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TREATY WITH THE KIOWAS AND COMANCHES. OCT. 21, 1867. 583 tion, near the other buildings herein authorized, a good steam circular saw mill, with a grist mill and shingle machine attached; the same to cost not exceeding eight thousand dollars. Anrrcnu V. The United States agrees that the agent for the said In- Agents resi- 3{ans in the future shall make his home at the agency building; that he d"“P"· °m°° °“d Shall reside among them, and keep an office open at all times, for the pur- dimes` pose of prompt and diligent inquiry into such matters of complaint by and against the Indians as may be presented for investigation under the provisions of their treaty stipulations, as also for the faithful discharge o- other duties enjoined on him by law. In all cases of depredation on person or property, he shall cause the evidence to be taken in writing and forwarded, together with his findings to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, whose decision, subject to the revision of the Secretary of the Interior, shall be binding on the parties to this treaty. ARTICLE VI. If any individual belonging to said tribes of Indians, or Heads °*` *"¤· legally incorporated with them, being the head of a family, shall desire to {§$€f;,§§ag,:°' commence farming, he shall have the privilege to select, in the presence farming. and with the assistance of the agent then in charge, a tract of land within said reservation, not exceeding three hundred and twenty acres in extent, which tract, when so selected, certiiicd, and recorded in the “Land Bock " as herein directed, shall cease to be held in common, but the same may be occupied and held in the exclusive possession of the person selecting it, and of his family so long as he or they may continue to cultivate it. Any person over eighteen years of age, not being the head of a family, may in Others may like manner select and cause to be certified to him or her, for purposes of ;gl°°“l;*}“dtI°' cultivation, a quantity of land not exceeding eighty acres in extent, and cu wa wu` thereupon, be entitled to the exclusive possession of the same as above directed. For each tract of land so selected, a certificate, containing a description thereof and the name of the person selecting it, with a certificate indorsed thereon that the same has been recorded, shall be delivered to the party entitled to it, by the agent, after the same shall have been recorded by him in a book to be kept in his office, subject to inspection, which said book shall be known as the “Kiowa and Comanche Land Book? The President may, at any time, order a survey of the reserva- S“"°Y8· tion, and, when so surveyed, Congress shall provide for protecting the rights of settlers, in their improvements, and may fix the character of the title held by each. The United States may pass such laws, on the sub- Al;¢¤¤¢i<>¤ { ject of alienation and descent of property and on all subjects connected g,‘gp6f:;?"°° with the government of the said Indians on said reservations, and the internal police thereoh as may be thought proper. ARTICLE VII. In order to insure the civilization of the tribes, enter- Ed¤<¤¤¤i¤¤· ing into this treaty, the necessity of education is admitted, especially by such of them as are or may be settled on said agricultural reservations ; _ and they therefore pledge themselves to compel their children, male and atb23Eé;?;;? female, between the ages of six and sixteen years, to attend school; and ` it is hereby made the duty of the agent for said Indians to see that this stipulation is strictly complied with; and the United States agrees angcggggggysw that for every thirty children between said ages, who can be induced or ' compelled to attend school, a house shall be provided, and a teacher, competent to teach the elementary branches of an English education, shall be furnished, who will reside among said Indians and faithfully discharge his or her duties as a teacher. The provisions of this article to continue tor not less than twenty years. ARTICLE VIII. When the head of a family or lodge shall have se- a”g‘;°£lE‘;‘},m_ lected lands and received his certificate as above directed, and the agent pigment, to bg shall be satisfied that he intends in good faith to commence cultivating the fugnished to soil for a living, he shall be entitled to receive seeds and agricultural im- "' °m‘ plements for the first year not exceeding in value one hundred dollars,. and for each succeeding year he shall continue to farm for a period of