far the violation of this provision shall be such as Co6gm. s. may ~r&sriliein the act ratifying thia agreement. : ' , .. : Article 9 of the.agreement with the Nez pike 1ndia6s 'in 1d&, act of Congress of August 15, 1894 (28 ~ t a t fL.3, 26), Provides that: It ia further agreed that the lands by this agreement ceded, thweretained, and those allotted to the aaid Nez Perce Indians~ahalbl e subject, for a period of twenty-five years, to all the laws of the United States prohibiting the introduction of in-toxicants into the Indian country, and that' the Nee Perce Indian allittees, whether under the care of an Indian agent or not, shall, for a like period, be subject to a11 the laws of the United States prohibiting the ale w.other disposition of intoxicants to Indiana. . . , . . These provisions have not been modified to any extent by either Congress or the President of the United States, and, therefore, they remain in full force. -.: The office is acting upon the policy that these treaty provisions I . were made for the protection of the Indians, and.their aid will be invoked to whatever extent is necessary. In parts of this tenitory where there are no Indians, or where Indians infrequently visit, the office has no reason for seeking to enforce these treaty provisions; and even in places in close proximity to Indian reservations or at places frequently visited by Indians their aid will hardly beneeded t if local officials, supported by a strong public sentiment, will enfo~e 1 state laws, which are generally ample for the protection of the Indim. I desire to express my appreciation of the great general interest that is being manifested by the best people of each community toward the protection of the Indians from the tr&c in liquor.' For a number of years complaints have been made by Indian agents and superintendents of the pernicious results of the use of the product of a cactus variously known as peyote, mescal bee, mescal button, I Japanese button, or Wak-we, a powerful narcotic, having physical effects upon the user similar to those of cocaine orhasheesh. This cactus grows in the form of a radish or parsnip, rounded at tha top, with indented center. Its botanical name is Lophophora. About an inch or more of the top is cut off, and when dried in the sun the blossom becomes cottony in appearance and results in the Spanish name for the caterpillar, peyote. Except that it is a member of the same botanical family, the peyote has no connection with the brewed liquor from the agave, or century plant, known as mescal. Neither should it be confounded with the other larger cactus growing in the form of a beet, known as mescal, which iscooked and eaten by the Apache Indians, who are called from their use of it Mescaleros. The peyote is used in two forms. The driedprodnct is chewed and swal-lowed or distilled in water and the infusion drunk. ,The time within which it takes effect is dependent on the amount used. In large |