SE AcE 
WHEREAS, by the third article 
of the treaty of amity, commerce, 
and navigation, concluded at Lon- 
don on the nineteenth day of No- 
vember, one thousand seven hun- 
dred and ninety-four, between his 
Britannic majesty and the United 
States of America, it was agreed 
that it should at all times be free 
to his majesty’s subjects, and to 
the citizens of the United States, 
and also to the Indians dwelling 
ov either side of the boundary line 
assigned by the treaty of peace to 
the United States, freely to pass 
and repass, by land or inland na- 
vigation, into the respeétive terri- 
tories and countries of the two 
contracting parties on the conti- 
nent of America (the country 
within the limits of the Hudson 
Bay Company only excepted), and 
to navigate all the lakes, rivers, 
and waters thereof, and freely to 
carry on trade and commerce with 
each other, subjeét to the pro- 
visions and limitations contain- 
-ed in the said article: And 
whereas, by the eighth article of 
the treaty of peace and friendship, 
concluded at Grenville, on the 
third day of August, one thousand 
seven hundred and ninety-five, be- 
tween the United States. and the 
Nations or tribes of Indians, called 
the Wyandots, Delawares, Sha- 
wanoes, Ottawas, Chippewas, Pu- 
tawatimies, Miamies, Eel River, 
Weeas, Kickapoos, Piankashaws, 
and Kaskaskias, it was stipulated 
that no person should be permit- 
ted to reside at any of the towns or 
hunting camps of the said Indian 
tribes as a trader, who is not fur- 
nished with a license for that pur- 
se, uoder the authority of the 
ited States; which latter sti- 
pulation has excited doubts whether 
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in its operation it may not interfere 
with the due execution of the said 
third article of the treaty of amity, 
commerce, and navigation: and it 
being the sincere desire of his Bri- 
tannic majesty, and of the United 
States, that this point should 
be so explained as to remove all 
doubts, and promote mutual sa- 
tisfaction and friendship: and for 
this purpose his Britannic majesty 
having named for his-commissioner, 
Phineas Bond, esq. his majesty’s 
consul general for the middle and 
southern. states of America (and 
now his majesty’s charge d’affaires 
to the United States); and, the 
president of the United States hav- 
ing named for their commissioner 
Timothy Pickering, esq. secretary 
of state of the United States, to 
whom, agreeable to the laws of 
the United States, he hus entrust- 
ed this negotiation: they, the said 
commissioners, having communi- 
cated to each other their full pow. 
ers, have, in virtue of the same, 
and conformably to the spirit of 
the last article of the said treaty of 
amity, commerce, and navigation, 
entered into this explanatory are 
ticle, and-do by these presents ex. 
plicitly agree and declare, that no 
stipulations in any treaty subse- 
quently concluded by either of the 
contracting parties with any other 
State-or nation, or with any Indian 
tribe, can be understood to dero. 
gate in any manner from the rights 
of free intercourse and commerce, 
secured by the aforesaid third arti- 
ticle of treaty of amity, commerce, 
and navigation, to the subjects of 
his majesty, and to the citizens of 
the United States, and to the In- 
dians dwelling on either side of the 
boundary line aforesaid; but that 
all the said persons shall remain at 
full 
