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 964 TREATY WITH INDIANS IN MIDDLE OREGON. JUNE 25, 1855. Reservation. vided, however, that so much of the country described above as is contained in the following boundaries, shall, until otherwise directed by the President of the United States, be set apart as a residence for said Indians, which tract for the purposes contemplated shall be held and re. garded as an Indian reservation, to wit: B<>¤¤d¤·ri<¤¤- Ccmmencing in the middle of the channel of the De Chutes River opposite the eastern termination of a range of hign lands usually known as the Mutton Mountains; thence westerly to the summit of said range, along the divide to its connection with the Cascade Mountains; thence to the summit of said mountains; thence southerly to Mount JeH`ers<m; thence down the main branch of De Chutes River; heading in this peak, t01ts_]unction with De Chutes River; and thence down the middle of the channel of said river to the place of beginning. All of which tract shall be set apart, and, so far as necessamy, surveyed and marked out {br their mideltxergggw exclusxve use; nor shall any Whlté persons be permntted to reside upon uq1w_ &c_ thedsame without the concurrent permission of the agent and superi¤· en ent. mgrxggséctgegtle 'Tne said bands and tribesegree to remove to and settle upon the same arm. withm one year after the ratxncatwn of thxs treaty, without any additional expense to the United States other than is provided for by this treaty; and, until the expiration of the time specified, the said bands shall be permitted to occupy and reside upon the tracts now possessed by them, guafanteemgl todall white citizens the right to enter upon and occupy as sett ers any an s not included in said reservation and not actual] enclesed by said Indians. Provided, however, That ptior to the removgl of saud Indxans to said reservation, and before any improvements c0ntem— plsiteltl by this treaty Sbatk have been commenced, that if the three principa an s, to w1t: the ascopum '1`iah or Upper De Chutes and the mf;2;£`°‘;§;' Lower De Chutes bands of Waila-Welles shall express in eouncil, a. tge selected_ in desxre that some other reservation may be selected for them, that the three ‘°“° mimi &°· bands 'named may•select each three persons of their respective bands, gsglygclrghstligel zngeggendent ot? Ix1diu51·?H`air;;h0r egent as maybby him be ,·. eexamme, an 1 ano er ocation can eselected getter suited to tn1e ecndmon and wants of said Indians, that is unoccupied y the w ntes, an upon which the board of commissioners thus selected Rights and {nay agree, the same shall be declared a reservation for said Indians, privileges 8e_ mstead of the tract. named in, this treaty. Provided, also, That the excuxed to Indians. clnsxve rxght of teking fish in the streams running through and bordering saxd reservation xs hereby secured to said Indians; and at all other usual ang afccustcyned statansilin conmon with citizens of the United States, an 0 erec mg smta e ouses or curin¤` the same- also the privile f .. . * gc 0 h;J\;\{1H§,1g3(gh€}1Hg roots and berries, and pasturing their stock on un— c aume an s.1n common with citizens, is secured to them And `ded m§"§;':§££”° also,.That if any band or bands of Indmns, residing in and claiming any my acmde to portnon or pomons of the country in this article, shall not accede to the WS ¤¤¤¤¤y· terrns of thas treaty, then the bands becoming parties hereunto agree to recetve such pert of the several and other payments herein named as a ccnsxderatncn for the entxre country described as atbresaid as shall be in the proportion that their aggregate number may have to the whole numgeggtielxxgmns r3s1ding m andfcgeiéning the entire country aforesaid, as tx ranon an payment in il or the tracts in said con t Id im*;$7’;3‘::mf?£ gy them. And provided, also, That where substantial impros·Iern5en(ts8;1r;]1$e gw_ een made by any members of the bands being parties to this treaty, who gxlgucgmpetledd to eibandon thern m consequence of said treaty, the same d e va ue, un er the direction of the Presndent of the United States, gfneqnlagrnent inadg thereFox·;lor, m heu of said payment, improvements .1: en an va ne at txeir option shall be made {br them 0 the tracts assxgned to each respectively. n ARTICLE II. In conmderatmon of} and payment for, the country hereby