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 TREATY WITH THE CHIPPEWA INDIANS. Menon 11, 1863. i25I the time actually emplo ed, and ten cents er m' · ‘. provided that no one shall be paid in anypone ggaiioloiiixildiliiilgidnéldr is, mgxmm days servioe, or for more than three hundred miles' travel. U ” y i Atnrxcnn Vg1I. I:`0 person shall be recognized as n chief whose band WM ¤¤W> M {um ers ess t an fi ty persons; and to encourage and aid the said chiefs  “’ in preserving order and mducing by their example and advice the mem- i bers of their respective bands to adopt the pursuits of civilized life there See Amendshall be paid to each of said chiefs, annually, out of the annuities df said mé“*·"» P- 33* bands, a sum not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars, to be determined by their agent, according to their respective merits. Anrxcnn IX. To improve the morals and industrial habits of said A nts teach- Indians, it is agreed that no agent, teacher, interpreter, traders, or their °"“v *l’h°"° employes, shall be employed, appointed, licensed, or permitted to reside fmgl:’°;°;dci;°;: within the reservations belonging to the Indians, parties to this treaty gcogm missionaries excepted, who shall not have a family residing with them at their respective places of employment or trade within the agency, whose S" A‘“°“‘l’ moral habits and fitness shall be reported upon annually by the board of mmm'? 3H` visitors, and no person of full or mixed blood, educated or partially edncated, whose Htness, morally or otherwise, is not conducive to the welfare of said Indians, shall receive any benefits from- this or any former treaties, and may be expelled from the reservation. ARTICLE X. All annuities under this or former treaties shall be paid Paymsntof as the chiefs in council may request, with the approval of the Secretary ““'“*l°°· of the Interior, until otherwise altered or amended, which shall be done whenever the board of visitors, by the request of the chiefs, may recom- m,T;,%_m;§g` mend it, provided that no change shall take place oftener than once in two years. Ancucnn XI. Whenever the services of laborers are required upon Lnbormwbc the reservation, preference shall be given to full or mixed bloods, if they full or mixed shall be found competent to perform them. bl°°d¤» whm Amucnn XII. It shall not be obligatory upon the Indians, parties to coagzggmn t to this treaty, to remove from their present reservations, until the United muws ::0,: States shall have first complied with the stipulations of Articles IV. and PJ‘¤¤°¤* Y<=§¤¤’¤· VI. of this treaty, when the United States shall furnish them with all tm"' °"m’&’°‘ necessary transportation and subsistence to their new homes, `and subsistence for six months thereafter: Provided, That, owing to the heretofore good conduct of the Mille Lac Indians, they shall not be compelled to re- Mme Lu move so long as they shall not in any way interfere with or in any manner Indians. molest the persons or property of the whites. Amucnn XIII. Female members of the family of any government Fmm mdb employé residing on the reservation, who shall teach Indian girls domestic ers. economy, shall be allowed and paid a sum not exceeding ten dollars per month while so engaged: Provided, That not more than one thousand dollars shall be so expended during any one year, and that the President of the United States may suspend or annul this article whenever he may deem it expedient to do so. Amucnn XIV. It is distinctly understood and agreed that the clearing Clearing and and breaking of land for the Chippewas of the Mississippi, as provided Zrfezlljggtgn hw for in the fourth article of this treaty, shall be in lieu of all former mmm °g°g°' engagements of the United States as to the breaking of lands for those bands. In testimony whereof, the said William P. Dole and_Clark W. thomp· S;g,,m,,,_ son, on behalf of the United States, and Henry M. Rice and the undersigned chiefs and headmen, on behalf of the Indians, parties to this treaty, have hereunto set their hands and atnxed their seals this eleventh day of March, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. WM. P. DOLE, Commissioner of Indian A_j"a·irs. [sun.] vox,. xn. Tuner. -— 160