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 320 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. SEss. II. CII. 1894. AGREEMENT WITH THE YAKIMA NATION or INDIANS IN WASHINGTON. sgi-meet: with Sec. 13. That the following agreement entered into by John Lane, $@3 W"’“"¤‘ special United States Indian agent, and LewisST. Erwin, United States Indian agent Yakima duly appointed by the ecretary of the Interior in that_ behalf, of the,one part, and the head chief, chiefs, headmen, and principal men of the several tr1bes and bands composing the Yakima Nation of Indians in the State of Washington of the other _  bgaring diate the eighth day eg Jaxéugryb eighteen liundged (aid nine y- our an now on e in eo ceo e ommissionero n 1an . . Affairs, is hereby accepted, ratified, and confirmed. ·°°¤¤·*¤¤i¤¤¤‘¤~ Whereas John Lane, special U. S. Indian agent, and Lewis T. Erwin, U. S. Indian agent for the Yakima Indian Agency, duly appointed 32‘3’§,.€2Zl£§‘“§§é’l‘ f.f‘.$.5i.‘1‘.i“t?H*‘!.‘§·.}.Y.§F§.‘§.1l. T$i’2i.‘3‘}’t"‘ ‘}"° ‘?g{§"‘ "“§ _ · 1 o ow ng ·I'l es an bandsof Indians,,viz.: Yakimas Palouses Pisquouses Wenatsha a s Klickitas, Klingnits, Kou was say us, Li ay was, Shinpahs, Wish hams; $’.‘f.’€‘§§"k‘?.3"‘i.°"°.°.§’3; ¤*'?"i'3·“‘“‘i¢"?"*" tl"} if “" ‘if“°t.°*1 °£3"‘i~"“{.‘"‘If a w as aima aiono n 1ans y eirc ies, ea - men, and principal men, embracing a majority of all male adult Indians belonging to the Yakima Nation of Indians aforesaid, which said agreemceinit is as follows: Whereas a certain right of fishery wa  duly provid or in article ten of the treaty concluded with these Indians . by the United States in the year 1855_and ratified by Con ress March 8, 1859, which said aridcle reads as follows, to wit: g on y¤1.1z,p.ss4. **Am·rc1.n 10. And provided, That there is also reserved and set — alpartffrom theblap? cededibly this treaty, for the use and benefit of t e a oresaid 11 e erated 'bes and Bands a tract of land t greisedipgflz (maturity one toyzship of six Ingles bquarte, ptuated at tie s 1sq ouse or na s apam Iver an nown as the ·*Wenatshapam Fishery/’ which said reservation shall be surveyed and marked out whenever the President may direct, and be subject to the same provisions and restrictions as other Indian reservations;" and Whereas a certain tract of land was duly surveyed and set apart, in the yea; 1g9S}, byithie Unéted States m fulfillment of the agreement, on t e par o the ni e tates to be performed as set f th'd article 10 of said treaty of 1855, as aforesaid,_which said tiiact of gdd islcnown as the Wenatshapam Fishery, and IS described as follows, to n-1 z “And provided That there is also reserved and set a art fr 1; lands ceded by this treaty, for the use and benefit ofptlne,af(di;salid ftonfedernted Tribes and llands, a tract of land not exceeding in quantity igne tovwshp elf six malves square, situated at the forks of the Pisqnou e or ena s_ apam Iver an ·nown as the *‘ W t h- F§,he;y," wllncéi said rieservasioin shalll Ee sugveyed and lxiftrkecdpdnllt w en ver e resn en may irect at ·. sions and restrictions as other lndianlliesgrjldtildiisfgdilid same Prov! Whereas the said Indians have found the said right of fishery and the said fishery_above described of little use or beneht to them, and are willing to dispose ot the same to the United States, therefore, in . order to carry out such prupose, it is hereby agreed as follows:, Anrxcm I. Wqnnwu m mh- The said Indians hereby cede and l`h t th ‘ ‘"’“‘h'°°‘{:L all their right, title, interest, claim, mid ldleliiidnd df wlialtsdggtdr Sdgiriz 25 niaturg of 111, and to all their right of fishery, as set forth in article o SRI treaty afo1esa1d, and also all their right, title, interest, claim, or demand of, in, and to said land above described, or any corrected description thereof and known as the lVenatshapam fishery.