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 124 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 213. 1888. fore signing the same, and that the agreement was executed and signed by said Indians at Wolf Point Subagency, Montana, on the thirty-nrst day of December, eighteen hundred and eighty- six. J om: BRUGUIER, Special Interpreter. HENRY ARCHDALE, United States Indian Agency Interpreter. Attest: D. O. Cowim, ° United States Indian Agent. It is hereby agreed that the separate reservation for the In- . dians now attached to and receiving rations at the Fort Belknap A ency shall be bounded as follows, to wit: mm. Beikmpuem- Beginning at a point in the middle of the main channel of Milk '“§,':;du,, River, o posite the mouth of Snake Creek ; thence due south to ` a int d)ue west of the western extremity of the Little Rocky Mldiintains; thence due east to the crest of said mountains at their western extremity, and thence following the southern crest of said mountains to the eastern extremity thereof; thence in a _ northerly direction in a direct line to a point in the middle of the main channel of Milk River opposite the mouth of Peoples Creek; thence up Milk River, in the middle of the main channel thereof, to the p ace of beginning: Provided, That the Secretar of the Interior may, in his discretion, set apart a tract of lanci within said reservation, not to exceed one hundred and sixty acres in extent, for the establishment and maintenance of an Indian mission and industrial school, under the auspices of the Society of Jesus, to include the site of their present mission buildings; but such privilege shall not debar or exclude other religious societies from establishing Indian missions and schools within said reservation, under direction of the Secretaxyof the Interior. Dated and signed at Fort Belknap Agency, ontana, on the twenty-first day of J anuarly, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven. No. V.- Wnieur, SEAL. J Amin W. DANIELS, SEAL. . CHARLES F. LARRABEE, SEAL. Commissioners. The foregoing articles of agreement having been full explained to us, in open council, we, the undersigned chiefs, headmen, and Iprincipal men of the Gros Ventre and Assinniboine bands of ndians attached to and receiving rations at the Fort Belknap Agency, in the Territory of Montana, do hereby consent an agree to all the stipulations therein contained. Witness our hands and seals at Fort Belknap Agency, Montana, this twenty-first day of January, eighteen hundred and eig ty-seven. GROS viinrkms. t Gr¤¤Vmr¤¤’¤sm· At—tan—ick-e-wa, Jerry, his x mark. Seal. ""‘ Torb-a-nike, Lame Bull, his x mark. Seal. Ho·a·nike, Crow Chief, his x mark. Seal. Nots·a·be-hon—e, Wluite and Yellow Cow, his x mark. Seal. Wus-a-nuck—co, Sleeping Bear, his x mark. Seal. Ban-ath-a-woke, Skunk, his x mark. Seal. As-sin·ne-wus-in, No Bear, his x mark. Seal. Cack-a—tha-wat·tan-a, Black Wolf, his x mark. Seal. Bawn-nis·caw, Red Whip; his x mark. Seal. Nik—an-toab, Bull Robe, is x mark. Seal.