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 TREATY WITH THE CHEYENNE INDIANS. OCTOBER 28, 1867. 595 together with his finding, to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, whose decision, subject to the revision of the Secretary of the Interior, shall be binding on the parties to this treaty. Anrrorm VI. If any individual, belonging to said tribes of Indians, or Heads offami- ]€ga11_y incorporated with them, being the head of a family, shall desire to lies desirinato commence farming, he shall have the privilege to Select, in the presence 9°;nm°n°° lamp and with therassistance of the agent then in charge, a tract of land within iiiiihg} 8 m said reservation not exceeding three hundred and twenty acres in extent, which tract when so selected, certified, and recorded in the land—book as Effect of such herein directed, shall cease to be held in common, but the same may be S<=l¤¤¤i¤¤i &¤· occupied and held in the exclusive possession of the person selecting it, and of his family, so long as he or they may continue to cultivate it. Any person over eighteen years of age, not being the head of a. family, may in Persons not like manner select and cause to be certified to him, or her, for purposes h‘“*ds°“**mm"“· of cultivation, a quantity of land not exceeding eighty acres in extent, and thereupon be entitled to the exclusive possession of the same as above directed. For each tract of land so selected, a certificate containing a description Certificate ol thereof, and the name of the person selecting it, with a certificate en- S°l‘?°”l°‘2,*° b°_ dorsed thereon, that the same has been recorded, shall be deliveredto the dchvgm ’&c" party entitled to it by the agent, after the same shall have been recorded to be recorded. by him in a book to be kept in his office, subject to inspection, which said hook shall be known as the “Cheyenne and Arapahoe Land Book." The President may at any time order a survey of the reservation, and, when S¤YV€Y~ so surveyed, Congress shall provide for protecting the rights of settlers in their improvements, and may tix the character of the title held by each. The United States may pass such laws on the subject of alienation and descent of property, and on all subjects connected with the government of Anenatitmand the Indians on said reservations, and the internal police thereof as may be ‘l‘f°°““ °f P"°P‘ thought proper. m y` ARr1eLE VII. In order to insure the civilization of the tribes entering into this treaty, the necessity of education is admitted, especially by Children besuch of them as are or may be settled on said agricultural reservation, and tl""°“ Slx ““d . . . sixteen to attend they therefore pledge themselves to compel their children, male and fe- Bch00L male, between the ages of six and sixteen years,·to attend school; and it is hereby made the duty of the agent for said Indians to see that this stipulation is strictly complied with; and the United States agrees that for Duty ofagent. every thirty children between said ages, who can be induced or compelled , to attend school, a house shall be provided, and a teacher competent to teach the elementary branches of an English education shall be furnished, School-houses who will reside among said Indians, and faithfully discharge his or her ““‘lt“’*°h°”· duties as a teacher. The provisions of this article to continue for not less than twenty years. Aicricrn VIII. When the head of a family or lodge shall have selected lands and received his certificate as above directed, and the agent Seeds and agshall be satisfied that he intends in good faith to commence cultivating *'l°¤l€}¤`=*limPl€· the soil for a living, he shall be entitled to receive seeds and agricultural mmm` implements for the first year, not exceeding in value one hundred dollars; and lor each succeeding year he shall continue to farm for a period of three years more, he shall be entitled to receive seeds and implements as aforesaid, not exceeding; in value twenty-five dollars. And it is further stipulated that such persons as commence farming shall receive instruction from the farmer herein provided tor; and when- Instruction in ever more than one hundred persons shall enter upon the cultivation of m"m‘“€>’· the soil, a second blacksmith shall be provided, with such iron, steel, and other material as may be needed. Artricmz IX. At any tZme after ten years from the making of this treaty the United States shall have the privilege of withdrawing the phy- f ldiysiqien, sician, larmer, blacksmith, carpenter, engineer, and miller, herein provided *“m°r* cw may