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 966 TREATY WITH INDIANS IN MIDDLE OREGON. JUNE 25, 1855. rovided for b this trea for the head chiefs of the three rinci al E ds Gd y W P p an nam. Lands may be ARTICLE V. The President may from time to time at his discretion ¤u°*=¤d W i¤di~ cause the whole, or such portion as he may think proper, of the tract that ¥Jg ::? may now or hereafter be set apart as a permanent home for these Indians, home. to be surveyed into lots and assigned to such Indians of the confederated liands as may wish to enyoy the privilege, and locaftertthereon petrgnarpentlly. o a sing e person over wen y-one years age o y acres ; a am y of two persons, sixty acres ; to a family of thred and not exceeding five, eighty acres; to a family of six persons, and not exceeding ten, one hundred and twenty acres; and to each family over ten in number, twenty acres for each additional three members. And the President may provide such rules and revulations as will secure to the family in case of the death of the head theIeofQ the possession and enjoyment of such permanent home and the improvement thereon; and he may, at any time, at his discretion, after such person or family has made location on the land Patent to issue assigned as a permanent home, issue a patent to such person or family for 2l:i‘:L"t;;’;g£ such assigned land, conditioned that the tract shall not be aliened or leased gopfa longer term than two years and shall be exempt from levy, sale or o eiture which condition shall continue in force until a State constitution embracing such lands within its limits shall have been formed, and the _ _ legislature of the State shall remove the restrictions. Provided, however, nmpxm That no State legislature shall remove the restrictions herein provided for moved without, without the consent of Congress. And provided, also, That if any per- &o. son 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 place to place indicating a desire to abandon his home, the President may, cgatangmay be if the patent shall have been issued, revoke the same, and if not issued, °° ° cancel the assignment, and may also withhold from such person, or family, the1r 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 dAnnuitéez°of In- cngd T€$€P:;·fl0!-F MHS ¤¤ _ p¤ TICLE .he annuities of the Indians shall th tak to th jg}? of ¤¤°·'*°{ sets of amiavauusis. °° ° °° Pay ° Bands to pre- ARTICLE VII. The confederated bands acknowledge their dependence $g}';§£‘;s¤d Y 0; me governmept of fthe glnited States, and promise to be friendly with a e citizens thereo, an pledge themselves to commit no depredation on the property of said citizens; and should any one or more of the Ind°p,£all‘gJ°' dians violate this pledge, and the fact be satisfactorily proven before the agent, the property taken shall be returned, or in default thereof, or if in- Jured or destroyed, compensation may be made by the government out of wm_';*;;°*;h¤g$¤ their annuities; nor will they make war on any other tribe of Indians except in self-defence, but submit all matters of difference between them and other Indians  the government of the United States, or its agents, for decision, and abide thereby_; and if any of the said Indians commit any depredations on other Indians, the same rule shall prevail as that prescribed m the case of depredations against citizens; said Indians further engage to submit to and observe all laws, rules, and regulations which Elgmble prescribed by the United States for the government of said Annuities tube Amzcrn VIII. In order to prevent the evils of intern - ., , _ _ _ perance among gud Indians, it is hereby provided, that if any one of them shall drink liquor to excess. q¤01‘ tolexcess, or procure it for others to drink, his or her proportion of the annuities maybe withheld from him or her for such time as the President may determine. th Aarxcnm III. The said confederated bands agree that whensoever, in e opinion o the President of the United States, the public interest may