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Stolen horsesto be restored.
Stipulation thatthe U. S. willtreat with thePiankeshawsfor an acknow-ledgment of thetitle of the De-lawares , &c.
Boundaries,
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TREATY WITH THE DELAWARES. 1804.
people) is to be considered as full compensation for the relinquishmentmade in the first article.
Art. 3. As there is great reason to believe that there are now in thepossession of the said tribe, several horses which have been stolen fromcitizens of the United States , the chiefs who represent the said tribeare to use their utmost endeavors to have the said horses forthwith de-livered to the superintendent of Indian affairs or such persons as hemay appoint to receive them. And as the United States can place theutmost reliance on the honour and integrity of those chiefs who havemanifested a punctilious regard to the engagements entered into at thetreaty of Grenville, it is agreed that in relation to such of the horsesstolen as aforesaid, but which have died or been removed beyond thereach of the chiefs, the United States will compensate the owners forthe loss of them without deducting from the annuity of the said tribethe amount of what may be paid in this way. But it is expressly un-derstood that this provision is not to extend to any horses which havebeen stolen within the course of twelve months preceding the datehereof.
Art. 4. The said tribe having exhibited to the above-named commis-sioner of the United States sufficient proof of their right to all the coun-try which lies between the Ohio and White river, and the Miami tribewho were the original proprietors of the upper part of that countryhaving explicitly acknowledged the title of the Delawares at the generalcouncil held at Fort Wayne in the month of June 1803, the said UnitedStates will in future consider the Delawares as the rightful owners ofall the country which is bounded by the white river on the north, theOhio on the south, the general boundary line running from the mouthof the Kentucky river on the east, and the tract ceded by this treaty,and that ceded by the treaty of Fort Wayne , on the west and southwest.
Art. 5. As the Piankishaw tribe have hitherto obstinately persistedin refusing to recognize the title of the Delawares to the tract of coun-try ceded by this treaty, the United States will negociate with them andwill endeavor to settle the matter, in an amicable way; but should theyreject the propositions that may be made to them on this subject, andshould the United States not think proper to take possession of the saidcountry without their consent; the stipulations and promises hereinmade on behalf of the United States , shall be null and void.
Art. 6. As the road from Vincennes to Clark’s grant will form avery inconvenient boundery, and as it is the intention of the parties tothese presents that the whole of the said road shall be within the tractceded to the United States , it is agreed that the boundary in that quar-ter shall be a straight line to be drawn parallel to the course of the saidroad from the eastern boundary of the tracts ceded by the treaty of P’ortWayne to Clark’s grant; but the said line is not to pass at a greaterdistance than half a mile from the most northerly bend of said road.
In witness whereof the commissioner plenipotentiary of the UnitedStates , and the chiefs and head men of the said tribe have hereuntoset their hands, and affixed their seals. Done at Vincennes theeighteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousandeight hundred and four; and of the independence of the UnitedStates , the twenty-ninth.
(Signed)