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506 TREATY WITH THE CHEYENNE INDIANS. Ocrorsicu 28, 1867. 2: Yith%t¤Hf5¤_L for, but in case of such withdrawal, an additional sum, thereafter, of ten u§;l;ua;pp?0pQi_ thousand dollars per annum shall be devoted to the education of said Ination in such dians, and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall upon careful inquiry °”°· into their condition make such rules and regulations for the expenditure of said sum as will best promote the educational and moral improvement of said tribes. ARTICLE X. In lieu of all sums of money or other annuities provided °f;*:£;’m1l;*;‘f to be paid to the Indians herein named, under the treaty of October Yournumw tecnth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, made at the mouth of the Little Arkansas, and under all treaties made previous thereto, the United States agrees to deliver at the agency house on the reservation herein named, on the fifteenth day of October, of each year, for thirty years, the following articles, to wit:-— For each male person over Fourteen years of age, a suit of good, sub- Clotbing. stantial wooleu clothing, consisting of coat, pztntaloons, flannel thirt, hat, and 0, pair of home-made socks. For each female over twelve years of 21gG, 0. flannel skirt, or the goods necessary to make it, zi pair of woolen hose, twelve yards of calico and twelve_ yards of cotton doinestics. For the boys and girls under the ages named, such flunnel and cotton goods as may be needed to make ouch at suit as ntbresuid, together with a pair of woolen hose for each. And in order that the Commissioner of Indian Afiitirs may be able to Census un- estimate properly for the articles herein named, it shall be the duty of the ¤“°llY- agent ench year to forward to him 21 full and exact census of the Indians on wliieh the estimate from year to year cnn be bused. And, in addition to the clothing herein named, the sum of twenty A,,m,,,;,,m,,(,. thousand dollars shall be annually appropriated for u period of thirty pri¤ui<>n<>t _ yours, to be used by the Secretary of the Interior in the purchase of

°B‘;s;_2Y mllllny such nrtieles ns, from time to time, the condition and necessities of the

" Indians may indicate to be proper. And if ut any time, within the thirty years, it shull appear that the annount of money needed for clothing, under this article, cnn he appropriated to better uses for the tribe herein named, Congress muy, by luw, ehunge the appropriation to other purposes; but, in no event, shell the amount of this appropriation be withdrmvn or discontinued tbr the period munetl. And the President shall, annually, detail

 en officer of the army to be preeent, and atte>t the delivery of ull the

dcliwry goods herein named to the ]nd1z1ns,:1nd he shall inspect and report on goods. the quantity and quality of the goods nnd the manner of their delivery. Awrtctic XI. In consideration of the advantages und benefits conferred I,nnd» outside by this treaty, and the inuuy pledges of friendship by the United States,

 the tribes who ure parties to this agreement hereby stipulate that they

Unhett stutee, will Felinqllislt ull right to oeeupy permanently the territory 0nt>i<le of their reservation us herein defined, but they yet reserve the right to hunt Right to hunt on muy lands south of the Ari-czmseu so long as the bufiiilo may range '°°°"°d' thereon in such numbers as to justify the chaise; and no white settle- Lnntttowhltu ments shall be permitted on any pnrt of the lends contained in the old ’°°°l‘"“°““" re:<ervntion ns delined by the treaty mnde between the United Suites und the Cheyenne, Ampulior, and Apache tribes of Indians, nt the month of the Little Arkansas, under dute of October fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, within three years fiom this date, and they, the snid tribes, further expressly agree: -- Expros¤ngr¤e— lst. That they will withdraw all opposition to the construction of the

£“ t° "‘ll° railroad now being built on the Smoky Hill river, whether it be built to

` Colorado or New Mexico. 2d. That they will permit the peucezible construction of any railroad not passing over their reservation as herein defined. wngmitmtns, 3d. That they will not attack any persons at home or travelling, nor °°'*°h°°· Nc- moleet or disturb any wagon trains, couches, mule<, or cattle belonging t0 the people of the United States or to persons friendly therewith.