The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-07-18
TO PAY THE INDIANS
Secretary Smith Requests That
Nez Perces Be Paid.
VERY LONG DELAYED ORDER
Provisions of the Treaty. Terms of Sale
and Interesting Points OF
Exception.

Washington, July 11.-Secretary Smith !
this afternoon requested the treasury |
department to pay the 100000 due to
the Nez Perez Indians in Idaho for their
lands sold to the government in Idaho.
The payment was stopped two months
ago on account of charges of fraud Of
various sorts. These have been proven
unfounded, and there is no further
reason for delay. The tribe comprises
1929 persons. each of whom will receive
a little over $1,000.
Robert Schleicher, James +. Allen
and Cyrus Beede, the commissioners,
concluded the agreement with the In
dams May !, 1898, and the principal
points Of the treaty then signed is APP
pended, portions of which have hereto
fore been printed:
In all $1,626.222 is to be paid the In
dams. OF this, s626,222 is to be paid in
cash, and the million dollars is to be
paid under the following conditions
1.-The remainder of said sum of 81, &c.
222 shall be deposited in the treasury OF
the United States to the credit of the
'Nez Perces of Idaho and shall bear
interest at the rate of per centum per
annum, which principal and interest
shall be paid to said Indians per capita
as follows, to-wit; At the expiration of
one year from the date of the ratifica-
ton of this agreement the sum of
$4,000. and semi-annually thereafter
the sum of s15O.000, with the interest on
the uneXpended portion of the funds to
be derived from the cession of lands by
this agreement made, shall be diverted
q ha ia
by this article on account of any depre-
dalton or other act committed by any
Nez Perez Indian prior to the execution
of this agreement. but the same shall
be actually paid to the Indians in cash,
In the manner and at the times as here
in stipulated"
1t Is agreed that the place known as
the BOOM" on the Clearwater river,
near the mouth of Lapwai creek, shall
be excepted from cession and reserved
for the common use of the tribe, with
full right of access thereto and that the
tract of land adjoining, now occupied
| by James Moses, shall be allotted to
| him in such manner as not to interfere
| with such right.
| 1t is stipulated that the United States
| VIII purchase for the use OF Nez Perez
| Indians two portable steam sawmills,
at cost not exceeding 100000 and will
provide for the Indians, for period not
| exceeding two years. and a cost not ex-
ceeding $1,000, competent surveyor,
for the purpose of fully informing said
| Indianse TO the correct locations of
| their allotments and the corners and
| lines thereof.
1t is stipulated and agreed than any
religious society or other organization
| ORCnnVtnD
| for religious or educational work among
the Indians, any of the lands ceded,
shall have the right for two years from
| the date of the ratification of this agree
ment within which to purchase the land
| so occupied, at the rate of SO per acre
the same to be conveyed to such society
or organization by patent, in the usual
| form.
| 1t is agreed that the lands by this
agreement coded, those retained and
those allotted to the said Nez Perez In
dams, shall be subject, for a period of
20 years, to all the laws of the United
States prohibiting the Introduction of
intoxicants into the Indian country, and
that the Nez Perez Indian allottees,
whether under the care of an Indian
agent or not, shall, for like period.
be subject to all the laws of the United
States prohibiting the sale or other dis
position of intoxicants to Indians.
HOW TO TAKE LAND.
The following section of the law sets
forth the conditions and terms of entry
of the lands to be thrown open to set
Element by the presidents proclama-
ton:
THAT Immediately after the issuance
and receipt by the Indians of trust pat
| &c ha oil IA
for in said agreement, the lands so
coded, sold, relinquished and conveyed
to the United States shall be opened to
settlement by proclamation of the pres
ident, and shall be subject to disposal
only under the homestead, townsite,
stone and timber, and mining laws of
the United States, except the 10th and
seth sections in each congressional
| township, which shall be reserved for
common school purposes and be subject
to the laws of Idaho Provided, That
| each settler on said lands shall before
making proof and receiving a certif-
cate of entry pay to the United States
for the land so taken by him, in addi-
ton to the fees provided by law, the
sum of 1913 per acre for agricultural
lands, one-half of which shall be paid
within three years from the date of
original entry; and the sum of Sc per
acre for stone, timber and mineral
lands, subject to the regulations pre-
scribed by existing laws; but the rights
of honorably discharged Union soldiers
and sailors, as defined and described in
sections 1904 and 2,305 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States, shall not
be abridged except as to the sum to be
paid as aforesaid"
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