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 694 TREATY WITH THE NEZ PERCE INDIANS. AUGUsr 13, 1868. receiving allotments within the reservation ; and it is further agreed' that those now residing outside of the boundaries of the reservation end who may continue to so reside shall be protected by the military authorities in their rights upon the allotments occupied by them, and also in the privilege of grazing their animals upon surrounding unoccupied lands. Tgmim go bq Ancrrcnm H. It is further agreed between the parties hereto that the gg6g23d- 651 stipulations contained in the 8rh article of the treaty of June 9th, 1863, 'P' ‘ relative to timber, are hereby annulled as ter as the same provides that the United States shall be permitted to use thereof in the maintaining of forts or garrisous, and that the said Indians shall have the aid of the military authorities to protect the timber upon their reservation, and that none of the same shall be cut or removed without. the consent of the head chief of the tribe, together with the consent of the agent and Superintendent of Indian Aiihirs, first being given in writing, which written consent shall state the part of the reserx ation upon which the timber is to be cut, and also the quantity, and the price to be paid therefor. School mon- ARTICLE III. It is further hereby stipulated und agreed that the amount °V“» &°· due said tribc for school purposes and for the support of teachers that has not been expended for that purpose since the year 1864.buml1ns been used for other purposes, shall be ascertained and the same shall be reimburs<·d to said tribe by appropriation by Congress, and shall be set apart and invested in United States bonds and shall be held in trust by the United States, the interest on the same to be paid to said tribe annually {kn- the support of teachers. Execution. In testimony whereof the said Commissioner on the part of United States and the said chiefs representing said Nez Percé tribe of Indians have hereunto set their hands and sv:-als this 13th day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, at the city 0 Wusliington, D. C. N. G. TAYLOR, [L. s.] Commissioner ]nd’n Aj}·’s. LAWYER, Iiead Chief Nez Percés. [L. s.] is TIMOTHY, §  Chie£ [1,. s.] his JASON, >( Cbiefl [L. s.] Xl1H!' ¤ In presence of ——— Cmmmzs E. Mix. Rommr Nnwmmr, I/Y S Ag!. W. R. Inwm. Rmiicatmu. And wheres1s, the said amendatory treaty having been submitted to the Scnate of the United States for its constitutional action thereon, the Senate did, on the sixteenth dhy of February, one thousand eight hundred and sixt.y—nine, advise and consent to the ratification of the same,by n resolution in the words and figures following, to wiz: In Exmcurxvn Snssxou, SENATE on Tum Uumw Simms, February 16, 1869. Resvlved, (two thirds of the senators present concurring), That the Senate advise and consent to the ratification of the treaty between the United States and the Nez Percé tribe of Indians, concluded at Washington, D. C., August 13, 1868. Attesc: GEO. C. GORHAM, Secretary. pmcy,m,,_t;°,,_ Now, therefore, be it known that I, Ammmw Jonsson, President of the United States of America, do, in pursuance of the advice and con-