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 TREATY WITH THE OMAHAS. MARCH 16, 1854. 1045 from levy, sale, or forfcitux·c, which conditions shall continue in forcc, until 2. Statc constitution, embracing such lands within its boundaries, shall have been formed, and the legislature of the State shall remove the restrictions. And if any quch person or family shall at any time neglect or refuse to occupy and till a portion of tho lands assigned and on which they have located, or shall rovc from place to place, the President: may, if the patent shall have been issued, cancel the assignment, and may also withhold from such pcrsou or family, their proportion of the annuities or other moneys duo them, until they shall have returned to such permanent homo, and resumed the pursuits of industry; and in default of their return the tract may be declared abandoned, and thereafter assigned to somc other person or family of such tribe, or disposed of as is provided for the disposition of the excess of said land. And the residue of the land hereby reserved, or of that which may be selected in lieu thereof} after al10f tho Indian persons or families shall have had assigned to them permanent homes, may be sold for their benefit, under such laws, rules or regulations, as may hereafter be prescribed by the Congress or President of the United States. No State legislature shall remove the restrictions herein provided for, without the consent of Congress. AIITICLE 7. Should the Omahas determine to make their permanent pmmcuim home north of the duo west line named in the first article, the United Mm h°6m° States agree to protect them from the Sioux and all other hostile tribes, mlm' as long as tho President may deem such protection necessary ; and if other lands be assigned them, the szxmc protection is guaranteed. Amxcmc 8. Tho United States agree to erect for the Omahas nt, (9,,454; {md Mw. their new homo, a grist and saw-mill, and keep the same in repair, and mmprovide a miller for ton years ; also to erect zi good blacksmith shop, supply the same with tools, and keep it in repair for ten years; and provide a. good blacksmith for a. like period ; and to employ an experienced far- Blacksmith, mcr for the term of ton years, to instruct the Indians in agriculture. AIKTICLE 9. The annuities of the Indians shall not be taken to pay Annuities me the debts of individuals. ggbliz t°‘k°° M ARTICLE 10. The Omahas acknowledge their depcndoncc on the government of tho United States, and promise to be friendly with all the m€9¤d¤°* of nm citizens thereof, and pledge themselves to commit no deprcdations on the mm` property of such citizens. And should any one or more of them violate this pledge, and the fact be satisfactorily proven before the agent, the property taken shall be returned, or in default thereofQ or if injured or destroyed, compensation may be madc 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 differcncc 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 Omahas commit any depredation on any other Indians, the same rule shall prevail as that pre- ` scribed in this article in cases of deprcdutions against citizens. ARTICLE 11. The Omahzis acknowledge themselves indebted to payment to Lewis Sounsoscc, (:1 half breed,) for services, the sum of one thousand Lewis Soundollars, which debt they havc not been able to pay, and the United Smtcs “°"°‘ agree to pay the same. AIKTICLE 12. The Omuhas me desirous to exclude from their country provgsgon the usc of ardent spirits, and to prevent their people from drinking the ggulnshiggxg smhc, and therefore it is provided that any Omaha who is guxlhy of dggb“;’IQirM ' bringing liquor into their country, or who drinks liquor, may have lug or _ hcr proportion of the annuities withhold from him or 11cr for such tmnc ~ as the President may determine. Anmcznm 13. The bozwd of foreign missions of the Presbyterian  Gy;mt no me Church have on the lands of the Omahas 2. manual labor b0arding—Sch0Q], T1§*;;L°‘@gg;h° for the education of the Omaha, Ocmo, and other Indian youth, which IS cfm8L ‘ now in succcssful opcration, and as it will be somc time bcforc the neces-