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Arkansas, to its source, in latitude 42 north; and thence by that paral- 

 lel of latitude, to the South Sea. Tlie wliole beinji' as laid down in 

 Meli.sh's map of the United States, published at Philadelphia, improved 

 to the first of January, 1818. l>ut if the source of the Arkansas liiver 

 shall be found to fall north or south of latitude 42, then the line shall 

 run from the said source due south or north, as the case maybe, till 

 it meets the said parallel of latitude 42, and thence, along- the said 

 parariel, to the South Sea: All the islands in the Sabine, and the said 

 Red and Arkansas Rivers, throughout the course thus described, to 

 belong to the United States; but the use of the waters, and the naviga- 

 tion of the Sabine to the sea, and of the said rivers Roxo and Arkan- 

 sas, throughout the extent of the said boundary, on their respective 

 banks, shall be common to the respective inhabitants of both nations. 

 The two high contracting parties agree to cede and renounce all their 

 rights, claims, and pretensions, to the territories described by the said 

 line, that is to say : The United States hereby cede to His Catholic 

 ]\Iajesty, and renounce forever, all their rights, claims and pretensions, 

 to the territories lying west and south of the above-described line; and, 

 in like manner. His Catholic Majesty cedes to the said United States all 

 his rights, claims, and pretensions to any territories east and north of 

 the said line, and for himself, his heirs, and sfuccessors, renounces all 

 claim to the said territories forever. 



TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA RELATIVE 

 TO NAVIGATION, FISHING, AND TRADING IN THE PACIFIC 

 OCEAN AND TO ESTABLISHMENTS ON THE NORTHWEST 

 COAST, CONCLUDED APRIL 5/17, 1824 



In the name of the Most Holy and Indivisible Trinity. 



The President of the United States of America and His Majesty the 

 Emperor of all the Russias, wishing to cement the bonds of amity 

 which unite them, and to secure between them the invariable nminte- 

 nanceof a perfect concord, by means of the present convention, have 

 nanu^i as their Plenipotentiaries to this effect, to wit: 



The President of the United States of America, Henry Middleton, a 

 citizen of said States, and their Envoy Extraordinary and Minister 

 Plenipotentiary uear his Imperial Majesty; and His Majesty the Em- 

 peror of all the Russias, his beloved and faithful Charles Robert Count 

 of Nesselrode, actual Privy Counsellor, Member of the Council of State, 

 Secretary of State directing the administration of Foreign Affairs, 

 actual Chamberlain, Kinght of the Order of St. Alexander ISTevsky, 

 Graiul Cross of the Order of St. Wladimir of the first class, Knight of 

 that of the White Eagle of Poland, Grand Cross of the Order of St. 

 Stephen of Hungary, Knight of the Orders of the Holy Ghost and St. 

 Michael, and Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor of France, Knight 

 Grand Cross of the Orders of the Black and of the Red Eagle of Prus- 

 sia, of the Annunciation of Sardinia, of Charles III of Spain, of St. 

 Ferdinand and of Merit of Naples, of the Elephant of Denmark, of the 

 Polar Star of Sweden, of the Crown of Wiirtemberg, of the Guelphs 

 of Hanover, of the Belgic Lion, of Fidelity of Baden, and of St. Con- 

 stantine of Parma; ami Pierre de Poletica, actual Counsellor of State, 

 Knight of the Order of St. Anne of tlu^ first class, and Grand Cross of 

 the Order of St. Wladimir of the second; 



