Article IV.
Use of ceded land by Indian continuing to live thereon.So long as any of the lands ceded ranted and relinquished under this treaty remain part of the public domain, Indians belonging to the above-mentioned tribes, and living on the reduced reservation, shall have the right, without any charge therefor, to cut timber for their own use, but not for sale, and to pasture their live stock on said public lands, and to hunt thereon and to fish in the streams thereof.
Article V.
Surveys.That for the purpose of segregating the ceded lands from the diminished reservation, the new boundary lines described in article one of this agreement shall be properly surveyed and permanently marked in a plain and substantial manner by prominent and durable monuments, the cost of said survey to be paid by the United States.
Article VI.
Prior treaties continued in force.The existing provisions of all former treaties with the Indians of the Fort Hall Reservation, not inconsistent with the provisions of this agreement, are hereby continued in force and effect; and all provisions thereof inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
Article VII.
Certain roads declared public highways.The existing main traveled roads leading from McCammon to Blackfoot and from McCammon to American Falls are declared public highways, and the proper use of such is hereby granted to the general public.
Article VIII.
Irrigation.The water from streams on that portion of the reservation now sold which is necessary for irrigating on land actually cultivated and in use shall be reserved for the Indians now using the same, so long as said Indians remain where they now live.
Article IX.
SignaturesThis agreement shall take effect and be in force when signed by the commissioners and by] a majority of the male Indians of the Fort Hall Reservation ever eig teen years of age, and ratified by the Congress of the United States.
Signed on the part of the United States Government by the commissioners aforesaid and by the following Indians of the Bannock and Shoshone tribes, residing and having rights on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation.
Benjamin F. Barge, Commissioner.
James H. McNeely, Commissioner.
Charles G. Horr, Commissioner.
Fort Hall Indian Agency,
| (1) | Ross Fork, Idaho, February 5, 1898. Jim Ballard (x); witness, Mary W. Fisher. (2) Pocatello Tom (x); witness, Chas. M. Robinson. (3) Kuneoke Johnson (x); witness, Mary W. Fisher. (And 247 others.) |
******* We certify that we interpreted the foregoing agreement with the Bannock and Shoshone Indians and that they thoroughly understood
