The Montana post., 1868-09-25
HE MONTANA POST FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 25

roaming. and twenty dollars for each
Indian engaged in agriculture, for a PEI
riod of ten years, to be used by the Sec
retary of the Interior in the purchase of
such articles as, from time to time, the
condition and necessities of the Indians
may indicate to be proper. And if, any
time within ten years, it shall appear
that the amount of money needed for
clothing under this article, can be ap-
propriated to better uses for the tribe
herein named, Congress may, by law,
change the appropriation to other pur-
poses but in no event shall the amount
OF this appropriation be Withdrawn or
discontinued tor the period named. And
the President shall, annually, detail an
officer of the army to be present and att
test the delivery of all the goods herein
named to the Indians, and he shall in-
spect and report on the quantity and
quality of the goods and the manner of
their delivery and it is expressly stip-
ulated that each Indian over the age of
four years, who shall have removed to
and settled permanently upon said RESI-
ervatioE, and complied with the stipu-
! lations of this treaty, shall be entitled
| TO receive from the United States, for
the period of tour years after he shall
have settled upon said reservation, one
pound of meat and one pound of -four
per day, provided the Indians cannot
| furnish their own subsistence at an ear
lier dase. And it is further stipulated,
| that the United States will furnish and
| deliver TO each lodge of Indians, or fami-
ly of persons legally Incorporated with
! them, who shall remove to the reserva-
tion herein described and commence
farming, one good American cow AMI one
| good well broken pair of American oxen.
within sixty days after such lodge OF
family shall have settled upon said res
| ervation.
ARTICLE Y. The United States here
by agrees TO furnish annually TO the In
dians the physician. teachers, carpenter
miller, engineer, farmer and blacksmiths
as herein contemplated. and that such
appropriations shall be made from time
to time. on the estimates of the Secre
tary of the Interior, as will be sufficient
to employ such persons.
ARTICLE XI. No treaty for the cessior
of any portion of the reservation hereiI
described, which may be held in CONS
mon, shall be of any force or validity a,
against the said Indians unless executed
and signed by, at least, a majority of al
the adult male Indians occupying or in'
teres;ed in the same. and no cession by
4 the tilOc Snall De unu6IStOOI OF COu-
strued in such manner as to deprive
without his consent, any individual
member of the tribe of his right to Any
tract of land selected by him as provided
in article VI of this treaty.
ARTICLE Nj. 1t is agreed that th'
sum of five hundred dollars annually, fo
three years from the date when the,
commence to cultivate farm, shall b,
expended in presents to- the ten person
of said tribe who, in the judgement o
the agent, may grow the most valuable
crops for the respective year.
w. Il. SHERMAN, 1t. Gen.
VIM $. HARNEY,
Bvt Nj. Gen & Peace Commissioner
ALFRED II. TERRY, Bvt. NJ. Genl.
c. c. AUGUR, Bvt. Maj. Gen.
JOHN b. SANBoRN.
S. f TAPPAN.
| Ashton S II White Secretary