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52 TREATY WITH THE WYANDOTS, ETC. 1795. ARTICLE V. j,,,;;,,,,, have To prevent any misunderstanding about the- Indian lands relinquished ight l0 l}¤¤¤¤¤ by the United States in the fourth article, lt‘lS now explicitly declared, mid; ‘;fl;"'U S that the meaning of that relinquishment is this: The Indian tribes who gg; c y' have a right to those lands, are quietly to enjoy them, hunting, planting, and dwelling thereon so long as they please, without any molestation from the United States; but when those tribes, or any of them, shall be disposed to sell their lands, or any- part of them, they are to be sold only to the United States; and untill such sale, the United States will protect all the said Indian tribes in the quiet enjoyment of their lands against all citizens of the United States, and against all other white persons who intrude upon the same. And the said Indxan tubes again acknowledge themselves to be under the protection of the said United States and no other power whatever. ARTICLE VI. Indians may If any citizen of the United States, or any other white person or expel settlers persons, shall presume to settle upon the lands now relinquished by the {;Q,{ys*h°¤ United States, such citizen or other person shall be out of the protec- ' tion of the United States; and the Indian tribe, on whose land the settlement shall be made, may drive off the settler, or punish him in such manner as they shall think fit ; and because such settlements made without the consent of the United States, will be injurious to them as well as to the Indians, the United States shall be at liberty to break them up, and remove and punish the settlers as they shall think proper, and so effect that protection of the Indian lands herein before stipulated. ARTICLE VII. Ind,,,,,, mu The said tribes of Indians, parties to this treaty, shall be at liberty to hunt on land; hunt within the territory and lands which they have now ceded to the °°d°d *° U- S- United States, without hindrance or molestation, so long as they demean themselves peaceably, and oH`er no injury to the people of the United States. ARTICLE VIII. Trade to be Trade shall be opened with the said Indian tribes; and they do hereopened with the by respectively engage to afford protection to such persons, with their I”d‘"‘°’· property, as shall be duly licensed to reside among them for the purpose of trade, and to their agents and servants; but no person shall be permitted to reside at any of their towns or hunting camps as a trader, who is not furnished with a license for that purpose, under the hand and seal of the superintendant of the department north-west of the Ohio, or such other person as the President of the United States shall authorise to grant such licences; to the end, that the said Indians may not be imposed on in their trade. And if any licensed trader shall abuse his privilege by unfair dealing, upon complaint and proof thereof, his licence shall be taken from him, and he shall be further punished according to the laws of the United States. And if any person shall intrude himself as a trader, without such license, the said Indians shall take and bring him before the superintendant or his deputy, to be dealt with according to law. And to prevent impositions by forged licences, the said Indians shall at least once a year give information to the superintendant or his deputies, of the names of the traders residing among them. ARTICLE IX. mllgplttgiggon Lest the lirmlpeace and friendship now established should be intGr· - rupted by the misconduct of individuals, the United States, and the said Indian tribes agree, that for injuries done by individuals on either side,