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 _ TREATY WITH THE DELAWARES, ETC. 1803. 75 kias by their agents and representative Tuthinipee, Winnemac, Richerville and Little Turtle (who are properly authorised by the said tribes) of the other part. Anrrcnn 1st. Whereas it is declared by- the fourth article of the Boundaries of treaty of Greenville, that the United States reserve for their use the ¤";°°6°§"‘é°d post of St. Vincennes and all the lands adjacent to which the Indian ;‘;,$b;d_' ‘ °` titles had been extinguished: And whereas, it has been found diihcult Ante, p. 51. to determine the precise limits of the said tract as held by the French and British governments: it is hereby agreed, that the boundaries of the said tract shall be as follow : Beginning at Point Coupee on the Wabash, and running thence by a line north seventy-eight degrees, west twelve miles, thence by a line parallel to the general course of the Wabash, until it shall be intersected by a line at right angles to the same, passing through the mouth of White river, thence by the last mentioned line across the Wabash and towards the Ohio, seventy-two miles, thence by a line north twelve degrees west, until it shall be intersected by a line at right angles to the same, passing through Point Coupee, and by the last mentioned line to the place of beginning. Am`. 2d. The United States hereby relinquish all claim which they U. S, give pp may have had to any lands adjoining to or in the neighbourhood of the ?ll‘?l‘”'1' wdé}- ‘ tract above described. Joming an Am-. 3d. As a mark of their regard and attachment to the United Sgltgpringi States, whom they acknowledge for their only friends and protectors, &¢- Mdedw and for the consideration herein aher mentioned, the said tribes do U‘S‘ hereby relinquish and cede to the United States the great salt spring upon the Saline creek which falls into the Ohio below the mouth of the Wabash, with a quantity of land surrounding it, not exceeding four miles square, and which may be laid off in a square or oblong as the one or the other may be found most convenient to the United States: And the said United States being desirous that the Indian tribes should U_ 5_ gn gc participate in the benefits to be derived from the said spring, hereby wdvlivvriiilw engage to deliver yearly and every year for the use of the aid Indians, Esngfglgggin a quantity of salt not exceeding one hundred and fifty bushels, and (1,,,,,,;;;,,,,;,,,;; which shall be divided among the several tribes in such manner as the yearly- general council of the chiefs may determine. Am. 4th. For the considerations before mentioned and for the con- Grant toU. S. venience which the said tribes will themselves derive from such estab- °l`¤ll°¤ f°*"l*F°° lishments it is hereby agreed that as soon as the tribes called the Kick- m::::,;? °m°r` apoos, Eel River, Weeas, Piankashaws and Kaskaskias shall give their consent to the measure, the United States shall have the right of locating three tracts of lands (of such size as may be agreed upon with the last mentioned tribes) on the main road between Vincennes and Kaskaskias, and one other between Vincennes and Clarksville for the purpose of erecting houses of entertainment for the accommodation of travellers. But it is expressly understood that if the said locations are made on any of the rivers, which cross the said road, and ferries should be established on the same, that in times of high water any Indian or Indians belonging to either of the tribes who are parties to this treaty shall have the privilege of crossing such ferry toll free. Amr. 5th. Whereas there is reason to believe that if the boundary provision for lines of the tract described in the first article should be run in the future weremanner therein directed, that some of the settlements and locations of €g::;L°h° land made by the citizens of the United States will fall in the Indian y` country——It is hereby agreed that such alterations shall be made in the direction of these lines as will include them; and a quantity of land