TREATY WITH THE WYANDOTS, ETC. 1795.
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of the rapids of the Miami of the lake: and from thence to Detroit .Again from the mouth of Chikago , to the commencement of the port-age, between that river and the Illinois, and down the Illinois river tothe Mississippi, also from Fort Wayne along the portage aforesaid whichleads to the Wabash, and then down the Wabash to the Ohio . Andthe said Indian tribes will also allow to the people of the United States the free use of the harbours and mouths of rivers along the lakes ad-joining the Indian lands, for sheltering vessells and boats, and libertyto land their cargoes where necessary for their safety.
ARTICLE IV.
In consideration of the peace now established and of the cessionsand relinquishments of lands made in the preceding article by the saidtribes of Indians, and to manifest the liberality of the United States ,as the great means of rendering this peace strong and perpetual; theUnited States relinquish their claims to all other Indian lands north-ward of the river Ohio, eastward of the Mississippi , and westward andsouthward of the Great Lakes and the waters uniting them, accordingto the boundary line agreed on by the United States and the king ofGreat-Britain , in the treaty of peace made between them in the year1783. But from this relinquishment by the United States , the followingtracts of land, are explicitly excepted. 1st. The tract of one hundredand fifty thousand acres near the rapids of the river Ohio , which hasbeen assigned to General Clark, for the use of himself and his warriors.2d. The post of St. Vincennes on the river Wabash , and the lands ad-jacent, of which the Indian title has been extinguished. 3d. The landsat all other places in possession of the French people and other whitesettlers among them, of which the Indian title has been extinguishedas mentioned in the 3d article; and 4th. The post of fort Massac to-wards the mouth of the Ohio . To which several parcels of land soexcepted, the said tribes relinquish all the title and claim which they orany of them may have.
And for the same considerations and with the same views as abovementioned, the United States now deliver to the said Indian tribes aquantity of goods to the value of twenty thousand dollars, the receiptwhereof they do hereby acknowledge; and henceforward every yearforever the United States will deliver at some convenient place north-ward of the river Ohio , like usefull goods, suited to the circumstancesof the Indians, of the value of nine thousand five hundred dollars;reckoning that value at the first cost of the goods in the city or placein the United States , where they shall be procured. The tribes towhich those goods are to be annually delivered, and the proportions inwhich they are to be delivered, are the following.
1st. To the Wyandots, the amount of one thousand dollars. 2d. Tothe Delawares , the amount of one thousand dollars. 3d. To the Shawa-nese, the amount of one thousand dollars. 4th. To the Miamis, theamount of one thousand dollars. 5th. To the Ottawas, the amount ofone thousand dollars. 6th. To the Chippewas , the amount of onethousand dollars. 7th. To the Putawatimes, the amount of one thou-sand dollars. 8th. And to the Kickapoo, Weea, Eel-river, Piankashawand Kaskaskias tribes, the amount of five hundred dollars each.
Provided, That if either of the said tribes shall hereafter at an annualdelivery of their share of the goods aforesaid, desire that a part of theirannuity should be furnished in domestic animals, implements of hus-bandry, and other utensils convenient for them, and in compensation tousefull artificers who may reside with or near them, and be employedfor their benefit, the same shall at the subsequent annual deliveries befurnished accordingly.
Exceptions.
Annual allow-ance to be madeto the Indians.
Proviso.