[199] A Treaty concluded by the Commissioners of the United States at Fort M^c. Intosh Jan^y 21. 1785. Article 1. Three Chiefs one from the Wyandot and two from among the Delaware Nation shall be delivered up to the Commissioners of the United States, to be by them detained till all the Prisoners white and black taken by the said Nations or any of them shall be restored — Article 2^d. — The said Nations do acknowledge themselves and all their tribes to be under the protection of the United States, and of no other Sovereign whatever — Article 3^d. — The Boundary Line between the United States and the Wyandot and Delaware Nations shall begin at the River or Cayahoga and run thence up the said thence to the portage between that and the Tuscarawas Branch of [undecipherable] thence down the said Branch to the forks at the crossing Place above Fort Laurens thence southerly to [undecipherable] first Branch of the [undecipherable] which runs into the Ohio up the [undecipherable] of which Branch the [undecipherable] in 1752 — thence along the said Range to the great Miami where it runs into the Ohio and down the south east side of the same to a Month — thence along the South Shore of Cayahoga where it began. Article 4. The United States allot all the Lands contained within the said Lines to the Wyandot and Delaware Nations to live and hunt on and to such of the Shawa Nation as now lives thereon saving and reserving for themselves a settlement of Trading Posts six Miles Square at the Mouth of the Miami or Omi River and they some at the Portage on that Part of the big Miami which runs into the Ohio and the same on the Lake of Sandusky [undecipherable] — also two Miles Square on each of the lower Rapids of Sandusker River where those Posts and the Lands annexed to them shall be the life and under the Government of the United States — Article 5. — If any Citizen of the United States or other Person not being an Indian shall attempt to settle on any of the Lands allotted to the Wyandot and Delaware Nations in this Treaty, (excepting the lands referred to the United States in the preceding Article) such Person shall forfeit the Protection of the United States and the Indians may punish him as they please — Article 6. — The Indians who sign this Treaty as well in behalf of all their tribes as of themselves do hereby acknowledge the Lands east, south and [undecipherable] west of the Lines described in the third Article to form [undecipherable] Indians formerly claimed them to belong to the United States and none of their tribes shall presume to settle upon or any part [undecipherable] — Article 7. The Post of De Troit with a District beginning at the Mouth of the River Shágin on the west [undecipherable] End of Lake Erie and running thence up the Southern Bank of said River, thence Northerly and always five Miles west of the Straight till it strikes the Lake St. Clair, shall be reserved to the Sole use of the United States — Article 8. [undecipherable] the same manner the Post of Michellimackinac with its Dependencies and twelve Miles Square round the same shall be reserved to the Sole use of the United States. Article 9. If any Indian or Indians shall commit a robbery or Murder on any Citizen of the United States — the tribe to which such offenders shall be bound to deliver them up at the nearest Post to be punished according to the Ordinances of the United States — Article 10. — The Commissioners of the United States in pursuance of the humane and liberal [undecipherable] congrest upon the Treaty being signed will cause Goods to be distributed among the different tribes for their use and Comfort — A Separate Article — It is agreed that the [undecipherable] or [undecipherable]. [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] or the Big Cat. was called or [undecipherable] who took up [undecipherable] for the United States during the War and their Families shall be received into the Delaware Nation in the same Selection and Rank as before the war, and enjoy their own Portions of the Lands given to the Wyandot and Delaware [undecipherable] in this Treaty — and all the other Benefits the same, as fully as if they had not taken Part in America, or as any other Person or Persons in the said Nations — Signed by George Rogers C[undecipherable] 21 Jan^y        Richard Butler 1785.          Arthur Lee — [THE CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY] [Endorsement:] Indian treaty Fort M^c Intosh 1765. Extract of —