Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
June 16, 2021
Soccer scholarship for student athlete
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Congratulations, Graduate!
Courtesy MHS
At Madras High School last week, Harlee David, here with parents Butch and Angie
and coaches, signs with the College of Siskiyous. Harlee earned a soccer
scholarship to attend the California college.
The Treaty of 1855 ~
The United States further en-
gage to secure and pay for the ser-
vices and subsistence, for the term
of fifteen years, of one farmer,
one blacksmith, and one wagon and
plough maker; and for the term
of twenty years, of one physician,
one sawyer, one miller, one super-
intendent of farming operations,
and one school teacher.
The United States also engage
to erect four dwelling-houses, one
for the head chief of the confed-
erated bands, and one each for the
Upper and Lower De Chutes bands
of Walla-Wallas, and for the Was-
copum band of Wascoes, and to
fence and plough for each of the
said chiefs ten acres of land; also
to pay the head chief of the con-
federated bands a salary of five
hundred dollars per annum for
twenty years, commencing six
months after the three principal
bands named in this treaty shall
have removed to the reservation,
or as soon thereafter as a head
chief should be elected:
And provided, also, That at any
time when by the death, resigna-
tion, or removal of the chief se-
lected, there shall be a vacancy and
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a successor appointed or selected,
the salary, the dwelling, and im-
provements shall be possessed by
said successor, so long as he shall
occupy the position as head chief;
so also with reference to the dwell-
ings and improvements provided
for by this treaty for the head chiefs
of the three principal bands
named.
Article 5.The President may,
from time to time, at his discre-
tion, cause the whole, or such por-
tion as he may think proper, of the
tract that may now or hereafter be
set apart as a permanent home for
these Indians, to be surveyed into
lots and assigned to such Indians
of the confederated bands as may
wish to enjoy the privilege, and lo-
cate thereon permanently.
To a single person over
twentyone years of age, forty acres;
to a family of two persons, sixty
acres; to a family of three and not
exceeding five, eighty acres; to a
family of six persons, and not ex-
ceeding ten, one hundred and
twenty acres; and to each family
over ten in number, twenty acres
for each additional three members.
And the President may provide
such rules and regulations as will
secure to the family in case of the
death of the head thereof the pos-
session and enjoyment of such per-
manent home and the improve-
ment thereon; and he may, at any
time, at his discretion, after such
person or family has made loca-
tion on the land assigned as a per-
manent home, issue a patent to
such person or family for such as-
signed land, conditioned that the
tract shall not be aliened or leased
for a longer term than two years
and shall be exempt from levy, sale,
or forfeiture, which condition shall
continue in force until a State con-
stitution embracing such lands
within its limits shall have been
formed, and the legislature of the
State shall remove the restrictions.
Provided, however, That no
State legislature shall remove the
restrictions herein provided for
without the consent of Congress.
And provided, also, That if any
person or family shall at any time
neglect or refuse to occupy or till
a portion of the land assigned and
on which they have located, or shall
roam from place to place indicat-
ing a desire to abandon his home,
the President may, if the patent
shall have been issued, revoke the
same, and if not issued, cancel the
assignment, and may also withhold
Victoria Smith
Congratulations to Mashauni Smith ~ Class of 2021
Graduate of Madras High School.
from such person, or family, their
portion of the annuities, or other
money due them, until they shall
have returned to such permanent
home and resumed the pursuits of
industry, and in default of their re-
turn the tract may be declared aban-
doned, and thereafter assigned to
some other person or family of
Indians residing on said reserva-
tion.
Article 6. The annuities of the
Indians shall not be taken to pay
the debts of individuals.
Article 7. The confederated
bands acknowledge their depen-
dence on the Government of the
United States, and promise to be
friendly with all the citizens thereof,
and pledge themselves to commit
no depredation on the property of
said citizens; and should any one
or more of the Indians violate this
pledge, and the fact be satisfacto-
rily proven before the agent, the
property taken shall be returned,
or in default thereof, or if injured
or destroyed, compensation may be
made by the Government out of
their annuities; nor will they make
war on any other tribe of Indians
except in self-defense, but submit
all matters of difference between
them and other Indians to the Gov-
ernment of the United States, or
its agents for decision, and abide
thereby; and if any of the said In-
dians commit any depredations on
other Indians, the same rule shall
prevail as that prescribed in the
case of depredations against citi-
zens; said Indians further engage to
submit to and observe all laws, rules,
and regulations which may be pre-
scribed by the United States for the
government of said Indians.
Article 8. In order to prevent
the evils of intemperance among
said Indians, it is hereby provided,
that if any one of them shall drink
liquor to excess, or procure it for
others to drink, his or her propor-
tion of the annuities may be with-
held from him or her for such time
as the President may determine.
Article 9. The said confeder-
ated bands agree that whensoever,
in the opinion of the President of
the United States, the public inter-
est may require it, that all roads,
highways, and railroads shall have
the right of way through the res-
er vation herein designated, or
which may at any time hereafter
be set apart as a reservation for
said Indians.
This treaty shall be obligatory
on the contracting parties as soon
as the same shall be ratified by the
President and Senate of the United
States. Joel Palmer, Superinten-
dent of Indian Affairs, O.T