The Miamis

line, will be twelve miles distant from the same, and along the said parallel line to its intersection with a line to be drawn from fort Recovery, parallel to the line established by the said treaty of Grouseland.

Art. 2. The Miamis explicitly acknowledge the equal right acknowledge of the Delawares with themselves to the country watered by the equal right of the Dela- the White river. But it is also to be clearly understood, that wares to the neither party shall have the right of disposing of the same without the consent of the others; and any improvements which shall be made on the said land by the Delawares, or their friends the Mochecans, shall be theirs forever.

country wa

tered by the White river,

&c.

Annuities, as

for the cession made.

Art. 3. The compensation to be given for the cession made compensation in the first article, shall be as follows, viz: to the Delawares, a permanent annuity of five hundred dollars; to the Miamis, a like annuity of five hundred dollars; to the Eel River tribe, a like annuity of two hundred and fifty dollars; and to the Pattawatimas, a like annuity of five hundred dollars.

Stipulations of Greenville to apply.

(5 See ante, No. 3, art. 4

and 7, of this chapter.) The consent

Art. 4. All the stipulations made in the treaty of Greenville, relatively to the manner of paying the annuities, and the right of the Indians to hunt upon the land, shall apply to the annuities granted, and the land ceded, by the present treaty.§

Art. 5. The consent of the Wea tribe shall be necessary to complete the title to the first tract of land here ceded; a separate convention shall be entered into between them and the United States, and a reasonable allowance of goods given them post. chap. 13, in hand, and a permanent annuity, which shall not be less than three hundred dollars, settled upon them.

of the Wea tribe necessary, &c. See

No. 1.

Annuities and

Art. 6. The annuities promised by the third article, and the $5,200 worth goods now delivered to the amount of five thousand two hunof goods full dred dollars, shall be considered as a full compensation for the compensation.

Depredations upon cattle, horses, &c. to be put an end to, by deductions from an nuities, &c.

The United

cession made in the first article.

Art. 7. The tribes who are parties to this treaty, being desirous of putting an end to the depredations which are committed by abandoned individuals of their own color, upon the cattle, horses, &c. of the more industrious and careful, agree to adopt the following regulations, viz: when any theft or other depredation shall be committed by any individual or individuals of one of the tribes abovementioned, upon the property of any individual or individuals of another tribe, the chiefs of the party injured shall make application to the agent of the United States, who is charged with the delivery of the annuities of the tribe to which the offending party belongs, whose duty it shall be to hear the proofs and allegations on either side, and determine between them: and the amount of his award shall be immediately deducted from the annuity of the tribe to which the offending party belongs, and given to the person injured, or to the chief of his village for his use.

Art. 8. The United States agree to relinquish their right to States partial- the reserve, at the old Ouroctenon towns, made by the treaty of

Greenville,* so far, at least, as to make no further use of it ly relinquish than for the establishment of a military post.

a reserve.

Art. 9. The tribes who are parties to this treaty, being de- Lands ceded sirous to show their attachment to their brothers the Kickapoos, to procure the Kickapoos an agree to cede to the United States the lands on the northwest annuity of side of the Wabash, from the Vincennes tract to a northwardly $400, &c. extension of the line running from the mouth of the aforesaid Racoon creek, and fifteen miles in width from the Wabash, on condition that the United States shall allow them an annuity of four hundred dollars. But this article is to have no effect un- (+ See post. less the Kickapoos will agree to it.t chap. 14, No. In testimony whereof, the said William Henry Harrison, and the sachems and war chiefs of the beforementioned tribes, have hereunto set their hands and affixed their seals, at fort Wayne, this thirtieth of September, eighteen hundred and nine.

1.)

Mogawgo, his x mark,

Five Medals, by his son, his x mark,

Shissahecon, for himself and his brother Tuthinipee, his x mark, 1. s.

1. s.

1. S.

1. s.

Treaty between the United States and the Miamis and Eel Rivers.

(+ Ante, No. 7, art. 4, of

this chapter.)

No. 11. A separate article entered into at fort Wayne, on the thirtieth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nine, between William Henry Harrison, commissioner plenipotentiary of the United States for treating with the Indian tribes, and the sachems and chief warriors of the Miami and Eel River tribes of Indians, which is to be considered as forming part of the treaty this day concluded between the United States and the said tribes, and their allies the Delawares and Pattawatimas.

As the greater part of the lands ceded to the United States, (See the pre- by the treaty this day concluded, was the exclusive property ceding treaty, No. 10, art. 1. of the Miami, nation, and guaranteed to them by the treaty of Grouseland, it is considered by the said commissioner, just and reasonable that their request, to be allowed some further and additional compensation, should be complied with. It is, therefore, agreed, that the United States shall deliver for their use, Further com- in the course of the next spring, at fort Wayne, domestic animals pensation to to the amount of five hundred dollars, and the like number for the Miamis, the two following years, and that an armory shall be also mainanimals, to tained at fort Wayne, for the use of the Indians, as heretofore. $1,500: armo- It is also agreed, that if the Kickapoos confirm the ninth article of the treaty to which this is a supplement, the United States Further per- will allow to the Miamis a further permanent annuity of two manent annui- hundred dollars, and to the Wea and Eel River tribes a further annuity of one hundred dollars each.

in domestic

the amount of

ry, &c.

ty to the Miamis of $200,

if the Kickapoos confirm, &c. and $100 to the Weas and Eel Rivers, each.

In testimony whereof, the said William Henry Harrison, and the sachems and war chiefs of the said tribes, have hereunto set their hands and affixed their seals, the day and place abovementioned.

See the confirmation of the ninth article of the treaty of fort Wayne, by

the Kickapoos, chap. 14, No. 1.

1. s.

1. s.

1. s.

1. s.

No. 12. A treaty of peace and friendship between the United States of Amer- Treaty with ica, and the tribes of Indians, called the Wyandots, Delawares, Shawanees, the Wyandots, Senekas, and Miamis.

&e.

The said United States of America, by William Henry Harrison, late a major general in the army of the United States, and Lewis Cass, governor of the Michigan territory, duly authorized and appointed commissioners for the purpose, and the said tribes, by their head men, chiefs, and warriors, assembled at Greenville, in the state of Ohio, have agreed to the following articles; which, when ratified by the president of the United States, by and Treaty, when with the advice and consent of the senate thereof, shall be bind-binding. ratified, to be ing upon them and the said tribes: Art. 1. The United States and the Wyandots, Delawares, Peace to the Shawanees, and Senekas, give peace to the Miami nation of Indians, formerly designated as the Miami, Eel River, and Wea tribes; they extend this indulgence also, to the bands of the Pattawatimas, which adhere to the grand sachem Tobinipee, and to the chief Onoxa; to the Ottawas of Blanchard's creek, who have attached themselves to the Shawanees tribe, and to such of the said tribe as adhere to the chief called the Wing, in the neighborhood of Detroit, and to the Kickapoos, under the direction of the chiefs who sign this treaty.

Miami nation,

&c.

Art. 2. The tribes and bands abovementioned, engage to give The tribes to their aid to the United States, in prosecuting the war against States against aid the United Great Britain and such of the Indian tribes as still continue hos- Great Britain, tile, and to make no peace with either, without the consent of &c. the United States.

The assistance herein stipulated for, is to consist of such a number of their warriors, from each tribe, as the president of the United States, or any officer having his authority therefor, may require.

der the pro

Art. 3. The Wyandot tribe, and the Senekas of Sandusky The Wyanand Stoney creek, the Delaware and Shawanees tribes, who dots, &c. unhave preserved their fidelity to the United States throughout tection of the the war, again acknowledge themselves under the protection of United States, to aid, &c. the said states, and of no other power whatever, and agree to aid the United States in the manner stipulated for in the former article, and to make no peace but with the consent of the said

states.

In case of fide

lity, former boundary to

Art. 4. In the event of a faithful performance of the conditions of this treaty, the United States will confirm and establish be confirmed, all the boundaries between their lands, and those of the Wyandots, Delawares, Shawanees, and Miamis, as they existed previously to the commencement of the war.*

&c.

In testimony whereof, the said commissioners, and the said head men, chiefs, and warriors, of the beforementioned tribes of Indians, have hereunto set their hands and affixed their seals.

Done at Greenville, in the state of Ohio, this twenty-second day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, and of the independence of the United States the thirty-ninth.