954 TREATY WITH THE YAKAMAS. J UNE 9, 1855. confcdcratcd tribes and bands of Indians may select to be their head chief; to build for him at a suitable point ou the reservation a comfortable house and properly furnish the same, and to plough and fence ten acres of land. The said salary to be paid to, and the said house to be occupied by, such head chief so long as he may continue to hold that office. Ksmaiakrm is And it is distinctly understood and agreed that at the time of the cou-
- h•h¤¤d <=hi°f· clusion of this treaty Kamaiakun is the duly elected and authorized head
chief of the confcdcratcd tribes and bands aforesaid, styled the Yakama nation, and is recognized as such by them and by the commissioners on the part of the United States holding this treaty; and all the expenditures and expenses contemplated in this article of this treaty shall be defrayed by the United States, and shall not be deducted from the annuities agreed to be paid to said confcderatcd tribes and bands of Indians. Nor shall the cost of transporting the goods for the annuity payments be a. charge upon the annuities, but shall be defrayed by the United States. Reservation ARTICLE VI. The President may, hom time to time, at his discretion, ¥'*¥]bg°‘”’$’Y°d cause the whole or such portions of such reservation as he may think Q? °tg ${3 ro e1·,to be survc ed into lots, and assi the same to such individuals gned P P Y gu we ¤rf¤mi1i<·=¤· gr families of the said coufcdcmted tubes and bands of Indmns as am willing to avail themselves of the privilege, and will locate on the same as a permanent home, on the same terms and subject to the same regulations Vol- x· p- 1044- as are provided in the sixth article of the treaty with the Omahas, so far as the same may be applicable.
A¤¤*g*i§: ¤<;,* ARTICLE VII. The annuities of the aforesaid confedersted tribes and
- g£$2Qu§lS ° ° bands of Indians shall not be taken to pay the debts of individuals.
mm to pr,. Awncnm VIII. The aforesaid confcderatcd tribes and bands of Indians ¤¤ry¤ fri¤¤d1y rv- acknowledge their dependence upon the government of the United States, !“°‘°“”* and promise to be friendly with all citizens thereof, and pledge themselves to commit no depredations upon the property of such citizens. And should any one or more of them violate this pledge, and the fact
f be satisfactorily proved before the agent, the property taken shall be redéggm; turned, ¤r in default thereof, or if injured or destroyed, compensation may
be made by the government out of tho annuities. notcomaks Nor will they make wm- upon any other tribe, except in self-defence,
- '$;’£ i” °°“°‘ but will submit all matters of difcrcnce between them and other Indians
’ to the government of the United States or its agent for decision, and abide thereby. And if any of the said Indians commit depredations on any other Indians within the Territory of Washington or Oregon, the same
rule shall prevail as thutprovided in this article in case of depredations
w mmudm- against citizens. And the said confederated tribes and bands of Indians °m’"d°"‘ agree not to shelter or conceal offenders against the laws of the United States, but to deliver them up to the authorities for trial. Annuities my Amicus IX. The said confederated tribes and bands of Indians desire Qgogglglggdggig to exclude from their reservation the use of ardent spirits, and to prevent mpnt ,ph.m_ their people from drinking the same, and, therefore, it is provided that any Indian belonging m said confcdcratcd tribes and bands of Indians, who is guilty of bringing liquor into said reservation, or who drinks liquor, may have his or her annuities withheld fi·om him or her for such time as the President may determine. Wenutshapam ARTICLE X. And provided, That there is also reserved and set apart ¤¤h~·¤‘y ¥¢•¤¤’¢d· from the lands ceded by this treaty, for the use and benefit of the aforesaid ccnfcdcratcfi tribes auli bands, a. tract of land not exceeding in quantity one townslup of suc mxles square, situated at the forks of the Pisquousc or Wcnatshapaxp R1ver,a.ud known as the “Wenatshapam Eshery," which smd reservation shall be surveyed and marked out whenever the President may direct, and be subject to the same provisions and restrictions as other Indian reservations. When treaty ARTICLE XI. This treaty shall be obligator u on the contractin ar-
- ° “‘k° °E°°*· ues as soon as the same shall be ratified by the Igcsidsnt and Seugtg of
the Umbed States.
