Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1842-09-10


ton: but if the said point shall be found
to be less than seven miles from the near
est point or summit or crest of the high
lands that divide those rivers which empty |
themselves into the river st. Lawrence
from those which fall into the river st.
John, to point miles in straight line
from the said summit or crest; thence in
straight line in course about South
eight degrees west TO the point where the
parallel Of latitude of 40 deg 25 min.
north intersects the Southwest branch Of
the St. John; thence, Soulherly by the
said branch, to the source thereof in the
highlands at the MeUarmette portage;
thence, down along the said highlands
which divide the waters which empty
themselves into the river ST. Lawrence
from those which fall into the Atlantic
Ocean, to the head of Halls stream;
thence, down the middle of said stream
till The line thus run intersects the old line
of boundary surveyed and marked by Val
entine and Collins previously to the year
TIA, as the 45th degree of north latitude,
and which has been known and understood
to be the line of actual division between
the States of New York and Vermont on
one side, and the British Province of
Canada on the other; and, from said
point of intersection, west along the said
dividing line as heretofore known and I'M
derst God, to the lroquois, or st. Lawrence
River.
ARTICLE ii.
1t is moreover agreed, that, from the
place where the joint commissioners ter
minated their labors, under the sixth arti-
Gle of the Treaty of Client, to wit: At a
point in the Neebrik Channel, near Muddy
lake, the line shall run into and along the
ship channel, between St. Joseph and st.
TIA, nmany Islands, TO the division of the
channel at OF near the head of st. Joseph's
Island: thence, turning eastwardly and
northwardil-. AROUND the lower end of ST.
Georges or Sugar Island, and following
the middle of the channel which divides
St. Georges from st. Joseph's Island;
thence, up the east NeebrlE channel, near
est to ST. Georges Island, through the
middle of Lake George; thence west OF
Jonas Island, into St. Mary's River, TO
point in the middle of that river, ABOUT
one mile above st. Georges or Sugar Is
land, so as to appropriate and ASST gn the
said Island to the U. States; thence adopt !,
ing the line traced on the maps by the
through the river st. Mary
and Lake Superior, to point north of lie
ROYAL in said lake, one hundred yards to
the north and east of lie Chapeau, which
last mentioned Island lies near the north
eastern point of lie Royal, where the line
marked by the commissioners terminates;
and from the last mentioned point, south
westerly, through the middle of the sound
between lie Royal and the northwestern
to the mouth of Pigeon river,
and at the said river to, and through, the
north and south Fowl Lakes, to the Lakes
of the height of Land, between Lake Su-
perior and the Lake of the Woods; thence
along the water communication to Lake
Sasaquinaga, and through that Lake;
thence, to and through Cypress Lake, Lac
du Bots Blanc, Lac la Croix, Little Yer
million Lake, and Lake Namecan, and
through the several smaller lakes, straits,
or streams, connecting the Lakes here
to that point in Lac la Pluie or
Rainy Lake at the Chaudiere Falls, from
which the Commissioners traced the line
to the most northwestern point of the
Lake of the Woods-thence along the said
line TO the said most northwestern point,
being in latitude 40 degrees 90 55" north,
and in longitude 95 degrees Ia 80" west
from the Observatory, at Greenwich:
thence, according to existing treaties, due
south to its intersection with the 49th par
aIel of north latitude, and along that par
aIlel to the Rocky Mountains. 1t being
understood that all the water communica-
tons, and all the usual portages along the
line from Lake Superior to the Lake Of
the Woods; and also Grand Portage, from
the shore of Lake Superior to the Pigeon
River, as now actually used, shall be free
and open to the use of the citizens and
subjects of both countries. /
ARTICLE III.
In order to promote the interests and
encourage the industry Of all the inhabi-
tants of the Countries watered by the
River 81. John and its tributaries, whether
living within the State Of Maine or the
Province of New Brunswick, it is agreed
that, where, by the provisions of the pres
ent treaty, the River st. John is declared
to be the line of boundary, the navigation
of said River shall be free and open to
both parties, and shall in no way be OBJ
structed by either; hat all the produce of
the forest in logs, lumber, timber, boards,
slaves or shingles or agriculture not being
manufactured, grown on any of those
parts of the State of Maine watered by
the River St. John, or by its tributaries, of
which facts reasonable evidence SHALL if
required, be produced, shall have free
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