[United States ratification of the Treaty of Fort Harmer]
Document 1789Articles outline boundary line between U.S. and Six Nations and determined separate lands held by each of the Indian Nations. U.S. to enforce law and punishment for all violations mentioned herein. Allowances for trading posts,
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Article II. And whereas at the before mentioned Treaty it was agreed between the United States and said Nations, that a Boundary Line should be fixed between the Lands of those Nations and the Territory of the United States; which Boundary is as follows, viz.—Beginning at the Mouth of Cuyahoga-River, and running thence up the said River to the Portage between that and the Tuscawaras Branch of Muskingum, then down the said Branch to the Forks at the Crossing-Place above Fort-Lawrence, thence westerly to the Portage on that Branch of the big Miami-River which runs into the Ohio, (at the Mouth of which Branch the Fort flood which was taken by the French in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty-two,) then along the said Portage to the Great Miami or Omie-River, and down the South-east Side of the same to its Mouth, thence along the Southern Shore of Lake Erie to the Mouth of Cuyahoga, where it began. And the said Wyandot, Delaware, Ottawa, and Chippewa Nations, for and in Consideration of the Peace then granted to them by the said United States, and the Presten they then received, as well as of a Quantity of Goods to the Value of Six Thousand Dollars, now delivered to them by the said Arthur St. Clair, (the Receipt whereof they do hereby acknowledge) do, by their Prefents renew and confirm the said Boundary Line; to the End that the same may remain as a Division Line between the Lands of the United States of America, and the Lands of said Nations, for ever. And the undersigned Indians do hereby for themselves, their Nations, and the Residue of their respective Nations and Tribes, their Heirs and Descendants, for the Consideration above mentioned, Release, Quit-claim, Relinquish and Cede to the said United States, all the Land, East, South, and West of the Lines above described, so far as the said Indians formerly claimed the same; for them the said United States to have and to hold the same in true and absolute Propriety for ever.
Article III. The United States of America do by their Presents relinquish, and quit-claim to the said Nations respectively, all the Lands lying between the Limits above described, for them the said Indians to live and hunt upon, and otherwise to occupy as they shall see fit: But the said Nations, or either of them, shall not be at Liberty to sell or dispose of the same, or any Part thereof, to any Sovereign Power except the United States; nor to the Subjects or Citizens of any other Sovereign Power, nor to the Subjects or Citizens of the United States.
Article IV. It is agreed between the said United States and the said Nations, that the Individuals of said Nations shall be at Liberty to hunt within the Territory ceded to the United States, without Hinderance or Molestation, so long as they demean themselves peaceably and offer no Injury or Annoyance to any of the Subjects or Citizens of the said United States.
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Printed or published document
Description
Articles outline boundary line between U.S. and Six Nations and determined separate lands held by each of the Indian Nations. U.S. to enforce law and punishment for all violations mentioned herein. Allowances for trading posts,
Date
09/29/1789
Author
Sent from
New York
Collection
Document number
1789092900201
Page start
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Notable persons
multiple
Henry Knox
George Washington
Delaware
Ottawa
Chippewa
Wyandot
Pattawatamas
Pottawatomie
Indians
Indian Nation
hostiles
Arthur St. Clair
Harmar
Richard Butler
John Gibson
William McCurdy
Denny
Hartshorn
Robert Thompson
Francis Luse
Williams
William Wilson
James Rinken
Joseph Nicholas
magistrate
governor
Pattiwatima
Konatikina
Tepakee
Kesheyiva
Mesass
Paushquash
Pawasicko
Wewiskia
Neagey
Windingo
Wapaskea
Nequea
Captain Pipe
Wingenond
Pekelan
Teataway
Nananmakeak
Wetenasa
Soskene
Pewanakum
Teyandat on tec
Cheyawe
Doueyenteat
Tarhe
Terhataw
Datasay
Maudoronk
Skahomat
Notable locations
New York
city
frontier
north
west
Ohio
boundary
territory
Cayahoga river
Tuscarawa branch
Muskingum
Croffing Place
Great Miami
Omie
Lake Erie
Fort MacIntosh
Sandusky
trading post
Detroit
Lake St. Clair
Michelimackinac
Au Glaize
Fort Harmar
Notable items
treaty
Indian goods
supplies
provisions
gifts
horses
property
