The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-07-02
KAW INDIAN LANDS
WILL BE ALLOTTED
Treaty Has Been Ratified
by Senate and House
Of Representatives


confirming an agreement submitted
by the Kansas or Kaw Indians of Ok.
laloma. The agreement bears as rep
reseutatives of the tribe, the names
Of wah-shun-gah. wah.moh-o-eke, For
rest Chateau, Mitchell Fronkier, Will
lam Hardy. Akan Pappan, and General
W. E. Hardy.
The agreement provides that the roll
of Kansas or raw tribe of Indians, as
shown by the records of the Usage
agency and all descendants born De.
cember ], 1901, be declared to be the
roll of the tribe and to constitute the
legal membership Of the tribe, and the
lands anu money of said tribe shall
be divided among the members of said
tribe. giving each his or her fair
share in acres, as follows:
There shall be set aside to each
member l6O acres Of land for home
stead, which shall be non-taxable and
inalienable for twenty-five years from
the first day OF January 1908, except
where the members OF the tribe have
already selected their homestead. and /
the members who have not selected !
their homesteads shall do so within .
thirty days after the ratification OF this
agreement Should any member fail
TO make such selection it shall be the
duty of the agent in charge of said
tribe to make the selection for such
member. Homesteads for minors all
10 be made by his or her parents. and
the selections OF homesteads for others
than mirrors shall be made by the In
dian agent In the case OF children
torn to members OF the tribe between
the ratification Of this agreement and
December L. 1902, the selection shall
be made for them within thirty days
after their birth. All selections must
be made on or before January /, 1903
After each member has selected his
or her homestead the remaining lands
in Oklahoma belonging to said tribe
shall be divided equally in acres
among said tribe giving to each. as
nearly az practicable. the same mum
Der Of acres of farming and grazing
lands and the share of each member
shall be given to him or her as near
as possible to his or her homestead
selections. Lands other than the home =
stead set aside to each member shall :
be free from taxation so long as the /
title remains in such member, but in y
no event TO exceed twenty-five years,
and the same shall not be sold or en- q
numbered in any way before the expir. 9
aiicr of ten years from the date OF
the deed to said member except with =
the approval Of the secretary OF the
interior
IN selecting his or her homestead, {
a member shall not be permitted 10 J
select land already selected by anoth-
er member a. the tribe. unless such !
other member is in possession of more .
lands than he and his family are en-
titled to under this agreement, in s
which case the member in possession j
shall have the right to make the first
selection. y
The agreement cedes 100 acres OF
land, including the school and agency
taileings and the United States
agrees TO maintain school FOR The
education or the Indian children for a
period OF ten years, and the land and
improvements to be subject to final
disposition Of congress.
Twenty acres are set aside TO be
used as a cemetery Eighty acres are
set aside including the dwellings now
nsod by The trader Of the agency, and
other buildings at said agency not
used 10y the employees of the govern
mont 10 be used as a townsite, which
shall be surveyed and laid off into
toxin lots and lots to be sold at public
auction TO the highest bidder, the
proceeds 10 be placed TO the credit of
tie Indians Any member Of the tribe
being in possession Of town lot and
having any buildings thereon, shall
haze the right TO purchase one lot 75
feet wide by 100 feet deep. including
his improvements, at such price as the
council OF the tribe may fix, exclusive
of Improvements.
The funds oil the tribe, including the
siS5,O0O due said tribe under the J
treaty Of June ls, 1896. the Kansas
school fund. amounting TO S2727A4S.