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 976 TREATY WITH THE FLATHEADS, &c. JULY 16, 1855. and bands of Indians of the Territory of Washington who may agree to bc consolidated with the tribes parties to this treaty, under the common designation of the Flathead nation, with Victor, head chief of the Flathead tribe, as the head chief of the nation, the tract of land included within the following boundaries, to wit: Boundaries. Commencing at the source of the main branch of the Jocko River; thence along the divide separating the waters flowing mto the Bitter Root River fiom those flowing into the Jocko to a. point on Clarke’s Fork between the Cdmash and Horse prairics; thence northerly to, and along the divide bounding on the west the Flathead River, to a. point due west; from the point. half way in latitude between the northern and southern extremities of the Flathead Lake; thence on a due czstfonirscéo the digidi whence the Crow, the Prune, the So—ni-el-em and the oc 0 ivcrs ta e their risc, and thence southerly along said divide to the place of beginning. All which tract shall be set apart, and, so far as 1; ecessary, Furveyed and marked out. for the exclusive use and bcncit 0 said con edcrated whim not Lg tribes as an Indian reservation. Nor shall any white man, excepting f¤Sid¤ *h¤¤‘¤<>¤ those in the employment of the Indian department, be permitted to reside °°1°°°’&°' upon the said reservation without permission of the confcderated tribes, and the superintendent and agent. And the said confederated tribes agree to remove to and settle upon the same within one year after the radication of this treaty. In the meantime it shall be lawful for them to reside upon any ground not in tha actual claim and occupation of citizens of the United States, and upon any ground claimed or occupied if with the permission of the owner or claimant. Guamntccing however the right to all citizens of the United States to cuter upon and occupy as settlers any lands not actually occupied and cultivated by said Indians at this time, and not included in the reservation Indians to be above named. And provided, That any substantial improvements heretoallowed fm- im- fore made by any Indian, such asiields enclosed and cultivated and houses Rfggzgggz °” erected upon the lands hereby ceded, and which he may be compelled to ` abandon in consequence of this treaty, shall be valued under the direction of the President of the United States, and pa ment madc therefor in money, or improvements of an equal value bg, made for said Indian upon the reservation; and no Indian will be required to abandon the improvements aforesaid, now occupied by him, until their value in money or improvements of an equal value shall be furnished him as aforesaid. gms ma be ARTICLE III. And provided, That if necessary for the public c0nvc¤— mudvyhwuzllrv- ience roads may be run through the said reservation; aud, on the other ‘°""‘“‘°"‘ hand, the right; of way with frac access from the same to the nearest public highway is secured to them; as also the right in common with citizens of the United States to travel upon all public highways. paging and The exclusive right of taking fish in all the streams running through or 3;;:**3** °*` I¤· bordering said reservation is further secured to said Indians ; as also the ` right_0f taking fish at all usual and accustomed places, in common with citizens of the Territory, and of erecting temporary buildings for curing ; together with the privilege of hunting, gathering roots and berries, and pasturing their horses and cattle upon open and unclaimed land. payments by ARTICLE IV. In consideration of the above ccssion, the United States gugyuited agree to pay to the said confedcmtcd tribes of Indians, in addition to the °“· goods and provisions distributed to them at the time of signing this treaty the sum of one hundred and twenty thousand dollars in the following manner-—thal;is to say: For the first. year after the ratification hereof} thirzy-six thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the President in providing for their removal to the reservation, breaking up and fencing farms, building houses for them, and for such other objects as hc may deem necessary. For the noxt ibur years, six thousand dollars each year; for the next five years, five tlxouszmd dollars each year; for