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TREATY WITH THE DELAWARES ETC. 1809. 113 • Arvrrcnn V. The several nations of Indians aforesaid, do again ac- Indians acknowledge themselvesto be under the protection of the United States, k¤°_“'l°d§*iJPYgand of no other sovereign; and the United States on their part do renew °°°“°“ °' their covenant, to extend protection to them according to the intent and meaning of stipulations in former treaties. Donn at Brownstowrr in the territory of Michigan this twenty-fifth day of November, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eight, and of the independence of the United States of America the thirty-third. WILLIAM HULL, `Cvmmissioner. Chqipcwaa. Wap-me-me, or White Pigeon, Ne-me-kas, or Little Thunder, M¤·¤h°· Puck·e·nese or Spark of Fire, W _ M”Y°q“°“°q';°t’ °' mm° B""' Miere, or Wzllfiinalihe Water, Shrmnanaquette. I_y0_M_yO_m_ha, or Joe, Ottawa:. Ska-ho mat, or Black Chief} Kcwmhewm Adam Brown. T°¤¢l¤S¤¤°• ·S'luzwa1we.s¢. Pollawdamiu. Ma-ka-te-we-ka-sha, or Black Hoof Mogau, Koi-te-way-pie, or Col. Lewis. Executed after having been fully explained and understood in presence of Reuben Attwater, Secretary of the territory of Michigan. James Witherell, a Judge of Michigan territory. Jacob Visger, Judge of the district court. Jos..·Watson, Secretary L. M. T. Wm. Brown. B. Campau. Lewis Bond, A. Lyons, as to the Ottawa chiefs. Whittmore Knaggs, William Walker, F. Duchouquet, Samuel Sanders, Sworn Interpreters. Attest, Harris Hampden Hickman, Secretary to the commission. Tothelndian names are subjoined a mark and seal. U A T R E A T Y Between the United States of America, and the tribes of Indians Sep,_30, 1809_ called the Delawares, Putawatimies, Jlliamies and Eel River ·—·—··#· M. .6S Proclamzmon, Wm • Jan. 16, 1810. Jamns Mamsom, President of the United States, by William Henry Harrison, governor and commander—in·chiel` of the Indiana territory, superintendant of Indian affairs, and commissioner plenipotentiary of the United States for treating with the said Indian tribes, and the Sachems, Head men and Warriors of the Delaware, Putawatame, Miami and Eel River tribes of Indians, have agreed and concluded upon the following treaty; which, when ratiiied by the said President, with the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States, shall be binding on said parties. Am. 1st. The Miami and Eel River tribes, and the Delawares and Cessim of Putawatimies, as their allies, agree to cede to the United States all that lands. tract of country which shall be included between the boundary line Ante, p. 74. established by the treaty of Fort Wayne, the Wabash, and a line to be drawn from the mouth of a creek called Racoon Creek, emptying into the Wabash, on the south-east side, about twelve miles below the mouth of the Vermilion river, so as to strike the boundary line established by the treaty of Grouseland, at such a distance from its commencement at 15 K2