28 APPENDIX TO BRITISH CASE. 



parties belonging, may freely be restored to and used by both parties, 

 in as ample a manner as any of the Atlantic ports or places of the 

 United States, or any of the ports or places of His Majesty in Great 

 Britain. 



All goods and merchandise whose importation into His 

 17 Majesty's said territories in America shall not be entirely 

 prohibited, may freely, for the purposes of commerce be carried 

 into the same in the manner aforesaid, by the citizens of the United 

 States, and such goods and merchandise shall be subject to no higher or 

 other duties than would be payable by His Majesty's subjects on the 

 importation of the same from Europe into the said territories. And 

 in like manner, all goods and merchandise whose importation into the 

 United States shall not be wholly prohibited, may freely, for the pur- 

 poses of commerce, be carried into the same, in the manner aforesaid, 

 by His Majesty's subjects, and such goods and merchandise shall be 

 subject to no higher or other duties than would be payable by the citi- 

 zens of the United States on the importation of the same in American 

 vessels into the Atlantic ports of the said States. And all goods not 

 prohibited to be exported from the said territories respectively, may 

 in like manner be carried out of the same by the two parties respec- 

 tively, paying duty as aforesaid. 



No duty of entry shall ever be levied by either party on peltries 

 brought by land or inland navigation into the said territories respec- 

 tively, nor shall the Indians passing or repassing with their own 

 proper goods and effects of whatever nature, pay for the same any 

 impost or duty whatever. But goods in bales, or other large pack- 

 ages, unusual among Indians, shall not be considered as goods belong- 

 ing bona fide to Indians. 



No higher or other tolls or rates of ferriage than what are or shall 

 be payable by natives, shall be demanded on either side; and no duties 

 shall be payable on any goods which shall merely be carried over any 

 of the portages or carrying-places on either side, for the purpose of 

 being immediately re-embarked and carried to some other place or 

 places. But as by this stipulation it is only meant to secure to each 

 party a free passage across the portages on both sides, it is agreed that 

 this exemption from duty shall extend only to such goods as are car- 

 ried in the usual and direct road across the portage, and are not at- 

 tempted to be in any manner sold or exchanged during their passage 

 across the same, and proper regulations may be established to prevent 

 the possibility of any frauds in this respect. 



As this article is intended to render in a great degree the local ad- 

 vantages of each party common to both, and thereby to promote a dis- 

 position favourable to friendship and good neighbourhood, it is agreed 

 that the respective Governments will mutually promote this amicable 

 intercourse, by causing speedy and impartial justice to be done, and 

 necessary protection to be extended to all who may be concerned 

 (herein. 



ARTICLE IV. 



Whereas it is uncertain whether the River Mississippi extends so 

 far to the northward as to be intersected by a line to be drawn due 

 west from the Lake of the Woods, in the manner mentioned in the 

 treaty of peace between His Majesty and the United States: it is 



