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 1032 1•*1F1·Y-r1Rsr oonenuss. sms. 11. on. 513. 1891. d’Alenes, have signed articles of agreement with the Government to sell the portion of the reservation joining Post Falls, in which we hav; cixcepteddthe apoyepresciribed rights, before cdnyveygd tokF1red£ eric ost, an no n 'an an no w 1 e man exce re eric os have any rights on the above-described lands and) river channels; the said Frederick_Post has fulfilled all of his agreements with me and my people by imlproving the water-power an building mills at reat expense, and I ereby authorize him to build a house and take all possession of the above-described lands on the reservation side, so that when the treaty is confirmed he may have full possession and protection of the Government in the same. " Given under my hand and seal this 16th day of Sept’r., A. D. 1889. his °‘ANDREW x SELTICE. ' mark. ··· ··· ·. MOH 11E3a 2S5E? £‘}1l§’31'2.€‘€zT“w3?“ii?“&§FJ5’$?. lll2E3i8F3E31E3S3E F. Larrabee, Commissioners, on I)ecember fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, with the Indians of the Fort Berthold Agency, North Dakota, and now on file in the Interior D?artment, signed by said Commissioners on the part of the United tates and by Pades-a-hish and others on the part of the Gros Ventres;. and by Woka·se and others for the Mandans and Kun—nukh-to-wite and others on tp;] part of the tél'l§{§31'GOB, and itso in the follovging woikdg, to wit; Agreement " `s men m e pursuant an item in the act o o ess entitled ‘?§0act making appropriations for the current and cbhltin- _ gent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the year ending June ’ thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and for other purpos1es,;_a]rpTrove1d llgaycnlftprengi, eighteendhgpdrpd %ndLeightly;ix(i ny 'on . rigt, ar . anies,an ares . arra, u appointed commissioners on the part of the United States, and thh Arickaree, Gros Ventre, and Mandan tribes of Indians, now residing lon the For; Béarthold Iiieservatioir, in the Tlerritory of Dakota, t e c ie s. ea -men, an princi men, em racin a ma'orit mmm. ch all the adult male members of saidtribes, Witnessethdahat wllereah it is the policy of the Government to reduce to proper size existing reservations when entirely out of proportion to the number of Indians existing thereon, with the consent of the Indians, and u on just and fair terms; and whereasthe Indians of the several triges, parties hereto, have vastly more land in their present reservation han they need or will ever make use of, and are desirous of disposing of a portion thereof in order to obtain the means necessary to enable them to become wholly self-supporting by the cultivation of the soil and other plursuits of husban ry: Therefore, it is ereby agreed and covenanted by the parties to this instrument, as follows: sum 1. Anricnn I. ¤¤<!¤¢¤M- The Arickaree, Gros Ventre, and Mandan tribes of Indians, parties hereto, hereby cede, sell, and relinquish to the United States all their right, title, and interest in and to all that portion of the Fort Description. Derthold Reservation, as laid down upon the official map of the Territory of.Dakota, published by the General Land Office in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-tive, lying north of the forty-eighth parallel of north latitude, and also all that portion lyin west of a north and south line six miles west of the most westerly oint of the big bend of the Missouri River, south of the forty-eigh)th parallel of north latitude.