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114 TREATY WITH THE DELAWARES, ETC. 1809. the north-east comer of the Vincennes tract, as will leave the tract now ceded thirty miles wide at the narrowest place. And also all that tract which shall be included between the following boundaries, viz: beginning at Fort Recovery, thence southwardly along the general boundary line, established by the treaty of Greenville, to its intersection with the boundary line established by the treaty of Grouseland; thence along said line to a point from which a line drawn parallel to the first mentioned line will be twelve miles distant from the Same, and along the said parallel line to its intersection with a line to be drawn from Fort Recovery, parallel to the line established by the said treaty of Grouseland. Equal right of Am. 2d. The Miamies explicitly acknowledge the equal right of the the D<->l¤w¤r¤¤ Delawares with themselves to the country watered by the White river, °°k“°"l°dg°d· But it is also to be clearly understood that neither party shall have the right of disposing of the same without the consent of the other: and any improvements which shall be made on the said land by the Delawares, or their friends the Mochecans, shall be theirs forever. compensation_ AM. 3d. The compensation to be given for the cession made in the first article shall be as follows, viz : to the Delawares a permanent annuity of five hundred dollars; to the Miamies a like annuity of live hundred dollars; to the Eel river tribe a like annuity of two hundred and fifty dollars; and to the Putawatimies a like annuity of five hundred dollars. M,m,,6,,,fp,,,,_ _ Am-. 4th. All the stipulations made in the treaty of (iireenville, relaing annuities. tively to the manner of paying the annuities, and the right of the Indians to hunt upon the land, shall apply to the annuities granted and the land ceded by the present treaty. Comm of the Am. 5th. The consent of the Wea tribe shall be necessary to com- Wea tribe re- plete the title to the first tract of land here ceded; a separate convenq¤i¤¤d· tion shall be entered into between them and the United States, and a reasonable allowance of goods given them in hand, and a permanent annuity, which shall not be less than three hundred dollars, settled upon them. Annuities, &,c_ ART. 6th. The annuities promised by the third article, and the goods }.°ll>¤ <>°¤¤id¤¤>d now delivered to the amount of five thousand two hundred dollars, shall ,}:m_°°"'P°”’“‘ be cpnsidered as a full compensation for the cession made in the first artic e. Regulations ,0 Anr. 7th. The tribes who are parties to this treaty being desirous of nrevem tres- putting an end to the depredations which are committed by abandoned lm""- individuals of their own color, upon the cattle, horses, &c. of the more industrious and careful, agree to adopt the following regulations, viz: when any theft or other depredation shall be committed by any individual or individuals of one of the tribes above mentioned, upon the property of any individual or individuals of another tribe, the chiefs of the party injured shall make application to the agent of the United States, who is charged with the delivery of the annuities of the tribe to which the offending party belongs, whose duty it shall be to hear the proofs and allegations on either side, and determine between them : and the amount of his award shall be immediately deducted from the annuity of the tribe to which the offending party belongs, and given to the person injured, or to the chief of his village for his use. Relinquish. Am·._8th. The United States agree to relinquish their right to the '¤°¤i by U- S· reservation, at the old Ouroctenon towns, made by the treaty of Gl'6€¤· ville, so far at least as to make no further use of it than for the estabhshment of a military post.