A TREATY

BETWEEN THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

AND THE

TRIBES OF INDIANS

CALLED THE

SIX NATIONS.

T

HE President of the United States having determined to hold a conference with the Six Nations of Indians, for the purpose of removing from their minds all causes of complaint, and establishing a firm and permanent friendship with them; and Timothy Pickering being appointed fole agent for that purpose; and the agent having met and conferred with the Sachems, Chiefs and Warriors of the Six Nations, in a general council : Now, in order to accomplish the good design of this conference, the parties have agreed on the following articles; which, when ratified by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States, shall be binding on them and the Six Nations.

ARTICLE I.

Peace and friendship are hereby firmly esta- Peace and blished, and shall be perpetual, between the friendship United States and the Six Nations.

ARTICLE II.

perpetual.

The United States acknowledge the lands Certain reserved to the Oneida, Onondaga and Cay- lands feuga Nations, in their respective treaties with Indians. the state of New-York, and called their refervations, to be their property; and the United

Boundary of lands

Nation.

States will never claim the fame, nor disturb them or either of the Six Nations, nor their Indian friends residing thereon and united with them, in the free use and enjoyment thereof: but the faid reservations shall remain theirs, until they choose to fell the fame to the people of the United States, who have the right to purchase.

ARTICLE III.

The land of the Seneka nation is bounded belonging as follows: Beginning on Lake Ontario, at to Seneka the north-weft corner of the land they fold to Oliver Phelps, the line runs westerly along the lake, as far as O-yōng-wong-yeh Creek, at Johnfon's Landing-place, about four miles eastward from the fort of Niagara; then southerly up that creek to its main fork, then straight to the main fork of Stedman's creek, which empties into the river Niagara, above fort Schloffer, and then onward, from that fork, continuing the same straight course, to that river; (this line, from the mouth of Oyong-wong-yeh Creek to the river Niagara, above fort Schioffer, being the eastern boundary of a ftrip of land, extending from the fame line to Niagara river, which the Seneka nation ceded to the King of Great-Britain, at a treaty held about thirty years ago, with Sir William Johnfon;) then the line runs along the river Niagara to Lake Erie; then along Lake Erie to the north-eaft corner of a triangular piece of land which the United States conveyed to the state of Pennsylvania, as by the Prefident's patent, dated the third day of March, 1792; then due fouth to the northern boundary of that state; then due east to the fouth-weft corner of the land fold by the Se neka nation to Oliver Phelps; and then north

4 and northerly, along Phelps's line, to the place of beginning on Lake Ontario. Now, the 11 United States acknowledge all the land within the aforementioned boundaries, to be the property of the Seneka nation; and the United States will never claim the fame, nor disturb the Seneka nation, nor any of the Six Nations, or of their Indian friends refiding thereon and united with them, in the free ufe and enjoyment thereof: but it shall remain theirs, until they choose to fell the fame to the people of the United States, who have the right to purchase.

ARTICLE IV.

never to

lands in the

The United States having thus described and acknowledged what lands belong to the Six Nations Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas and Senekas, claim other and engaged never to claim the fame, nor to boundaries disturb them, or any of the Six Nations, or of U. S. their Indian friends residing thereon and united with them, in the free use and enjoyment thereof: Now, the Six Nations, and each of them, hereby engage that they will never claim any other lands within the boundaries of the United States; nor ever disturb the people of the United States in the free use and enjoyment thereof.

ARTICLE V.

The Seneka nation, all others of the Six Nations concurring, cede to the United States Right to the right of making a waggon road from Fort mater Schloffer to Lake Erie, as far fouth as Buffa- ted, & pafloe Creek; and the people of the United fage thre States shall have the free and undisturbed use of this road, for the purposes of travelling and transportation. And the Six Nations, and each of them, will forever allow to the people of the United States, a free passage through

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their lands, and the free use of the harbours and rivers adjoining and within their respective tracts of land, for the paffing and fecuring of vessels and boats, and liberty to land their cargoes where necessary for their safety.

ARTICLE VI.

In confideration of the peace and friendannuity. ship hereby established, and of the engagements entered into by the Six Nations; and because the United States defire, with humanity and kindness, to contribute to their comfortable fupport; and to render the peace and friendship hereby established, strong and perpetual; the United States now deliver to the Six Nations, and the Indians of the other nations refiding among and united with them, a quantity of goods of the value of ten thoufand dollars. And for the fame confiderations, and with a view to promote the future welfare of the Six Nations, and of their Indian friends aforesaid, the United States will add the fum of three thousand dollars to the one thousand five hundred dollars, heretofore allowed them by an article ratified by the Prefident, on the twenty-third day of April, 1792; making in the whole, four thousand five hundred dollars; which shall be expended yearly forever, in purchafing cloathing, domestic animals, implements of husbandry, and other utenfils fuited to their circumstances, and in compenfating useful artificers, who shall refide with or near them, and be employed for their benefit. The immediatè application of the whole annual al. ftipulated, to be made by the fuperintendant appointed by the Prefident for the affairs of the Six Nations, and their Indian