[undecipherable] Jefferson, the Secretary of States Report Nov 8. 1791— Relative to the Indian Boundary Line—. The Territory of the United States N. W of the Ohio, is bounded on the South by Wab River, — on the East by Pensylvania, on the North and West by the Lines which divide the United Boundary States from the dominions of Great Britain between Britain and Spain. [the Indians] The part of this Territory occupied and [undecipherable] by Indians is North and West of [States 1791.] the following Lines, established with the Wyandots, Delawares, Chippewas, and Ottawas by the Treaty of Fort Mackintosh and with the Shawnees by that of the Great Miami, to wit, beginning at the Mouth of the Cayuga and running up the River to the Portage between that and the Tuscaroras branch of the Muskingeim, then down the said branch to the Forks, at the crossing place about Fort Lawrence, then Westwardly the Portage of the Great Miami to the main branch of Wab River, then down the Miami to the Fork of Wab River [old Fork on the Miami taken by the French 1752] next below the Blue Fork, which was taken by the French in 1752— thence due West to the River de la Panse and down that River to the Wabash— So far, the lines are precisely defined and the whole Country South of those Lines and Eastward of the Wabash cleared of the Claims of those Indians, as it is also of those of the Potawatomees [This document was referred to, when the Commissioners met at Niagara in 1793. Muskingeum Treaty with Western Indians obtained Surreptitiously and not obtained by Great Britain] and Sacs by the treaty of Muskingeum. How far on the other Side of the Wabash The Southern Boundary of the Indians [This document was referred to, when the Commissioners met at Niagara and afterwards at Sandusky in 1793—] has been defined, we know not. It is only understood in general that their Title to the lower Country between Wab River and the Illinois has been formerly extinguished by the French, whole in their possession, as to that Country and what is [undecipherable] beyond the Illinois, it would seem expedient that nothing be done, until a fair ascertainment of boundary can take place by mutual consent between us and the Indians interested. Memorandum attached. St Augustine Feb 20. 1784. [repeated by Congress in 1796 before the Posts were surrendered] The Legislature of Connecticut, by their resolutions passed at their last Session, did declare, that that State has the undoubted and exclusive right of Jurisdiction and pre-emption to all the lands lying West of Pensylvania and East of the River Missisippi, extending throughout from the latitude 41 to 42 Degrees, 2 minutes North, by [Novem 1791 1784] virtue of the Charter granted by King Charles the 2^d to the late Colony, now State of Connecticut, bearing date Apr 23. 1662. which Claim and Rights they are determined to Maintain. The Governor of Connecticut has accordingly issued a Declaration, strictly forbidding all persons from entering upon or settling within the said territory without special leave obtained by the general Assembly.