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 116 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 213. 1888. tions, limitations, and restrictions as the Secretary of the Interior ma resoribe; the compensation to be fixed by said Secretary and by him expended or the benefit of the Indians concemed. Anrrcnn IX. This agreement shall not be binding upon either party until ratified by Congress. Dated and si%1ed at Fort Peck Agency, Montana., on the twenty- eighth day of ecember, eighteen hundred and eighty-six. J No. V. WRIGHT, smh. Juno W. Dumns, snn. Cms. F. Lxmunnn, SEAL. Commmsioners. It is hereby aieed that the separate reservation for the Indians now attac ed to and receiving rations at the Fort Peck Agncy, Montana, shall be bounded as follows, to wit: rm-: ree: neun- egimaing at a point in the middle of the main channel of the °"§.;,m.;,,,,_ Missouri River, opposite the mouth of Big Muddy Creek; thence up the Missouri River, in the middle of the main channel thereof, to a point opposite the mouth of Milk River; thence up the middle‘ of the main channel of Milk River to Porcupine Creekthence 'up Porcupine Creek, in the middle of the main channel thereof, to a point forty miles due north in a direct line from the middle of the main channel of the Missouri River opposite the mouth of Milk River; thence due east to the middle of the main channel of Big Muddy Creek; thence down said creek, in the middle of the main channel thereof, to the ggce of beginnf1-ig And said Indians shall have the right to e timber for bding and fencing purposes and for ucl from the bottom lands on the right bank of the Missouri River opposite the reservation above described. Dated and signed at Fort Peck Agency, Montana, on the twenty-eighth day of December, eighteen hundred and eighty- six. J No. V. Wmcnr, SEAL. J Annu W. DA1~:1nLs, SEAL. CHAS. F. Lnnnnnn, SEAL. Commissioners. Cousenrctrndinus The foregoing articles of agreement having been full explained to us, in open council, we, the undersigned chiefs, headmen, and principa men of the several bands of Sioux and Assinnaboine Indians attached to and receiving rations at the Fort Peck Agency, in the Territory of Montana, do hereby consent and agree to all the stipulations therein contained. Witness our hands and seals at Fort Peck Agency, Montana, this twenty-eighth day of December, eighteen hundred and eighty-six. S10UX. Sioux signatures. Mat-to·wa-kan, Medicine Bear, his x mark. SeaL Wam-a-de-ze, Yellow Eagle, his x mark. Seal. Tach-ah-sin-tag, Deer Tail, his x mark. Seal. Chah-dah-sa·pah, Black Hawk, his x mark. Seal. Wam-a·de-ton-kah, Big Eagle, his x mark. Seal. Wa-da—lu-cha-chi-conna, W ite Maggot, his x mark. Seal. Mo-to·co-kega, Afraid of Bear, his x mark. Seal. Te-pec-sha, ed Lodge, his x mark. Seal. Wa-ge·ah-du-ta, Red Thunder, his x mark. Seal.