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 [30 TREATY WITH GREAT BRITAIN. 1794. ADDITIONAL ARTICLE. Twelfth article It is further agreed between the said contracting parties, that the ope- ¤¤¤P¤¤d¤d· ration of so much of the twelfth article of the said treaty as respects the trade which his said Majesty thereby consents may be carried on May 4» 1796. between the United States and his islands in the West-Indies in the ` manner and on the terms and conditions therein specified, shall ,be sus pended. EXPLANATORY ARTICLE. “ Whereas by the third article of the treaty of amity, commerce and navigation, concluded at London, on the nineteenth day of November, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four, between his Britannic Majesty and the United States of America, it was agreed that it should at all times be free to his Majesty’s subjects and to the citizens of the United States, and also to the Indians dwelling on either side of the boundary line, assigned by the treaty of peace to the United States, freely to pass and repass by land or inland navigation, into the respective tprrjtrgries and qppntries of thetltpvo tpjonpracpingfppgtiepi odn the qpnmen o merica, ecoun ry wr. in e 1m1 so e u sons ay company only excepted) and to navigate all the lakes rivers and waters thereof, and freely to carry on trade and commerce with each other, subject to the provisions and limitations contained in the said article: And whereas by the eighth article of the treaty of peace and friendship concluded at Greenville, on the third day of August, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five between the United States and the nations or tribes of Indians, called the Wyandots, Delawares, Shawanoes, Ottagras,1?hLppewashRp1tapat;mies,t Miamjs, Eel·Riy1er, Weeas, Kilqkappqp, ian as laws an as as IBS 1 wassrpu ate t at no person s ou e pegmitted to reside at any of,the towns or hunting camps of the said n ian tribes as a trader who is not furnished with a licence for that purpose, under the authoiity of the United States: Which latter stipulation has excited doubts whether in its operation it may not interfere with the due execution of the said third article of the treaty of amity, commerce and navigation: And it being the sincere desire of his Britanmc Majesty and of tha United Stages, that this pognt shpuld be sg exp ame, as o remove a r ou ts an promote mutua satis action an friendship: And for this purpose,,his Britannic Majesty having named for his commissioner, Phineas Bond, Esquire, his Majesty’s Consul . — ··1 o 10 me aes an e resieno °il°t‘}§§€}·l°6ll?g'2`ii·ilit*F£?°“Ii’“’fi i€“3"§t°f ’§""’Sii’ (im —‘3°"'tm? the Ungcd States having named for their commissioner, Timothy Pickepmg, pqupe, befcrpltary of State of the United States, to whomtagreeprhjétotpléeslgyizscprntlle United States, he has intrustpd this pegpjtiaqppng, . rssroners raving communicate o eac other err full powers, have, in virtue of', the same, and conformably to the spirit of the last article of the said treaty of amity, commerce and navigation, entered into this explanatory article, and do by these presents explicitly agree and declare, That no stipulations in any treaty subsequently concluded by either of the contracting parties with any other state or nation or with any Indian tribe can be understood to derorrate in an man,ner from the rights of freb intercourse and commerceisecured bg; the aforesaid third articleof the treaty of amity, commerce and navigation, to the subjects of his Majesty andtto the citizens of the United States,.and to the Indians dwelling on either side of the boundary line aforesaid; but that all the said persons shall remain at full liberty freely to pass and repass by land or inland navigation, into the respective territories and countries of the contracting parties, on either side of the sand boundary line, and freely to carry on trade and commerce with