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 746 TREATY WITH YANCTON TRIBE OF SIOUX. APRIL 19, 1858; U- S- *0 Tl1mi5h 5th. To provide the said Indians with a mill suitable for grinding grain Egg; §;°h°‘m° and sawing timber ; one oz- more mechanic shops, with the necessary tools i for the same; and dwelling-houses for an interpreter, miller, engineer for the mill, (if one be necessary,) a farmer, and the mechanics that maybe employed for their beneit, and to expend therefor a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars. Mills, &c. not ARTICLE V. Said Indians further stipulate and bind themselves to pre- houses, shops, mills, machinery, stock, farming utensils, or any other thing furnished them by the government, and in case of any such destruction It injured, or injury of any of the things so furnished, or their being carried of by ""l“°*° l’° d°‘ an member or members of their tribe the value of the same shall be ducted from an- y ,. ’ ,,,,;ry_ deducted from their general annuity; and whenever the Secretary of the Interior shall be satisfied that said Indians have become sufficiently confirmed in habits of industry and advanced in the acquisition of a practical knowledge of agriculture and the mechanic arts to provide for themselvu, he may, at his discretion, cause to be turned over to them all of Houses, &c. to the said houses and other property furnished them by the United States, }>°dlfiV°¤ tf ’¤h° and dispense with the services of any or‘all the persons hereinbcfore stip- &_"m° W '°"’ ulated to be employed for their benefit, assistance, and instruction. ,ARTICLE VI. It is hereby agreed and understood that the chiefs and head men of said tribe may, in their discretion, in open council, authorrovtion of an- ize to be paid out of their said annuities such a sum or sums as may be ";‘;3'$.;_"Ql’;{tl;° found to be necessary and proper, notleicceeding in the aggregate one hun- 5,,% ’ dred and fifty thousand dollars, to satisfy their Just debts and obligations, and to provide for such of their hal£`·bree<1 relations as do not live with Provigo, them, or draw any part of the said annuities of said Indians: Provided, however, That their said determinations shall be approved by their agent for the time being, and the said payments authorized by the Secretary of Proviso. the Interior: Provided, also, That there shall not be so paid out of their said annuities in any one year, a sum exceeding fifteen thousand dollars. ARTICLE VII. On account of their valuable services and libcrality to the Grant? of {and Yanctons, there shall be granted in fee to Charles F. Picotte and Zephyr t? Ohm $5 °· Rencontre, each, one section of six hundred and forty acres of land, and to Paul Dorian one half a section, and to the half-breed Yancton, wife of 1>·»‘iqj·, mid Charles Reulo, and her two sisters, the wives of Eli Bedaud and Augus- °m°‘”' tus Traverse, and to Louis Le .Count, each, one half a section. The said grants shall be selected in said ceded territory, and shall not be within said reservation, nor shall they interfere in any way with the improvements of such persons as are on the lands ceded above by authority of Persons other law; and all other persons (other than Indians, or mixed bloods) who are “““‘ l“°ll““S 0* now residing within said ceded country by authority of law shall have mixed bloods,. . . ’ . ’. . um,. Gmc,. 160 the privilege of entering one hundred and sixty acres thereof, to include Heres ¤¤$1-25 per each of their- residences or im rovements, at the rate of one dollar and ROTC P -· twenty-five cents per acre. Yanctons mba ARTICLE VIII. The said Yancton Indians shall be secured in the free ¤?°tT'°I§“;h;_“$° and unrestricted use of the Red Pipe-stone quarry, or so much thereof as §mn;°q“;n.y_`pe` they lpave been aocgsttpmid  fgeguegt aand use {pr thetpurppse of ppocuring stone or pipes; an e m e ta s ere ys ipu a e an arrree o cause to be surveyed and marked so much thereof as shall be necessary and proper for that purpose, and retain the same and keep it open and free to the Indians to visit and procure stone for pipes so long as they shall desire. United States ARTICLE IX. The United States shall have the rightlto establish and $?l%;‘“‘“;;;‘ maintain such military posts, roads, and Indian agencies, as may be sm. ry P ’ deemed necessary, within the tract of country herein reserved For the use of the Yanctons; but no greater quantity of land or timber shall be used for said purposes than shall be actually requisite; and il] in the establishment or maintenance of such posts, mads, and agencies, the property of
 * 0 be i".i¤F<=d· vent any of the members of their tribe from destroying or injuring the said