1134 TREATY WITH NISQUALLYS, &c. Dec. 26, 1854. Stipulativns rc- Anrrcnn VIII. The aforesaid tribes and bands acknowledge their
- ¥§f$?fnQ?“°“°° dependence on the government of the United States, and promise to be
friendly with all citizens thereof, and pledge themselves to commit no depredations on the property of such citizens. And should any one or more of them violate this pledge, and the fact be satisfactorily proved before the agent, the property taken shall be returned, or in default thereon 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 diderence between them and other Indians to the government of the United States, or its agent, for decision, and abide thereby. And if any of the said Indians commit any depredations on any other Indians within the Territory, the same rule shall prevail as that prescribed in this article, in cases of depredations against citizens. And the said tribes agree not to shelter or conceal offenders against the laws of the United States, but to deliver them up to the authorities for trial. I¤t¢mp¤r¤¤<=¤- Axvrrcnn IX: The above tribes and bands are desirous to exclude from their reservations the use of ardent spirits, and to prevent their people from drinking the same; and, therefore, it is provided, that any Indian belonging to said tribes, who is guilty of bringing liquor into said reservations, or who drinks liquor, may have his or her proportion of the annuities withheld from him or her for such time as the President may determine. 501,0015, shops, Aarrcma X. The United States further agree to establish at the &<=- general agency for the district of Puget’s Sound, within one year from the ratification hereof, and to support, for a period of twenty years, an agricultural and industrial school, to be free to children of the said tribes and bands, in common with those of the other tribes of said district, and to provide the said school with a suitable instructor or instructors, and also to provide a smithy and carpenter’s shop, and furnish them with the necessary tools, and employ a blacksmith, carpenter, and farmer, for the term of twenty years, to instruct the Indians in their respective occupations. And the United States further agree to employ a physician to reside at the said central agency, who shall furnish medicine and advice to their sick,_and shall vaccinate them; the expenses of the said school, shops, employees, and medical attendance, to be defrayed by the United States, and not deducted from the annuities. Slaves tv b¤ AIITICIJE XI. The said tribes and bands agree to free all slaves now fr°°d' held by them, and not to purchase or acquire others hereafter. tnJ`E*n*:;*t;’:;.;’,$c Arccucms XII. The said tribes and bands linally agree not to trade U_ S_ forbidden_ at Vancouver’s Island, or elsewhere out of the dominions of the United Fnnnign Indians States ; nor shall foreign Indians be permitted to reside in their reservanot to reside on tions without consent of the superintendent or agent. ’°°°"““°“· ARTICLE XIII. This treaty shall be obligatory on the contracting to E':;tgé,;;?°¤ parties as soon as the same shall be ratified by the President and Senate ' of the United States. In testimony whereoti the said Isaac I. Stevens, governor and superintendent of Indian Affairs, and the undersigned chiefs, headmen, and delegates of the aforesaid tribes and bands, have hereunto set their hands and seals at the place and on the day and year hereinbefore written. ISAAC I. STEVENS, [L. s.] Governor and Superintendent Territory of Washington. QUI-EE-METL, his x mark. [L. s.] SNO-HO-DUMSET, his x mark. {L. s.} LESH-HIGH, his x mark. L. s.
