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 700 TREATY WITH THE LOWER BRULE INDIANS. Ocronxm 14, 1865. may be designated by him, and the decision or award faithfully observed by the said band represented in council. indians to ARTICLE IV. The said baud represented m council shall withdraw "‘md"“’ from from the routes overland alread established, or hereafter to be estaboverlnnd routes. y. . . . . Amendment lished through their country; and 1H consideration thereof, and of then- P¤•¢. p- 702- non-interference with the persons and property of citizens of the United States travelling thereon, the government of the United States agree m Payment pay to the said band the sum of six thousand dollarstmnually, for twenty years, in such articles as the Secretary of th; Ingefnor {neun direc; c Pr0· PP<>Vi¤<>· vided, That said band so represented in counc` sh ait u y con orm to the requirements of this treaty. Individual In. ARTICLE V. Should any individual, or individuals, or portion of the d*¤¤°1°¤¤¤¤8 Lower Brulé band of Dakotas, or Sioux, represented m council, desire °°l°°d°t° b° hereafter to locate ermanentl u on an part of the lands clmmed by protected. P Y P Y _ _ _ the said band, for the purpose of agricultural or other pursuits, it xs hereby agreed by the parties to this treaty that such individual or individuals shall be protected in such location against any annoyance or molestation on the part of whites or Indians. B¤¤¤¤‘V¤*i¢>¤ ARTICLE VI. It is hereby agreed upon the part of the government f;:mI'2:°r of the United States, that the said band of Lower Brulés shall locate on a permanent reservation at or near the mouth of the White river, to include Boundaries. Fort Lookout, twenty miles in a straight line along the Missouri river, and ten miles in depth; and that upon the actual occupation of not less than fifty lodges or families of said reservation, and their engaging per- _ lfayments for manently in agricultural and other kindred pursuits, the government of p me l dollars for each and every lodge on family so engagedl as a common fund, to be expended in stock, agricultural and other implements and general improvements as shall be directed by the Secretary of the Interior; the said sum to be furnished annually for five years. It being Stuck sm. m understood that the said stock a ricultural and other im lements shall • 1 7 g  P $3;: Eixgéty be and remain the property of the United States, to be used and em- Sme  ployed for the exclusive benefit of the lodges or ihmilies so located and S in no case to be sold or alienated by the said band or any meinber thereof; and the United States further engage to employ at its own cost Blacksmith a blacksmith and farmer for the benefit of the said lodges or families. ¤·¤iib?5:¤°'• The United States reserve the right to construct a road or roads ‘ throuvh the said reservation. Whites not to Nocwhite person, other than officers, agents or employes of the United §¤.&<=·. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤· States, shall be permitted to go on or remain on the said reservation, unless previously admitted as a member of the said baud according to their usaves. Schools_ Whenever the Secretary of the Interior may so direct, schools for the instruction of the said hand may be opened on the said reservation. Two Kettles ARTICLE VII. The undersigned chiefs of the Brulés, hereby further 2::;*;*:;;*:*;*;;- agree that should the Two Kettles band of the Dakota or Sioux Indians ,0 me Bruin e located adjoining them, they will cheerfully allow them to do so, and also agree that the employés secured to the Brulés may be used also for the joint benefit of the said Two Kettles, at the discretion of the government. Ammdmmt, Aréixcms. VIII. Any amendment or modification of this treaty by lobe binding. the euate of the United States shall be considered final and binding upon the said band, represented in council, as a. part of this treaty, in the same manner as if it had been subsequently presented and agreed to by the chic s and headmen of said band. Execution. In testimony whereof, the Commissioners on the part of the United States, and the chiefs and headmen of the said Lower Brulé band of Dakota or Sioux, have hereunto set their hands, this fourteemh day of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, after the contents
 * €"°“L;"`“l·&°· the United States agree to furnish at its own cost the sum of twenty-five