gence to French and Spanish vessels. three months after the exchange of ratifications, if it shall take place in France, or three months after it shall have been notified at Paris to the French Government, if it shall Object of the indul take place in the United States; it is, however, well understood, that the object of the above article is to favor the manufactures, commerce, freight, and navigation, of France and of Spain, so far as relates to the importations that the French and Spanish shall make into the said ports of the United States, without in any sort affecting the regulations that the United States may make concerning the exportation of the produce and merchandise of the United States, or any right they may have to make such regulations. After the expira tion of the twelve ART. 8. In future and forever after the expiration of the years, the vessels twelve years, the ships of France shall be treated upon the on the footing of footing of the most favored nations in the ports above menthose of the most tioned. of France to be up favored nations. debts to citizens of with. A particular con. ART. 9. The particular convention signed this day by the vention, providing for the payment of respective ministers, having for its object to provide for the the United States, payment of debts due to the citizens of the United States to be ratified here by the French Republic, prior to the thirtieth of September, eighteen hundred, (eighth Vendemiaire, nine,) is approved, and to have its execution in the same manner as if it had been inserted in the present treaty, and it shall be ratified in the same form and in the same time, so that the one shall not be ratified distinct from the other. Another convention, relative to a Another particular convention, signed at the same date as definitive rule be- the present treaty, relative to a definitive rule between the tween the parties, to be ratified at the contracting parties, is in the like manner approved, and will be ratified in the same form, and in the same time, and jointly. same time. Ratifications to be exchanged in six months. ART. 10. The present treaty shall be ratified in good and due form, and the ratifications shall be exchanged in the space of six months after the date of the signature by the ministers plenipotentiary, or sooner if possible. In faith whereof, the respective plenipotentiaries have signed these articles in the French and English languages, declaring, nevertheless, that the present treaty was originally agreed to in the French language; and have thereunto put their seals. Done at Paris, the tenth day of Floreal, in the eleventh year of the French Republic, and the thirtieth April, eighteen hundred and three. ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON, [L. 5.] JAMES MONROE, BARBE MARBOIS, See Part II, No. 29.] L. S. L. S.] No. 9. Treaty between the United States and Sweden. [EXTRACT.] country to enjoy in donation, and of without naturaliza ART. 6. The subjects of the contracting parties in the re- Citizens of each spective States may freely dispose of their goods and effects, that of the other either by testament, donation, or otherwise, in favor of such the rights of devise, persons as they think proper; and their heirs, in whatever inheritance, &c. place they shall reside, shall receive the succession even ab tion. intestato, either in person or by their attorney, without having occasion to take out letters of naturalization. These inheritances, as well as the capitals and effects which the subjects of the two parties, in changing their dwelling, shall be desirous of removing from the place of their abode, shall be exempted from all duty called, "droit de detraction," on the part of the Government of the two States, respectively. But it is at the same time agreed, that nothing contained in this article shall in any manner derogate from the ordinances published in Sweden against emigrations, or which may hereafter be published, which shall remain in full force and vigor. The United States, on their part, or any of them, shall be at liberty to make, respecting this matter, such laws as they think proper. [See Part II. No. 92.] No. 10. Contracts between the State of New York and different tribes of the Six Nations of Indians, specifying their several cessions and reservations of land, &c. Clinton to Thomas On the 19th of April, 1793, George Clinton, Governor of Letter from George New York, transmitted to Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of Jefferson. State of the United States, an exemplification of the different treaties entered into by that Commonwealth with the Indians of the Six Nations, subsequent to the conclusion of the war of the American Revolution. In his letter to Mr. Jefferson, Governor Clinton says: "I had written to the clerk of the city of Albany, and did not receive his answer until yesterday. He informs, as I suspected, that the superintendent The British superof Indian affairs, under the British Government, was, at the the records of Indi commencement of the Revolution, possessed of all the records an affairs. and documents respecting Indian affairs, and took them with him when he left the country." The exemplification thus transmitted contains a transcript from the record book of Indian deeds, remaining in the of fice of the Secretary of the State of New York, and commencing in the year 1748. This transcript embraces intendent took off Oneidas and Tus 1. A deed executed by the sachems and chief warriors Deed from the of the Oneida and Tuscarora nations, at a treaty held at Fort caroras, at a treaty Herkimer, with George Clinton and other commissioners for held at Fort HerkiIndian affairs for the State of New York, whereby the afore- June, 1785. mer, on the 28th of Contract with the Schuyler, on the 1768 said sachems and chief warriors conveyed, on the 28th day of June, 1785, for the consideration of $11,500 in goods and money, "all that tract of land situate on the west side of the line commonly called the line of property, established at a treaty held at Fort Stanwix, in 1768, and on the north side of the Pennsylvania line, beginning at the mouth of the Unadilla or Tianaderha river, where the same empties into the Susquehanna river; thence, up the said Unadilla or Tianaderha river, ten miles, measured on a straight line; thence, due west, to the Chenango river; thence, southerly, down the said Chenango river, to where it empties into the said Susquehanna river, and to the said line called the line of property; thence, along the said line, to the place of beginning, so as to comprehend all the land belonging to the Oneida and Tuscarora nations, lying south of the said line to be run from the said Unadilla or Tianaderha river, to the Chenango river, and north of the division line between the State of New York and the State of Pennsylvania, together with all ways, waters, watercourses, rivers, rivulets, creeks, and streams of water, and also all mines and minerals which are or may be found thereon," &c. 2. A contract executed by the tribe or nation of Indians treaty held at Fort called the Onondagas, at a treaty held at Fort Schuyler, (for12th of September, merly called Fort Stanwix,) with George Clinton, and William Floyd, Ezra L'Hommedieu, Richard Varick, Samuel Jones, Egbert Benson, and Peter Gansevoort, junior, commissioners on behalf of the people of the State of New York, whereby the aforesaid Onondagas stipulated, on the 12th day of September, 1788, as follows: "First. The Onondagas do cede and grant all their lands to the people of the State of New York, forever. Secondly. The Onondagas shall, of the said ceded lands, hold to themselves and their posterity, forever, for their own use and cultivation, but not to be sold, leased, or in any other manner aliened or disposed of to others, all that tract of land beginning at the southerly end of the Salt lake, at the place where the river or stream on which the Onondagas now have their village empties into the said lake, and runs from the said place of beginning, east, three miles; thence, southerly, according to the general course of the said river, until it shall intersect a line running east and west at the distance of three miles south from the said village; thence, from the said point of intersection, west, nine miles; thence, northerly, parallel to the second course above mentioned, until an east line will strike the place of beginning; and thence, east, to the said place of beginning. Thirdly. The Onondagas and their posterity, forever, shall enjoy the free right of hunting in every part of the said ceded lands, and of fishing in all the waters within the same. Fourthly. The Salt lake, and the lands for one mile round the same, shall forever remain for the common benefit of the people of the State of New York, and of the Onondagas and their posterity, for the purpose of making salt, and shall not be granted or in any wise disposed of for other purposes. Fifthly. In consideration of the said cession and grant, the people of the State of New York do, at this treaty, pay to the Onondagas one thousand French crowns in money, and two hundred pounds in clothing, at the price which the same cost the people of the State of New York. And the people of the State of New York shall annually pay to the Onondagas and their posterity, forever, on the first day of June, in every year, at Fort Schuyler, five hundred dollars in silver; but if the Onondagas or their posterity shall, at any time hereafter, elect that the whole or any part of the said five hundred dollars shall be paid in clothing or provisions, and give six weeks' previous notice thereof to the Governor of the said State for the time being, then so much of the annual payment shall, for that time, be in clothing or provisions, as the Onondagas or their posterity shall elect, and at the price which the same shall cost the people of the State of New York, at Fort Schuyler aforesaid. Sixthly. The people of the State of New York may, in such manner as they shall deem proper, prevent any persons except the Onondagas from residing or settling on the lands so to be held by the Onondagas and their posterity, for their own use and cultivation; and if any persons shall, without the consent of the people of the State of New York, come to reside or settle on the said lands, or on any other of the lands so ceded as aforesaid, the Onondagas and their posterity shall forthwith give notice of such intrusions to the Governor of the said State for the time being; and, further, the Onondagas and their posterity, forever, shall, at the request of the Governor of the said State, be aiding to the people of the State of New York in removing all such intruders, and in apprehending, not only such intruders, but also felons and other offenders who may happen to be on the said ceded lands, to the end that such intruders, felons, and other offenders, may be brought to justice." Contract with the at Fort Schuyler, on the 1788. 3. A contract executed at a treaty held at Fort Schuyler, Coridas, at a trea (formerly Fort Stanwix,) by the Oneida tribe or nation of ty held Indians, on the 22d of September, 1788, with George Clin- 22d of September, ton, William Floyd, Ezra L'Hommedieu, Richard Varick, Samuel Jones, Egbert Benson, and Peter Gansevoort, junior, commissioners on behalf of the State of New York, by which the Oneidas entered into the following stipulations: "First. The Oneidas do cede and grant all their lands to the people of the State of New York, forever. Secondly. Of the said ceded lands, the following tract, to wit: beginning at the Wood creek, opposite to the mouth of the Canada creek, and where the line of property comes to the said Wood creek, and runs thence, southerly, to the northwest corner of the tract to be granted to John Francis Perache; thence, along the westerly bounds of the said tract, to the southwest corner thereof; thence, to the northwest corner of the tract granted to James Dean; thence, along the westerly bounds thereof, Oneidas, at a trea ty held 22d of September, 1788. Contract with the to the southwest corner of the last-mentioned tract; thence, at Fort due south, until it intersects a due west line from the head Schuyler, on the of the Tianaderha or Unadilla river; thence, from the said point of intersection, due west, until the Deep spring bears due north; thence, due north, to the Deep spring; thence, the nearest course, to the Canaseraga creek; and thence, along the said creek, the Oneida lake, and the Wood creck, to the place of beginning, shall be reserved for the following several uses, that is to say: the lands lying to the northward of a line parallel to the southern line of the said reserved lands, and four miles distant from the said southern line, the Oneidas shall hold to themselves and their posterity, forever, for their own use and cultivation, but not to be sold, leased, or in any other manner aliened or disposed of to others. The Oneidas may, from time to time, forever, make leases of the lands between the said parallel lines (being the resi due of the said reserved lands) to such persons, and on such rents reserved, as they shall deem proper; but no lease shali be for a longer term than twenty-one years from the making thereof; and no new lease shall be made until the former lease of the same lands shall have expired. The rents shall be to the use of the Oneidas and their posterity, forever. And the people of the State of New York shall, from time to time, make provision by law to compel the lessees to pay the rents, and in every other respect to enable the Oneidas and their posterity to have the full benefit of their right so to make leases and to prevent frauds on them respecting the same. And the Oneidas and their posterity, forever, shall enjoy the free right of hunting in every part of the said ceded lands, and of fishing in all the waters within the same; and, especially, there shall forever remain, ungranted by the people of the State of New York, one half mile square, at the distance of every six miles of the lands along the northern bounds of the Oneida lake; one half mile in breadth of the lands on each side of the Fish creek, and a convenient piece of land at the fishing-place in the Onondaga river, about three miles from where it issues out of the Oneida lake, and to remain as well for the Oneidas and their posterity as for the inhabitants of the said State to land and encamp on. But, notwithstanding any reservation to the Oneidas, the people of the State of New York may erect public works and edifices as they shall think proper, at such place and places, at or near the confluence of the Wood creek and the Oneida lake, as they shall elect, and may take and appropriate for such works or buildings, lands to the extent of one square mile at each place: and, further, notwithstanding any reservations of lands to the Oneidas, for their own use, the New England Indians (now settled at Brotherton, under the pastoral care of the reverend Samson Occum) and their posterity, forever, and the Stockbridge Indians and their posterity, forever, are to enjoy their settlements on the lands heretofore given to them by the Oneidas for that purpose, that is |