[Proposed instructions] [(Scribly?) to the Commissioners] [XXXIII - 142] 16 February 1793 1 The Commissioners to be fully informed upon the subject of all the treaties that have been held by the U.S. or which have been held under their authority with the Northwestern and western [undecipherable]. From the treaty of Fort Harman in the year 1789 and after. Boundaries then established described. That the [said?] boundaries, the Commissioners to [possess?] themselves fully of all the proceedings of the [said?] treaties, and the tribes, and principal members, who [formed?] the [undecipherable] — The [undecipherable] to be informed [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Indians who had a right to [relinquish?] [undecipherable] the [?] where more than ceded by the U.S. That [some?] of the [?] on [?] of the said lands have been held to [endorse?] [?] grants & [helped?] to the [use?] army of the [?] [White?] [?] [?]ules. That the lands [undecipherable] [?] of the [said?] [?] to the [?] treaty were by purchases, as well as a confirmation of the [former?] treaties — That of the confirmation there [generally?] was made [adequate?] or [?] the [?] [rules?], there [?] [?] [?] [undecipherable] That in [undecipherable] [?] to [?] to [dispose?] — [?] be [?] in [?] granting a [?] [?] consideration That the Commissioners by [?] of any [?] on arguments, [?] [agree?]. That the number of lands [?] the Indians in [?] the [?] of the U.S. [?] to be [?] [following?] by the [?] General [?] That [?] [?] all those [?] [?] of the [?] [?] can get the [former?] boundary [?] [?] [?] by [?] [?] [?] [?] they be [?] to [?] [?] [?] in the [former?] [?] [?] [undecipherable] upon That [?] after That the Commissioners be [?] [further?] [?] [?] the [references?] [?] upon the map, [provided?] [in holding?] the [same?] would [satisfy?] the said [?] for [?] to confirm the remainder of [?] boundary, [allowing?] however [refusing?] as [?] [lands?] above the [?] — [?] [?] [?] [?] occupied by the [?] [?] or where [there] be [?] for the [?] — That That the Commissioners, be [instructed?] to [?] their [?] — exertions, to obtain the [?]. None [?] the representations [?] and to [?] as [?] [?], and that further [?] they be [?] not. [undecipherable] [?] to [?] certain [?] men to [?] them [?] 2^d [?]. But if after [?] every [?] the assembled Indians should [refuse?] the [?] [appeared?], then [?] they [?] the [?] to [?] from [?] a description to the the left boundary [they?] [?] to what they [?] agree, the Commissioners [?] to [?], [?] [?] to the one [defined?] in the [track?] of [?] [?] [?] [?] Obtaining their information [?] the [?]. The Commissioners to [?] [?] as to be informed by the [commissioners?] in that the U.S. concerning [?] boundaries [?] [?] [?] by the treaty at [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] been made with the full [?] [?] and [?] [?] [?] the [?] [?] [?] to [?] the [?] have not [?] [?] the [?] [?] [?] the [?] [?] [?] as [?] [?] would give a definite or [?] upon the [?] at a period [?] [?] [?] period should not be earlier than [?] months after the [should?] be [?] at their next [?] who and they [?] [?] the period about one year [from?] — Commissioners [?] with [?] They [?] The Commissioners to [?] [?] inform the Indians that until [?] answer should be received, a [?] have while [?] [?] both [?]. The Indians take [?] [undecipherable] If the idea of time [should?] [?] perhaps it might be extended [?] Commissioners [?] [?] three or [?] [?] [?] [?] to remain [?] years. If [to?] the [?] would be [?] [?] and [purposes?] The Commissioners to be [?] [?] to do nothing [?] [?] in the [case?] — [express?] the right of [?] [?] or general [?] [?] [that?] [?] [?] over the [country?] [?] [?] of which were established by the peace of 1783 — but at the [?] [?] [?] upon the [?] [?] [?] [?] pre-emption or no [deprive?] [?] their right to the [said?] [?] the U.S. concedes [unhesitatingly?] that when [held?] the [?] [?] to [fills?] and under [to?] [?] [?] [?]