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Article IX. The United States of America engage to put an 

 end. iramediately after the ratification of the present treaty, to 

 hostiUties with all the tribes or nations of Indians with whom they 

 may be at war at the time of such ratification, and forthwith to 

 restore to such tribes or nations, respectively, all the possessions, 

 right?, and privileges, which they may have enjoyed or been en- 

 titled to in UUl, previous to such hostilities. 



Provided always, that such tribes or nations shall agree to de- 

 sist from hU hostilities against the United States of America, their 

 citizens and subjects, upon the ratification of the present treaty 

 being notified to such tribes or nations, and shall so desist accord- 

 ingly- 



And his Britannic majesty engages on his part, to put an end, 

 immediately after the ratification of the present treaty, to hostili- 

 ties with all the tribes or nations of Indians with whom he may be 

 at war at the time of such ratification, and forthwith to restore to 

 such tribes, or nations, respectively, all the possessions, rights, and 

 privileges, which they may have enjoyed or been entitled to in 

 1811, previous to such hostilities. 



Provided always, that such tribes or nations shall agree to desist 

 from all hostilities against his Britannic majesty and his subjects, 

 upon the ratification of the present treaty being notified to such 

 tribes or nations, and shall so desist accordingly. 



Article X. His Britannic majesty and the United States shall, 

 by all the means in their power, restrain the Indians living within 

 their respective dominions from committing hostihties against the 

 territory, citizens, or subjects, of the other party : and both powers 

 also agree and mutually pledge themselves, if at any time war 

 should unhappily break out between them, not to employ any In- 

 dians, nor to admit of their aid and co-operation in the prosecu- 

 tion of the war against the other party. 



Article XI. Each party shall eflectually exclude from its naval 

 and commercial service all seamen, seafaring, or other persons, 

 subjects or citizens of the other party, not naturalized by the re- 

 spective governments of the two parties, before the day of 



; seamen or other persons, subjects of either party, who 



shall desert from public or private ships or vessels, shall, when 

 found within the juris<Jiction of the other party, be surrendered, 



provided they be demanded within from the time of their 



desertion. 



No person whatever'shall, upon the high seas, and without the 

 jurisdiction of either party, be demanded or taken out of any ship 

 or vessel, belonging to subjects or citizens of any of the parties, 

 by the public or private armed ships or vessels belonging to, or in 

 the service of, the other, unless such person be, at the time, in 

 the actual employment of an enemy of such other party. This 



article shall conlinne in force for the term of years. Nothing 



in this article contained shnll be construed thereafter to affect Of 

 impair the rights of either party. 



