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766 TREATY WITH THE BOIS FORTE INDIANS. APRIL 7, 1866, United States, within the Chippewa country, for the perpetual use and occupancy of said Bois Forte band of Chippewas, a tract of land of not less than one hundred thousand acres, the said location to include a lake known by the name of Netor As-sab-a-co-na, if, upon examination of the country by the agent sent by the President of the United States to select the said reservation, it is found practicable to include the said lake therein, and also one township of land on the Grand Fork river, at the mouth of Deer creek, if such location shall be found practicable. The United 2d. The United States will as soon as practicable after the setting Sf:;°’s;‘{]:°"ff‘° apart of the tract of country first above mentioned, erect thereon without homghoumrcr expense to said Indians, one blacksmitlfs shop, to cost not exceeding five gh{?£L¤¤ji <>¤h°1‘ hundred dollars ; one school-house to cost not exceeding five hundred dolui gs' lars; and eight houses for their chiefs, to cost not exceeding four hundred dollars each; and a building for an agency house and storehouse for the Ltprage of goods and provisions, to cost not exceeding two thousand dols. m=°fl:L}{ ::::1l- dd. The United States wiH expend annually for and in behalf of said y,,,,.,_ y Bois Forte band of Ghippewas, for and during the term of twenty years 0 from and {after the rat1tication of this treaty, the several sums and for the _ bjscts of an- purposes ollowing, to wit: For the support of one blacksmith and assist- °°m°°' :pt,kand for lpools, {fron, and steel, and other articles necessary for the ac smith’s s op, fi een hundred dollars; for one school-teacher, and the necessary books and stationery for the school, eight hundred dollars, the chiefs in council to have the privilege of selecting, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, the religious denomination to which the said teacher shall belong; for instructions of the said Indians in farming, and the purchase of seeds, tools, &c., for that purpose, eight hundred dollars; and for annuity payments, the sum of eleven thousand dollars, three thousand five hundred dollars of which shall be paid to them in money per capita, one thousand dollars in provisions, ammunition, and tobacco, and six thousand five hundred dollars to be distributed to them in goods and other articles suited to their wants and condition. Sggayrgzgtlgf Arrrronm 'IV. To enable the chiefs, headmen, and warriors now presdinge1;;;; estpbpsh thsir peoplleg ufpontghe new pesplpvagong (pup to purchage Amendment, u ar ic es an resen or eir eo e, e u1 e a es agree o PM P- 767- pay to them, upon the ratification of the trgaty, the sum of fifty thousand do lars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. mGmf 1¤·¤d¤ Aurrcnm V. In consideration of the services heretofore rendered to ,,0,:°B°f°"e£g;B_ the said Indians by Francis Roussaire, senior, Francis Roussaire, jr., and ‘ Peter E. Bradshaw, it is hereby agreed that the said persons shall each have the right to select one hundred and sixty acres of land, not mineral lands, and to receive patents therefor from the United States ; and for the like services to the Indians, the following—named persons, to w1t: Peter Roy, Joseph Gurnoe, Francis Roy, Vincent Roy, Eustace Roussaire, and D. George Morrison shall each have the right to select eighty acres of land, not mineral lands, and to receive from the United States patents therefor. bewggnga ARTICLE VI. It is further agreed that all paymentspf annuities mumuom ,,2 the Bois Forteband of Chippewas shall be made upon their reservation if, &o. upon examination, It shall be found practicable to do so. . I¤9q¤¤i¤¤¤¤¤ ARTICLE VII. It IS agreed by and between the parties hereto that £,";;’;;°,‘::,_€“ upon the ratification of this treaty all former treaties existing between abmpm thelm in1cons1s(t;etn)t IH-zrepaitp shalll be, and the Trp; are 'lgexieby, abrplgatgd an ma evoi a m nsan ur oses; an e said n ians ere relinquish any and all claims {'cli aiiiears of payments claimed to be duh under such treaties, or that are hereafter to fall due under the provisions BE°;*gg**:§£'°7 of the same; except that as to the third clause of the 12th article of the P ’ ’ treaty of Sept. 30th, 1854, providing for a blacksmith, smithshop, sup-