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TREATY WITH THE WYANDOTS, ETC. 1785.

Goods given tothe Indians.

Jan. 21, 1785.

Hostages to begiven till prison-ers are restored.

Indians acknowledge pro-tection of U. S.

claims to the country west of the said boundary, and then they shall besecured in the peaceful possession of the lands they inhabit east andnorth of the same, reserving only six miles square round the fort ofOswego, to the United States , for the support of the same.

ARTICLE IV.

The Commissioners of the United States , in consideration of thepresent circumstances of the Six Nations, and in execution of thehumane and liberal views of the United States upon the signing ofthe above articles, will order goods to be delivered to the said SixNations for their use and comfort.

Oliver Wolcott ,

Richard Butler,

Arthur Lee.

Mohawks .

Onogwendahonji,

Towighnatogon.

Onondagas.

Oheadarighton,

Kendarindgon.

Senecas.

Tayagonendagighti,

Tehonwaeaghriyagi.

Oneidas.

Otyadonenghti,

Dagaheari.

Cayuga.

Oraghgoanendagen.

Tuscarora.

Ononghsawenghti,

Tharondawagen.

Seneca Abeal.Kayentlioghke.

Witnesses: — Sam. Jo. Atlee, Wm. Maclay, Fras. Johnston, Pennsylvania Com-missioners. Aaron Hill, Alexander Campbell, Sami . Kirkland, Miss’y. James Dean,Sami. Montgomery, Derick Lane, Capt. John Mercer, Lieut . William Pennington,Lieut . Mahlon Ford, Ensign. Hugh Peebles.

To the Indian names are subjoined a mark and seal.

ARTICLES OF A TREATY

Concluded at Fort M‘Intosh, the twenty-first day of January , onethousand seven hundred and eighty-five, between the Commis-sioners Plenipotentiary of the United States of America , of theone Part, and the Sachems and Warriors of the Wiandot,Delaware , Chippawa and Ottawa Nations of the other.

The Commissioners Plenipotentiary of the United States in Congressassembled, give peace to the Wiandot, Delaware , Chippawa, and Otta-wa nations of Indians, on the following conditions:

ARTICLE I.

Three chiefs, one from among the Wiandot, and two from among theDelaware nations, shall be delivered up to the Commissioners of theUnited States , to be by them retained till all the prisoners, white andblack, taken by the said nations, or any of them, shall be restored.

ARTICLE II.

The said Indian nations do acknowledge themselves and all theirtribes to be under the protection of the United States and of no othersovereign whatsoever.