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TREATY WITH THE OSAGE INDIANS. SEPTEMBER 29, 1865. 689 the lands sold in trust for said tribe} Provided, The aggregate amount Proviso. thus allowed by the Secretary of the Interior shall not exceed Eve thousand dollars. _ ARTICLE VI. In consideration of the long and faithful services ren- Heirs nf _ dei-ed by Charles Mograin, one of the principal chiefs of the Great gl;';*§eil°§"“‘“ Osages, to the people, and in consideration of improvements made and section of iand, owned by him on the land by this treaty sold to the United States, and in &°· lieu of the provision made in article fourteen for the half-breed Indians, the heirs of the said Charles Mograin, dec[;ease]d. may select one section of land, including his improvements, from the north half of said land, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, and upon his approval of such selection it shall be patented to the heirs of the said Mograin, dec[;ease]d, in fee-simple. Anrxctn VII. It is agreed between the parties hereto that the sum of $500 fn ne five hundred dollars shall be set apart each year from the moneys of said §::{,;§i;°h‘°fS tribe and paid by the agent to the chiefs. ` ARTICLE VIII. The Osage Indians being anxious that a school should One section ol be established in their new home, at their request it is agreed and pro- }°";lg°£° s;?' vided that John Schoemnaker may select one section of land within their J,?,;,,;,,, 2; ,25,,. diminished reservation, and upon the approval of such selection by the cation- Secretary of the Interior, such section of land shall be set apart to the said Schoenmaker and his successors, upon condition that the same shall be used, improved, and occupied for the support and education of the children of said Indians during the occupancy of said reservation by said tribe: Provided, That said lands shall not be patented, and upon the dis- Proviso. continuance of said school shall revert to said tribe and to the United States as other Indian lands. ARTICLE IX. It is further agreed that, in consideration of the services Patent to issue of Darius Rogers to the Osage Indians, a patent shall be issued to him for :9 D“"‘“S R°g°” . . . . . or 160 acres, one hundred and sixty acres of land, to include his mill and improvements, and hg may on paying one dollar and twenty-tive cents per acre; and said Rogers P¤¤'<>h¤S¤ 0W6F shall also have the privilege of purchasing, at the rate of one dollar and lagsé twenty-five cents, one quarter section of land adjoining the tractabove ment, page 692, mentioned, which shall he patented to him in like manner; said lands to be selected subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior. Anricrn X. The Osages acknowledge their dependence on the gov- Dependence ernment of the United States, and invoke its protection and care; they gQ,L§;’;aE,Q::§g,_ desire peace, and promise to abstain from war, and commit no depredations edged_ on either citizens or Indians ; and they further agree to use their best efforts to suppress the introduction and use of ardent spirits in their country. AnricLE XI. It is agreed that all roads and highways laid out by the Right of way State or general government shall have right of way through the lands here- 3g's;*·‘i€g‘r’,$?€,:Y*‘ in reserved,on the same terms as are provided by law when made through w,,,., and ,§,,_ lands of citizens of the United States; and railroad companies, when the r0¤5iS· lines of their roads necessarily pass through the lands of said Indians, mx: gg2in25g_ shall have right of way upon the payment of fair compensation therefor. ° ARTICLE XII. Within six months after' the ratification of this treaty Indians to rethe Osage Indians shall remove from the lands sold and ceded in trust, °°d°d and settle upon their diminished reservation. ° ARTICLE XIII. The Osage Indians having no annuities from which it t Egifd swipe is possible for them to pay any of the expenses of carrying this treaty into p(;,,S€s`g€;,£:gy effect, it is agreed that the United States shall appropriate twenty thou- and sale; sand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the purpose of defraying the expense of survey and sale of the lands hereby ceded in trust, which amount so expended shall be reimbursed to the treasury of fn be wimthe United States from the proceeds of the first sales of said lands. b""°d‘ ARTICLE XIV. The halfibreeds of the Osage tribe of Indians, not to Patents to isexceed twenty-five in number, who have improvements on the north half im E;"_l*,E3f‘S0 of the lands sold to the United States, shall have a patent issued to them. me ° I vot. xiv. 44