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 690 TREATY WITH WESTERN BANDS OF SHOSHONEE INDIANS. may be continued without hinderance, molestation, or injury from the people of said bands, and that their property and the lives and property of passengers in the stages and of the employees of the respective com- Railway. panics, shall be protected by them. And further, It being understood that provision has been made by the government of the United States for the construction of arailway from the plains west to the Pacific ocean, it is stipulated by said bands that the said railway or its branches may be located, constructed, and operated, and without molestation from them. through any portion of country claimed or occupied by them. » Anrronn IV. Expl or ati c n s, It is further agreed by the parties hereto, that the Shoshonee country mirwv. _¤¤¤>1<>¤¤¤¤*·¤» may be explored and prospected for gold and silver, or other minerals; “”° "f '°“"b"’· antrwhen mines are discovered, they may be worked, and mining and agricultural.sett1ements formed, and ranches established whenever they ` may·be required. Mills may be erected and timber taken for their use, as-also for building or other purposes in any part of the coun try claimed by said bands. - · Anriom V. Boundaries c r It is understood that the boundaries of the country claimed and occu- Western B¤¤d¤ <>i' pied by said bands are defined and described by them as follows: S*‘°°h°“°°“’ On the north by _Wong·goga-da Mountains and Shoshonee River Valley; on the west by Su-non-to-yah Mountains or Smith Creek Mountains; on the south by Wi-co-bah and the Colorado Desert; on the east by Po-ho-no-be Valley or Steptoe Valley and Great Salt Lake Valley. . Anrrcnn VI. Reservations may The said bands agreethat whenever the President of the United States be established- shall deem it expedient for them to abandon the roaming life, which they now lead, and become herdsmen or agriculturalists, he is hereby authorized to make such reservations for their use as he may deem necessary within the country above described; and they do also hereby agree to remove their camps to such reservations as he may indicate, and to reside and remain therein. Anrrcnn VII., Annuity, ,,,,,,0pt, The United States, being aware of the iucpuvenience resulting to ance or as eompeu- the Indians in consequence of the driving away and destruction of game j¤“°¤ f°*’ 1****** °f along the routes travelled by white men, and by the formation of agri- '=‘""°‘ cultural and mining settlements, are willing to fairly compensate them for the same; therefore, and in consideration of the preceedin g stipulations, aiid of their faithful observance by the said bands, the United States promise and agree to pay to the said bands of the Shoshonee nation parties hereto, annually for the term of twenty years, the sum of five thousand dollars in such articles, including cattle for herdingor other purposes, as the President of the United States shalt deem suitable for their wants and condition, either as hunters or herdsmen. . And the said bands hereby acknowledge the reception of the said stipulated annuities as a full- compensation and equivalant for the loss of game and the rights and privileges hereby conceded. · Anrronn VIII. · . Pr 08 on ts M_ The said bands hereby acknowledge that they have receiveetfrom knowledged. _