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TREATY WITH THE WYANDOTS, ETC. 1785.
ARTICLE III.
The boundary line between the United States and the Wiandot andDelaware nations, shall begin at the mouth of the river Cayahoga, andrun thence up the said river to the portage between that and the Tus-carawas branch of Meskingum; then down the said branch to the forksat the crossing place above Fort Lawrence; then westerly to the portageof the Big Miami, which runs into the Ohio , at the mouth of whichbranch the fort stood which was taken by the French in one thousandseven hundred and fifty-two; then along the said portage to the GreatMiami or Ome river, and down the south-east side of the same to itsmouth; thence along the south shore of lake Erie , to the mouth ofCayahoga where it began.
ARTICLE IV.
The United States allot all the lands contained within the said linesto the Wiandot and Delaware nations, to live and to hunt on, and tosuch of the Ottawa nation as now live thereon; saving and reservingfor the establishment of trading posts, six miles square at the mouth ofMiami or Ome river, and the same at the portage on that branch of theBig Miami which runs into the Ohio , and the same on the lake of San-duske where the fort formerly stood, and also two miles square on eachside of the lower rapids of Sanduske river, which posts and the landsannexed to them, shall be to the use and under the government of theUnited States .
ARTICLE V.
If any citizen of the United States , or other person not being an In-dian, shall attempt to settle on any of the lands allotted to the Wiandotand Delaware nations in this treaty, except on the lands reserved to theUnited States in the preceding article, such person shall forfeit the pro-tection of the United States , and the Indians may punish him as theyplease.
ARTICLE VI.
The Indians who sign this treaty, as well in behalf of all their tribesas of themselves, do acknowledge the lands east, south and west of thelines described in the third article, so far as the said Indians formerlyclaimed the same, to belong to the United States ; and none of theirtribes shall presume to settle upon the same, or any part of it.
ARTICLE VII.
The post of Detroit , with a district beginning at the mouth of theriver Rosine, on the west end of lake Erie , and running west six milesup the southern bank of the said river, thence northerly and always sixmiles west of the strait, till it strikes the lake St. Clair , shall be alsoreserved to the sole use of the United States .
ARTICLE VIII.
In the same manner the post of Michillimaehenac with its dependen-cies, and twelve miles square about the same, shall be reserved to theuse of the United States .
ARTICLE IX.
If any Indian or Indians shall commit a robbery or murder on anycitizen of the United States , the tribe to which such offenders maybelong, shall be bound to deliver them up at the nearest post, to bepunished according to the ordinances of the United States .
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Boundaries.
Reserves.
Post at Mich-illimachenac re-served.
Robbers andmurderers to bedelivered toIT. S.
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