A TREATY
Between the United States of America and the Wyandot, Dela-ware, Seneca, Shawanoe, Miami, Chippewa , Ottawa, and Po-
tawatimie, Tribes of Indians, residing within the limits of the
State of Ohio, and the Territories of Indiana and Michigan .
Whereas the Chippewa , Ottawa, and Potawatimie, tribes of Indians,together with certain bands of the Wyandot, Delaware , Seneca,Shawanoe,and Miami tribes, were associated with Great Britain in the late warbetween the United States and that power, and have manifested a dispo-sition to be restored to the relations of peace and amity with the saidStates; and the President of the United States having appointed Wil-liam Henry Harrison, late a Major General in the service of the UnitedStates, Duncan M‘Arthur, late a Brigadier in the service of the UnitedStates , and John Graham, Esquire, as Commissioners to treat with thesaid tribes; the said Commissioners and the Sachems, Headmen, andWarriors, of said tribes having met in Council at the Spring Wells,near the city of Detroit , have agreed to the following Articles, which,when ratified by the President, by and with the advice and consent ofthe Senate of the United States , shall be binding on them and the saidtribes:
Article 1 . The United States give peace to the Chippewa , Ottawa,and Potawatimie, tribes.
Art. 2. They also agree to restore to the said Chippewa , Ottawa,and Potawatimie tribes, all the possessions, rights, and priviledges,which they enjoyed, or were entitled to, in the year one thousand eighthundred and eleven, prior to the commencement of the late war withGreat Britain ; and the said tribes, upon their part, agree again to placethemselves under the protection of the United States , and of no otherpower whatsoever.
Art. 3. In consideration of the fidelity to the United States whichhas been manifested by the Wyandot, Delaware , Seneca, and Shawanoe,tribes, throughout the late war, and of the repentance of the Miamitribe, as manifested by placing themselves under the protection of theUnited States , by the treaty of Greenville, in eighteen hundred and four-teen, the said States agree to pardon such of the chiefs and warriors ofsaid tribes as may have continued hostilities against them untill the closeof the war with Great Britain , and to permit the chiefs of their respec-tive tribes to restore them to the stations and property which they heldpreviously to the war.
Art. 4. The United States and the beforementioned tribes or nationsof Indians, that is to say, the Wyandot, Delaware , Seneca, Shawanoe,Miami, Chippewa , Ottawa, and Potawatimies, agree to renew and con-firm the treaty of Greenville, made in the year one thousand seven hun-dred and ninety-five, and all subsequent treaties to which they were,respectively, parties, and the same are hereby again ratified and con-firmed in as full a manner as if they were inserted in this treaty.
Done at Spring Wells, the eighth day of September, in the year ofour Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, and of the inde-pendance of the United States the fortieth.
Sept. 8, 1815.
Ratified, Dec.26, 1815.
Peace given tocertain tribes.
Said tribes re-stored to the pa-cific relationsof 1811.
Treaty ofGreenville, &c.ratified and con-firmed.
Ante, p. 49.
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