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 TREATY WITH THE UTE INDIANS. MARCH 2, 1868. 621 and with the assistance of the agent then in charge, by metes and bounds, ¤¢¤¤¤ *`¤¤¤i¤s. 8, tract of land within said reservation not exceeding one hundred and mQ;°l°°° sixty acres in extent, which tract, when so selected, certified, and recorded traétto be rein the land book as herein directed, shall cease to be held in common, but 9°’d°** Wd hm the same may be occupied and held in exclusive possession of the person Q2,;f£}`m° p°°` selecting it and 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 Persons not family, may, in like manner, select and cause to be certified to him or her ;}°”d° °f f‘““l‘ for purposes of cultivation a quantity of land not exceeding eighty acres m' in extent, and thereupon be entitled to the exclusive possession of the same as above directed. For each tract of land so selected a certihcate containing a description Ute 1,,,;,4 thereof, and the name of the person selecting it, with a certificate en- B<>0k· dorsed thereon that the same has been recorded, shall be delivered to the party entitled to it by the agent after the same shall have been recorded by him in a book to be kept in his office, subject to inspection, which said book shall be known as the “Ute Land Book." The President may at any time order a survey of the reservation ; and Survey, &¤· ` when so surveyed Congress shall provide for protecting the rights of such Indian settlers in their improvements, and may Ex the character of the title held by each. The United States may pass such laws on the subject of alienation and Alienationnnd descent of property, and on all subjects connected with the government g;’f;°““ °f P*`°P‘ of the Indians on said reservation and the internal police thereof as may I be thought proper. _An·r10LE VIII. In order to insure the civilization of the bands enter- Educationing into this treaty, the necessity of education is admitted, especially by such of them as are or may be engaged in either pastoral, agricultural, or other peaceful pursuits of civilized lite on said reservation, and they Cltwlrentoattherefore pledge themselves to induce their children, male and female, md “°l‘°°l‘ between the agelis] of seven and eighteen years, to attend school; and it is hereby made the duty of the agent for said Indians to see that this stipulation is complied with to the greatest possible extent; and the school-houses United States agree that for every thirty children between said ages who Wd *°*‘°h°”- can be induced to attend school a house shall be provided, and a teacher competent to teach the elementary branches of an English education shall be furnished, who will reside among said Indians, and faithfully discharge his or her duties as teacher,-—the provisions of this article tocontinue for not less than twenty years. ARTICLE IX. When the head of a family or lodge shall have selected _ Seeds and ag lands, and received his certificate as above described, and the agent shall ;;‘;;‘f"“l lm? be satisfied that he intends, in good faith, to commence cultivating the · soil for a living, he shall be entitled to receive seeds and agricultural implements for the first year, not exceeding in value one hundred dollars, and for 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 fifty dollars; and it is further stipulated Jnstmctions that such persons as commence farming shall receive instructions from f"°m f“"m°"· the farmer herein provided fbr; and it is further stipulated that an addi- _ Additional tional blacksmith to the one provided for in the treaty of October seventh, b]"°l"“““l‘· one thousand eight hundred and sixty-*hree, referred to in article one or' this treaty, shall be provided with such iron, steel,.and other material as may be needed for the Uintah, Yampa, and Grand River agency. · ARTICLE X. At any time after ten years from the making of this Unasdstntss treaty, the United States shall have the privilege of withdrawing the p1:>'6V;’;¤lgl;¤*V farmers, blacksmiths, carpenters, and millers herein, and in the treaty doflxig p_°c”_ of October seventh, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, referred to in article one of this treaty, provided for, but in case of such withdrawal, an additional sum thereafter of ten thousand dollars per an-