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 1018 TREATY WITH THE ROGUE RIVER INDIANS. Starr. 10, 1853. FRANKLIN PIERCE, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: ro ALL Ann smoonan ro wnoiu rnnsn rnnsnnrs snam. coma, omcmrrisoz WVnnmcAs a treaty was made and entered into at Table Rock, near Rogue River, in the Territory of Oregon, this 10th day of September, A. D. 1853, by and between Joel Palmer, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and Samuel H. Culver, Indian Agent, on the part of the United States; and J o-aps-er-ka-har, principal chief, Sam To-qua-he-ar, and Jim Ana-cha·a-rah, subordinate chiefs, and others, headmen of the bands of the Rogue River tribe of Indians, on the part of said tribe. cessionof1and Anrrcnm 1. The Rogue River tribe of Indians do hereby cede and l¤ O¥`°S°¤· relinquish, for the considerations hereinafter specihed, to the United States, all their right, title, interest, and claim to all the lands lying in that part of the Territory of Oregon, and bounded by lines designated as follows, to wit;- Commencing at a point one mile below the mouth of Applegate Crock, on the south side of Rogue River, running thence southerly to the highlands dividing the waters of Applegate Creek from those of Althouse Creek, thence along said highlands to the summit of the Siskiyou range of mountains, thence easterly to Pilot Rock, thence northeasterly to the summit of the Cascade Range, thence northerly along the said Cascade Range to Pitt’s Peak, continuing northerly to Rogue River, thence westerly to the headwaters of Jump-off-jo Creek, thence down said creek to the intersection of the same, with a line due north from the place of beginning, thence to the place of beginning. Imumsw 0c_ Anrxoms 2. It is agreed on the part of the United States that the cupy s portion aforesaid tribe shall be allowed to occupy temporarily that portion of OH 6<>°®dl*’-nd the above-described tract of territory bounded as follows, to wit: Comt°mp°”‘my“ mencing on the north side of Rogue River at the mouth of Evan’s Creek, thence up said creek to the upper end of a small prairie bearing in a northwesterly direction from Table Mountain, or Upper Table Rock, thence through the gap to the south side of the cliff of the said mountain, thence in a line to Rogue River, striking the southern base of Lower Table Rock, thence down said river to the place of beginning. It being p<.,m,mm,t understood that this described tract of land shall be doomed and conhome to be ss- sidered an Indian reserve, until a suitable selection shall be made by the 1°°t“d' direction of the President of the United States for their permanent residence and buildings erected thereon and provision made for their removal. Payment ,-0,. ARTICLE 3. For and in consideration of the cession and relinquishsaid cossion. ment contained in article 1st, the United States agree to pay to the aforesaid tribe the sum of sixty thousand dollars, fifteen thousand of which sum to be retained, (according to the stipulations of article 4th of a “treaty of peace made and entered into on the 8th day of September, 1853, between Gcnl. Jo Lane, commanding forces of Oregon Territory, and Jo. principal chief, Sam and Jim, subordinate chiefs, on the part of the Rogue River tribe ofIndians,") by the Superintendent of Indian Affairs, to pay for the property of the whites destroyed by them during the late war; the amount of property so destroyed to be estimated by three disinterested commissioners, to be appointed by the Superintendent of Indian Affairs,or otherwise, as the President may direct. Five thousand dollars to be expended in the purchase of agricultural implements, blankets, clothing, and such other goods as may be deemed by the superintendent,