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TREATY WITH THE NEZ PERCES. JUNE 11, 1855. 959 treaty, in providing for their removal to the reserve, breaking up and fencing farms, building houses, supplying them with provisions and a suitable outfit, and for such other objects as he may deem necessary, and the remainder in annuities, as follows: for the first five years after the ratification of this treaty, ten thousand dollars each year, commencing September 1, 1856; for the next Eve years, eight thousand dollars each year; for the next five years, six thousand each year, and for the next five years, four thousand dollars each year. All which said sums of money shall be applied to the use and benefit Payments how of the said Indians, under the direction of the President of the United to be °PPH°d States, who may from time to time determine, at his discretion, upon what beneficial objects to expend the same for them. And the superintendent of Indian affairs, or other proper officer, shall each year inform the President of the wishes of the Indians in relation thereto. Anriomc V. The United States further agree to establish, at suitable United States points within said reservation, within one year after the ratification hereof, *° °““b“*h two schools, erecting the necessary buildings, keeping the same in repair, S°h°°xS’ &°' and providing them with furniture, books, and stationery, one of which shall be an agricultural and industrial school, to be located at the agency, and to be free to the children of said tribe, and to employ one superintendent of teaching and two teachers; to build two blacksmitlfs shops, to build meto one of which shall be attached a tin shop and to the other a gun- §;“‘“‘°“` °b°Y“· smitlfs shop; one carpenter’s shop, one wagon and ploughmaker’s shop, c` and to keep the same in repair, and furnished with the necessary tools; to employ one superintendent of farming and two farmers, two blacksmiths, one tinner, one gunsmith, one carpenter, one wagon and ploughmaker, for the instruction of the Indians in trades, and to assist them in the same; to erect one saw-mill and one fiouring-mill, keeping the same s,,w.mm_ in repair, and furnished with the necessary tools and fixtures, and to employ two millers ; to erect a hospital, keeping the same in repair, and h<>¤PiW· provided with the necessary medicines and fhrniture, and to employ a physician; and to erect, keep in repair, and provide with the necessary furniture the buildings required for the accommodation of the said employees. The said buildings and establishments to be maintained and kept in repair as aforesaid, and the employees to be kept in service for the period of twenty years. And in view of the fact that the head chief of the tribe is expected, Salarytoheadand will be called upon, to perform many services of a public character, °h*°h h°““°• &°· occupying much of his time, the United States further agrees to pay to the Nez Percé tribe five hundred dollars per year for the term of twenty years, after the ratification hereof, as a salary for such person as the tribe may select to be its head chief To build for him, at a suitable point on the reservation, a comfortable house, and properly furnish the same, and to plough and fence for his use 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 be elected to that position by his tribe, and no longer. And all the expenditures and expenses contemplated in this fifth 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 tribe, 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. Aarionn VI. The President may from time to time, at his discre- Reservation tion, cause the whole, or such portions of such reservation as he may $3 gissgggbggq think proper, to be surveyed into lots, and assign the same to such indi· Signed ,,,,,,,],,,,1, viduals or families of the said tribe as are willing to avail themselves of usls or familiesthe privilege, and will locate on the same as a permanent home, on the same terms and subject to the same regulations as are provided in the sixth article of the treaty with the Omahas in the year 1854, so far as the Vol. x. p. 1044. same may be applicable.