Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 11.djvu/775

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T REATY WITH THE PAWNEES. SEPT. 24, 1857. 731 that the Pawnees have sufficiently advanced in the acquirement of a practical knowledge of the arts and pursuits to which this article relates, then, and in that case, he may turn over the property to the tribe, and dispense with the services of any or all of the employees herein named. ARTICLE V. The Pawnees acknowledge their dependence on the gov- P¤“’¤*>¤¤ *0 be ernment of the United States, and promise to be friendly with all the {gi?;;;};',?;? citizens thereof, and pledge themselves to commit no depredations on the cept, Sw. l property of such citizens, nor on that of any other person belonging to any tribe or nation at peace with the United States. And should any one or more of them violate this pledge, and the fact be satisfactorily proven before the agent, the property taken shall be returned, or in default thereof, or if injured or destroyed, compensation may be made by the government out of their annuities. Nor will they make war on any other tribe, except `in self-defence, but will submit all matters of difference between them and other Indians to the government of the United States, or its agent, for decision, and abide thereby. Airricma VI. The United States agent may reside on or near the Umm}! sims Pawnee reservation; and the l?awnees agree to permit the United States Oguiklngrg? to build forts and occupy military posts on their lands, and to allow the Pawnees. whites the right to open roads through their territories; but no white per- lN{‘“‘° P?fs°“S son shall be allowed to reside on any part of said reservation unless he or fllfgyggn ragsés she be in the employ of the United States, or be licensed to trade with Ii¢¢¤S¤d· said tribe, or be a member of the family of such employe or licensed trader; nor shall the said tribe, or any of them, alienate any part of said _P¤W¤°°$ {*0***}* reservation, except to the United 'States; but, if they think proper to do ZQQQYSU so, they may divide said lands among themselves, giving to each person, to they United or each head of a. family, a farm, subject to their tribal regulations, but in S"”·“*‘· no instance to be sold or disposed of to persons outside, or not themselves of the Pawnee tribe. _ ARTICLE VII. The United States agree to furnish, in addition to the tP'¤i€°% $*¤§°¤ persons heretofore mentioned, six laborers for three years, but it is ex- {,%,3,21s SIX a" pressly understood that while these laborers are to be under the control, and subject to the orders, of the United States’ agent, they are employed more to teach the Pawnees how to manage stock and use the implements furnished, than as merely laboring for their benefit; and for every laborer `thus furnished by the United States, the Pawnees engage to furnish at least three of their tribe to work with them, who shall also be, subject to the orders of the agent, and for whom the chiefs shall be responsible. Aarrcrn VIII. The Pawnees agree to deliver up to the officers of Qifenders the United States all offenders against the treaties, laws, or regulations $;g:t1;]v;*;F°g¤°_ of the United States, whenever they may be found within the limits of to be su,-rendertheir reservation; and they further agree to assist such officers in dis- Gdeovering, pursuing, and capturing any such offender or offenders, any- where, whenever called on so to do; and they agree, also, that, 1f they violate any of the stipulations contained in this treaty, the President may, at his discretion, withhold a part, or the whole, of the annuities herein provided for. _ _ f ARTICLE IX. The Pawnees desire to have some provision made for the mfrgxizgyccgg half-breeds of their tribe. Those of them who have preferred to reside, of the mba_ and are now residing, in the nation, are to be entitled to equal rights and privileges with other members of the tribes, but those who have chosen to follow the pursuits of civilized life, and to reside among the whites, viz: Baptiste Bayhylle, William Bayhylle, Julia Bayhylle, Frank Fatahyee, William Nealis, Julia Nealis, Catharine Papan, Pohtte Papan, Rousseau Papan, Charles Papan, Peter Papan, Emily Papan, Idenry Geta, Stephen Geta, James Cleghorn, Eliza Deroine, are to be entitled to scrap forbne hundred and sixty acres, or one quarter section, of land for each, provided application shall be made for the same within five years from this time, which scrip shall be receivable at the United States land-offices, the same