690 TREATY WITH THE OSAGE INDIANS. SEPTEMBER 29, 1865. ¤cre¤,_ including in fee-simple, for eighty acres each, to include, as far as practicable, their g;‘Q3‘“‘P"°"°' improvements, said half-breeds to be designated by the chiefs and headrleiis of .To· men of the tribe; and the heirs of Joseph Swiss, a half-breed, and a former .°°Ph SWF- interpreter of said tribe, shall, in lieu of the above provision, receive a title, in fee-simple, to a half-section of land, including his house and improvements, if practicable, and also to a half-section of the trust land; all of said lands to be selected by the parties, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior. Qeegee may Aurrcnn XV. It is also agreed by the United States that said Osage }1Q£;n`;"g,gtf;r Indians may unite with any tribe of Indians at peace with the United ceive pdrtion of States, residing in said Indian territory, and thence afterwards receive an ` ”·¤¤°l'i°’·· equitable proportion, according to their numbers, of all moneys, annuities, or property payable by the United Sta.tes to said Indian tribe with which the agreement may be made; and in turn granting to said Indians, in proportion to their numbers, an equitable proportion of all moneys, annuities, and property payable by the United States to said Osages. lf Iedimsre- ARTICLE XVI. It is also agreed by said contracting parties, that if mvihgxigisj said Indians should agree to remove from the State of Kansas, and settle isaés reservation on lands to be provided for them by the United States in the Indian ter-
- ‘{ be jg1d,; imd ritory on such terms as may be agreed on between the United States and
£;,(;,°i?:d_s °w the Indian tribes now residing in said territory or any of them, then the diminished reservation shall be disposed of by the United States in the same manner and for the same purposes as hereinbefore provided in relation to said trust lands, except that fifty per cent. of the proceeds of the sale of said diminished reserve may be used by the United States in the purchase of lands for a suitable home for said Indians in said Indian territor . Rejection of Ahrxcts XVII. Should the Senate reject or amend any of the above
- §€i0‘“:_l§;g2 articles, such rejection or amendment shall not affect the other provisions
others, &c. of this treaty, hut the same shall go into eH`eet when ratided by the Senate and approved by the President. NOTE.-——Thc interlineations and erasures on the seventh and tenth pages were made before signing. Signatures. D. N. COOLEY, U0m’r of Dtdinm Ajairs. ELIJAH SELLS, Sup? Ltd. Af Soutffn Sup’cg, and Obmmissioner. ME-TSO-SHIN-CA, (Little Bear.) his x mark. Chief Little Osages. NO-PA-WAH-LA, his x mark. 2d O/zig' to Little Bear. PA-THA-HUN-KAH, his x mark. Little O'/zief L. B. Band. WHITE HAIR, his x mark. Princi al Obie/` Osage Nation. TA·WAH-S9HE·HE. his x mark. C'/eiqf Big Hill Band. BEAVER, his x mark. Second Chief White Hair’s Band. CLERMON T, his x mark. Chief Clermont Band. O-PO-TON-KOH, his x mark. WA-SHE-PE-SHE, his x mark. Little Ohief WZ E Band. Witnesses: Ms—s¤0—n¤¤-cs, his x mark. Oounsellor Little Bear Band. WA-SHA·PA—WA-TA·NE·CA, his x mark. WA-DU-HA-KA, his x mark.
