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Ohio's Huron and Wyandots Indians -- Part 7

The Treaty of Greenville--
August 3, 1795.

As described in part 6, thiis treaty was entered into by the United
States of American and the tribes of Indians called the Wyandots,
Delawares, Shawnees, Ottawas, Chippewas, Pottawatimas, Miami, Eel
Rivers, Weas, Kickapoos, Piankeshaws, and Kaskaskas. To put to end of a
destructive war, to settle all controversies, to restore harmony and
friendly actions between the above Indians and the United States. They
all met together at Greenville, the headquarters of the said Army 
and agreed to the following Articles;

ARTICLE  I--

Henceforth all hostilities shall cease; peace is hereby established and
shall be perpetual; and a friendly intercourse shall take place between
the said United States and Indian Tribes.

ARTICLE II--

All prisoners shall, on both sides, be restored. The Indians, prisoners
of the United States , shall immediately set at liberty. The people of
the United States, still remaining prisoners among  the Indians, shall
be delivered up in ninty days from the date hereof, to the General of
the commanding officer at Greenville, Fort Wayne, or Fort Defiance; and
ten chiefs of said tribes shall remain at Greenville as hostages until
the delivery of the Prisoners shall be effected.

ARTICLE III--

The general boundary line between the lands of the lands of the United
States and the lands of the said Indian Tribes, shall begin at the mouth
of Cuyahoga River, and run thence up the same to the portage, between
that and the Tuscarawas branch of the Muskingum, thence down that branch
to the crossing place above Fort Lawrence, thence westerly to a fork of
that branch of the Great Miami River, running into the Ohio, at or near
which fork stood Loromie's store, and where commences the portage
between the Miami of the Ohio, and St. Mary's river, which is a branch
of the Miami which runs into the Lake Erie; thence a westerly course to
Fort Recovery, which stands on a branch of the Wabash; thence
southwesterly in a direct line to the Ohio, so as to intersect that
river opposite the mouth of Kentucke or Cuttawa River. And in
consideration of the peace now established ; of the goods formally
received from the United States; of those now to be delivered ; and of
yearly delivery of goods now stipulated to be made hereafter; and to
indemnify the United States for the injuries and expenses they have
sustained during the war, the said Indian Tribes do hereby cede ad
relinquish forever, all their claims to the lands lying eastwardly and
southwardly of the general boundary line now described; and these lands
or any part of them, shall never hereafter be made a cause or pretence,
or the part of the said tribes, or any of them, of war or injury to the
United States, or any of the people thereof. And for the same
considerations, and as an evidence of the returning friendship of the
said Indian Tribes. of their confidence in the United States. and desire
to provide for their accommodations, and for that convenient intercourse
which will be beneficial to both parties, the said Indian Tribes do also
cede to the United States the following pieces of land, to wit: 1) One
piece of land six miles square, at or near Loromie's store, before
mentioned. 2) One piece two miles square, at the head of the navigable
water or landing, on the St Mary's River, near Girty's Town.3) One piece
six miles square, at the head of the navigable water of the Auglauze
river. 4) One piece six miles square, at the confluence of the Auglaize
and Miami Rivers, where Fort Defiane now stands. 5) One piece six miles
square, at or near the confluence of the Rivers St.Mary's and
St.Joseph's, where Fort Wayne now stands, or near it. 6) One piece two
miles square, on the Wabash River, at the end of the Portage from the
Miami of the Lake, and about eight miles westward from Fort Wayne.7) One
piece six miles square, at the Quatanon , or Old Wea towns, on the
Wabash River.8) One piece twelve miles square, at the British Fort on
the Miami of the Lake, at the foot of the rapids. 9) One piece six miles
square, at the mouth of the said river, where it empties into the lake.
10) One piece six miles square, upon Sandusky Lake, where a Fort
formally stood. 11) One piece two miles square, at the lower Rapids of
Sandusky River. 12) The Post of Detroit, and all the land to the North,
the West, and the South of it, of which the Indian title has been
extinguished by gifts of grants to the French or English Governments;
and so much more land to be annexed to the district of Detroit, as shall
be comprehended between the Rosine, on the South, Lake St Clair on the
north, and a line, the general course whereof shall be six miles distant
from the West end of Lake Erie and Detroit River. 13) The Post of
Michilimackinac, and all the land on the Island on which that Post
stands, and the main land adjacent, of which the Indian Title has been
extinguished by gifts or grants to the French or English Governments;
and a piece of land on the main to the north of the Island, to measure
six miles, on Lake Huron, or the Strait between Lakes Huron and
Michigan, and to extend three miles back from the water of the Lake or
Strait; and also, the Island De Bois Blane, being an extra and voluntary
gift of the Chippewa Nation. 14) One piece of land  six miles square, at
the mouth of Chikago River, emptying into the southwest end of Lake
Michigan, where a fort formally stood. 15) One piece twelve mies square,
at or near the mouth of the Illinois River, emptying into the the
Mississippi. 16) One piece six miles square, at the old Pioras Fort and
village near the South end of the Illinois Lake, on said Illinois River.
And whenever the United States shall think proper to survey and mark the
boundaries of the lands hereby ceded to them, they shall give timely
notice thereof to the said tribes of Indians, that they may appoint some
of their wise chiefs to attend and see that the lines are run according
to the terms of this treaty. And the said Indian tribes will allow to
the people of the United States a free passage by land and by water, as
one and the other shall be found convenient, through their country,
along the chian of posts hereinbefore mentioned; that is to say, from
the commencement of the portage aforesaid, at or near Loromie's store,
thence along said portage to the St Mary's and down the same to Fort
Wayne, and then down the Miami, to Lake Erie; again, from the
commencement of the portage at or near Loromie's store along the portage
from thence to the River Auglaize, and down the same to its junction
with the Miami at Fort Defiance; again, from the commencement of the
portage aforesaid, to Sandusky River, and down the same to Sandusky Bay
and Lake Erie, and from Sandusky to the post which shall be taken at or
near the Rapids of the Miami of the Lake; and from thence to Detroit.
Again, from the mouth of Chikago, to the commencement of the portage,
between that River and the llinois, and down the Illinois River to the
Mississippi; also, from Fort Wayne, along the portage aforesaid, which
leads to the Wabash, and then down the Wabash to the Ohio. And the said
Indian Tribes will also allow the people of the United States, the free
use of the harbors and mouths of rivers along the lakes adjoining the
Indian lands, for sheltering vessels and boats, and liberty to land
their cargoes where necessary for their safety,

ARTICLE IV--

In consideration of the peace now established and of the cessions and
relinquishment, of lands made in the preceding article by the said
tribes of Indians, and to manifest the liberality of the United States,
as the great means of rendering this peace strong and perpetual, the
United States relinguish their claims to all other Indian lands
northward of the Ohio River, eastward of the MIssissippi, and westward
and southward of the Great Lakes and the waters, uniting them, according
to the boundary line agreed on by the United States and the King of
Great Britain, in the treaty of peace made between them in the year
1783. But from ths relinquishment by the United States, the following
tracts of land are explicitly excepted.
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To be continued in part 8 -- Treaty of Greenville.