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ing on theri> and the Six Nations. j
Article ii Peace and friendfhip ire
hereby firmly established, and fliall be per.
peMI, between the UnitedStatea ahd the
Six Nations
AAiclfU. The United States acknow
ledge the lands referred to the Oncido,
Onondaga and Cayuga Naidus in their
reipeftive treaties with the State of New
york and called their refervatiohs,to betheir
property; afid the United Stites will never
claim the fame, nor disturb them, dr either
of the Six Nidona.nor their Indian friends
residing thereon, and united with diem, in
the free use and enjoyment thereof) But
the laid rffervstiOM /hall remain theirs,
until they choose to fell the fame to the
people &f the United State* who have the
right to purchase; {
Article HI. The land o( the Seneka
nation i» bounded aa follows: Beginhing
on Like Ontario, at the horth weft corner
oft the land they fold to Oliver, Phelps, the
Jine runs westerly ilong the Lake, a» far as
O-Yong Wongyeh Creek at Johhfon’s
landing , pitfee, about four miles etfftward
from N : agafa j then Ibutherly tip that
Creek td its main lock; then Braight to the
main sos k of Stedman's Creek, which
empties intd the river Niagara/ above Bort
Schloffer; and then onwtfrd from that Fork
continuing the fame straight course, to that
fiver; (thie Rui front the month ofO-
Yong-Wongyeh Creek to the river Nia
gara, above Fort Schloffer, being the east
ern boundary of a ftripof land extending
from the fame line to Niagara river #hich
the Seneka nation ceded to the king of
Grett-#ri«in, at a treaty held *hout thirty
years ago, with’fir Wirr.iAM 5 Johnson,)
then the We runs along the river Niagara
to Lake Elle ; then along Lake Erie to the
north tail corner of a triangular piece of
land which' the United States conveyed to
the Bate of FennfylvAia, as by the Frefi
deft’s patent, dated the third day of .
March, ; then due fouth to the nor
thern boundary of that. Bate >dreh dW aft |
having determined to bold a conferrenct
with the Six Nations of Indians, for the
purpose of removing from their minds all
causes of complaint, and eftabliftiinga firm
and permannht friendship with theni; and
.Timothy Pickering being appointed foie
agent for that purpole—>tn4-the agent
having niit and conferrtd with the Sachems
Chiefs, end Warriors of the Six Nations in
a genera! Council t^Noftr, in order to Mc
complifo the good design of this Conference,
the parties have agreed oh the following
articles; which; when ratified by the Fred.
dent, with the advice and content Os the
Senate of the United States, ft all be bind-
WHEREAS « treaty of peace and
friend ft ip between theUnhed States
lof America* and the Tribes of Indians
celled the. Six Nations was made and
concluded on the eleventh d«y of Novem
ber last, by Timothy Pickering, agent of
the United State.*, for that purpose appoin
ted, «n the one part, and the Chiefs and
Warriors of the Sii Nations on the other
part—which treatjFis in thb form and
words following:
•* A treary between the United Stites
of Amerips and the tribes of Indians called
'th? Six N ti ns,”
The President of the. United States
A PHItADtPHt A, tAPER..
department of war,
g * January (79;.
I HAVE the honor to trabfmit to you
concluded with the
Six Naoo^aof Indians at Konohdaigutjch
the eleventh day of ftn November • Sy
which you will fee, th« the temporary
•bftaciea to Ue eftab^fomerr formerly
cbn:empla(r.db* the Rawof Peiwfyteania
«t Prefqa’lfle arc removed.
I B ®|» B reat refpeil, Sir, your
mo ft obedient fervent,
TIMOTHY PICkERING,
’ Secretary of War.
Jhe Governor of Pcnnfylvania.
GEORGE WASHINGTGrt,
President of Un linked States of America,
J a all It «uIM thft pHfatt IhallanM,
GREETING.
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they choose tp tell the fame to the people
of the United Stites who have the riehtto
pufchgfe. ,
My*
tn®# oe<cnbed and acknowledged what
land* belong to the Oneidas Onondagas,
Congas anc Sth-lm, and engaged never
2. nor to diflUrb them, or
•ny of the Six Nations, or their Indian
friend? refiomg thertoh and united with
t u ^ e and >Moymtnt there-
Os : Now the Sih Nation, , n< i wh & thtm
•ny «her lend, wtthin the boonderie, of
™ Limed^tjtet; nor e»eh tiiftdrb the
people of the United State, io the free life
| and enjoyment thereof
v IXM* N?<M »M ah
e. rr - e S IX ^ atJons concurrihg, cede to
' the United State,, the H^t of Lkin. "
waggon road from Fort Sohlefier to Lake
fine; as tar Ibuth as Bufalo Greek; and
the oeop.e of the Unite* States frail have
the free and undisturbed use of this road
for the purposes of travelling and trihfpor-
Ut’on. Arid the Sit Nitions add each
of them wjl! forever allow to the people of
the United States; a fri, piffle throa g h
their lands, and the she use of the harbors
Md river? adjoining and within their re.
fpewive trails of land for the pafrng arid
fecunng of veficH and boats, and liberty to
Und tUk cnrgdw when nccc&ry Iw ttrctr
fate?-
Article VI. In cohliderktiop^f the peace
and friend Qiip hereby eftablifred, and of
the engagements enured info by ^e Six
Nations ; and beca'ufe the United States
desire with humanity and kindness to con
tribute to their comfortable support; and
to render the peace and friendship hereby
eftabliffied ttrong and perpetual ; the Unit
ed States how deliver to ihe 6ix Nations
and the Indians of the other nations refidil^
among and united with.them, a quantity
of goods of the value of ten ihonfand dol
lars. Andrfor the fame con fibrations, aid
wi(h a View to promote the future welfare
of the Six Nations and of their Indiah
friends aforefaid, the United States will
add the fu m dt three thousand dollars to the
one thousand five hundred dollars hereto-
fore allowed them by an article ratified by
tpe President on rhe twenty third day of
April i 792; making in the whole four
Joufond five hundred dollars - which (hall
be expended yearly, fa re ver, ip purchasing
clothing dbmeftic animals implements of
hu/bandry and other utensils Suited to their
CirCumßancds, and tn, com penfating ufefal
*1 W ^° w Hh dr near them
ahd be employed for th Q ir benefit. The
innteai.U ipplic.rion o Hhe whole innu- •
ft tllowanei now ffipul.ted t 0 f, e ja.^hy
*» *•
Si < •«
their Indian friends aforefaid.
. Y n - Mde fit® peace and '
fnendlhip noweftablifhed (han be Inter
™P*?d by thf riH/conduit pf individuals,
the United States and Six Nations agree
that for ifijuries done By individuals, on
either fide no private revenge dr retaliation
inall takepliwe ; but instead thereof, com^
plaint Ball be Blade by the party injured
tis the other : by the Six Nations pr any
of thern, to the President of the United
States, or the fuperihtendantby him'. ap
pointed : & by the foperintendant^r other
perfop appointed by the President to the
principal Chiefs pf thesix Nations,or of the
nation to which the offender belongs r
• *•? ^5“ P ru dcnt measure /half then be
pursued as (hall be necessary to prefer ve
’ T J*^?** 1 Wendftlip unbroken j until
V}***?®*^.^ great Council of the
r provifibn for the purpose.
to the Touch weft corner of the Ited fold
by the Seneka nation to t)i.ivg< PHgi.F»,
& then north and northerly, along Phelps’
line, to the plate di beginning on Lake
Ontario.
an N ?% th ! U " ? “? Sdu * acknowledge
(he land within the aforementioned
boundaries to be the property of the Sebe
ka nation J ted the United States will
ver c»a m thfcAme nor disturb the Senega
nation, nor. any of the Six Nations or their
~ . ~ enjoyment'
thereof but it stall remain their’s nnVir
SATURDAY, February 28, 1795.
The following comparison adds
new force to the opinion exprefled
, at the loft fejfion of Congress by
Mr. Lee,, on the fimiliMe be
tween the hritijh and American
conjiitation^
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Frdm a Belfaft Paper.;
British and American consti-
TuTloiH
ift. In England a King, ahd in
American a President fuperihrends
thip Executives their powers are
nearly the fam^ with a Jew trifle
in^xceptions^i^ The King can
ttiike peace or which the Pre
; can levy
foidiehs and failoh without Fimit,.
which the P^fident cannot j the
King can gtant Jitbtidies to any a
j ihodnr, ahd Mife rnerceehafy troops^
whi6h she President cannot 3 .the
King can prbvehi ufy law wbat-.
being enacted, which the
President canhot) ahd finally, the
Family cp^ iibbut fj
S^^^fingspcr annum, whilst the
President gets only ^.4000 !
^d. American has a Senate ex
omnar to the B^itifii House
°f except that the Senate is
^U£led by the people the not>ie
House of Peers is hereditary, the;
Senators w\mehdble fa ldw% t^
kOrds wepiwileged ; vacancies
w Senate are fined M dgl^dteL
of de people, Sin t
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NOW KNOW YE, That I,
having feeb and can fid cred the (aid treaty,
do by and with the.advice and content of
the Senate of the United States accept,ra
tify and confirm the Time, and every arti
cle and clanfe thereof : Ih teftimohy wher
of I havecaufed the teal of the United
States to be hereunto affixed, and signed
the fame With my hand.
Qiven in the tity of Pbilad^hih, the
. twenty frfi fay of January in the
T * year of. our tord one thousand jfben
( L. s. ) hundred and ninety five, and in the
nineteenth year of yhe. Sovereignty
and independence of the United State/.
UEorge Washington,
ky the Pref dent,
Edmund Randolph.
N^e. It is clearly uhderftood by the
that the inheity ftip.
uhted in the sixth article Is to be applied
w rtc Wilt of (utH of the Sii ^ ims
and r» their Indian friends united with
rhe^ as aforebid, as do or fh«y reside
7* boundaries of the United States:
For ^e United States do not interfere with
Nations,Tndea or Families df Indians else
where reSdent.
Z* whereof the jaid TIMOTHY
S^bedu and War
Son ondaigua in the. Stitt of frew-YoH,
the eleventh day if November, in the year
ont thonfandfeven hundred and ninetyfour.
TIMOTHY PICKERING, (l' S.)
Signed, by fifty nin^ Indian. Chiefs, on
the part of the Six Nations.
WITNESSES. .
tiriel Chapin, Wiftini Shepherd; jun.
Jame Smedley, John Wickham,
Augustus Porter, James K. Garnfey,
William Ewing; Ifreal Chafin, Jun.
Horatio Jones, i
Joseph Smith, f , ■
Jasper Parift/ f hnterpmon.
Henry Abelle, J
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True .Copy;
G. TAYLOR, jr. 0. O& Dep. bkStatfe,
W|M| HEREAS 2Em -vine
of me tn fobfefiber, has eloped
froth my Bed and Board j this is to forbid
all per (on 8 harbouring or trusting heron
my account, as t amdetermibcii.not to pay
any debt she may contrad after this date.
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BENJAMIN SHAW,
j. .. . 4 mtf k
Witittft, Thomas Dean.
Gilman lon, FtK ib t 1795«
: r I <M ||— , ■
Stray Sheep.
CAME into the poflefiiori
ql ,the fubferfber. fame time in the
" monrh of Oddber last. TiVo Sheep, The
owofii may have them by proving property
and paying charger.
EZEKIEL (adbFREY.
. 17, 179^ .
y WANfEb, '
BY the Printef Hereof, a
ftw hufhels of OATS, for
I which a geiierous price: will
be given.
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R AG S.
I fcl s' , Jr■ ?< '. ( . \ £s.J
I Writing
j . Books given for^de^n
; cotton linen RAGS tft
this Office.
jdi th England a House of
Commons,and in America a Hbufe
of Representatives from a third es
tate: their powers ^re nearly simi
lar, but Tcfae little differ end ftrifes in
their conftitunon; in America the
delegates are tbofth &y
England the Commons rrpreltnt
their bion mon^\ or are nominated
by the crown which employs ditm^
iv» .Acrrt. tv« m^n folding g> plarg
Canbea legiftator,in England 2
of the House of Commons enjoy
places dr pensions under the King *
in America the delegates receive
a salary from their ^rfiittienn for
doing the public bufiinefs; in Eni
gUnd feats in Parliament are pub
tidy bought andfdld iin America
the reprefintives bf the people enait
the laws, in England no law can
be made without the leave o f the
King ; in Arrierica ft Cdnventidri
of the Whß»e people altered their 1
cdbftitut’on fix or feyen years ago;
in England conventions of the
people ir^-^treapnable,
With these and iome othef fuck
trivial exceptions; the bonftmion^
of .the, two countries afe amazingly
afflmilated ; ahd “ he knows Irde
pt human future and Ijas tfudied
hiftoty still Jef^, *’who does not at
one .glance fee, that in thole points
where America Has deviated front
the drihodoicffandard<:A the Britifli
constitution, the has doiie it ralbly
that the only beauties visible id
her horizon, are rhofe that Ihe He
prudently arid "wifely copied ^rom
tip and that after ill Ilie is yet in
embryo^ and meftrly meldng an
experiment,
Kote-^-Thls fiiews plainly that
republic does not fit a great coun
try, fthd that the EnglifH conftifu
tiori is deservedly the wonder of
the world-
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