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Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 17:00:32 -0400


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Historical Collections of Ohio
Know Your Ohio
by Darlene E. Kelley
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Ohio's Huron and Wyandot Indians -- part 8
Continuation of The Treaty of Greenville--
August 3, 1795--

Tract of Lands--
Under ARTICLE IV--

1st; The tract on one hundred and fifty thousand acres near the Rapids
of the River Ohio, which has been assigned to General Clark, for the use
of himself and his warriors.

2nd; The Post of St. Vincennes, on the River Wabash, and the lands
adjacent, of which the Indian title has been extinguished.

3rd; The lands at all other places in possession of the French people
and other white settlers among them, of which the Indian title has been
extinguished as mentioned in the third article, and

4th; The Post of Fort Massac towards the mouth of the Ohio. To which
several parcels of land so excepted, the said tribes relinguish all the
title and claim which they or any of them may have. And for the same
considerations and the same views as above mentioned, the United States
now deliver to the said Indian tribes a quantity of goods to the value
of Twenty Thousand dollars, the receipt whereof they do hereby
acknowledge; and henceforward every year, forever, the United States
will deliver. at the same convenient place northward of the River Ohio,
like useful goods, suited to the circumstances of the Indians, of the
value of nine thousand five hundred dollars; reckoning that value at the
first cost of the goods in the city or place in the United States where
they shall be procured. The Tribes to which those goods are to be
annually delivered, and the proportions in which they are to be
delivered, are the following:

1st. To the Wyandots, the amount of one thousand dollars.

2nd. To the Delawares, the amount of one thousand dollars.

3rd. To the Shawnees, the amount of one thousand dollars.

4th, To the Miamis, the amount of one thousand dollars.

5th, To the Ottawas, the amount of one thousand dollars.

6th, To the Chippawas, the amount of one thousand dollars.

7th, To the Pattawatimas, the amount of one thousand dollars.

8th, To the Kickapoo, Wea, Eel River, Piankeshaw, and Kaskaskia tribes,
the amount of one thousand dollars each.

Provided, that if either of the said tribes shall hereafter, at an
annual delivery of their share of the goods aforesaid, desire that a
part of their annuity should be furnished in domestic animals,
impliments of husbandry, and other utensils convenient to them, and in
compensation to useful artificers who may reside with or near them, and
be employed for their benifit, the same shall, at the subsequent annual
deliveries, be furnished accordingly.

ARTICLE V --

To prevent any misunderstanding about the Indian lands relinquished by
the United States in the fourth article, it is now explicitly declared
that the meaning of that relinquishment is this; the Indian tribes who
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 dispose to sell their lands, or any part of them, they
are to be sold only to the United States; and until 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 same. And the said
Indian tribes again acknowledge themselves to be under the protection of
the said United States, and no oher power whatsoever.

ARTICLE VI --

If any citizen of the United States , or any other white person or
persons, shall presume to settle upon the lands now relinquished by the
United States, such citizen or other person shall be out of the
protection 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 a 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 --

The said tribes of Indians, parties to this treaty. shall be at liberty
to hunt within the territory and lands which they have now ceded to the
United States, without hindrance or molestation, so long as they demean
themselves peaceably, and offer no injury to the people of the United
States.

ARTICLE VIII --

Trade shall be opened with the said Indian tribes; and they do hereby
respectively engage to afford protection to such persons, with their
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 superintendent of the department northwest of the Ohio, or
such other person as the President of the United States shall authorize
to grant such licenses; 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
license shall be taken from him, and he shall be further punished
accordng 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
superintendent, or his deputy, to be dealt with according to law. And to
prevent impositions by forged licenses, the said Indians shall, at least
once a year, give information to the superintendent, or his deputies, on
the names of the traders residing among them.

ARTICLE IX --

Lest the firm peace and friendship now established, should be
interrupted by the misconduct of individuals, the United States, and the
said Indian tribes agree, that for injuries done by individuals on
either side, no private revenge or retaliation shall take place; but
instead thereof, complaint shall be made by the party injured, to the
other; by the said Indian tribes or any of them, to the President of the
United States, or the superintendent by him appointed; and by the
superintendent or person appointed by the President, to the principal
chiefs of the said India tribes, or the tribe to which the offender
belongs; and such prudent measures shall be taken as shall be necessary
to preserve the said peace and friendship unbroken, until the
legislature ( or great councl ) of the United States, shall make other
equitable provision in the case, to satisfaction of both parties. Should
any Indian tribes meditate a war against the United States, or any of
them, they do hereby engage to give immediate notice thereof to the
General, or Officer commanding the troops of the United States, at the
nearest post.

And should any tribe, with hostile intentions against the United States,
or either of them, attempt to pass through their country, they will
endeavor to prevent the same, and in like manner give information of
such attempt, to the General, or officer commanding, as soon as
possible, that all causes of mistrust and suspicion may be avoided
between them and the United States. In like manner, the United States
shall give notice to the said Indian tribes of any harm that maybe
meditated against them, or either of them, that should come to their
knowledge; and do all in their power to hinder and prevent the same,
that the friendship between them may be uninterrupted.

ARTICLE X--

All other treaties heretofore made between the United States, and the
said Indian tribes, or any of them, since the treaty of 1783, between
the United States and Great Britain, that come within the purview of
this treaty, shall henceforth cease and become void.

In testimony whereof, the said Anthony Wayne, and the Sachems and War
Chiefs of the before mentioned nations and tribes of Indians, have
hereunto set their hands and affixed their seals.

Done at Greenville, in the territory of the United States, northwest of
the river Ohio, on the third day of August, one thousand seven hundred
and ninety five.

WYANDOTS.

Tarhe, or Crane, his x mark, L.S.
J. Williams, jun. his x mark, L.S.
Teyyaghtaw, his x mark, L.S.
Haroenyou, or half King's son, his x mark, L.S.
Tehaawtorens, his x mark, L.S.
Awmeyeeray, his x mark, L.S.
Stayetah, his x mark, L.S.
Shateyyaronyah, or Leather Lips, his x mark, L.S.
Daughshuttayah, his x mark. L.S.
Shaawrunthe, his x mark, L.S.

DELAWARES,

Tetabokshke, or Grand Glaize King, his x mark, L.S.
Lemantanquis, or Black King, his x mark, L.S.
Wabatthoe, his x mark, L.S.
Maghpiway, or Red Feather, his x mark, L.S.
Kikthawenund, or Anderson, his x mark,L.S.
Bukongehelas, his x mark, L.S.
Peekeelund, his x mark, L.S.
Wellebawkeelund, his x mark, L.S.
Peekeetelemund, or Thomas Adams, his x mark, L.S.
Kishkopekund, or Captain Buffalo, his x mark, L.S.
Amenahehan, or Captain Crow, his x mark, L.S.
Queshawksey, or George Washington, his x mark, L.S.
Weywinquis, or Billy Siscomb, his x mark, L.S.
Moses, his x mark, L.S.

SHAWNEES,

Misquacoonacaw, or Red Pole, his x mark, L.S.
Cutthewekasaw, or Black Hoof, his x mark, L.S.
Kaysewaesekah, his x mark, L.S.
Waythapamattha, his x ark, L.S.
Nianysmeka, his x mark, L.S.
Waytheah, or Long Shanks, his x mark, L.S
Weyapiersenwaw, or Blue Jacket, his x mark, L.S.
Nequetaughaw, his x mark, L.S.
Hahgoosekaw, or Captain Reed, his x mark, L.S.
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to be continued in Part 9-- Signatures of Treaty

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