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584 TREATY WITH THE KIOWAS AND COMANCHES. 001*. 21, 1867. three years more, he shall be entitled to receive seeds and implements as Instructivniu aforesaid not exceeding in value twenty-five dollars. And it is further f‘“`m‘“g‘ stipulated that such persons as commence farming shall receive mstruetion from the farmer herein provided for, and whenever more than one hundred persons shall enter upon the cultivation of the soil a second Blv·¤k¤¤¤i*h· blacksmith shall be provided, together with such iron, steel, and other material, as may be needed. physician, Anmcnn IX. At any time after ten years from the making of this f*"¤*?'·&°· ¥¤¤Y treaty the United States shall have the privilege of withdrawing the phy- b° w“'hdmw°‘ sieian, farmer, blacksmiths, carpenter, engineer, and miller herein pro- Additional vided tor; but, in case of such withdrawal, an additional sum thereafter “PP'°P*i”·“l°¤ ln of ten thousand dollars per annum shall be devoted to the education of Buch wm said Indians, and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall, upon careful inquiry into the condition of said Indians, make such rules and regulations for the expenditure of said sum as will best promote the educational and moral improvement of said tribes. Delivery ot ARTICLE X. In lieu of all sums of money or other annuities provided £g3?£:S1i°“ °f to be paid to the Indians, herein named, under the treaty of October ° eighteenth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-Eve, made at the mouth of the “Little Arkansas," and under all treaties made previous thereto, the United States agrees to deliver at the agency-house on the reservation herein named, on the fifteenth day of October of each year, for thirty years, the following articles, to wit:-— Clotbiug. For each male person over fourteen years of age, a suit of good substantial woollen clothing, consisting of coat, pautaloons, flannel shirt, hat, and a. pair of home-made socks. For each female over twelve years of age, a flannel skirt, or the goods necessary to make it, a pair of woollen hose, and twelve yards of calico, and twelve yards of “domestic." For the boys and girls under the ages named, such flannel and cotton goods as maybe needed, to make each a suit as aforesaid, together with a pair of woolen hose for each; and in order that the Commissioner of Indian Atihirs may be able to estimate properly for the articles herein named, it shall be the duty of the agent, each year, to forward him a full Census. and exact census of the Indians on which the estimates from year to year can be based; und, in addition to the clothing herein named, the 0¤h¤*_¤¤¤°¤· sum of twenty-fivo thousand dollars shall be annually appropriated for a my °‘m°1°°` period of thirty years, to be used by the Secretary of the Interior in the purchase of such articles, upon the recommendation of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, as from time to time the condition and necessities of the Indians may indicate to be proper; and if at any time within the thirty years it shall appear that the amount of money needed for clothing under this article can be appropriated to better uses for the tribes herein named, Congress may by law change the appropriation to other purposes, but in no event shall the amount of this appropriation be withdrawn or discontinued for the period named ; and the President shall, annually, detail an Army officer olilcer of the army to be present and attest the delivery of all the goods gvggmd *1** °°` herein named to the Indians, and he shall inspect and report on the quany' tity and quality of the goods and the manner of their delivery. Right to ot>¤>u· Anrxctn XI. In consideration of the advantages and beneiits conferred %8**:`;;l;';;$;_v‘:"f* by this treaty and the many pledges of friendship by the United States, u,,,,,,,,,.,,,dmd_ the tribes who are parties to this agreement hereby stipulate that they will relinquish all right to occupy permanently the territory outside of their Rtghtto hunt reservation, as herein defined, but they yet reserve the right to hunt on "°“°"°d· any lands south of the Arkansas [river,*] so long as the buffalo may range thereon in such numbers as to justify the chase, [ and no white settlements shall be permitted on any part of the lands contained in the old reservation as defined by the treaty made between the United States and the Cheyenne, Arapahoe, and Apache tribes of Indians at the mouth of the Little Arkansas, under date of October fourteenth, one thousand eight