The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-04-25

Atoka, l. t., April 24.-The Dawes
commission, appointed by the feder-
al government to treat with the five
civilized tribes in the Indian Terri
tory, and the commissions appoint
ed by the five civilized tribes, con-
cluded their treaty at Atoka, /. T.,
and signed the treaty Friday at 10
O'Clock, providing for the allotment
of the lands in the Indian country
and the opening of the Territory to
settlement. Following is the full
text of the treaty:
This agreement, by and between
the government of the United States,
as the first party, entered into in its
behalf by the comission to the five
civilized tribes: Henry L. Dawes,
Frank G. Armstrong, Archibald ).
McKennon, Thomas B. Cabaniss and
Alexander B. Montgomery, duly ap-
pointed and authorized thereunto,
and the governments of the Choc-
taw and Chickasaw tribes, or ma
tions, of Indians, in the Indian Ter
ritory, respectively, of the second
part, entered into in behalf of such
Choctaw and Chickasaw govern
ments, duly appointed and authoriz-
ed thereunto, viz: Green McCurtain,
j. S. STANDBY, N. B. Ainsworth,
Ben Hampton, Wesley Anderson,
Amos Henry, d. c. Garland and A.
S. Williams, on the part of the Choc-
taw tribe, or nation; r. NJ. Harris, 1.
o. Lewis, Holmes Colbert, p. $.
Mosley. NJ. V. Cheadle, r. L. Muir
ray, William Perry, A. II. Colbert
and R. L. Boyd.
Witnesseth: That in consideration
of the mutual undertakings herein
contained. it is agreed as follows:
That all the lands within the In
dian Territory belonging to the
Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians
shall be allotted to the members of
said tribes so as to give to each
member of these tribes Except the
Choctaw freedmen), so far as possi-
BILE, fair and equal share thereof,
considering the character and fertil-
ity of the soil and the location and
value of the lands.
That all lands set apart for town
sites, and the strip of land lying be-
tween the city of Fort Scott, Ark. /,
and the Arkansas and Poteau rivers,
extending up said Poteau river to
the mouth of Mill creek; and GAO
acres to each to include the buildings
now occupied for the Jones acade-
my, Tushkahoma female seminary,
Wheelock orphan seminary and
Armstrong orphan academy; and
ten acres for the capitol building in
Immediately contiguous 20 and in
cluding the buildings known as
Bloomfield academy, Lebanon or
phan's home, Harley institute, Rock
academy and Collins institute; and
Ave acres for the capitol building IN
the Chickasaw nation; and the use
of one acre of land for each church
house now erected outside of the
town, and eighty acres of land each
for J. S. Murrow, II. R. Schermer-
horn and the widow of r. S. Bell,
who have been laboring as mission
aries in the Choctaw and Chickasaw
nations since the year 1866, with the
same limitations and conditions as
apply to lands allotted to the mem
bers of the Choctaw and Chickasaw
nations, and to be located on lands
not occupied by a Choctaw or Chick
asaw, and a reasonable amount of
land to be determined by the town
site commission to include all court
houses and jails and other public
buildings not hereinbefore provided
for, shall be exempt from division,
and all coal and asphalt in or under
the lands allotted and reserved from
allotment, shall be reserved for the
sole use of the members of the
Choctaw ard Chickasaw tribes, ex-
elusive of freedmen.
Provided, that where any coal OF
asphalt mine is hereafter opened on
land, sold or reserved, the value oil
the use of the necessary surface fol
prospecting or mining, and the dam
age done to the other land and i'm
provements, shall be ascertaineC
under the direction of the secretary
of the interior, and paid to the allot
tee, or owner of the land by the
lessee or party operating the same
before operation begins.
That in order to such equal divis
ion, the lands of the Choctaws anC
Chickasaws shall be graded and ap