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 948 TREATY WITH THE WALLA—WALLAS, &c. JUNE 9, 1855 acres to each additional three members; and the President may provide for such rules and regulations as will secure to the family in case of the death of the bead thereof; the possession and enjoyment of such permanent home and improvement thereon; and he may at any time, at his discretion, aher such person or family has made location on the land assigned ' ymm may as a permanent home, issue a patent to such person _0r family for such issue therefor- assigned land, conditioned that the tract shall not be alnened or leased fo; °°”dm°“" a longer term than two years, and shall be exemptfrom levy, sale, .01- for. feiture, which condition shall continue in force until a State constitution, embracingauch land within its limits, shall have been formed and theleg- Restriction not islature of the State shall remove the restriction: Pmv£&d, however, That ¤> M *¤*¤°'<·>d» no State legislature shall remove the restriction herein provided for with- °"'1°"’&°' out the consent of Congress: Andprovickd, also, That if any person or family, shall at any time, neglect or refuse to occupy or till a portion of the land assigned and on which they have located, or shall roam from Assignmeutof place to place, indicating a desire to abandon his home, the President may Y’*°‘ml "‘“g°_b° if the patent shall have been issued, cancel the assignment, and may also m od' withhold from such person or family their portion of the annuities or other money due them, until they shall have returned to such permanent home, and resumed the pursuits of industry, and in default of their return the tract may be declared abandoned, and thereafter assigned to some other person or family of Indians residing on said reservation : And provided, Gm,;,, hm also, That the bead chiefs of the three principal bands, to wit, Pio·piochick t¤h•v¤ mox-mox, Weyatenatemany, and Wenap-shoot, shall be secured in a tract iw."'"' of at least one hundred and sixty acres of land. hé:::g;*;°£f Amxcm VII. ·The annuities of the Indians shall not be taken to pay pay debt, of gu. the debts of indiwduals. I dividuals- ARTICLE VIII. The confederated bands acknowledge their dependence u£?g§m:gb}’r": on the government of the United States and promise to be friendly with im.ms,&¤, all the- citizens thereof, and pledge themselves to commit no depreciation on the property of such citizens, and should any one or more of the In- ' dians violate this pledge, and the fact be satisfactorily proven before the to pay &¤. for agent, the property taken shall be returned, or in default thereof, or if d°P¥`°d»¤*i°¤¤· injured or destroyed, compensation may be made by the government out ,,0,, to make of their annuities; nor will they make war on any other tribe of Indians wu, except, Bw- except in self-defence, but submit all matter of difference between them and other Indians, to the government of the United States or its agents for decision, and abide thereby; and if any of the said Indians wmmit any depredations on other Indians, the same rule shall prevail as that prescribed in the article in case of depredations against citizens. Said to gubmit W Indians further engage to submit to and observe all laws, rules, and reguregulations. lations which may be prescribed by the United States for the government M- of2z2d Indians.; In nmuatiesv r1cLE order to prevent the evils of intem erance amon ’?;q¤t:,°?° said Indians, it is hereby provided that if any one of them shall drinlg liquor, or procure it for others to drink, [such one] may have his or her proportion of the annuities withheld from him or her for such time as the President may determine. mgm of my Anricnm X. The said oonfederated bands agree that, whenever in the reserved forxouds opinion of the President of the United States the public interest may re- §:;’_"€h "“°"" quire it, that all roads highways and railroads shall have the right of way Y through the reservation herein designated or which may at any time here- ` after be set apart as a reservation for said Indians. mklllhggefxsty to Aarrcrn XI. This treaty shall be obligatory on the contracting parties as soon as the same shall be ratified by the President and Senate of the United States. Signatures, In testimony whereof, the said I. I. Stevens and Joel Palmer, on the J“¤° 9: 1856- pmt of the United States, and the undersigned chiefs, headmen, and J610-