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744 TREATY WITH THE UPPER YANKTONAIS INDIANS. Ocr. 28, 1865. Indians to An·r1cLE IV. The said band represented in council, shall withdraw

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Amendment,through their country; and in consideration thereof, and of their non-inter- P¤¤!.p· 745- ference with the persons and property of citizens of the United States travelling thereon, the government of the United States agree to pay the P=*~Y¤1¤¤*¤· said band the sum of ten thousand dollars, annually, for twenty years, in Pmvtso. such articles as the Secretary of the Interior may direct: Provided, That said band so represented in council shall faithfully conform to the requirements of this treaty. diggglgitgsgcgly Anrrcta V. Should any individual or individuals, or portion of the lands to be p*;0_ band of the Upper Yanktonais band of Dakota or Sioux Indians, representtected. ed in 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 this treaty that said 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 Y¤5;T¤¤*: *`<¤’ Upper Yanktonais band shall have located on land for agricultural pur-

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well as other families so locating, shall receive the sum of twenty-five dollars annually for five years, for each family. in agricultural implements and improvements; and when one hundred lodges or families shall have I•f¤rr¤¤r,b1¤ck- so engaged in agricultural pursuits, they shall be entitled to a farmer and Egggégd blacksmith, at the expense of the government, as also teachers, at the option of the Secretary of the Interior, w[h]enever deemed necessary. Amendments Anrtcts VI. Any amendment or modification of this treaty by the °° b° l“"d"’g· 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 whereof; the Commissioners on the part of the United States, and the chiefs and headmen of the said Upper Yanktonais band of Dakota or Sioux Indians, have hereunto set their hands this twenty- eighth day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, after the contents had previously been read, interpreted, and explained to the chiefs and headmen. NEW'I`ON EDMUN DS, EDWARD B. TAYLOR, S. R. CURTIS, MQ]-.- Gen'!. H. H. SIBLEY, Brig.- G'cn’Z, HENRY W. REED, ORRIN GUERNSEY. The above signatures were made in our presence: -— Geo. D. Hum. S. L. Srmx. A. W. Hneesnn. G. C. Moonr. Chief: Big Head, NA-su-mi-TAN-xs, his x mark. Soldier: Big Hand, NA-PA-TAN-KA, his x mark. Soldier: Lett-handed Bear, l`IA-·T0-CHAT-KA, his x mark. Soldier: The Fine Dressed Man, WA-ICH-CO-YA-KA, his x mark. The Man Covered with Lice, HA-0-ro0—zA, his x mark. Little Soldier, A-KICH-[T-A-CHI-KI-LA., his x mark. The Spread Horn, HA-KA-TI-NA, his x mark. Black Tiger, Eco-no-sA-PA, his x mark. The Man Afraid of his War-club, Cmnt-rt-co-qui-rs, his x mark. The Big Shaved Head, GOSH-LL-TON-CA, his x mark. gazy Bear, Ms-ro-cH10K-rs-Ns, his x mark. he Man.