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 CHRONOLOGICAL 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 LAWS.

WITH 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 interest of the United States in the stereotype plates from which this 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.

LIST

OF THE

TREATIES BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES

AND THE

INDIAN TRIBES.

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....

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1

13

15

16

18

21

24

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......

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Oneidas, Tuscaroras, and Stockbridges. Dec. 2, 1794....

Wyandots, Delawares, Shawnees, Ottawas, Chippewas, Pottawatimies, Miamies,
Eel-Rivers, Weas, Kickapoos, Piankeshaws, and Kaskaskias.
3, 1795

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 .....

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56

61

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