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NORTH AMERICA. 
the fa id commiffioners (hall make a map of the faid boun¬ 
dary, and annexed to it a declaration under their hands 
and feals, certifying it to be the true map of the faid 
boundary, and particularizing the latitude and longitude 
of the north-welt angle of Nova Scotia, of the north- 
werternmoft head of Connecticut river, and of fuch other 
points of the fame boundary as they may deem proper. 
■And both parties agree to conlider fuch map and decla¬ 
ration as finally and conclufively fixing the faid boundary. 
And in the event of the faid two commiilioners differing, 
or both or either of them, refuting, declining, or wilfully 
omitting, to aft, fuch reports, declarations, orffatements, 
fliall be made by them, or either of them, and fuch refer¬ 
ence to a friendly fovereign or ftate fliall be made, in all 
rcfpefts as in the latter part of the fourth article is con¬ 
tained, and in as full a manner as if the fame was herein 
repeated. 
VI. Whereas, by the former treaty of peace, that por¬ 
tion of the boundary of the United States from the point 
where the 45th degree of north latitude ftrikes the River 
Iroquois or Cataraguy, to the Lake Superior, was declared 
to be “along the middle of the laid river into Lake On¬ 
tario, through the middle of the faid lake, until it ftrikes 
the communication by water between that lake and Lake 
Erie thence along the middle of the faid communication 
into Lake Erie, through the middle of the faid lake, until 
It arrives at the water-communication into the Lake 
Huron, thence through the middle of the laid lake to 
the water-communication between that lake and Lake 
Superior and whereas doubts have arifen what was the 
middle of the faid river, lakes, and water-communications, 
and whether certain i(lands lying in the fame were within 
the dominions of his Britannic Majefty or of the United 
States; in order, therefore, finally to decide thefe doubts, 
they (hall be referred to two commiffioners, to be appoint¬ 
ed, fworn, and authorized to aft, exaftly in the manner 
direfted with refpeft to thofe mentioned in the next pre¬ 
ceding article, unlefs otherwife fpecified in this prefent 
article. The faid commiffioners (hall meet, in the fir ft 
inftance, at Albany, in the ftate of New York ; and 
fliall have power to adjourn to fuch other place or places 
as they fliall think fit. The faid commiffioners fliall, by 
a report or declaration, under their hands and feals, de- 
iignate the boundary through the faid river, lakes, and 
water-communications, and decide to which of the two 
contracting parties the feveral i(lands lying within the 
laid rivers, lakes, and water-communications, do refpec- 
tively belong, in conformity with the true intent of the 
faid treaty of 1783. And both parties agree to confider 
fuch defignation and decifion as final and conclufive. 
And in the event of the faid two commiffioners differing, 
or both or either of them refufing, declining, or wilfully 
omitting, to aft, fuch reports, declarations, orffatements, 
(hall be made by them, or either of them, and fuch refer¬ 
ence to a friendly fovereign or ftate fliall be made, in all 
refpefts as in the latter part of the 4th article is contained, 
and in as full a manner as if the fame was herein repeated. 
VII. It is further agreed, that the faid two laft-men- 
tioned commiffioners, after they (hall have executed the 
duties affigned to them in the preceding article, fliall be,, 
and they are hereby authorized upon their oaths, impar¬ 
tially to fix and determine, according to the true intent 
of the faid treaty of peace of 1783, that part of die boun¬ 
dary between the dominions of the two powers, which ex¬ 
tends from the water-communication between Lake 
Huron and Lake Superior, to the molt north-weftern 
point of the Lake of the Woods; to decide to which of 
the two parties the feveral illands lying in the lakes, water- 
.communications, and rivers, forming the faid boundary, 
do refpeftively belong, in conformity with the true in¬ 
tent of the faid treaty of peace of 1783, and to caufe fuch 
parts of the faid boundary as require it to be furveyed 
and marked. The faid commiffioners (hall, by a report or 
declaration, under their hands and feals, defignate the 
boundary aforefitid, ftate their decifion on the points thus 
referred to them, and particularize the latitude and lon¬ 
gitude of the molt north-weftern point of the Lake of the 
Woods, and of fuch other parts of the faid boundary a& 
they may deem proper. And both parties agree to con¬ 
fider fuch defignation and decifion as final and conclufive. 
And, in the event of the faid two commiffioners differing, 
or both or either of them refuling, declining, or wilfully 
omitting, to aft, fuch reports, declarations, orffatements, 
(hall be made by them, or either of them, and fuch refer¬ 
ence to a friendly fovereign or ftate (hall be made, in all 
refpefts as in the latter part of the fourth article is con¬ 
tained, and in as full a manner as if the fame was herein 
repeated. 
VIII. The feveral boards of two commiffioners, men¬ 
tioned in the four preceding articles, (hall refpeftively 
have power to appoint a fecretary, and to employ fuch 
furveyors or other perfons as they (hall judge neceffary. 
Duplicates of all their refpeftive reports, declarations, 
ftatements, and decifions, and of their accounts, and of 
the journal of their proceedings, (hall be delivered by 
them to the agents of his Britannic Majefty, and to the 
agents of the United States, who may be refpeftively ap¬ 
pointed and autborifed to manage the bufinefs on behalf 
of their refpeftive governments. The faid commiffioners 
(hall be refpeftively paid in fuch a manner as (hall be 
agreed between the two contrafting parties, fuch agree¬ 
ment being to be fettled at the time of the exchange of 
the ratifications of this treaty ; and all other expenfes 
attending the (aid commiffions (hall be defrayed equally 
by the two parties. And, in the cafe of death, ficknefs, 
refignation, or neceffary abfence, the place of every fuch 
commiffioner refpeftively fliall be fupplied in the fame 
manner as fuch commiffioner was firft appointed, and the 
new commiffioner fliall take the fame oath or affirmation, 
and do the fame duties. 
It is further agreed between the two contrafting par¬ 
ties, that, in cafe any of the iflands mentioned in any of 
the preceding articles, which were in the poffeffion of one 
of the parties prior to the commencement of the prefent 
war between the two countries, (hould, by the decifion of 
any of the boards of commiffioners aforefaid, or of the fo¬ 
vereign or dates fo referred to, as in the four next prece¬ 
ding articles contained, fall within the dominions of the 
other party, all grants of land made previous to the com¬ 
mencement of the war, by the party having had fuch pof¬ 
feffion, fliall be as valid as if fuch ifland or iflands had, 
by fuch decifion or decifions, been adjudged to be within 
the dominions of the party having had fuch poffeffion. 
IX. The United States of America engage to put an 
end, immediately after the ratification of the prefent 
treaty, to hoftilities with all the tribes or nations of In¬ 
dians with \vhom they may beat war at the time of fuch 
ratification, and forthwith to reftore to fuch tribes or na¬ 
tions refpeftively, all the pofleffions, rights, and privileges, 
which they may have enjoyed, or been entitled to, in 18x1, 
previous to luch hoftilities. Provided always, that fuch 
tribes or nations fliall agree to defift from all hoftilities 
again ft the United States of America, their citizens and 
i'ubjefts, upon the ratification of the prefent treaty being 
notified to fuch tribes or nations, and (hall fo defift ac¬ 
cordingly. 
And his Britannic Majefty engages on his part to put 
an end, immediately after the ratification of the prelent 
treaty, to hoftilities with ail the tribes or nations of In¬ 
dians with whom he may be at war at the time of fuch ra¬ 
tification, and forthwith to reftore to fuch tribes or na¬ 
tions refpeftively, all the pofleffions, rights, and privileges, 
which they may have enjoyed, or been entitled to, in 1811, 
previous to fuch hoftilities. Provided always, that fuch 
tribes or nations (hall agree to defift from all hoftilities 
againft his Britannic Majefty and his fubjefts, upon the 
ratification of the prefent treaty being notified to fuch 
tribes or nations, and fliall fo defift accordingly. 
X. Whereas the traffic in (laves is irreconcilable with 
the principles of humanity and juftice, and whereas both 
his 
