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Article VIII
In lieu of all sums of money or other amenities provided to be paid to the Indians herein named under any treaty or treaties heretofore made, the United States agrees to deliver at the Agency house on the reservation herein named on the first day of September of each year, for ten years the following articles to wit:
Such articles of clothing, goods, or materials as the Agent may make his estimate for; not exceeding in value five dollars per Indian, each Indian being encouraged to manufacture their own clothing, blankets &c. to be furnished with no article which they can manufacture themselves.
And in order that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs may be able to estimate properly for the articles herein named, it shall be the duty of the Agent each year to forward to him a full and exact census of the Indians, on which the estimate from year to year can be based.
And in addition to the articles herein named, the sum of ten dollars for each person entitled to the beneficial effects of the treaty shall be annually appropriated for a period of ten years for each person who engages in farming or mechanical pursuits to be used by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in the purchase of such articles as from time to time the condition and necessities of the Indians may indicate to be proper, and if within the ten years at any time, it shall appear that the amount of money needed for clothing, under the article, and can be appropriated to better uses for the Indians named herein, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs may change the appropriation to other purposes, in no event shall