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Art. 5. It is agreed that a line drawn due west from the Lake of 

 the Woods along the forty-ninth parallel of north latitude shall be 

 the line of demarcation [division line] between His Majesty's terri- 

 tories and those of the United States to the westward of the said 

 lake, as far as the territories of the United States extend in that 

 quarter; and that the said line shall, to that extent, form the southern 

 boundary of His Majesty's said territories, and the northern bound- 

 ary of the said territories of the United States; provided that 

 nothing in the present article shall be construed to extend to the 

 northwest coast of America, or to the territories belonging to or 

 claimed by either party, on the continent of America, to the westward 

 of the Stony mountains. 



Art. 6. It is agreed by the United States that His Majesty's sub- 

 jects shall have, at all times, free access from His Majesty's afore- 

 said territories by land or inland navigation into the aforesaid 

 territories of the United States to the river Mississippi, with the 

 goods and effects of His Majesty's said subjects, in order to enjoy 

 the benefit of the navigation of that river, as secured to them by the 

 treaty of peace between His Majesty and the United States, and 

 also by the third article of the treaty of amity, commerce, and naviga- 

 tion of one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four. And it is 

 further agreed that His Majesty's subjects shall, in like manner, and 

 at all times, have free access to all the waters and rivers falling into 

 the western side of the river Mississippi, and to the navigation of the 



said river. 



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Art. 9. Lastly. This treaty, when the same shall have been ratified 

 by His Majesty and the President of the United States, by and with 

 the advice of their Senate, and the respective ratifications mutually 

 exchanged, shall be binding and obligatory upon His Majesty and 

 upon the said States, and shall be by them respectively executed and 

 observed with punctuality and the most sincere regard to good faith; 

 and it is agreed that the first six articles of this treaty shall be per- 

 manent, and that the seventh and eighth articles shall be limited in 

 their duration to ten years, to be computed from the day on which 

 the ratification of the treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation, 

 signed at London on the 31st of December last, shall have been 

 exchanged. 



In faith whereof, &c. 



Article 5. 



As proposed by the American commissioners. 



It is agreed that a line drawn due north or south (as the case may 

 require) from the most northwestern point of the Lake of the Woods, 

 until it shall intersect the forty-ninth parallel of north latitude, and 

 from the point of such intersection, due west, along and with the 

 said parallel, shall be the dividing line between his Majesty's terri- 

 tories and those of the United States to the westward of the said 

 lake; and that the said line, to and along and with the said parallel, 

 shall form the southern boundary of His Majesty's said territories 

 and the northern boundary of the said territories of the United 



