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General Clark and his warriors ; a tract of land adjacent to 

 post Saint Vicennes, on the Wabash, to which the Indian 

 title had been extinguished ; the land at all other places m 

 possession of the French people and other white settlers 

 among them, of which the Indian title had been extin- 

 guished ; and a tract at Fort .Massac, towards the mouth of 

 the Ohio. 



In consideration of these cessions, and with a view to pre- 

 serve peace and a friendly intercourse, the United States de- 

 livered to these tribes a quantity of goods, of the value of 

 20,000 dollars, and are hence forwarded every year forever, 

 to deliver them like useful goods, suited to the circurr.- 

 stances of the Indians,to the amount of 9,500 dollars,valued at 

 the place where they are procured. These goods are to be 

 delivered in the following proportions ; tothe W) andots, the 

 value of 1,000 dollars; to the Delawares, 1,000 dollars ; to 

 the Shawanese, 1,000 dollars ; to the Miamis, 1,000 dollars ; 

 to the Attawas, 1,000 dollars ; to the Chippewas 1,000 dol- 

 lars ; to the Putawatimes, 1,000 dollars ; and to the Kicks- 

 poos, Weeas, Eel-river, Piankashaws, and Kaskaskias tribes, 

 500 dollars each. 



The Wyandots inhabit the country near the river Saint 

 Joseph and Fort Detroit, and have their hunting ground 

 about the western end of Lake Erie. Their warriors, some 

 years ago were two hundred and fifty, and the number of 

 souls estimated at about S00. A tribe of the Wyandots, re- 

 side near Sandusky, in the neighbourhood of a tribe of the 

 Mohickons and Coghnawagas. The warriors of these three 

 tribes were, a number of years ago, three hundred, and the 

 inhabitants about 1,000. 



The Delaware nation emigrated from the northern parts 

 of Pennsylvania and New-Jersey, and probably received their 

 name from their residence on the Delaware river. The 

 name by which they called themselves was Linnilenape, 

 which, in their language, signifies Indian Men. They were 

 formerly a very numerous and powerful nation, but ars 

 much reduced. Before the settlements commenced in the ' 

 State of Ohio, their villages were about midway between the 



