The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-08
MINERS CARED FOR
Wichita Mountain Gold Hunt
ers Provided for by Congress
TEXT OF TREATY RATIFIED
Even Allotted Lands Can be
Taken If Mineral Is Found.

| IIne the mouse OF representatives mas IAt
ihed the Kiowa and Commanche treaty.
The ratification of that treaty will pre-
I cede the alloting of lands which, in turn
viii precede the opening OF the country
- settlement. Twice before the present
instance the house has ratified this o!t
treaty, and twice the senate has refused
70 act upon it
Recently, at the suggestion of Delegate
Flynn. the committee added to the Fort
Hall Indian treaty the Kiowa and Com
manche treaty as q rider. The rider went
through, and if the senate now rattle:
the treaty the biggest step toward tbs
opening Of the territory win have been
taken.
1t is interesting 10 note in the treaty
that the possibility of mineral III the res
ervation is taken into account, and means
for possession Of il after discovery pro-
vided for, an important point to the
| Wichita mountain miners The provis-
ion for mineral entry viii extend even
over aIlotments. The treaty is as fol-
lows:
Articles of agreement made and en-
tered into at Fort Sill, in the Indian ter
ritory. on the 2lst day of October. 1892
by and between David H. Jerome. Alfred
| NJ. Wilson and Warren C. Sayre, commits
| missioners on the part of the United
States, and the Commanche. Kiowa and
Apache tribes of Indians in the Indian
| territory
Article l. Subject to the allotment of
land, in severalty, to the individual mem
| bers of the Commanche. Kiowa and
Apache tribes of Indians in the Indian
territory, as hereinafter provided for and
subject to the conditions hereinafter i'm
posed and for the considerations herein
after mentioned, the said Commanche, XII
Owa and Apache Indians hereby cede, con-
vey, transfer, relinquish and surrender.
| forever and absolutely, without any re-
| servation whatever. express or implied,
| ali their claim, title and interest Of any
| kind and character, in and to the lands
embraced in the following described tract
of country in the Indian territory, to-wit:
Commencing at a point where the Wash
| tia river crosses the ninety-eighth meri-
dian west from Greenwich; thence up the
Washita river, in the middle Of the main
channel thereof to a point thirty miles,
by river. west of Fort Cobb, as now estab-
lished; thence due west to the north fork
of Red river, provided said line strikes
said river east of the one-hundredth mer-
idian of west longitude; If not. then only
to said meridian line and thence due
south, on said meridian line to the said
north fork of Red river; thence down said
north fork, in the middle Of the main
channel thereof, from the point where it
may be first intersected by the lines above
described to the main Red river; thence
down said Red river, in the middle Of the
main channel thereof, to its intersection
with the ninety-eighth meridian of longi-
tude west from Greenwich; thence north
on said meridian line to the place of be-
ginning.
Article 2. Out of the lands ceded con-
veyed, transferred. relinquished and sur
rendered by article 1 hereof, and in part
consideration for the cession thereof, IL Is
agreed by the United States that each
member Of said Commando. Kiowa and
Apache tribes of Indians over the age Of
Is years shall have the right to select for
himself or herself 1e0 acres OF land to be
held and owned IN severalty, to conform
to the legal surveys in boundary, that
the father, or if he be dead, the mother.
IL members Of either Of said tribes OF In
dams, shall have the right to select a
like amount of land for each Of his or her
children under the age of IS years; and
that the commissioner of Indian affairs.
or some one by him appointed for the
purpose, shall select like amount OF land
for each orphan child belonging 70 either
of said tribes under the age Of IS years.
Art. g. 1t is further agreed that the
land in said reservation shall be classed
as grain growing and grazing land; and,
in making selections Of lands to be allotted
in severalty as aforesaid each and every
Indian herein provided for shall be re-
quired 10 take at least one-haf IN area
OF his or her aHotrnents Of grazing land.
1t is hereby further expressly agreed that
no person shall have the right TO MAKE
his or her selection Of land in any part
o. said reservation that IS now used or
occupied for military. agency. school,
school farm. religious o. other public
uses. or in sections Is and % in each con
gressional township. except in cases where
any Commanche, Kiowa or Apache Indian
has heretofore made improvements upon
and now uses and occupies part Of said
sections IS and IS. such Indian may make
his or her selection within the boundar-
les SO prescribed 30 as to Include bis or
her Improvements. Il f. further agreed
that wherever in said reservation any
Indian. entitled 70 take lands Il sever1lty
hereunder has made improvements. and
now uses and occupies the land embracing
such Improvements. said Indian SHAH
have have the undisputsd rlgat to make
haz or her selection within ;he area above
provided for allotmz nts 50 as to snc.ude I
his OF her said Improvement
1T Is further agreed THAI said sections
Is and . IN each coagressi5na. town hi9 /
n SAID reservation shall n9t become sub I
ject 70 homestead entry. but shall - held
by the United States All a1aiy ssld 81
pubic school purposes. Il e hereoy fur /
ther aETsed that wherever 10 sati -eser- (
vatlon any religions society o. ether or l
ganizatica f. now occupying say F-rrign 4
OF sad reservation f3r rs.igi7u or a5Eca- /
sl0nai sork among the TnGis1S The iaE6 4
80 occupied may Be allotted ard confined 7
20 zuch society CT orgaalzstlen. nst- bow /
ever. 20 exceed l91 acres % iss1 - aET .
one society o. 0Tga-izatioa - l50g 80 ~ .
same shal Re 50 occupied az8 1se3. a1-
such lard sAall DC; be sub1s-t 70 bone
stead entry.
Ar Al ssotneats heresader saa-l 4
Be selected within fwesve maths f-1rs I
the ratification os tbs agTes1eat ~ 80 4
c9ugreea G. The Uustss States F'reTf6e3. 7
TIE secretary % ne Tntsrsay, L he 90
cretsoa. may extend re time sor making 4
sucA selection, auS shesl5 any Inssaa en- 4
tftIsa % a-lot-aszss hs-surser Ia o -
tuse u zzke bis o her selection q lazt i