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 960 thEATY WITH THE NEZ PERCES. Jtma 11, 1855. A¤¤¤**i°¤ ¤°* An7r1cLn VII. The annuities of the aforesaid tribe shall not be taken §§,,*;$p{§§,*;*f‘°‘" m pay the me of matt-aussie. mpg", Awrrcnn VIII. The aforesaid tribe acknowledge their dependence WW? f*i°¤*ll;’°- upon the government of the United States, and promise to be friendly ’°]°h°°°‘ with all citizens thereof, and pledge themselves to commit no depredations on the property of such citizens; and should any one or more of them violate this pledge, and the fact be satisfactorily proved before the agent, to my for the property taken shall be returned, or in default thereof, or if injured or d°P“d“°i°““‘ destroyed, compensation may be made by the government out of the not to make annuities. Nor will they make war on any other tribe except in selfwsi- except in defence, but will submit all matters of difference between them and the “lf·d°f°¤°°- other Indians to the government of the United States, or its agent, for decision, and abide thereby; and if any of the said Indians commit any depredations on any other Indians within the Territory of Washington, the same rule shall prevail as that prescribed in this article in cases of to surrender depredations against citizens. And the said tribe agrees not to shelter or °6°“d°"“' conceal offenders against the laws of the United States, but to deliver them up to the authorities for trial. b Aimgilfs a}:! An·r1oLm IX. The Nez Percés desire to exclude from their reservation ,,,:0; wh; mn; the use of ardent spirits, and to prevent their people from drinking the ardent spirits. same; and therefore it is provided that any Indian belonging to said tribe who is guilty of bringing liquor into said reservation, or who drinks liquor, may have his or her proportion of the annuities withheld from him or her for such time as the President may determine. Lend of Wil- Aarrcma X. The Nez Percé Indians having expressed in council a Hm C““g· desire that William Craig should continue to live with them, he having uniformly shown himself their friend, it is further agreed that the tract of land now occupied by him, and described in his notice to the register and receiver of the land office of the Territory of Washington, on the fourth day of June last, shall not be considered a part of the reservation provided for in this treaty, except that it shall be subject in common with the lands of the reservation to the operations of the intercourse act. When treatyto An·r1cLn XI. This treaty shall be obligatory upon the contracting '·“k° °E°°'*· parties as soon as the same shall be ratified by the President and Senate of the United States. Signatures, In testimony whereof, the said Isaac I. Stevens, governor and superin- Palmer, superintendent of Indian affairs for Oregon Territory, and the chiefs, headmen, and delegates of the aforesaid Nez Percé tribe of Indians, have hereunto set their hands and seals, at the place, and on the day and year hereinbefore wmitteu. ISAAC I. STEVENS, [L. s.] Governor and Supt Washington Territory. JOEL PALMER, [L. s.] Superintendent Jizdian Afairs. ALEIYA, or Lawyer, Headwhief of the Mz Percés, L. s. APPUSHWA-HITE, or Looking-glass, his x mark. L. s.} JOSEPH, his x mark. L. s.] JAMES, his x mark. L. s. RED WOLF, his x mark. L. sg TIMOTHY, his x mark. L. s.] U—UTE—SIN—MALE—CUN, his x mark. L. s.] SPOTTED EAGE, his x mark. L. s.] STOOP-TOOP-NIN, or Cut-Hair, his x mark. L. s. TAH·MOH-MOH~KIN, his x mark. L. sg TIPPELANECBUPOOH, his x mark. L. s.] HAH-HAH-STILPILP, his x mark. L. s.] COOL-COOL—SHUA-NIN, his x mark. L. s.]
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