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 D E C I S I O N .hrne18,l82·2. Of the Commissioners under the 6th Artzcle of the Treaty " ry" Ghent, done at Utica, in the State <y'Nen1-York, 18th Jane, 1822. Tun undersigned Commissioners, appointed, sworn, and authorized, in virtue of the 6th article of the treaty of peace and amity between g:`:;;,;`; his Britannic Majesty and the United States of America, concluded at U,,,,,,, $,2;,,,, Ghent, on the 24th of December, 1814, impartially to examine, and, np be.est¤b— by a report or declaration, under their hands and seals, to designate l"l‘°d· " that portion of the boundary of the United States from the point where the 45th degree of north latitude strikes the river Iroquois, or Cataraqui, along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario, through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication, by water, between that lake and Lake Erie ; thence, along the middle of said communication, into Lake Erie, through the middle of said lake, until it arrives at the water communication into Lake Huron; thence, through the middle of said water communication, into Lake Huron; thence, through the middle of said lake, to the water communication between that lake and Lake Superior ;" and to " decide to which of the two contracting parties the several islands, lying within the said rivers, lakes, and water Amspage so. communications, do respectively belong, in conformity with the true intent of the treaty of 1783 ;" do decide and declare, that the following described line, (which is more clearly indicated on a series of maps accompanying this report, exhibiting correct surveys and delineations of all the rivers, lakes, water communications, and islands, embraced by the 6th article of the treaty of Ghent, by a black line shaded on the British side with red, and on the American side with blue; and each sheet of which series of maps is identified by a certificate, subscribed by the Commissioners, and by the two principal surveyors employed by them,) is the true boundary intended by the two before-mentioned treaties; that is to say: Description of Beginning at a stone monument, erected by Andrew Ellicot, Esquire, g€a;l;:_U""°d or Cataraqui, (now called the St. Lawrence,) which monument bears south 74° 45' west, and is eighteen hundred and forty yards distant from the stone church in the Indian village of St. Regis, and indicates the point at which the 45th parallel of north latitude strikes the said river; thence, running north 35° 45’ west, into the river, on a line at right angles with the southern shore, to a point one hundred yards south of the opposite island, called Cornwall island; thence, turning westerly, and passing around the southern and western sides of said island, keeping one hundred yards distant therefrom, and following the curvatures of its shores, to a point opposite to the north-west corner, or angle, of said island; thence, to and along the middle of the main river, until it approaches the eastern extremity of Barnhart’s island; thence, northerls, along the channel which divides the last-mentioned islam} from ,hc 0274)
 * l1° b°¤"d9l'Y in the year 1817, on the south bank, or shore, of the said river Iroquois,