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 TREATY WITH THE PON CAS. MARCH 12, 1858. 999 acquiring. a practieal knowledge of agriculture and the mechanic arts, be may, at lns dnscretwn, cause to be turned over to the tribe all of the said P°“°“*°l}‘"° houses and other property furnished them by the United States, and dis- K§$,°“,'E{,'Q;,,*"],7Q';,'f pense with the services of any or all of the persons hereinbefore stipulated ’ i to be employed for their benefit and assistance. Sixth. To provide and set apart the sum of twenty thousand dollars, United Sum ($20,000,) to enable the Pcncas to adjust and settle their existing oblige- £,}é';Y°$§3gg°° *° tions and engagements, including depredations committed by them on obllgatiins ogtho property of citizens of the United States prior to the date of the ratification P°¤°¤·¤· of this agreement, so far as the same may be found and decided by their agent to be valid and just, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior; and in wnsideration of the long continued friendship and kind- Paymentsto ness of Joseph Hollman and William G. Crawford towards the Poncas, J°°°Ph H°D·‘“"·” of their furnishing them, when in distress, with large quantities of goods :§:,:?,,·vX,m` G and provisions, and of their good counsel and advice, in consequence of which peace has often been preserved between the Poncas and other Indians and the whites, it is agreed that out of the above—menticned amount they shall be paid the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars, ($3,500;) and the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) shall in like mum manner be paid to Jesse Williams, of Iowa, in full for his claim, as such Wimmbas been admitted by the Poncas for depredations committed by them on his property. ARTICLE III. The Poncas being desirous of making provision for Prcvisiontb: their halfibreed relatives, it is agreed that those who prefer and elect to h“u"b*`°°d“· reside among them shall be permitted to do so, and be entitled to and enjoy all the rights and privileges of members of the tribe; but to those who have chosen and left the tribe to reside among the whites and follow the pursuits of civilized life, viz.: Charles Leclaire, Fort Piere, N. T.; Cillaste Leclaire, Pottowattomie, K. T.; Ciprian Leclaire, St. Louis, Missouri; Julia Harvey, Omaha, N. T. ; Jenny Ruleau, Sioux City, Iowa; David Leclaire, Amelia Deloge, and Laura Deloge, at the Omaha mission, there shall be issued scrip for one hundred and sixty acres of land each, Scrip for 100 which shall be receivable at the United States land-oiliees in the same gf::?; ;:';‘g°° manner, and be subject to the same rules and regulations, as military ` bounty land-warrants. And in consideration of the faithful services rendered to the Poncas by Francis Roy, their interpreter, it is agreed that md to Fmlcil scrip shall, in the like manner and amount, be issued to his wife and to R°Y' each of his six children now living, without their being required to leave the nation. Provided, That application for the said scrip shall be made _Scritpbobe upto the Commissioner of Indian Affairs within five years from and after P22; °"“ B" the date of the ratification of this agreement. y ` Anmcmn IV. The United States shall have the right to establish and United States maintain such military posts, roads, and Indian agencies as maybe deemed gg m“";g‘; necessary within the tract of country hereby reserved for the Poncas, but  ’ no greater quantity of land or timber shall be used for said purposes than shall be actually requisite; and it, in the establishment or maintenance of such posts, roads, and agencies, the property of any Ponca shall be taken, injured, or destroyed, just and adequate compensation shall be made therefor by the United States. And all roads or highways autboriaed by competent authority, other than the United States, the lines of which shall lie through said tract, shall have the right of way through the same; the fair and just value of such right being paid to the Poncas therefor by the party or parties authorizing the same or interested therem; to. be assessed and determined in such manner as the President of the United States shall direct. _ _ ARTICLE V. No white person, unless in the employment of the United mggltg 1:3:6*: States, or duly licensed to trade with the Poneas, or members of the vm°¤,umss,&° family of such persons, shall be permitted to reside, or to make any settlement, upon any part of the tract herein reserved for smd Indians, nor