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748 TREATY WITH THE O’GALLALA INDIANS. Ocrossn 28, 1865. the decision or award faithfully observed by the said band represented in council. Indians to Anriou: IV. The said band represented in council shall withdraw xégggafrggm from the routes overland already established or hereafter to be established Am.mdm,m,,through their country: and in consideration thereof, and of their non-in- PM!. P- 749- terference with the persons and property of citizens of the United States travelling thereon, the government of the United States agree to pay to P¤>’m€¤*¤· the said band the sum of ten thousand dollars annually for twenty years, Pi-nviso. in such articles as the Secretary of the Interior may direct: Prwidei That said band, so represented in council, shall faithfully conform to the requirements of this treaty. _Individun1 In- Am·1cLr·: V. Should any individual or individuals, or portion of the f;:(’;;l,‘;°§:"€_:_“ band of the [O’Gallala] band of Dakota or Sioux Indians, represented wot8d_ P 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 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 Ifnymvnts for the O' Gallala band shall have located on land for agricultural purposes, &j‘€‘°;L;‘;:;és_ and signified the same to their agent or superintendent, they as well as `other families so locating shall receive the sum of twenty-tive dollars annually, for five years, for each family, in agricultural implements and improvements; and when one hundred lodges or families shall have so en- E¤¤‘m¢¤bl¤¤k- gaged in agricultural pursuits they shall be entitled to a farmer and black-

,g‘j,§,*;é,;j‘d smith, at the expense of the government, as also teachers, at the option

of the Secretary of the Interior, whenever deemed necessary. Amendment, Am·1c1.n VI. Any amendment or modification of this treaty by the 9°b¤ bi¤di¤E- 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 O' Gallala baud of Dakota or Sioux Indians, have hereunto set their hands this twenty-sixth 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 EDMUNDS. EDWARD B TAYLOR, S. R. CURTIS, Ma]`.- Gen’ l, H. H. SIBLEY, Brig.- Gen’Z, HENRY W. REED, ORRIN GUERNSEY. Signed on the part of the Commission, in our presence:- S. L. Srmx, Gso. D. Him., A. W. HUBBARD, G. C. Moony. Chief Lone BULL, Tan-tan-ka-has-ka, his x mark. Tum CHARGING BEAR, Ma-lo-wa-ta-khe, his x mark. Tun MAN mA·r Srarzns ou A Hu.:., Pa-ha-to-na-je, his x mark The foregoing signatures in this handwriting (that of General Curtis) were made in presence of the undersigned on the 28th and 29th Oct., 1865, at Fort Sully. Maj. A. P. SHREVE, Paymaster U S. A. JOHN PATTEE,Lt. Col. 7th Iowa Ciwalry.