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By His Excellency Anthony Wayne Esqr. Major General and Commander in Chief of the Legions and Commissioner Plenipotentiary of the United States of America for Establishing a Permanent Peace with all the Indian tribes and Nations North West of the Ohio - -

A Proclamation

Whereas I the said Plenipotentiary in virtue of the powers and authority in me vested have entered into certain Preliminary Articles with the following Tribes and Nations of Indians, Viz.c The Wyandots, Chipawas, Ottawas, Putawatamies, Miamies, Shawanoes and Delawares, for a cessation of hostilleties hostilities and for the mutual exchange & Surrender of all prisoners of every discription, as well as for holding a General treaty for settleing all causes of controversy and for establishing a permanant peace between the United States and the aforesaid tribes of Indians, on or about the fifteenth day of June next ensuing.

Wherefore I do hereby in the name of the President of the United States prohibit and forbid all and every person and persons from Killing, insulting or injuring any Indian or Indians belonging to the aforesaid Tribes or Nations, or either of them (unless in their own defence) And I do hereby also forbid any parties Citizens of the United States, or either of them from entering the Indian Country Northwest of the Ohio with Hostile intentions (without permission from proper authority first obtained) between this period and the end of the pending Treaty, as they will answer or Contrary conduct of their peril. — And to the end that the treaty may be carried into compleate offer agreeably to the true intent and meaning of the Preliminary Articles_. The said Plenipotentiary injoins all and every person and persons having in his or their possession any Indian Prisoners or prisoners belonging belonging to those or either of those Nations, to surrender them and each of them at this place on or before the said fifteenth day of June next and for which reasonable expences will be allowed by the public.

Given under my hand [undecipherable] at HeadQuarters

Greeneville this 22nd Day of February 1795

Anthony Wayne

By Order of the

Commander in Chief

Wm. H. Harrison

Aid de Camp