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I'exploitation de la iioclie, soit dans la 

 faeulte d'aborder aux cutcs sur des jioiiits 

 qui ne seroient pas deji\ occupes, atiii d'y 

 I'aire le coiiunerce avec les indigenes, sauf 

 tontef'ois les restrictions et conditiims 

 determiuces par les Articles qui suivent. 



AlJTICLE II. 



Dans la vue d'enipcidier que lea droits 

 de navigation et de pcclie exerc(5s sur le 

 Grand Ocean par les citoyens et sujets 

 des Hautes Puissances Contractantes no 

 devienucnt le pretexte d'un coninierco 

 illicite, il est convenn que les citoyens 

 des I5tats-Unis n'aborderont a aucun 

 point ofi il se trouve un I'jta.blissenient 

 Russe, sans la permission du Gouverneur 

 ou Connnandant; et que recipr(K|uenient 

 les sujets Russes nopourront abordersans 

 perniission a aueuu Etal>Iissenient des 

 Etats-Unis sur la c6te uord-ouest. 



AirricLE III. 



II est convenn en outre, que dorenavant 

 il uc pourra etre Ibrnn" i)ar les citoyens 

 des fitats-Unis, ou sous I'autorito des 

 dits l5tat;^, aucun fitablissenient sur la 

 cote nord-ouest d'Amdrique, ni dans 

 aucuno des lies adjacentes ait nord du 54 " 

 40' de latitude septentriouale; et que de 

 nicnie il n'en pourra etre fornu' aucun i);ir 

 des sujets Russes, ou sons I'aiiloriti'^ de la 

 Rnsbic, aft aud de la mcme paraltlle. 



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Article IV. 



11 est neannioius entendu (|ue ])endant 

 tin terine de dix annees a coin])ter de la 

 signature de la presonte Convention, les 

 vaisseaux des deux Puissances, ou qui 

 appartiendroient a leurs citoyens ou 

 sujets respectifs, pourront rfeciproque- 

 nient fr(?quenter, sans entiave quelconipie, 

 les niers interieures, les golfes, Iiavres, et 

 criqnes sur lacote nientionnee dansl'Arti- 

 cle prdccdent, aliri d'y faire la peclie et le 

 coninierce avec les naturels du pays. 



AUTICLE V. 



Sont toutefois exceptf^os de ce nienio 

 connnerce accords par I'Article precedent, 

 toutes les li(iueursspiritueuses, les arnics 

 a feu, arnies blanches, poudre, et muni- 

 tions de guerre de toute espeee, que les 

 deux Puissances s'engagent reciproquo- 

 inent a ne pas vendre, ni laisser vendre 

 aux indigenes jiar leurs citoyens et sujets 

 respectifs, ni par aucun individu qui se 

 trouveroit sous leur antorite. II est ^ga- 

 leinent stipule que cetto restriction no 

 pouri'a jamais servir de pretext©, ni etre 

 allegu(5e dans aucun cas, pour antoriser 

 soit la visite on la detention des A'ais- 

 seaux, soit la saisie de la marcliandise, 

 soit enfin des mesures quelconques do 

 contrainte envers les armateurs ou les 

 ('H[ui])ages qui feroient ce commerce; les 

 Hautes Puissances Contractantes s'etant 



ing, or in tbe jiower of resorting to the 

 coasts, upon points which may not already 

 have been occupied, for the ]uiri)ose of 

 trading with the natives, saving always 

 the restrictions and conditions deter- 

 mined bj- the following Articles: 



Article II. 



With the view of i)re venting the rights 

 of navigation and of lisliing. exercised 

 upon the Great Ocean by the citizens and 

 subjects of the High Contracting Powers, 

 from becoming the pretext for an illiijit 

 trade, it is agreed that the citizens of the 

 United States shall not resort to any point 

 where there is a Russian Establislniieut, 

 Avithout the permission of the Governor 

 or Commander; and that, reciprocally, 

 the subjects of Russia shall not resort, 

 without permission, to any Establishment 

 of the United States upon the north- west 

 coast. 



Article III. 



It is, moreover, agreed that hereafter 

 there shall not be formed by the citizens 

 of the United States, or under the author- 

 ity of the said States, any Establishment 

 upon the north-west coast of America, 

 nor in any of the islands adjacent, to the. 

 norlh of 54'-" 40' of north latitude; and 

 that, in the same nuinner there shall be 

 none formedby Russian subjects, or under 

 the authority of Russia, south of the same 

 parallel. 



Article IV. 



It is, nevertheless, understood that, 

 during a term of ten years, counting 

 from the signature of the present Con- 

 vention, the ships of both Powers, or 

 which belong to their citizens or subjects 

 respectively, may reciprocally frequent, 

 without any hindrance whatever, the 

 interior seas, gulfs, harbours, and creeks 

 upon the coast mentioned in the |)reced- 

 ing Article, for the purpose of tishing and 

 trading with the natives of the country. 



Article V. 



All spirituous liquors, fire-arms, other 

 arms, powder, and munitions of war of 

 every kind are always excepted from this 

 same commerce permitted by the preced- 

 ing Article; and the two Powers engage 

 recii^rocally neither to sell, or sutfer them 

 to be sold to the natives, by their respec- 

 tive citizens and subjects, nor by any 

 person who may be under their authority. 

 It is likewise stipulated that this restric- 

 tion shall never afford a pretext, nor be 

 advanced, in any case, to authorize either 

 search or detention of the vessels, seizure 

 of the merchandize, or, in fine, any meas- 

 ures of constraint whatever, towards the 

 merchants or the crews who may carry 

 on this commerce, the High Contracting 

 Powers reciprocally reserving to them- 

 selves to determine upon the peualtieu to 



