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 TREATY WITH THE SISSEETON, &c., SIOUX. JUNE 19, 1858. 1039 to be paid torsaid bands for their interest in said tract, provision shall be Edd <>hi<>f¤ Md made by which the chiefs and headmeu of said bands may, in their dis- °°dm°°’ cretion, in open council, authorize to be paid out of the proceeds of said tract such sum or sums as may be found necessary and proper, not exceeding seventy thousand dollars, to satisfy their just debts and obligations, and to provide goods to be taken by said chiefs and headmen to the said bands on their return: Provided, however, That their said determinations Pi-Ovgse, shall be approved by the superintendent of Indian affairs for the northern superintendency for the time being, and the said payments be authorized by the Secretary of the Interior. ARTICLE IV. The lands retained and to be held by the members of the Lmds ¤‘¤*¤*¤°d Sisseeton and Wahpaton bands of Dakota or Sioux Indians, under and by ;i°,ggfdt€d°b§mt virtue of the first article of this agreement, shall, to all intents and pur- deemed xmlnposes whatever be deemed and held to be an Indian reservation, and the dim ’°*°"’““°°· laws which have been or may hereafter be enacted by Congress to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, shall have full force and effect over and within the limits of the same; and no person other than the members of said bands, to be ascertained and dehned under such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe—unless such as may be duly licensed to trade with said bands, or employed for their benefit, or members of the family of such persons—shall be permitted to reside or make any settlement upon any part of said reservation; and the timbered land allotted to individuals, and also that reserved for subsequent distribution, as provided in the first article of this agreement, shall be free from all trespass, use or occupation, except as hereinafter provided. ARTICLE V. The United States shall have the right to establish and U¤it<=d_ Staten maintain upon said reservation such military posts, agencies, schools, mills, ;§¥mx“;g;°‘t;° shops, roads, and agricultural or mechanical improvements as may be I-0sdS,&e.,§n' deemed necessary; but no greater quantity of land or timber shall be ¤'°S°¤"’¤*i°¤· taken and used for said purposes than shall be actually requisite therefor. And if in the establishment or maintenance of such posts, agencies, roads, tO€‘;m£;;’i,::_l°¤ or other improvements, the timber or other property of any individual damages caused Indian shall be taken, injured, or destroyed, just and adequate compensa- thereby to any tion shall be made therefor by the United States. Roads or highways I“d‘““‘ authorized by competent authority other than the United States, the lines of which shall lie through said reservation, shall have the right of way through the same upon the fair and just value of such right being paid to the said Sisseeton and Wahpaton bands by the party or parties authorizing or interested in the same, to be assessed and determined in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior shall direct. Anrrcrn VI. The Sisseeton and Wahpaton bands of Dakota or Sioux The bands tc Ipdians acknowledge their dependence on the government of the United 1l];$§’;1;f”°”dlY States, and do hereby pledge and bind themselves to preserve friendly relations with the citizens thereof, and to commit no injuries or depredations on their persons or property, nor on those of the members of any other tribe; but in case of any such injury or depredation, full compen- to pay for dosation shall, as far as practicable, be made therefor out of their moneys in P"d"“°”"" the hands of the United States, the amount in all cases to be determined by the Secretary of the Interior. They further pledge themselves. not to engage in hostilities with the Indians of any other tribe, unless in self- iu¤£s3it§;z¤g¤ defence, but to submit, through their agent, all matters of dispute and adopt, &c_' difiiculty between themselves and other Indians for the decision of the President of the United States, and to acquiesce in and abide thereby. They also agree to deliver to the proper officers all persons belonging to to surrender their said bands who may become offenders against the treaties,. laws, or °E°“d°"· regulations of the United States, or the laws of the State of Minnesota, and to assist in discovering, pursuing, and capturing all such offenders whenever required so to do by such officers, through the agent or other proper officer of the Indian department.