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736 TREATY WITH THE YANKTONAI INDIANS. Ocronrm 20, 1865. States travelling thereon, the government of the United States agree to Payments. pay the said band the sum of thirty dollars for each lodge or family, annually, for twenty years, in such articles as the Secretary of the Interior Proviso. may direct: Provided, That said band, so represented in council, shall faithfully conform to the requirements of this treaty. _Individnal In- ARTICLE V.~ Should any individual or individuals, or portion of the

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g;l€:’if;“gr‘;E band of the Yanktonai band of Dakota or Sioux Indians represented in

mx6d_ P council, desire hereafter to locate permanently upon any land claimed by said band for the purposes of agricultural or other similar pursuits, it is hereby agreed by the parties to to this treaty that such individuals shall be protected in such location against any annoyance or molestation on the ·part of whites or Indians ; and whenever twenty lodges or families of the Yanktonai band shall have located on lands for agricultural purposes, and signified the same to their agents or superintendent, they, as well as other lfnymemts for families so locating, shall receive the sum of twenty-five dollars annually,

  • §,’;:‘?°I':}‘®éS_ for five years, for each family, in agricultural implements and improve-

’ ments; and when one hundred lodges or families shall have so engaged Fsrmsi-,1’·wk- in agricultural pursuits, they shall be entitled to a farmer and blacksmith, gggégud at the expense of the government, as also teachers, at the option of the ' Secretary of the Interior, whenever deemed necessary. _,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Aarrcnn VI. Any amendment or modification of this treaty by the tobe binding. Senate of the United States shall be considered final and 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 headmen of said band. Execution. In testimony whereot, the Commissioners on the part of the United States, and the chiefs and headmen of the said Yanktonai band of Dakota or Sioux Indians, have hereunto set their hands, this twentieth day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, after the contents had previnusly been read, interpreted, and explained to the chiefs and headmen. NEWTON EDMUNDS, EDWARD B. TAYLOR, S. R. CURTIS, Maj.- Gen'!, H. H. SIBLEY, Brig.- G’en’l, HENRY REED, ORRIN GUERNSEY. (Vtiqjs. M’DOKA, or The Buck, his x mark. MAH-TO-WAK-KOUAH, He that Runs the Bear, his x mark. SHON-KAH-WE-TE-KO, The Fool Dog, his x mark. Uhiqf Soldiers. TAH-CHONK-PEE-SAPPAH, The Black Tomahawk, his x mark. WAH-DOO-TAH-WAK-KEAN, The Red Thunder, his x mark. TON-KON-HA-TON, The Rock with a Horn, his x mark. C'}ti¢. TWO BEARS, Mate-non-pa, his x mark. WHITE BEAR, Ma-to-sea, his x mark. BONE NECKLACE, Ho-hoo-non-pee, his x mark. Soldier. DOG CLOUD, his x mark In presence of — Haz. L. Hosximz, Ohief Justice of Montana Territory. S. S. Cmms, But. Lt. Uol. IZ SC K