Owyhee semi-weekly tidal wave. [volume] (Silver City, Owyhee County, Idaho Territory) 1868-1869, 1869-04-09

agency house and other buildings shall DO
constructed on their reservations named,
they will make said reservations their per-
manent home, and they will make no pr
manent settlement elsewhere; but they shall
have the right 10 hunt on the unoccupied 4
lands OF the United States SO long as game !
may be found thereon, and so long as peace
subsists among the whites and Indians on the /
borders Of the hunting districts.
ARTICLE v.
Tho United States agrees that the agent for
SAID Indians shall in the future make his home
at the agency building on the ShoshoRee res
ervation, but shall direct and supervise al
fairs on the Bannack reservation; and shall
keep an office open at all times for the
purpose OF prompt and diligent inquiry INTO
such matters Of complaint by and against
the Indians as may be presented for investl-
CATION under the provisions OF their treaty
stipulaiions, as also for the faithful discharge
of other duties enjoined by law. In all cases
OF depreciation on person or property he
shall cause the evidence TO be taken in writ
ing and forwarded, together with his nndlng,
TO the Commissioner of Indian Ailairs, whose
decision shall be binding on the parties 10
this treaty.
ARTICLE VI
If any individual belonging 10 said tribes
OF Indians, OF legally incorporated with them,
being the head OF a family, shall desire 10
commence farming, he shall have the privi-
iege to select, in the presence and WITH the
assistance Of tho agent then in charge, a tract
of land within the reservation Of his tribe,
not exceeding three hundred and twenty
acres IN extent, which tract so selected, Ger
! titled. ami recorded III the - land book, as
! herein directed. shall cease TO be held IN
| common. but the same may be occupied ana
| held in the exclusive possession OF the per
son selecting it, and Ol his family. so long as
| he or they may continue TO cultivate II.
ANY person over eighteen years OF age, not
/ being the head OF family, may IN ike man
1 ner select and cause TO be certified 10 lHm Vr
/ her. for purposes Of cultivation, quantity
OF land not exceeding eighty acres IA extent
and thereup0n be entitled TO the exclusive
1 possession Of the same as above described
| For each tract OF land SO selected "a eeriih
cafe. containing u description thereof, and the
name OF the person selecting il, with Ger
| tifeate endorsed thereon that the same has
been recorded, shall be delivered to the party
entitled TO it by the agent, after the same
| shall have been recorded by him in a book
| TO be Kept in his office subject to inspection,
which SAID book shall be known as the
| .sShoshonee eastern bandl and Bannach
Land Book.
The HfeSutHl may at any Atlht tAN'i % 'N4
yev of these reservations, and when 80 sur
yeved Congress shall provide Tor protecting
The rights Of the Indian settlers ia these I'm
movements, and may fix the character oil tb'
little held by each The United STATES may
mass such laws on the subject Of alienation
and descent OF property as between lhdlans
and all subjects connected with the govern
ment Of t6e Indians on said reservations
and the internal police thereof, a. may b
thought proper.
ARTICLE VII
In order To insure the civilization Of tn
tribes entering into this treaty, the necessit.
Of education is admitted, especially o. sue
OF them as are OF may be settled on said ae
ricultural reservations, and they therefor
, plednc themselves TO compel their children
2 male and female. between the ages OF SIX an
: sixteen years. TO attend school; aud II
hereby made the duty oil the agent for sal
Indians to see that this stipulation Is strict
comulied with; aud the Unted states agree
that Tor every thirty children between sal
ages who can be induced or compelled 10 a
! tend school, a house shall be provided and
teacher competent TO teach the eleiaehtaf
branches Of an English education sliaii D
furnished. who will reside among said Indian
I and faithfully discharge his or her duties .
a teacher. The provisions Of this article {
| continue for twenty years.
I ARTICLE VIII.
! When the head of family or lodge sha
l have selected lands and received MS ocruu
Z; cate as above directed, ana the agent shau u
j satisfied that he intends in good lutn 10 con
) mencc cultivating the soil for living, a
! shall he entitled TO receive seeds and agrcu
i tIral implements for the first year, in vain
!; one hundred dollars, and for each saececdln
u year he shall continue to iarm, for perl0
: of three wears more, he shall be entitled !
receive seeds and implements as aforesaid /
value twenty five dollars per annum.
G And it is further stipulated that such per
:; sons rs commence farming shall receive Il
d strnctions from the farmers herein provide
. for. and whenever more than one iRindre
II persons on either reservation shai ente
( upon the cultivation OF the son, secOh
u blacksmith shall be provided, With sueh iroi
! steel. and other material as may be required
n ARTICLE TX.
- In lieu OF all sums Of money or other an
:. nuities nrovidcd TO be paid to the Indian
4 herein named. under any and all treaties herr
q tofore made with them, the United state
~ AGREES to deliver at the agency house on IN
4 rsseryation herein provided for, on the nm
: dav Of September Of each year, for thirt
= wears the following articles TO Wit; for oac
: NH uerson over fourteen years OF age,
= suit Of good substantial wodlen clothing
: consisting Of ct,at, hat, pantaioons, fiann'
\. shirt and par OF woollcn s'cksi Tor enc
: female over twelve years Of age, a nann'
. skirt. or the goods necessary to make u,
~ nair of woolIen hose, twelveyar'is OF eallc'
n and twelve yards Of cotton eomestic-
~ For the boys and girls under the ag'
named, such flannel and cotton goods a ma
he needed 10 make each suit as aforesaid
tryetber witha pair Of wodlen hose for eaei
er And in order that tht Commissioner
IN indian Affairs may be able 10 estimate pro-
or crly for lhe articles hereii named, it shall
~ ~. ~. -. - Inc ngtnt each year