fully destroy, or with intent to
steal or destroy, shall take and carry away any property of any
value or description, being the property free from tribal
interference, of any other Indian or Indians, shall, without
reference to the value thereof, be deemed guilty of an "Indian
offense," and, upon trial and conviction thereof, by the court of
"Indian offenses," shall be compelled to return the stolen property
to the proper owner, or, in case the property shall have been lost
or destroyed, the estimated full value thereof, and in any event
the party or parties so found guilty shall be confined in the
agency guardhouse for a term not exceeding thirty days; and it
shall not be considered a sufficient or satisfactory answer to any
of the offenses set forth in this rule that the party charged was
at the time a "mourner," and thereby justified in taking or
destroying the property in accordance with the customs or rites of
the tribe.
Eighth: Any Indian or mixed blood who shall pay or offer to pay any
money or other valuable consideration to the friends or relatives
of any Indian girl or woman, for the purpose of living or
cohabiting with said girl or woman, shall be deemed guilty of an
"Indian offense," and upon conviction thereof shall forfeit all
right to government rations for a period at the discretion of the
agent, or be imprisoned in the agency guardhouse for a period not
exceeding sixty days; and any Indian or mixed blood who shall
receive or offer to receive any consideration for the purposes
hereinbefore specified shall be punished in a similar manner as
provided for the party paying or offering to pay the said
consideration; and if any white man shall be found guilty of any of
the offenses herein mentioned he shall be immediately removed from
the reservation and not allowed to return thereto.
Ninth: In addition to the "offenses" hereinbefore enumerated, the
court of "Indian offenses" shall also have jurisdiction (subject to
the provisions of rule 3) of misdemeanors committed by Indians
belonging to the reservation, and of civil suits where Indians are
parties thereto; and any Indian who shall be found intoxicated, or
who shall sell, exchange, give, barter or dispose of any
spirituous, vinous, or fermented liquors to any other Indian, or
who shall introduce or attempt
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