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provided for, without the consent of Congress.

Article 7.  Should the Omahas determine to make their permanent home north of the due west line named in the first article, the United States agree to protect them from the Sioux and all other hostile tribes; as long as the President may deem such protection necessary; and if other lands be assigned them, the same protection is guaranteed.

Article 8.  The United States agree to erect for the Omahas at their new home, a grist and saw mill, and keep the same in repair, and provide a miller for ten years; also to erect a good blacksmith shop, supply the same with tools, and keep it in repair for ten years; and provide a good blacksmith for a like period; and to employ an experienced farmer for the term of ten years, to instruct the Indians in agriculture.

Article 9.  The annuities of the Indians shall not be taken to pay the debts of individuals.

Article 10.  The Omahas acknowledge their dependence on the government of the United States, and promise to be friendly with all the citizens thereof, and pledge themselves to commit no depredations on the property of such citizens.  And should anyone or more of them violate this pledge, and the fact be satisfactorily proven before the agent, the property taken shall be returned, or in default thereof, or if injured or destroyed, compensation shall be made by the government out of their annuities. Nor will