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passage they shall at no time and on no account whatever be subject toany toll or exaction.

Art. 12. This treaty shall take effect and be obligatory on the con-tracting parties as soon as the same shall have been ratified by the Pre-sident by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the UnitedStates .

In testimony whereof, The said William Henry Harrison , and thechiefs and head men of the said Sac and Fox tribes have hereuntoset their hands and affixed their seals. Done at Saint Louis , in thedistrict of Louisiana , on the third day of November, one thousandeight hundred and four; and of the independence of the UnitedStates , the twenty-ninth.

(Signed) WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON .

Layouvois, or Laiyuwa, Outchequaha, or Sun Fish,

Pashepaho, or the Giger, Hahshequaxhiqua, or the Bear.

Quashquame, or Jumping Fish,

In presence of (the words “ a branch of the Illinois, ” in the third line of the secondarticle, and the word “ forever,” in the fifth line of the same article, being first inter-lined,) Wo. Prince, Secretary to the Commissioner. John Griffin, one of the Judgesof the Indiana Territory. J. Bruff, Major Art’ry U. S. Amos Stoddard , Capt. corpsof Artillerists. P. Chouteau, Agent de la Traite Louisiaina pour le Departemant, In-nuage. Ch. Gratiot. Aug. Chouteau. Vigo. S. Warrell, Lt. U. S. Artillery.D. Delaunay. Sworn Interpreters, Joseph Barron, Hypolite Bolon.

To the Indian names are subjoined a mark and seal.

ADDITIONAL ARTICLE.

It is agreed that nothing in this treaty contained, shall affect theclaim of any individual or individuals who may have obtained grants ofland from the Spanish government, and which are not included withinthe general boundary line laid down in this treaty, provided that suchgrant have at any time been made known to the said tribes and recog-nized by them.

A TEEATY

Between the United States of America , and the sachems, chiefs,and warriors of the Wyandot, Ottawa, Ghipawa, Munsee andDelaware , Shaivanee, and Pottawatima nations, holden at FartIndustry, on the Miami of the lake, on the fourth day of July,Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and five.

Article I. The said Indian nations do again acknowledge themselvesand all their tribes, to be in friendship with, and under the protectionof the United States .

Art. II. The boundary line between the United States , and the na-tions aforesaid, shall in future be a meridian line drawn north and south,through a boundary to be erected on the south shore of lake Erie , onehundred and twenty miles due west of the west boundary line of thestate of Pennsylvania , extending north untill it intersects the boundary

Treaty, whento take effect.

July 4, 1805.

Proclamation,April 24, 1806.

Indians ac-knowledge pro-tection ot U. S.

Boundary lineestablished.