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 G20 TREATY WVITH THE UTE INDIANS. Mnzcu 2, 1868. 0¤lY <>°*'*¤*!¤ and the United States now solemnly agree that no persons, except those lff:52g§_t° r°°'d° herein authorized so to do, and except such officers, agents, and employes of the government as may be authorized to enter upon Indian reservations in discharge of duties enjoined bylaw shall ever be permitted to pass over, settle upon, or reside in the territory described in this article, except as herein otherwise provided. Claims to all ARTICLE III. It is further agreed by the Indians, parties hereto, that fmdl““d“ "' henceforth they will and do hereby relinquish all claims and rights in and ` to any portion of the United States or Territories, except such as are embraced in the limits defined in the preceding article. Two agencies A1z·r1cLn IV. The United States agree to establish two agencies on a’$:"° "°“°"" the reservation provided for in article two, one for the Grand River, ` Yampa, and Uintah bands, on White river, and the other for the Tabequachc, Muache, Weeminuche, and Capote bands, on the Rio de los Pinos, on the reservation, and at its own proper expense to construct at Warehouse each of said agencies a warehouse or store-room for the use of the agent
 * 1 °*h°* b“"d· in storing goods belonging to the Indians, to cost not exceeding fifteen

gs' hundred dollars; an agency building for the residence of the agent, to cost not exceeding three thousand dollars; and four other buildings, for a carpenter, fhrmer, blacksmith, andimiller, each to cost not exceeding two School-house thousand dollars ; also a school-house or mixion building, so soon as a sufficient number of children can be induced by the agent to attend school, which shall not cost exceeding five thousand dollars. w¤*9¤'·P°W°¤ The United States agree, further, to cause to be erected on said reser- °°w`m`“' vation, and near to each agency herein authorized, respe,ctively, a good water-power saw-mill, with a grist-mill and a shingle-machine attached, the same to cost not exceeding eight thousand dollars each: Provided, The same shull not be erected until such time as the Secretary of the Interior may think it necessary to the wants of the Indians. tclggzlsagisgu · ARTICLE V. The United States agree that the agents for said Indians, ho,,,,,, and ,,,,,,1, m the future, shall make their homes at the agency buildings; that they where. shall reside among the Indians, and keep an office open at all times for the purpose of prompt and diligent inquiry into such matters of complaint, by and against the Indians, as may be presented for investigation under the provisions of their treaty stipulations, as also for the faithful Doprodutions. discharge of other duties enjoined on them by law. In all cases of depredation on person or property, they shall cause the evidence to be taken in writing and forwarded, together with their finding, to the Commissioner of Indian Aflhirs, whose decision, subject to the revision of the Secretary of the Interior, shall be binding on the parties to this treaty. Offenders Awrxcnm VI. Il` bad men among the whites or among other people, mmf °h° subject to the authority of the United States, shall commit any wrong ` upon the person or property of the Indians, the United States will, upon proof made to the agent and forwarded to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs at Washington City, proceed at once to cause the olfender to be arrested and punished according to the laws of the United States, and also reimburse the injured person for the loss sustained. Wrongpoors If bad men among the Indians shall commit a wrong or depredation °I“‘ upon the person or property of any one, white, black, or Indian, subject to the authority of the United States and at peace therewith, the tribes herein named solemnly agree that they will, on proof made to their agent and notice to him, deliver up the wrongdocr to the United States, to be tried and punished according to its laws, and in case they wilfully refuse so to do the person injured shall be reimbursed for his loss from the annuities or other moneys due or to become due to them under this or other treaties made with the United States. flpdirppm b§Ml¤ Anrrlcns: VII. If any individual belonging to said tribe of Indians or
 * m§lJf6m?' legally incorporated with them, being the head of a family, shall desire to

commence farming, he shall have the privilege to select, in the presence