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 j4 TREATY WITH SPAIN. 1795. S,,,,,;,,,,,., declared and agreed as follows, to wit. The southern boundary of the boundary line United States, which divides their territory from the Spanish colonies °°*°bll‘h°d· of East and West Florida, shall be designated by a line beginning on the river Missisippi, at the northernmost part of the thirty-first degree of latitude north of the equator, which from thence shall be drawn due east to the middle of the river Apalachicola, or Catahouche, thence along the middle thereof to its junction with the Flint: thence straight to the head of St. Mary’s river, and thence down the middle thereof to the Atlantic ocean. And it is agreed, that if there should be any troops, garrisons, or settlements of either party, in the territory of the other, according to the above-mentioned boundaries, they shall be withdrawn from the said territory within the term of six months after the ratification of this treaty, or sooner if it be possible; and that they shall be permitted to take with them all the goods and effects which they possess. ARTICLE III. Commission- In order to carry the preceding article into effect, one commissioner ¤l¤ *0 nm *}*6 and one surveyor shall be appointed by each of the contracting parties, b°“"d°'Y h"°‘ who shall meet at the Natchez, on the left side of the river Missisippi, before the expiration of six months from the ratification of this convention, and they shall proceed to run and mark this boundary according to the stipulations of the said article. They shall make plats and keep journals of their proceedings, which shall be considered as part of this convention, and shall have the same force as if they were inserted therein. And if on any account it should be found necessary that the said commissioners and surveyors should be accompanied by guards, they shall be furnished in equal proportions by the commanding officer of his Majesty’s troops in the two Floridas, and the commanding officer of the troops of the United States in their southwestern territory, who shall act by common consent, and amicably, as well with respect to this point as to the furnishing of plrovisions and instruments, and making every other arrangement whic may be necessary or useful for the execution of this article. ARTIC E L IV. Mississippi to It is likewise agreed that the western boundary of the United States Eli thy Wemfil which separates them from the Spanish colony of Louissiana, is in the ,};°:‘:,,,”,Qg;,§;, middle of the channel or bed of the river Missisippi, from the northern thsreofseoured, boundary of the said states to the completion of the thirty-first degree of latitude north of the equator. And his Catholic Majesty has likewise agreed that the navigation of the said river, in its whole breadth from its source to the ocean, shall be free only to his subjects and the citizens of the United States, unless he should extend this privilege to the subjects of other powers by special convention. ARTICLE V. I]-[ow 8,,,;, M, The two high contracting parties shall, by all the means in their non shall com power, maintain peace and harmony among the several Indian nations gl;‘:s"{’;'l‘h;l;j who inhabit the country adjacent to the lines and rivers, which, by the ,9,,,9,,,;,,e ,6,, preceding articles, form the boundaries of the two Floridas. And the names. etter to obtain this effect, both parties oblige themselves expressly to restrain by force all hostilities on the part of the Indian nations living within their boundary: so that Spain will not suffer her Indians to attack the citizens of the United States, nor the Indians inhabiting their territory; nor will the United States permit these last,-mentioned Indians to commence hostilities against the subjects of his Catholic Majesty or his Indians, in any manner whatever. And whereas several treaties of friendship exist between the two contracting parties and the said nations of Indians, it is hereby agreed that