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FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sizss. II. Ch. 290. 1894. 32] Aurrcms II. In consideration of the foregoing cession and relinquishment the cimsmmuou. United States hereby agrees to pay or expend through their Indian Agent, Yakima Agency, twenty thousand dollars, which said sum is to be deposited in a United States depository for their use and benefit as soon as approved by Congress, and subject to their order, the Indians reserving the right to dispose of said money as they may decide in general council to be held by them and for that purpose. l After the ratification of this agreement by Congress and the further Otberlands to Miconsideration that the Indians known as the Wenatshapam Indians, d°"°I"d"‘"'“‘ residing on the Wenatchee River, State of Washington, shall have land allotted to them in severalty in the vicinity of where they now reside, or elsewhere, as they may select, in accordance with article 4 of the general allotment law. · ARTICLE III. This agreement shall not be binding upon either party until ratiiied -R¤¢i1i<=¤¤i¤¤- by Congress _ Dated and signed at Fort Simcoe, Yakima Agency, Washington, January 8, 1894. Jour: LANE, (Esau.] Special U. S. In ian Agent, `Lnwis T. EBWIN, [SEAL.] . U. S. Indian Agent, Yakima Commissioners. The foregoing article of agreement having been fully explained to us » in open council we, the undersigned, chiefs, headmen, and principal _ men of the several tribes and bands composing the Yakima Nation of Indians in the State of Washington, do hereby consent and agree to all the stipulations therein contained. Witness our hands and seals at Yakima Agency, Washington, this signed. eighth day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-four. Joe Stwire, his x mark, seal; and others: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the =\zr¤¤¤¤¤¤¢ ¤¤¤- United States of America in Congress assembled, That the said agree- ¤"°°d` ment be, and the same hereby is accepted, ratified, and confirmed. · For the purpose of carrying this agreement and ratification into A¤¤·>¤¤¤f¤¤I¤¤i¤¤·· eileet, there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twenty thousand dollars, to be paid to the Indian agent of the Yakima Indian Agency, to be expended by him as provided in the second article of said agreement, in such manner and in such sums as may be decided upon by the general council of the Yakima Nation of Indians, convened and held for that purpose. And the land so ceded and relinquished is hereby restored to the public uI,;{1!;d,g0;f:,;°'°“ *° domain, subject to the land laws of the United States: Provided, That prawn". ' the Indians, known as the Wenatshapam Indians, residing on the d,f,2°°'“°“*“°°I”' \Venatchee River, State of Washington, shall be allowed the privilege of taking allotments of land in severalty under the fourth section of the general allotment Act of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and "°‘·2*~P·’f“· amended Act of eighteen hundred and ninety-one, as contemplated by V°"2°* "‘ 'u’ the second article of said agreement: And provided further, That it P==Y¤*°¤°· shall be the duty of the Indian agent of the Yakima Indian Agency to see that the Wenatshapam and other Indians living on the Wenatchee River, State of Washington, shall receive and have paid to them their full and pro rata share of said moneys. srar-vor. xxvm;21