Two hundred thousand dollars of annuities due said bands hereby appropriated to be apportioned among the persons whose property had been destroyed and damaged by the Indians or by the troops of the United States, upon proof as herein prescribed, the sum not exceeding $200 to be paid to any one family. (Sec. 2.)

Provision of a commission and payments provided in sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 10: And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to set apart, of the public lands not otherwise appropriated, 80 acres in severalty to each individual of the before-mentioned bands who exerted himself in rescuing the whites from the late massacre of said Indians. The land so set apart shall not be subject to any tax, forfeiture, or sale by process of law, and shall not be aliened or devised, except by the consent of the President of the United States, but shall be an inheritance to said Indians and their heirs forever. (Sec. 9 United States Statutes at Large, Vol. XII, p. 652.)

Act making appropriations for current and contingent expenses of Indian Department, and fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, March 3, 1863, for year ending June 30, 1864.

To enable the President of the United States to cause the Sioux of the Mississippi to be removed beyond the limits of any States, and for establishing them in their new homes, $50,016.66; the same being equal to one-third of the whole sum heretofore stipulated to be paid in the several treaties heretofore existing between the said Indians and the United States, but which treaties have been abrogated in consequence of the war by the said Indians and the people of the United States,

and for maintaining said Indians in their new home and making such provisions as for them to support themselves by agricultural pursuits, the President is authorized to spend one-third of unexpended balance in the Treasury hitherto appropriated for the benefit of said Indians. No part of said sum to be paid in money. (United States Statutes at Large, Vol. XII, p. 784).

Treaty with the Minneconjon band of Sioux Indians, made at Fort Sully, Dak., October 10, 1865.

The Indians acknowledge the authority of the United States. (Art. 1.)

They agree to desist from hostilities against citizens (Art. 1) and other bands of Indians (Art. 2), and to prevent other bands of Sioux Indians from hostile action. (Art. 1.)

Also to submit controversies between different bands of Sioux to the arbitrament of the President. (Art. 3.)

Indians to withdraw from all overland routes already established or hereafter to be established through their country. (Art. 4.)

The United States to pay $10,000 annually for twenty years in such articles as the Secretary of the Interior may direct. (Art. 4.)

Also to protect any members of the band who desire to locate permanently upon any lands claimed by them for the purpose of agricultural or other parsuits. (Art. 5.) Any amendment or modification of this treaty by the Senate of the United States shall be considered final aud binding upon the said band represented in council as a part of this treaty in the same manner as if it had been subsequently presented and agreed to by the chiefs and head-men of said band. (Art. 6.) Amended March 5, 1866; proclaimed March 17, 1866. Large, Vol. XIV, p. 695.)

(United States Statutes at

Treaty with the Lower Brulé band of Sioux Indians, made at Fort Sully, Dak., October

14, 1865.

The provisions and agreements of articles 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 are similar to those of the treaty of October 10, 1865, with the Minneconjon band of Sioux, except the amount of payment in article 4, which is $6,000 for twenty years.

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A reservation to be established, to include Fort Lookout, near the mouth of White River, 20 miles in a straight line along the Missouri River and 10 miles in depth. (Art. 6.)

When not less than fifty lodges or families shall engage in agriculture or other pursuits on the reservation, the Government shall furnish $25 for five years to every lodge or family so engaged, to be expended in stock and implements, which are to be the property of the United States, and not to be sold or alienated to any member of the band. Also to maintain a blacksmith and farmer. (Art. 6.)

Whenever the Secretary of the Interior may so direct schools may be opened. (Art. 6.)

The United States to construct roads through the reservation. No white person unconnected with the Government shall be permitted to go on or remain on the reservation unless admitted as a member of the band. (Art. 6.)

The Indians to permit the Two Kettles band to be located adjoining them. (Art. 7.) Article 8 is the same as article 6 of the treaty of October 10, 1865.

Amended March 5, 1866; proclaimed March 17, 1866. (Statutes at Large, Vol. XIV, p. 699.)

Treaty with the Two Kettle band of Sioux Indians, made at Fort Sully, Dak., October 19, 1865.

Provisions of articles 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 are the same as those of the treaty of October 14, 1865, with the Lower Brulé band, except that the provision for agricultural implements, etc., is contingent upon twenty lodges locating on lands for agricultural purposes. When one hundred lodges have so engaged they shall be entitled to a farmer, blacksmith, and teacher at the expense of the Government and option of the Secretary of the Interior. (Art. 5.)

United States soldiers having killed a friendly chief, $500 to be paid to his widow and children. (Art. 6.)

Article 7 same as articles 6 and 8 of preceding treaty.

Amended March 5, 1866; proclaimed March 17, 1866. (United States Statutes at Large, Vol. XIV, p. 723.)

Treaty with the Blackfeet band of Dakota Indians, made at Fort Sully, Dak., October 19, 1865.

Articles 1, 2, 3, and 4, are the same as those of the treaty of October 19, 1865, with the Two Kettles band, except payments.

The United States to pay $7,000 annually for twenty years in such articles as the Secretary of the Interior may direct. (Art. 4.)

Provision for the modification of this treaty is the same as in the treaty of October 10, 1865, with the Minneconjon band.

Amended March 5, 1866; proclaimed March 17, 1866. (United States Statutes at Large, Vol. XIV, p. 727.)

Treaty with the Sans Arc band of Sioux Indians, made at Fort Sully, Dak., October 20, 1865.

Articles 1, 2, 3, and 4 are the same as those of the treaty of October 19, 1865, with the Blackfeet band, except as to payments.

The United States to pay $30 annually for twenty years to each lodge or family in such articles as the Secretary of the Interior may direct. (Art. 4.)

Article 5 the same as article 5 of treaty with Two Kettles band of Sioux.

Article 6 of this treaty the same as article 6 of the treaty of October 10, 1865, with the Minneconjon band.

Amended March 5, 1866; proclaimed March 17, 1866. (United States Statutes at Large, Vol. XIV, p. 731.)

Treaty with the Yanktonai band of Sioux Indians, made at Fort Sully, Dak., October 20, 1865.

Provisions and agreements of this treaty are the same as those of the treaty of October 20, 1865, with the Sans Arc band.

Amended March 5, 1866; proclaimed March 17, 1866. (United States Statutes at Large, Vol. XIV, p. 735.)

Treaty with the Onkpahpah band of Sioux Indians, made at Fort Sully, Dak., October 20, 1865.

Provisions and agreements of this treaty are the same as those of the treaty of October 20, 1865, with the Yanktonai band.

Amended March 5, 1866; proclaimed March 17, 1866. (United States Statutės at Large, Vol. XIV, p. 739.)

Treaty with the Upper Yanktonai bands of Sioux Indians, made at Fort Sully, Dak., October 28, 1865.

Provisions and agreements are the same as those of the treaty of October 20, 1865, with the Onkpahpah band, except payments.

The Government to pay $10,000 annually for twenty years, to be expended in such articles as the Secretary of the Interior may direct. (Art. 4.).

Amended March 5, 1866; proclaimed March 17, 1866. (United States Statutes at Large, Vol. XIV, p. 743.)

Treaty with the Ogallala band of Sioux Indians, made at Fort Sully, Dak., October 28, 1865.

Provisions and agreements are the same as those of the treaty of October 28, 1865, with the Upper Yanktonais band.

Amended March 5, 1866; proclaimed March 17, 1866. (United States Statutes at Large, Vol. XIV, p. 747.)

Treaty with the Brulé, Ogallala, Minnekonjo, Yanctonai, Uncpapa, Blackfeet, Cuthead, Two Kettle, Sans Arc, Arrapahoe, and Santee tribes of Sioux made at Fort Laramie, Dak., April 29, 1868.

War between the parties to this treaty shall forever cease, and peace shall be maintained toward the United States. Any white persons committing wrong upon the persons or property of the Indians shall be, through the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, upon proof, arrested and punished according to the laws of the United States, and the injured person reimbursed for the loss sustained. Any Indian committing wrong or depredation upon any one subject to the authority of the United States, and at peace therewith, the Indians shall deliver up the wrong-doer to be tried and punished according to law. In case of refusal the person injured shall be reimbursed for his loss from annuities due the tribes. No one violating the laws of the United States shall be reimbursed for loss sustained. (Art. 1.)

The United States agrees that the following district of country, to wit, commencing on the east bank of the Missouri River, where the forty-sixth parallel of north latitude crosses the same; thence along low-water mark down said east bank to a point opposite where the northern line of the State of Nebraska strikes the river; thence west across said river and along the northern line of Nebraska to the one hundred and fourth degree of longitude west from Greenwich; thence north on said meridian to a point where the forty-sixth parallel of north latitude intercepts the same; thence due east along said parallel to the place of beginning; and, in addition thereto, all existing reservations on the east bank of said river shall be, and the same is, set apart for the absolute and undisturbed use and occupation of the Indians herein named, and for

such other friendly tribes or individual Indians as from time to time they may be willing, with the consent of the United States, to admit amongst them; and the United States now solemnly agrees that no persons except those herein designated and anthorized to do so, and except such officers, agents, and employés of the Government as may be authorized to enter upon Indian reservations in discharge of duties enjoined by law, shall ever be permitted to pass over, settle upon, or reside in the territory described in this article, or in such territory as may be added to this reservation for the use of said Indians; and henceforth they will, and do hereby, relinquish all claims or right in and to any portion of the United States or Territories, except such as is embraced within the limits aforesaid, and except as hereinafter provided. (Art. 2.)

If from actual survey it shall appear that the above tract of land contains less than 160 acres of tillable land for each person authorized to reside there under the provisions of this treaty, and a very considerable number of such persons are disposed to become farmers, the United States agrees to set apart for the use of said Indians an additional quantity of arable land adjoining said reservation as near as can he obtained. (Art. 3.)

The United States agrees to erect near the centre of said reservation, and where timber and water may be convenient, a warehouse or store-room at a cost of not less than $2,500; agency buildings, not exceeding $3,000; residence of physician, not exceeding $3,000; buildings for carpenter, farmer, blacksmith, miller, and engineer, not exceeding $2,000; school house or mission building, and so soon as a sufficient number of children can be induced to attend school, at a cost not exceeding $5,000. A good steam circular saw-mill, with grist-mill and shingle machine attached, shall be erected at a cost not exceeding $3,000. (Art. 4.)

United States to furnish annually physician, teachers, carpenter, miller, engineer, farmer, and blacksmith. (Art. 13.)

The agent shall reside at the agency buildings. (Art. 5.)

Any individual, being the head of a family, desiring to farm shall select in the presence and with the assistance of the agent a tract not exceeding 320 acres. Any person over eighteen years of age shall select a tract not exceeding 80 acres. For each tract so selected he shall receive a certificate, to be recorded by the agent in a book known as "The Sioux land book." (Art. 6.)

Persons so selecting lands, when the agent is satisfied that they intend in good faith to cultivate the soil for a living, shall be entitled to receive seeds and agricultural implements for the first year not exceeding the value of $100, and for each succeeding year they shall farm, for a period of three years, not exceeding $25. Whenever more than one hundred persons shall so enter upon cultivation of the soil a second blacksmith shall be provided, and they shall receive instruction from farmer. (Art. 8.)

The President may at any time order a survey of the reservation, and Congress shall provide for protecting the rights of settlers in their improvements. The United States may pass such laws on the subject of alienation and descent as it may deem proper.

Any male Indian over eighteen years of age, of any band or tribe that is or shall hereafter become a party to this treaty, who now is or who shall hereafter become a resident or occupant of any reservation or territory not included in the tract of country designated and described in this treaty for the permanent home of the Indians, which is not mineral land, nor reserved by the United States for special purposes other than Indian occupation; and who shall have made improvements thereon, of the value of $200 or more, and continuously occupied the same as a homestead for the term of three years, shall be entitled to receive from the United States a patent for 160 acres of land, including his said improvements, the same to be in the form of the legal subdivisions of the surveys of the public lands and the right of such Indian

or Indians to enter such tract or tracts of land shall accrue and be perfect from the date of his first improvements thereon, and shall continue as long as he continues

his residence and improvements, and no longer. Any Indian receiving a patent under the foregoing provisions shall be and henceforth become a citizen of the United States, and shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunities of such citizens, and shall at the same time retain his rights to benefits accruing to Indians under this treaty. (Art. 6.)

The Indians agree to compel their children between the ages of six and sixteen to attend school, and it is the duty of the agent to see that this stipulation is complied with. The United States agrees that for every thirty children between said ages a school and teacher shall be provided. The provisions of this article shall continue for not less than twenty years. (Art. 7.)

At any time after ten years the United States shall have the privilege of withdrawing the employés, and in case of such withdrawal the additional sum of $10,000 per annum will be devoted to the education of said Indians. (Art. 9.)

In lieu of all sums or other annuities provided to be paid for the Indians herein named under any treaty or treaties heretofore made, the United States agrees to deliver on the reservation on or before the 1st day of August, each year, for thirty years the following articles: To each male person over fourteen, a coat, pantaloons, shirt, hat, and pair of socks. To each female over twelve, a flannel skirt, or goods to make it, a pair of hose, 12 yards of calico, and 12 yards of cotton domestics. For the boys and girls under the ages named, such flannel and cotton goods as may be needed to make each a suit, and a pair of woolen hose for each. In addition to clothing, the sum of $10 for thirty years to such persons as roam or hunt are entitled to the beneficial effects of this treaty. To each person engaged in farming, to be used in the purchase of such articles as the Secretary of the Interior may deem proper, $20. If within thirty years it shall appear that the money needed for clothing can be appropriated for better uses, Congress by law shall change the appropriation to other purposes, but in no event shall the amount of this appropriation be withdrawn or discontinued during the period named. It is expressly stipulated that each Indian over the age of four years who shall remove to and settle permanently upon the reservation and comply with the stipulations of this treaty, shall be entitled to receive for a period of four years, 1 pound of meat and 1 pound of flour per day, provided the Indians can not furnish their own subsistence at an earlier date. To each Indian commencing farming there shall be given one good American cow, one good pair of American oxen, within sixty days after they shall settle. An army officer shall attend to the delivery of these supplies, and the agent shall furnish to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs a full and exact census of the Indians upon the reservation, upon which the distribution is to be based. (Art. 10.)

The parties to this treaty relinquish the right to occupy permanently the country ontside their reservation, but reserve the right to hunt on any lands north of the North Platte, and on the Republican Fork of the Smoky Hill River, so long as buffalo may range thereon in such numbers as to justify the chase. The Indians withdraw all opposition to the construction of railroads not passing over their reservation, agreeing not to interfere or attack any travellers, or capture or kill any persons, or molest property. For any roads passing over their lands, the Government shall pay the tribe whatever amount of damage shall be assessed by three commissioners to be appointed by the President for that purpose, one of said commissioners to be a chief or headman of the tribe. They also agree to the establishment of military posts not in violation of treaty. (Art. 11.)

No treaty for the cession of any part or portion held in common of the reservation herein described shall be of any validity or force unless executed and signed by at least three-fourths of all adult male Indians interested in the same, and no cession by the tribe shall deprive, without his consent, any individual member of his right to any tract of land selected by him as provided in article 6 of this treaty. (Art. 12.) The sum of $500 shall be paid annually for three years to the ten persons of the said tribe who, in the judgment of the agent, grow the most valuable crops for the respective years. (Art. 14.)