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 638 TREATY IVITH THE SIOUX INDIANS. APRIL 29, 1868. GY¤U female, between the ages of six and sixteen years, to attend school ; and amnd S°h°°1‘ 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 every thirty children between said ages who can be induced or compelled to attend school, a house shall be provided and a teacher competent S°h°°l·h°us'“ to teach the elementary branches of an English education shall be furnm‘mMh°rs' nished, who will reside among said Indians, and faithfrlly discharge his or iter duties as a teacher. The provisions of this article to continue for not less than twent ears. Qeeds and _ Armenia VIII. y\’ii/lien the head of a family or lodge shall have selected “f""""lE“""l ""' lands and received his certificate as above directed, and the agent shall P mum s` he satisfied that he intends in good faith to commence cultivating the soil for a living, he shall he 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 twenty-fire dollars. Instruction in And it is fhrtlier stipulated that such persons as commence farming n“"““’g‘ shall receive instruction from the farmer herein provided for, and whenever more than one hundred persons shall enter upon the cultivation of nf;‘\t=<•¤ l¤¤k- the soil, a second blacksmith shall be provided, with such iron, steel, and S iother tnaterial as ma be needed. ,“l;l¤‘;¤i§i:·¤.my Armenia DQ. Atyany time after ten years_from the innkinglot this 1,0 \:,,,,’m,.,,_'“}n_ treaty, the United States shall have the privilege oi withdrawing the physician, ft1.l'l¥lCl‘, blacksmith, carpenter, engineer, and miller herein pro- Atttuuonat np. vided tor, but in case of such withdrawal, an additional sum thereafter of I’“’t“`l¤*l°¤ in ten thousand dollars per annum shall be devoted to the education of said Bm ° cum Indians, and the Cotntuissioner of Indian Afliiirs shall, upon caretiil inquiry into their condition, make such rules and regulations for the expenditure of said sum as will best. promote the educational and moral improvcment. of said tribes. t*¤·1ty·—¤·y of Anrtet.t·: X. In lieu of all stints of money or other annuities provided fl;‘;‘;fv"(J‘g3\;’f to he paid to t.he Indians herein named, under any treaty or treaties herenunnitics. tofbro made, the United States agrees to deliver at the agency house on the reservation herein named, on [or befot·e  the first day of August of' each year, for thirty years, the following articles, to wit: Clothing. For each male person over fourteen years of age, a suit of good substantial woollcn elotlting, consisting of coat, pantaloons, flannel shit·t, hat, and a pair of hetne·tnade seeks. For each female over twelve years of age, a flannel skirt, or the goods necessamy to make it, a pair of woollen hose, twelve yards of calico, and twelve yards of cotton domestics. For the boys and girls under the ages named, such flannel and cotton goods as may be needed to make each a suit as aforesaid, together with a pair of wool en hose br each. Ccnws- And in order that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs may be able to estimate properly for the articles herein named, it shall be the duty of the agent each year to forward to him a full and exact census of the Indians, on which the estimate from year to year can be based. m3|h$;‘[£g:¤S· ‘ And in addition' to the el0tlting`herein named, the sum of ten dollars ' for each person entitled to the beneficial effects ot this treaty shall be annually appropriated for a period of thirty years, while such persons roam and hunt, and twenty dollars for each person who engages in fainting, to be used by the Secretary of the Interior in the purchase of such articles as from time to time the condition and necessities of the Indians may inm  dieate to he proper. And if within the thirty years, at any time, it shall Hwy ,,cm__,_ appear that thelnmount of money needed for clothing under this article can be appropriated to better uses for the Indians named herein, Congress
 * The words " or before" are inserted with black pencil.