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 1036 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 5-L3. 1891. Ananangmari and others, is hereby accepted, ratified, and connrmed, and is in the following words, to wit: Preamble. "Whereas, b section five of the act of Congress entitled ‘An act to provide for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians on the various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and Territories over 'the ndians, and for other purvo1.24,p.:m poses,' approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and e1g ty- seven, it is provided ‘ That at any time after lands have been allot- ' ted to all the Indian of any tribe, as herein provided, or sooner,’ 1f in the opinion of the President it shall be for the best interests of said _ tribe, it shall be lawful for the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate with such Indian tribe for the purchase and release by, the said tribe, in conformity with the treaty or statute under whic such reservation is held, of such portions of its reservations not allotted as such tribe shall from time to time, consent to sell, on such terms and conditions as shall be considered just and equitable between the United States and said tribe of Indians, which purchase shall not be complete until ratiiied bH Congress; and the form and manner of executin such release sha also be rescribed by Congress. Frhereas the Sisseton and Wahpdon bands of Dakota or Sioux Indians are desirous of · disposing of a portion of the land set apart Vo1.15,p.506. and reserved to them by the third article of the treaty of February nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, between them and the United States and situated pprtly in the State of North Dakota and partly in the State of South akota: hmm;. Now, therefore, this agreement made and entered into in pursuance of the provisions of the Act of Congress approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, aforesaid, at the Sisseton Agency, South Dakota, on this the twelfth daklof December, eighteen hundred and eightly-nine, by and between iphalet Whittlesey, D. W. Diggs, an C arles A. Maxwell, on the part of the United States, uly authorized and em owered thereto, and the chiefs, head-men, and male adult members of the Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of Dakota or Sioux Indians, witnesseth: A¤·¤<=¤·¤ I- ARTICLE I. uuaweaea. The Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of Dakota or Sioux Indians hereby cede, sell, relinquish, and convey to the United States all their claim, right, title, and interest in and to all the unallotted lands within the limits of the reservation set apart to said bands of Indians as aforesaid remaining after the allotments and additional allotments provided for in article four of this agreement shall have been made. ww ¤· Amucnm II. 1=•yme¤noi· num. In consideration for the lands ceded, sold, relin uished, and con- . veyed as aforesaid, the United States stip(ulates and agrees to pay to the Sisseton and Wahtrneton bands of Da ota or Sioux Indians, parties hereto, the sum 0 two dollars and fifty cents per acre for each and every acre thereof, and it is agreed by the parties hereto that "°'°° ”°”‘°"°**— the sum so to be paid shall be held in the Treasury of the United States for the sole use and benefit of the said bands of Indians; and the same, with interest thereon at three per centum per annum, shall be at all times subject toappro riation y Congress for the educa.- tion and civilization of the said bands of Indians, or members thereof, V°*·2*·P·”· as provided in section five of an act of Congress, approved Febru- • ary eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and entitled "An act to provide for the allotment of lan s in severalty to Indians on the various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and Territories over the Indians, and for other pur- 1-mma. poses:" Provided, That any religious society or other organization