The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-05-14

To all and singular to lrhop, these presents shall T
come, greeting: Whereas Treaty was made and I
concluded at Klamsth Lake, in the State of /
Oregon, on the fourteenth day of October, in the /
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and |
sixty four, by and between j. w. Perit Hunting |
ton and William Logan, Commissioners, on the |
part of the United States and Lake. Chilo- o.
que mas, and other Chiefs aud Headmen of the |
klamath tribe of Indians; Sehon-chin, Stalk it |
ut, Sky-te-oek-et, Chiefs and Headmen of the va
hooskin band of Snake Indians, respectively, on
the part of said tribes and baud of Indians, and
duly authorized thereto by them, which treaty is
in the words and figures following, to-wit
Articles of Agreement and Convention made and
concluded at klamath Lake. Oregon, the
fourteenth day of October, A. D., one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-four by J. W. Perit
Huntington, superintendent of Indian Affairs in
Oregon and William Logan, United States Indian
agent for Oregon, on the part of the United
States, and the Chiefs and Headmen of the Klam-
attn and Moadoc tribes, and Yahooskin band of
, Suake Indians, hereinafter named, to-wit La
Lake, ,Chilo -que-nas, Kellogue, Mo-ghen-kaskit,
Blow, Le-lu, Palmer, Jack, Yue-as, Poo-saksult
Che-multr No-ak-sum, Mooch- kat allick, Toon-
tuck-te, ,Boos-kiyou, Ski-a-tic, Shol lasloos, Ia
tet-pas, ,Muk-has, Herman-koos-mam Chiefs and
Headnen of the Klamaths, Schon- chin, Stak-it-
nt, keint-poos, Chuck-e-i-ox, Chiefs and Head
men of the Moadocs, and Kile-to-ak and Sky-te-
! ock-et, Chiefs of the Yahooskin band Of Snakes.
! ARTICLE I. The tribes of Indians aforesaid
cede to the United States all their right, title,
and claim to all the country claimed by them the
ries, to-wits Beginning at the point where the
44th parallel of north latitude crosses the summit
Of the Cascade mountains thence following the
main dividing ridge of said mountains in a south
eriy direction to the ridge which separates the
waters of Pitt and McCloud rivers from the
tsrs on the north thence along said dividing
ridge in an eastery direction to the southern end
oE Goose Lake; thence northeasterly to the north
ern end of Harvey Lake thence due north to the
44th parallel of north latitude thence west to the
place of beginning Prorided, That the following
described tract, within the country ceded by this
treaty, shall, until otherwise directed by the Pres
ident of the United States, be set apart as resi-
dence for said Indians held and regarded as an
Indian reservation, to-wit Beginning upon the
eastern shore of the middle klamath lake, ut the
Point of Rocks, about twelve miles below the
mouth of Williamsons river: thence following
up said eastern shore to the mouth of Wood river;
thence up Wood river to n point one mile north
of the bridge at Fort klamath thence due east
to the summit of the ridge which divides the up
per and middle Klamath lakes thence along
said ridge to a point due east of the north end of
the upper lake thence due east, passing the said
north end of the upper lake, to the summit of
the mountains the east side of the lake thence
along said mountain to the point where Spragues
riveris intersected by the Ish-tish- ca wax creek
thence in a southerly direction to the summit of
the mountain, the extremity of which forms the
Point of Rocks thence along said mountain to
the place of beginning. And the tribes aforesaid
agree and bind themselves that, Immediately after
the ratification of this treaty, they will remove to
said reservation and remain thereon, unless tenn
porary leave of absence be granted to them by
the superintendent agent having charge of the
tribes.
1t is further stipulated and agreed that
white person shall be permitted to locate
main upon the reservation, except the Indian
perintendert and agent, employees of the Indian
Department, and officers of the army of the United
States, guaranteed that in persons other than
those specified found upon the reservation,
they shall be Immediately expelled therefrom and
the exclusive right of taking fish in the streams
and lakes, included in said reserya alton, and of
gathering edible roots, seeds, and berries within
its limits. is hereby secured the Indians afore
said: Frorided, also, That the right of way for
public roads and railroads said reservation
Is guarar teed to citizens of the United States.
ART. II. In consideration of and in payment
for the country ceded by this treaty, the United
States agree to pay to the tribes conveying the
same the several sums of money hereinafter emu
merated, to-wit: Eight thousand dollars per an
mum for period of FIVE years, commencing on
the first day Of October, 1865, soon thereaf-
ster as this treaty may by ratified; five thousand
doIl8rs per annum for the term of five years next
succeeding the first period of five years and
thee thousand dollars per annum for the term of
6@e years next succeeding the second period all
-of which several sums shall be applied to the use
and benefit of said Indians by the superintendent
agent having charge of the tribes, under the di
Geetion of the President of the United States, who
shall, from time to time in his discretion, deter
mine for what object the same shall be expended,
so as to carry out the design of the expenditure,
[it1 being to promote the well-being of the Indi-
agriculture, and to secure their moral improve
ment and education.
ART. Ill The United States agree to pay
said Indians the additional of thirty-fye
thousand dollars, portion whereof shall be used
TO pay for such articles may be advanced to
them at the time of signing this treaty, and the
remainder shall be applied to subsisting the Indi-
during the first year after their removal to
the reservation, the purchase of teams, farming
implements, tools, seeds, clothing, and provisions
and for the payment Of the necessary employees
ART. ". The United States further gree that
there shall be erected at suitable points the
reservation, soon practicable after the rati-
fcation of this treaty, one saw-mill one Touring
mill, suitable buildings for the use of the black
smith, carpenter, and wagon and plough maker
the necessary buildings for one manual labor
school, and such hospital buildings may be
necessary, which buildings shall be kept in re-
pair at the expense of the United States for the
term of twenty years; and it is further stipulated
that the necessary tools and material for the saw
mill, four-mill, carpenter, blacksmith, and wagon
and plough makers shops, and books and sta
tionery for the manual labor school, shall be fur
nished by the United States for the period of
twenty years.
Arr " The United States further engage to
furnish and pay for the services and subsistence,
for the term of fifteen years, of one superintendent
of farming operations, one farmer, one blacksmith,
one sawyer, carpenter, and one wagon and
plough maker, and for the term of twenty years
of one physician, one miller, and TWO schooi
teachers.
ART. VI The United States may, in their
discretion, part or the whole of the reser-
walton provided for in article to be surveyed into
tracts and assigned to members of the tribes of
Indians, parties to this treaty. or such of them as
may appear likely to be benefited by the same,
under the following restrictions and limitations,
to-wit: To each head of family shall be assign
ed and granted tract of not less than forty nor
more than one hundred and twenty acres. accord
ing to the number of persons in such family and
TO each single man above the age of twenty-one
years n tract not exceeding forty acres. The In
lana "a WI h0m aro
anteed the perpetual possession and use of the
tracts thus granted and of the Improvements
which may be placed thereon but no Indian
shall have the right to ALLEVIATE or convey any
such tract to any person whatsoever, and the
same shall be forever exempt from levy, sale, or
forfeiture: Prorided, That the Congress of the
United States may hereinafter abolish these re-
strietions and permit the sale of the lands
signed, if the prosperity Of the Indians will be ad
xaneed thereby: And provided further, IF any
indian, to whom an assignment of land has been
made, shall refuse to reside upon the tract SO
signed for period of two years, his right TO the
same shall be deemed forfeited.