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TREATY WITH THE WYANDOTS, ETC. 1805.
Cession fromthe Indians.
Proportions towhich the In-dian tribes areentitled out ofthe purchase ofthe Connecticut land company,&c.
Indians at lib-erty to fish andhunt in cededterritories.
line of the United States , and extending south it intersects a line here-tofore established by the treaty of Grenville.
Art. III. The Indian nations aforesaid, for the consideration offriendship to the United States , and the sums of money hereinaftermentioned, to be paid annually to the Wyandot, Shawanee, Munsee andDelaware nations, have ceded and do hereby cede and relinquish tosaid United States for ever, all the lands belonging to said United States ,lying east of the aforesaid line, bounded southerly and easterly by theline established by said treaty of Grenville, and northerly by the north-ernmost part of the forty first degree of north latitude.
Art. IV. The United States , to preserve harmony, manifest theirliberality, and in consideration of the cession made in the precedingarticle, will, every year forever hereafter, at Detroit , or some other con-venient place, pay and deliver to the Wyandot, Munsee, and Delaware nations, and those of the Shawanee and Seneca nations who reside withthe Wyandots, the sum of eight hundred and twenty five dollars, currentmoney of the United States , and the further sum of one hundred andseventy five dollars, making in the whole an annuity of one thousanddollars; which last sum of one hundred and seventy five dollars, hasbeen secured to the President, in trust for said nations, by the Con-necticut land company, and by the company incorporated by the nameof “ the proprietors of the half million acres of land lying south of lakeErie , called Sufferer’s Land,” payable annually as aforesaid, and to bedivided between said nations, from time to time, in such proportionsas said nations, with the approbation of the President, shall agree.
Art. V. To prevent all misunderstanding hereafter, it is to be ex-pressly remembered, that the Ottawa and Chipawa nations, and such ofthe Pottawatima nation as reside on the river Huron of lake Erie , andin the neighbourhood thereof, have received from the Connecticut landcompany, and the company incorporated by the name of “ the proprie-tors of the half million acres of land lying south of lake Erie , calledSufferer’s Land,” the sum of four thousand dollars in hand, and havesecured to the President of the United States , in trust for them, thefurther sum of twelve thousand dollars, payable in six annual instal-ments of two thousand each; which several sums is the full amount oftheir proportion of the purchases effected by this treaty, and also by atreaty with said companies bearing even date herewith; which propor-tions were agreed on and concluded by the whole of said nations intheir general council; which several sums, together with two thousandnine hundred and sixteen dollars and sixty seven cents, secured to thePresident, to raise said sum of one hundred and seventy five dollarsannuity as aforesaid, is the amount of the consideration paid by theagents of the Connecticut Reserve, for the cession of their lands.
Art. VI. The said Indian nations, parties to this treaty, shall be atliberty to fish and hunt within the territory and lands which they havenow ceded to the United States , so long as they shall demean themselvespeaceably.
In witness whereof, Charles Jouett, esquire, a commissioner onthe part of the United States , and the sachems, chiefs, and war-riors of the Indian nations aforesaid, have hereto set their handsand seals.
CHARLES JOUETT.
Ottawa.
Nekiek, or Little Otter,Kawachewan, or Eddy,Mechimenduck, or Big Bowl,
Aubaway,
Ogonse,
Sawgamaw,
Tusquagan, or M‘Carty,