THE

Public Statutes at Large

OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

FROM THE

ORGANIZATION OF THE GOVERNMENT IN 1789, TO MARCH 3, 1845.

ARRANGED IN OHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.

WITH

REFERENCES TO THE MATTER OF EACH ACT AND TO THE SUBSEQUENT ACTS

ON THE SAME SUBJECT,

AND

COPIOUS NOTES OF THE DECISIONS

OF THE

Courts of the United States

CONSTRUING THOSE ACTS, AND UPON THE SUBJECTS OF THE LAW S.

WITII AN

INDEX TO THE CONTENTS OF EACH VOLUME,

AND A

FULL GENERAL INDEX TO THE WHOLE WORK, IN THE CONCLUDING VOLUME.

TOGETHER WITH

The Declaration of Endependence, the Articles of Confederation, and

the Constitution of the United States ;

AND ALSO,

TABLES, IN THE LAST VOLUME, CONTAINING LISTS OF THE ACTS RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY,

IMPOSTS AND TONNAGE, THE PUBLIC LANDS, ETC.

EDITED BY

RICHARD PETERS, ESQ.,

COUNSELLOR AT LAW.

The rights and mterest of the United States in the stereotype plates from which thls work is printed, are hereby recognised,

acknowledged, and declared by the publishers, according to the provisions of the joint resolution of Congress, passed March 3,1845.

VOL. VII.

BOSTON:

CHARLES C. LITTLE AND JAMES BROWN.

Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1846, by

CHARLES C. LITTLE & JAMES BROWN, In the Clerk's office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

TREATIES

BETWEEN

THE UNITED STATES

AND

THE INDIAN TRIBES.

EDITED BY

RICHARD PETERS, ESQ.,

COUNSELLOR AT LAW.

Pago

1

13

15

16 18

21 24 26

28

33

35

General principles recognised by the Supreme Court of the United States in relation to the Indian

tribes, &c. ...
Treaty with the Delawares. Sept. 17, 1778

Six Nations. Oct. 22, 1784 ..
Wyandots, Delawares, Chippewas, and Ottawas. Jan. 21, 1785
Cherokees. Nov. 28, 1785....
Choctaws. Jan. 3, 1786....
Chickasaws. Jan. 10, 1786 .
Shawnees. Jan. 31, 1786..
Wyandots, Delawares, Ottawas, Chippewas, Pottawatimies, and Sacs. Jan.

9, 1789....
Six Nations. Jan. 9, 1789
Creeks. Aug. 7, 1790

Cherokees. July 2, 1791..
Additional article to the treaty with the Cherokees of July 2, 1791. Feb. 17, 1792
Treaty with the Cherokees. June 26, 1794.......

Six Nations. Nov. 11, 1794 .
Oneidas, Tuscaroras, and Stockbridges. Dec. 2, 1794.
Wyandots, Delawares, Shawnees, Oltawas, Chippewas, Pottawatimies, Miamies,

Eel-Rivers, Weas, Kickapoos, Piankeshaws, and Kaskaskias. Aug.

3, 1795
Seven Nations of Canada. May 31, 1796...

Creeks. June 29, 1796
Relinquishment, by the Mohawks, of all claim to land in the State of New York. March 29,

1797...
Treaty with the Cherokees. Oct. 2, 1798 ....

Chickasaws. Oct. 24, 1801..
Choctaws. Dec. 17, 1801

39 42 43 44 47

49

55

56

61

62

65

66