The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-29
KAW INDIAN LANDS
What the Terms Of the Agreement
Reached Are.

Reached Are.
The senate and house Of representatives
have passed an act ratifying and confirm
ing an agreement submitted by the Kan
sas or Kaw Indians Of Oklahoma. The
agreement bears, as representatives Of the
tribe. the names Of Wah-shun-gah. Wah-
moh-o-e-ke, Forrest Chateau. Mitchell
FTonkier, William Hardy. Akan Pappan,
and General W. Z. Hardy.
The agreement provides that the roll Of
Kansas or Kaw tribe of Indians, as
shown BY the records Of the Usage agency
and all desceQdants born December 1, 1901,
be declared to be the roll Of the tribe and
tc constitute the legal membership of the
tribe, and the lands and money Of said
tribe shall be divided among the mem
hers Of said tribe. giving each his or her
dair share in acres. as follows:
There shall be set aside to each member
16o acres OF land for homestead. which
shall be non-taxable and inalienable for
twenty-five years from the first day Of
January. 1903. 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 ratifica-
ton Of this agreement. Should any mem
Der fail TO make such selection it shall
be the duty Of the agent in charge Of said
tribe to make the selection for such mem
q her. EIomesteads for minors all to to
be made by his or her parents, and the
selections of homesteads for others than
minors shall be made by the Indian agent.
In the case Of children born to members
OF the tribe between the ratification Of
this agreement and December I, 1892, the
selection shall be made for them within
thirty days after their birth. All selec-
tions must be made on or before January
J, 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 as practicable,
the same number of acres of farming ana
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 10 each member shall be
free from taxation 50 long as the title
remains i'm such member. but in no event
&c exceed twenty-five years. and the
same shall not be sold or encumbered in
any way before the expiration 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.
member shall not be permitted to select
land already selected by another member
OF the tribe, unless such other member is
in possession of more lands than DE and
his family are entitled TO under this
agreement. in which case the member in
possession shall have the rght TO make
the first selection.
The agreement cedes 16) acres of land.
including the school and agency buildings
and the United States agrees TO maintain
a school for the education of the Indian
children for period of ten years. and
the land and improvements TO be subject
10 final disposition of congress
Twenty acres are set aside to Ice used
as cemetery. Eighty acres are set aside
including the dwellings, now used by the
trader OF the agency. and other buildings
at said agency not used by the employees
OF the government 10 De used as a town-
Eite which shan be surveyed and laid