584 INDIAN LAND CEPSIONS IX THE UNITED STATES [etii.axn. 18 



boundary or dividing line betweeu the whites and the Indians should be 

 marked out, and that the whites should be absolutely jirohibited fi'oni 

 settling beyond it under any pretense. Tliis agreement was perfected 

 at the treaty of Fort Stanwix in 1708. The line agreed upon at this 

 treaty with the Six Kations was as follows: 



We the s.iid Indians Have for us aud our Heirs and Successors granted bargained 

 sold released and confirmed and by these presents do Grant bargain sell release and 

 confirm unto our said Sovereign Lord King George the third, All that Tract of 

 Land situate in North America at the Back of the British Settlements bounded by 

 a Line which we have now agreed upon and do hereby establish as the Boundary 

 between us .and the British Colonies in America beginning at the Mouth of Cherokee 

 or Hogohege River where it emptys into the River Ohio and rvirming from thence 

 upwards along the South side of said River to Kittaning which is above Fort Pitt 

 from thence by a direct Line to the nearest Fork of the west branch of Susquehanna 

 thence through the Allegany Mountains along the South side of the said West Branch 

 untill it comes opjiosite to the mouth of a Creek callek (sic) Tiadaghton thence across 

 the West Branch and along the South Side of that Creek and along the North Side 

 of Burnetts Hills to a Creek called Awandfie thence down the same to the East 

 Branch of Sus(iuehanna and across the same aud up the East side of that River to 

 Oswegy from thence East to Delawar River and up that River to oi)po8ite where 

 Tianaderha falls into Suscjuehanna thence to Tianaderha and up the West side of 

 its West Branch to the head thereof and thence by a direct Line to Canada Creek 

 where it emptys into the wood Creek at the AVest of the Carrying Place beyond 

 Fort Stanwix and extending Eastward from every part of the said Line as far as the 

 Lands formerly purchased so as to comprehend the whole of the Lands between the 

 said Line and the purchased Lauds or settlements, except what is within the Prov- 

 ince of'Pensilvania.' 



But it was provided "that the lands occupied by the Mohocks around 

 their villages, as well as by any other nation affected by this cession, 

 may effectually remain to them and to their posterity." 



As the Indian titles subsequent to this date were obtained by treaties 

 on the i)art of the state government or the United States, it is unneces- 

 sary to allude to them, especially as most of them are mentioned by 

 Mr Royce in the Schedule. The policy pursued by the United States 

 bad now been fully adopted, and the Indian titles, with some minor 

 reserves, were finally extinguished in accordance therewith. 



This policy was incorporated in the state constitution of 1777, as 

 shown by the following clause: 



And where.as, it is of great importance to the safety of this State, that peace and 

 amity with the Indians within the same be at all times supjiorted and maintained : 

 And whereas, the frauds too often practised towards the s.aid Indians, in contracts 

 made for their hands, have iu divers iustances, been productive of dangerous dis- 

 contents and animosities : 



Be it ordained, That no purchase or contracts for the sale of lands made since the 

 fourteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred 

 and seventy-five, or which may hereafter be made with any of t lie said Indians, 

 within the limits of this State, shall be binding on the said Indians, or deemed 

 valid, unless made under the authority, and with the consent, of the Legislature of 

 this State. - 



' New York Colonial Documents, vol. vni. p. 136. 



*Laws of Colonial and State Governments in Kegard to Indian AlTairs. 1832, p. 61. 



