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ANDREW JOHNSON, President Of the limited
States OF America. =
TO au and singular to ,,hop. these presentss sbnu
"sE come, greeting:
Whereas Treaty was made and conclndad
at the city of Washington, in the District q,
Columbia, on the Nineteenth day of Fehrnarv
IN the year Of our Lord enc Thousand eight
hundred ana sixty seven, by and between
LEWIS V. Begy and William H. Watson. Cam.
missloners. on the part of the United Statas
and Gabriel Rem Vile, Wamdiupiduta, Tacan.
OF the Sissiton and Warpeton bands of nshn,a
or SIOUX Indians, on the part OF said Indians
ana duly authorized thereto by them. which
Treaty is In the words and aenres toiiior,tna wo
towit: "ins'
Whereas it is understood that a por,,au NJ
tAe Sissfton and Warpeton bands of Santee
tsiouA lholans, mum berlng from twelve him.
cred to fifteen hundred persons not onlv nra.
served their obligations to the Govern mani of
sne united states during and siace the ont.
oreak Of the Medewakantons and other ha nds
OF Sioux in 1862, but freely perilTIled their
iives during that outbreak to rescue the resi-.
oehts on the Sioux reservation, and to Obtain
possession OF white women ana children maae
captlves by the hostile bands and that anotnar
portion of said SIssiton and Warpeton bands.
Bumoerlng from one thousand to twelve hun
Ored persons, who did not participate in tha
massacre of the whites in 1862, fearing the in
discriminate vengeance Of the whites. fed to
tne great prairies of the north west where
whereas Congress, in confiscating the Sioux
annulties and reservations, made no provision
sr the support OF these, the friendly portion
OF the Sissiton and Warpeton bands and it is
believed THAT they have been suffered To re
main homeless wanderers. equently sub,ect
10 intense suffering from want of subsistence cs
Sno eotbing to protect them from the rigors of
high northern latitude, although at ali times
prompt in rendering service when called unon
10 repel hostile raids and TO punish depreda-
lions committed by hostile Indians upon the
persons ana property of the whites; and
whereas the several Subdivisions of the
friendly Sissitons and Warpeton bands ask,
throngh their representatives, that their ad-
heTence TO their former obligations of friend
ship to the government and people OF the
United States be recognized, and that provision
be made to enable them TO return to an agri.
cultural life and be relieved from depen dence
upon the chase for precarious subsistence:
washington city, District of Columbia, this
nineteenth day OF February. A. ID. 1867, by and
between Lewis V. Bogy, Commissioner OF In
dian Affairs, and William H. Watson cornmis.
sioners, on the part Of the United States and
the undersigned chiefs and headmen of the
Sissiton and Warpeton bands OF Dakota or
Sioux Indians, as follows, to wit:
ARTICLE 1sT.
The Sissitcn and Warpeton bands Of Dakota
sioux Indians represented in council will con.
unne their friendly relations with the gov
eminent and people of the United States and
bind themselves individually and collectively
TO use their influence to the extent of their
ability to prevent other bands OF Dakota or
other adjacent tribes from making hostile dem.
onstrations against the government or peopIe
OF the United States.
ARTICLE 2ND.
The said bands hereby cede to the Jfni,ad
States the right TO construct wagon roads
railroads, mail stations, telegraph lines and
such otner public improvements as the inter.
est OF tRe government may require, over and
across the lands claimed by said bands-in.
cludlng their reservation as hereinafter des.
lgnated-over any route or routes that that
V mi rifv Of
ment, said lands so claimed being bounded on
the south and east by the treaty line Of 1851
and the he'd River of the North to the mouth
OF Goose river. Oh the north by the Goose
river and line running from the source
thereof by the most westerly point Of DEVILS
lake 10 the Chief Bluffs at the head OF James
rlyer, and on the west ny the James river to
me mouth OF moccasin river, and thence to
kampeska lake.
For and in consideration of the cessiou above
mentioned. and in consideration of the faithful
and important services said 10 have been rem
dered by the friendly bands OF Sissit9ns and
Warpetons Sioux here represented and also
in consideration of the confiscation Of all their
annuities. reservations. and improvements, it
is agreed that there shall be set apart for the
members of said bands who have heretofore
surrendered TO the authorities of the govern
ment, and were not sent TO the Crow Greek
reservation, and for the members of said bands
who were released from prison in 1866, the fol-
lowing described lands as a permanent reser-
yatlon, viz:
Beginning at the head of Lake Traverse,
and thence along the treaty line of the treaty
of 1851 TO kampeska lake; thence in direct
line 10 Reipan or the northeast point of Coteau
des Prairiefsl and hence passing north Of
Skunk lake, on the most direct line to the foot
of Lake Traverse. and thence along the treaty
line OF 1851 TO the place Of begin aing.
ARTICLE iTH.
II is further agreed that a reservation be
set apart for all other members OF said bands
who were not sent to the Crow Greek reserva-
tion, and also for the Cut head bands of Yank-
tonais Sioux, reservation, bounded as fol-
lows. viz:
Beginning at the most easterly point of DEVILS
lake; thence along the waters of said lake to
the most westerly point of the same; thence
direct line 10 the nearest point on the
Cheyenne river; thence down SAID river to a
point opposite the lower cad Of Aspen island,
and thence on a direct line to the place Of be-
ginning. .-z
ARTICLE 5rH.
The said reservations shall be apportionsd
In tracts of 1867 one hundred and sixty acres
10 each head of a family, or single person over
the age of cen twenty one years, belonging 10
said bands, and entitled to locate thereon, who
may desire 10 locate permanently and cult.
vafe the soil as means Of subsistence: each
(e0) one hundred and sixty acres SO allotted
10 be made to conform 10 the legal subdivi-
siops of the Government surveys, when such
survey shall have been made; and very person
10 whom ands may be allotted under the pro.
visions of this article who shall occapy and
cultivate portion thereof for q We consecutive
years shall thereafter De entitled to receive a
pat ent for the same as coon IS he shall have
fifty acres Of said tract fenced, ploughed. and
IN crop Procidsd, THAT said patent shall not
authorize any transfer OF said lands, or por-
lions thereof, except TO the United States. but
said hands and the impro yemen Is thereon shall
descend 10 the proper heirs OF the persons OBJ
tanning patent .a
ARTICLE 9Th.
To enable said Indians to return to agri-
cultural life under the system in operation on
the Sioux reservation in 1862, IL is agreed that
there shall be expended for the benefit of the
Indians entitled 20 locate farms on the Lake
Traverse reservation for the year 1867, three
hundred and fifty thousand dollars; tor the
year 1868, two hundred and fifty thousand dol
: lars; for the year 1869, one hundred thousand
dollars; for the year 1870 fifty thousand dol
lars; and thirty thousand dollars annually
2 hereafter; and to enable the Indians on said
reservation TO return at once TO their agricul-
turai habits and life, and be enabled 10 culti-
yate crop in the coming season, the expendi.
tures set forth in the schedule hereunto at
tacned shall be made at as early day as pos
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ARTICLE 7TH.
An agent shall be appointed for said bands,
10 shall be located at Lake Traverse; aud
whenever there shall be (500) five hundred
persons located permanently upon the DEVILS
Lake reservation. there shall be an agent, or
other competent person, appointed to SUPER
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