A Treaty between the United States of
America and the sachems, chiefs, and warriors, of the Wyandot, Ottawa,
Chippewa, Munsee, and Delaware, Shawanee, and Pattawatamy nations, holden at fort
Industry, on the Miami of the lake, on the 4th day of July, A. D. one thousand
eight hundred and five.
Whereas Thomas Jefferson, President of
the United States, did appoint Charles Jouett, Esquire, a commissioner to hold
a treaty with said Indian nations, for the purpose of enabling the agents of
the Connecticut reserve to negotiate and conclude a cession of their lands:
And whereas, the company incorporated
by the name of "the proprietors of the half million acres of land lying
south of lake Erie, called Sufferers' land," are the owners and
proprietors of one half million acres of land, part of said Connecticut
reserve, lying on the west end thereof, and south of the shore of lake Erie:
And whereas the Connecticut land company, so called, are the owners and
proprietors of the remaining part of said reserve, lying west of the river
Cayahoga:
And whereas Henry Champion, Esquire,
agent of the said Connecticut land company, and Isaac Mills, Esquire, agent of
the directors of the company incorporated by the name of "the proprietors
of the half million acres of land lying south of lake Erie, called Sufferers'
land," were both duly authorized and empowered, by their respective
companies, and the directors thereof, to treat for the cession and purchase of
said Connecticut reserve:
Now, know all men by these presents,
That we, the sachems, chiefs, and warriors, of the nations aforesaid, for the
consideration of eighteen thousand nine hundred and sixteen dollars and
sixty-seven cents, received of the companies aforesaid, by the hands of their
respective agents, to our full satisfaction, have ceded, remised, released, and
quit claimed, and by these presents do cede, remise, release, and forever quit
claim, to the companies aforesaid, and the individuals composing the same, and
their heirs and assigns forever, all the interest, right, title, and claim of
title, of said Indian nations, respectively, of, in, and to, all the lands of
said companies, lying west of the river Cayahoga, and the portage between that
and the
Tuscarawa branch of Muskingum, north
of the northernmost part of the 41st degree of north latitude, east of a line
agreed and designated in a treaty between the United States and said Indian
nations, bearing even date herewith, being a line north and south one hundred
and twenty miles due west of the west line of the State of Pennsylvania, and
south of the northernmost part of the forty-second degree and two minutes north
latitude, for them, the said companies, respectively, to have, hold, occupy,
peaceably possess, and enjoy, the granted and quit claimed premises, forever,
free and clear of all let, hindrance, or molestation, whatsoever, so that said
nations, and neither of them, the sachems, chiefs, and warriors thereof, and
neither of them, or any of the posterity of said nations, respectively, shall
ever hereafter make any claim to the quit claimed premises, or any part
thereof; but therefrom, said nations, the sachems, chiefs, and warriors
thereof, and the posterity of said nations, shall be forever barred.
In witness whereof, the commissioner
of the United States, the agents of the companies aforesaid, and the sachems,
chiefs, and warriors, of the respective Indian nations aforesaid, have
hereunto, interchangeably, fixed their seals and set their names.
CH. JOUETT, [L. S.]
H. CHAMPION, [L. S]
J. MILLS, [L. S.]
[Sealed also by a number of Indian
chiefs.]
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