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 TREATY WITH THE FLATHEADS, &c. JULY 16, 1855. 977 the next five years, four thousand dollars each year; and for the next five years, three thousand dollars each year. All which said sums of money shall be applied to the use and benefit How to be ap- 0f' the said Indians, under the direction of the President of the United Phd- States. who may from time to time determine, at his discretion, upon what beneficial objects to expend the same for them, andthe superintendent of Indian affairs, or other proper officer, shall each year inform the President of the wishes of the Indians in relation thereto. ARTICLE V. The United States further` agree to establish at suitable muse seam points within said reservation, within one year after the ratification hereof, *° °$*¤bli*h an agricultural and industrial school, erecting the necessary buildings, °°h°°h' keeping the same in repair, and providing it with furniture, books, and stationery, to be located at the agency, and to be free to the children of the said tribes, and to employ a suitable instructor or instructors. T0 mggh3,ni¤’3 furnish one blacksmith shop, to which shall be attached a tin and gun BMP8- shop; one carpenteis shop; one wagon and ploughmakcfs shop; and to keep the same in repair, and furnished with the necessary tools. To employ two farmers, one blacksmith, one tinner, one gunsmith, one carpenter, one wagon and plough maker, for the instruction of the Indians in trades, and to assist them in the same. To erect one saw-mill and one iiouring- saw and grid; mill, keeping the same in repair and furnished with the necessary tools mmsand fixtures, and to employ two millers. To erect a hospital, keeping the ,,_ h,,,P;m_ same in repair, and provided with the necessary medicines and furniture, and to employ a physician ; and to erect, keep in repair, and provide with the necessary furniture the buildings required for the accommodation of the said employees. The said buildings and establishments to be maintained and kept in repair as aforesaid, and the employees to be kept in service For the period of twenty years. And in view of the fact that the head chiefs of the said confedemted topay salary tribes of Indians are expected and will be called upon to perform many *° hm <>l¤l°f¤· services of a public character, occupying much of their time, the United States further agree to pay to each of the Flathead, Kootenay, and Upper Pend d’Oreil1es tribes Eve hundred dollars per year, for the term of twenty years after the ratification hereof; as a salary for such persons as the said confederated tribes may select to- be their head chiefs, and to build for them at suitable points on the reservation a comfortable house, and properly furnish the same, and to plough and fence for each of them ten acres of land. The salary to be paid tc, and the said houses to be occupied by, such head chiefs so long as they may be elected to that position by their tribes, and no longer. And all the expenditures and expenses contemplated in this article of gmagu sx. this treaty shall be defrayed by the United States, and shall not be de- §¢¤¤:Sb¤<> 3;* ducted from the annuities agreed to be paid to said tribes. Nor shall the Uwigd lémgs cost of transporting the goods for the annuity payments be a charge upon and not charged the annuities, but shall be defrayed by the United States. °“ “““'·“"‘°"· ARTICLE VI. The President may from time to time, at his discretion, cause the whole, or such portion of such reservation as he may think proper, to be surveyed into lots, and assign the same to such individuals Lots pmyhe _ or families of the said confederated tribes as are willing to avail them- $?fi£‘1§_ “’ md" selves of the privilege, and will locate on the same as a permanent honre, on the same terms and subject to the same regulations as are provided m the sixth article of the treaty with the Omahas, so far as the same may Vol. x. p. 1044. be applicable. _ _ _ Anrxcns VII. The annuities of the aforesaid eonfederated tribes of wA;¤¤¤;;E;?j£3;1 Indians shall not be taken to pay the debts of individuals. dcgfsyog Indians_ Anrrcne VIII. The aforesaid eonfederated tribes of Indians acknowl- Indians to pm. edge their dependence upon the government of the United States, and ?E‘§1£"°"‘uY"°‘ promise to be friendly with all citizens thereof, andpledge themselves to commit no depredations upon the property of such citizens. And should