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650 TREATY WITH THE NEZ PERCE INDIANS. JUNE 9, 1863. Fifth. A further sum of two thousand five hundred dollars shall bc paid within one year after the ratification hereof, to enable the Indians Churches. to build two churches, one of which is to be located at some suitable point on the Kamia, and the other on the Lapwai. h - $,,;,0,-4;,,,,;., ARTICLE V. The United States further agree, that in addition to a ¤l¤l¤fS· __ head chief the tribe shall elect two subordinate chiefs, who shall msist V°l' m` P' osg' him in the performance of his public services, and each subordinate chief shall have the same amount of land ploughed and fenced, with comfortable house and necessary furniture, and to whom the same salary shall be paid as is already provided for the head chief in art. 5th of the treaty of June 11th, 1855, the salary to be paid and the houses and land to be occupied during the same period and under like restrictions as therein mentioned. And for the purpose of enabling the agent to erect said buildings, and to plough and fence the land, as well as to procure the necessary furniture, and to complete and furnish the house, &c., of the head chief; as heretofore provided, there shall be appropriated, to be expended within the first year after the ratification hereof the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars. And inasmuch as several of the provisions of said art. 5th of the treaty of June 11th, 1855, pertaining to the erection of school-houses, hospital, shops, necessary buildings for employe[e]s and for the agency, as well as providing the same with necessary furniture, tools, &c., have Further up- not yet been complied with, it is hereby stipulated that there shall be P*°P““**°““· appropriated, to be expended for the purposes herein specified during the first year after the ratification hereof the following sums, to wit: Schools. First. Ten thousand dollars for the erection of the two schools, including boarding-houses and the necessary outbuildings; said schools to be conducted on the manuahlabor system as far as practicable. Hospital. Second. Twelve hundred dollars for the erection of the hospital, and providing the necessary furniture for the same. Blaoksmittrs Third. Two thousand dollars for the erection of a blacksmith’s shop, to •l*°P•*°°l°· &°· be located at Kamia, to aid in the completion of the smith’s shop at the agency, and to purchase the necessary tools, iron, steel, &c.; and to keep the same in repair and properly stocked with necessary tools and materials, there shall be appropriated thereafter, for the fifteen years next succeeding, the sum of five hundred dollars each year. Houses, mills, Fourth. Three thousand dollars for erection of houses for employe[e]s, &°- repairs of mills, shops, &c., and providing necessary furniture, tools, and materials. For the same purpose, and to procure from year to year the necessary articles -—— that is to say, saw-logs, nails, glass, hardware, &c. —~ there shall be appropriated thereafter, for the twelve years next succeeding, the sum of two thousand dollars each year; and for the next three years, one thousand dollars each year. M¤·¤‘<>¤¤. And it is further agreed that the United States shall employ, in addix;?',?? tion to those already mentioned in art. 5th of the treaty of June 11th, miners., 1855, two matrons to take charge of the boarding~schools, two assistant teachers, one farmer, one carpenter, and two millers. All the expenditures and expenses contemplated in this treaty, and not otherwise provided for, shall be defrayed by the United States. Pgpugntrw ARTICLE VI. In consideration of the past services and faithfulness of

 ° # ‘m°` the Indian chief, Timothy, it is agreed that the United States shall appropriate the sum of six hundred dollars, to aid him in the erection of a

house upon the lot of land which may be assigned to him, in accordance with the provisions of the third article of this treaty. leglggzggfot ARTICLE VIL The United States further agree, that the claims of cerhoms m be tain members of the Nez Percé tribe against the government for services paid. rendered and for horses furnished by them to the Oregon mounted volun- . teors, as appears by certificates issued by W. H. Fauntleroy, A. R. Qt-.