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 TREATY WITH THE WYANDOTS, ETC. 1785. 17 ARTICLE III. The boundary line between the United States and the Wiandot and Bnnndnries. Delaware nations, shall begin at the mouth of the river Cayahoga, and run thence up the said river to the portage between that and the Tuscarawas branch of Meskingum ; then down the aid branch to the forks at the crossing place above Fort Lawrence; then westerly to the portage of the Big Miami, which runs into the Ohio, at the mouth of which branch the fort stood which was taken by the French in one thousand seven hundred and fifty-two; then along the said portage to the Great Miami or Ome river, and down the south-east side of the same to its mouth; thence along the south shore of lake Erie, to the mouth of Cayahoga where it began. ARTICLE IV. The United States allot all the lands contained within the said lines Reserves. to the Wiandot and Delaware nations, to live and to hunt on, and to such of the Ottawa nation as now live thereon; saving and reserving for the establishment of trading posts, six miles square at the mouth of Miami or Ome river, and the same at the portage on that branch of the Big Miami which runs into the Ohio, and the same on the lake of Sanduske where the fbrt formerly stood, and also two miles square on each side of the lower rapids of Sanduske river, which posts and the lands annexed to them, shall be to the use and under the government of the United States. ARTICLE V. If any citizen of the United States, or other person not being an In- No citizen sr dian, shall attempt to settle on any of the lands allotted to the Wiandot U-iS·d€¤ Mlggsv and Delaware nations in this treaty, except on the lands reserved to the °“ " ""' United States in the preceding article, such person shall forfeit the protection of the United States, and the Indians may punish him as they please. ARTICLE VI. The Indians who sign this treaty, as well in behalf of all their tribes Indians recogas of themselves, do acknowledge the lands east, south and west of the ¤i¤°'"l°? °€,U· · lines described in the third article, so far as the said Indians formerly ;2,?§;g*E¤d; claimed the same, to belong to the United States; and none of their tribes shall presume to settle upon the same, or any part of it. ’ ARTICLE VII. The post of Detroit, with a district beginning at the mouth of the Pnsinrpsrrnig river Rosine, on the west end of lake Erie, and running west six miles ¤‘¤¤¤rV¢d~ up the southern bank of the said river, thence northerly and always six miles west of the strait, till it strikes the lake St. Clair, shall be also reserved to the sole use of the United States. ARTICLE VIII. In the same manner the post of Michillimachenac with its dependen- pos, at Mich. cies, and twelve miles square about the same, shall be reserved to the illimuchcnac r¤· use of the United States. S°"°d• ARTICLE IX. If any Indian_ or Indians shall commit a robbery or murder on any Robbers and citizen of the United States, the tribe to which such offenders may murderers to be belong, shall be bound to deliver them up at the nearest post, to be ¥fhé°"’d‘° punis ed according to the ordinances of the United States.' 3 n 2