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 256 FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 72. 1877. ment; may provide for chem in the selection of a country suitable for sx permanent home, where they may live like white men. » ( Ag sistnlngg, "ARTICLE 5. In eonsi<]emtiox1 of the foregoing cession of mrrimry schools, mnions, and rights, and upon full compliance with each and every obligation Pu’°h“° of Sup assumed by the said Indians, the United States d08S agree to providcafil pl"' °mpl°ym°“t' necessary aid to assist the said Indians in the work of civilization; to furnish to them schools and instruction in mechanical and agricultural arts, as provided for by the treaty of 1868. Also to provide the said Indians with subsistence consisting of a. ration for each individual of 3p pound and al half of beef, (or in lieu thereof, one half pound of bacon,) one-half pound of Hour, and 0110-half pound of corn ; and for every 0110 hundred rations, four pounds of coifcc, eight pounds of sugar, and three pounds of bean s, or in lieu of said articles the equivalent thereof, in the discretion of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Such rations, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be continued until the Indians are able to support themselves: Reunions shall, in all cases, beissuecl to the head of each separate family; and whenever schools shall have been provided by the Government for said Indians, no rations shall be issued for children between the ages of six and fourteen years (the sick and iuiirm excepted) unless such children shall regularly attend school. Whenever the said Indians shall be located upon lands which are suitablefor cultivation, rations shall be issued only to the persons and families of those persons who labor, (tha aged, sick, and intirm excepted ;) and us an incentive to industrious habits the Commissioner of Indian Affairs may provide that such persons be furnished in payment for their labor such other necessary-articles as are requisite for civilized life. The Government will aid said Indians as far as possible in finding a market for their surplus productions, and in Ending employment, and will purchase such surplus, as far as may be required, for supplying {bod to those Indians, parties to this agreement, who arc unable to sustain themselves; and will also employ Indians, so fam as practicable, in the performance of Government work upon their reservation. ` Erection of “ART10Lm 6 Whenever the head of a, family shall, in good faith, ‘*""S”· select an allotment of land upon such reservation and engage in the cultivation thereof, the Government shall, with his aid, erect a. comfortable house on such allotment; and if said Indians shall remove to said Indian Territory as bcrcinbcfom provided, the Government shall erect for each of the principal chiefs a. good and comfortable dwelling-house. A*‘©*S*¤¤S to b° “A1zTIOLE 7. To improve the morals and industrious habits of said "‘“m°d* em Indians, it is agreed that the agent, trader, farmer, carpenter, black- . smith, and other artisans employed or permitted to reside within the . reservation belonging to cha Indians, parties to this agreement, shall . be lzwvfully married and living with their respective families ori the res- Unfit persons to ervmion ; and no person other than a.n Indian of full blood, whose Bt- Indian Aiihirs, conducive to the welfare of said Indians, shall receive any bcuoiit from this agreement or former treaties, and may be cxpollcd from the reservation. Treaty of 1868, “AR·TICLE 8. The provisions of the said treaty of 1868, except as I5 S¤¤·i¤·,655· herein modiiicd, shall continue in full force, and, with the provisions of In f°‘°°· this agreement, shall' a.pply to any country which may hereafter bo occupied by the said Indians as a home ; and Congress shall, by appro- S¤bj¤¢=* *0 ]¤·W¤ priatc legislation, secure to them an orderly government; they shull be °f U““‘°d S°"·*°" subject to the laws of the United States, and each individual shall bc protected in his rights of property, person, and life. Indians pledged “ARTICLE 9. The Indians, parties to this agreement, do hereby solw this ¤zr¤<>r¤¤¤¤· emnly pledge themselves, individually and collectively, to observe each and ull of the stipulations herein contained, to select allotments of land . as soon as possible after their removal to their permanent homo, and to use their best efforts to learn to cultivate the same. And they do s0l· ’ emnly pledge themselves that they will at all times maintain peace with the citizens and Government of the United Statbs; that they will ob-
 * 0%**% ¤<>b¤¤¤E*¤· ness, morally or otherwise, is not, in the opinion of the Commissioner of