A TREATY
Betiveen the United States of America , and the tribes of Indians
called the Delawares , Pottawatimies, Miames, Eel River, and
Weas.
ARTicr.Es of a treaty made and entered into, at Grouseland, nearVincennes, in the Indiana territory, by and between William HenryHarrison, governor of said territory, superintendant of Indian affairs,and commissioner plenipotentiary of the United States , for treating withthe north western tribes of Indians, of the one part, and the tribes ofIndians called the Delewares, Putawatimis, Miamis, Eel River, andWeas, jointly and severally by their chiefs and head men, of the otherpart.
Article I. Whereas, by the fourth article of a treaty made betweenthe United States and the Delaware tribe, on the eighteenth day ofAugust, eighteen hundred and four, the said United States engaged toconsider the said Delewares as the proprietors of all that tract of countrywhich is bounded by the White river on the north, the Ohio and Clark’sgrant on the south, the general boundary line running from the mouthof Kentucky river on the east, and the tract ceded by the treaty of fortWayne , and the road leading to Clark’s grant on the west and southwest. And whereas, the Miami tribes, from whom the Delawares derived their claim, contend that in their cession of said tract to theDelewares, it was never their intention to convey to them the right ofthe soil, but to suffer them to occupy it as long as they thought proper,the said Delewares have, for the sake of peace and good neighbourhood,determined to relinquish their claim to the said tract, and do by thesepresents release the United States from the guarantee made in thebefore-mentioned article of the treaty of August, eighteen hundred andfour.
Art. II. The said Miami , Eel River, and Wea tribes, cede andrelinquish to the United States forever, all that tract of country whichlies to the south of a line to be drawn from the north east corner of thetract ceded by the treaty of fort Wayne , so as to strike the generalboundary line, running from a point opposite to the mouth of the Ken-tucky river, to fort Recovery, at the distance of fifty miles from its com-mencement on the Ohio river.
Art. III. In consideration of the cession made in the precedingarticle, the United States will give an additional permanent annuity tosaid Miamis, Eel River, and Wea tribes, in the following proportions,viz : to the Miamis, six hundred dollars; to the Eel River tribe, twohundred and fifty dollars; to the Weas, two hundred and fifty dollars;and also to the Putawatemies, an additional annuity of five hundreddollars, for ten years, and no longer; which, together with the sum offour thousand dollars which is now delivered, the receipt whereof theydo hereby acknowledge, is to be considered as a full compensation forthe land now ceded.
Art. IV. As the tribes which are now called the Miamis, Eel River,and Weas, were formerly and still consider themselves as one nation,and as they have determined that neither of these tribes shall disposeof any part of the country which they hold in common; in order toquiet their minds on that head, the United States do hereby engage to
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Aug. 21, 1805.
Proclamation,April 24, 1806.
Cession of theMiamies, &c.
An additionalpermanent an-nuity to be givento the Miamies,&c.
Miamies, &c.determine not topart with anyof their terri-tory without theconsent of allparties.