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32 TREATY WITH THE WYANDOTS, ETC. 1789. Pekelan, Wyandat:. Teataway. Teyaudut ’on ’Toc, Cheyawe, Chmeways. Doueyenteat, Tarhe, N anamakeak, Tu-llalaw, Wetenasa, Dalasay, S°’k°”°» Maudoronk, Pewnnakum. Skahomlm m Pnnsnucm or Jos. Harmar, Lt. Col. Comt. lst U. S. Regt. and Brigr. Genl. by Brevet; Richard Butler; Jno. Gibson; Will. Mc.Curdey; Capt. E. Denny, Ens. lst U. S. Regt.; A. Hartshorn, Ens.; Robt. Thompson, Ens. 1st U. S. Regtl; Frans. Luse,Ens.; J. Williams, jun.; Wm. Wilson; Joseph Nicholas; James Rmken. To the Indian names are subjoined a seal. W dm wm Be it remembered, That the Wyandots have laid claim to the lands dlspgggess ill, that were granted to the Shawanese, at the treaty held at the Miami, Shawanese, if and have declared, that as the Shawanese have been so restless, and

  • 1*** l'*"*" will caused so much trouble, both to them and to the United States, if they

n°t be at P°a°°' will not now be at peace, they will dispossess them, and take the country into their own hands; for that the country is theirs of right, and the Shawanese are only living upon it by their permission. They further lay claim to all the country west of the Miami boundary, from the village to the lake Erie, and declare that it is now under their management and direction. SEPARATE ARTICLE. Twowyzmdct Whereas. the Wyandots have represented, that within the reservation vlllages wllhln from the river Rosine along the Strait, they have two villages from the reservations which they cannot with any convenience remove; it is agreed, that “°“° bs d‘“‘ they shall remain in possession of the same, and shall not be in any turbed. . · manner disturbed therein. SEPARATE ARTICLE. In case ofrob- Should a robbery or murder be committed by an Indian or Indians

>:;>L*é;:5“l;d:*· of the said nations upon the citizens or subjects of the United States

be dellvergd uz, or any of them, or by the citizens or subjects of the United States &c. or any of them, upon any Indian or Indians of the said nations, the parties accused of the same shall be tried, and, if found guilty, be punished according to the laws of the state, or of the territory of the United States, as the case may be, where the same was committed; and should any horses be stolen, either by the Indians of the said nations from the citizens or subjects of the United States or any of them, or by any of the said citizens and subjects from any of the said Indians, they may be reclaimed, into whose possession soever they may have come; and, upon due proof, shall be restored, any sales in open market notwithstanding. And the parties convicted shall be punished with the utmost severity the laws will admit; and the said nations engage to deliver the parties that may be accused 'of their nations of either of the before-mentioned crimes, at the nearest post of the United States, if the crime was committed within the territory of the United States, or to the civil authority of the States, if it shall have happened within any of the United States. AR,. ST. CLAIR.