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ARTICLE X.

This agreement shall be in force from and after its approval by the Congress of the United States.

In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals the day and the year first above written.

DAVID H. JEROME,
A. M. WILSON,
WARREN G. SAYRE,

Commissioners on the part of the United States.

Jefferson White Cloud, his X mark;
Kirwan Murray,
Victor Dupee,
Eliza Heelbolte,
Eva White,
William Tohee, chief, his X mark;
Maggie Tohee, her X mark;
Charles Tohee,
Emma Tohee,
David Tohee,
Garrie Squirrel,
Susan Squirrel, her X mark;
Abrockanie, his X mark;
Mary White Cloud, her X mark;
Nellie Green, her X mark;
Albert Ely, his X mark;
Julia Ely, her X mark;
Naw-a-tawmy, her X mark;
Moses, his X mark;
Lucinda R. Moses, her X mark;
Willie Dole;
Tom Dorian, his X mark;
Catharin Dorian, her X mark;
Mary Squirrel, her X mark;
Widow Tohee, her X mark;
Mary Tohee, her X mark;
Ellen White Cloud, her X mark;
Mary Murray, her X mark;
Kis-tom-ie, her X mark;
Big Ear, his X mark;
Theresa Big Ear, her X mark;
Julia Washington, her X mark;
Anna Rubedeau, her X mark;

Josie Dole, her X mark.

SUPPLEMENTAL ARTICLES.

ARTICLE XI.

It is now further agreed by the Commission, on the part of the United States, at the special instance and request of Chief Tohee, that if the Iowas at the expiration of said term of twenty-five years, during which the United States shall hold the allotments in trust for them shall represent to the President that they desire said trust continued, then the President may, in his discretion, extend said period, during which said lands are so held in trust for any period not exceeding five years.

ARTICLE XII.

It is further agreed that when said allotments are being made, the Chief of the Iowas may select an additional ten acres in a square form for the use of said tribe in said reservation, conforming in boundaries to the legal subdivisions of land therein, which shall be held by said tribe in common but when abandoned by said tribe shall become the property of the United States.

DAVID H. JEROME,
A. M. WILSON,
WARREN G. SAYRE,

Commissioners.

I, Kirwan Murray, do hereby certify that I am the official interpreter chosen by the Iowa tribe of Indians; that I am a member of said tribe; that I interpreted to said Indians the nature and terms and words of the contract to which this is appended, made and entered into by and between David H. Jerome, Alfred W. Wilson, and Warren G. Sayre, Commissioners on the part of the United States,