(1) doubts. (2) two. (3) unless otherwise specified in this present article. (4) report or north latitude strikes the river Iroquois, or Cataraguy, to the Lake Superior, was declared to be along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario, through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie ; thence, along the middle of said communication, into Lake Erie, through the middle of said lake until it arrives at the water communication into the Lake Huron; thence, through the middle of said lake, to the water communication between that lake and lake Superior: And whereas doubts have arisen what was the middle of the said river, lakes, and water communications, and whether certain islands, lying in the same, were within the dominions of his Britannic majesty, or of the United States: In order, therefore, finally to decide these questions,(1) they shall be referred to (2) three commissioners, to be appointed, sworn, (mutatis mutandis) and authorized to act exactly in the manner directed with respect to those mentioned in the next preceding article.(3) The said commissioners shall meet, in the first instance, at and shall have power to adjourn to such other place or places as they shall think fit. The said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall, by a (4) declaration, under their hands and seals, designate the boundary through the said river, lakes, and water communications, and decide to which of the two contracting parties the several islands lying within the said rivers, lakes, and water communications, do respectively belong, in conformity with the (1) said treaty of 1783. (3) And in the event of the said two commissioners differing, or both or either of them refusing, declining, or wilfully omiting to act, such reports, declarations, or statements, shall be made by them, or either of them; and such reference to a friendly sovereign or state shall be made, in all respects, as in the latter part of the third article is contained, and in as full a manner as if the same was herein repeated. ARTICLE VI. (4) two. (5) of 1783. (6) of 1783. (7) report or. true intent of the (1) former treaty of peace; and both parties agree to consider such (2) decision as final and conclusive.(3) ARTICLE VI. It is further agreed, that the said (4) last mentioned commissioners, after they shall have executed the duties assigned to them in the preceding article, shall be, and they, or a majority of them, are hereby authorized, upon their oaths, impartially to fix and determine, according to the true intent of the said former treaty of peace, (5) that part of the boundary between the dominions of the two powers which extends from the water communication between Lake Huron and Lake Superior, to the most northwestern point of the Lake of the Woods; to decide to which of the two parties the several islands lying in the lakes, water communications, and rivers, forming the said boundary, do respectively belong, in conformity with the true intent of the said former treaty of peace, (6) and to cause such parts of the said boundary, as require it, to be surveyed and marked. The said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall, by a (7)declaration, under their hands (1) points. (2) parts of. (3) designation and. (4) And in the event of the said two commissioners differing, or both or either of them refusing, declining, or wilfully omitting to act, such, reports, declarations, or statements, shall be made by them, or either of them; and such reference to a friendly sovereign or state shall be made in all respects as in the latter part of the third article is contained, and in as full a manner as if the same was herein repeated. ARTICLE VII. (5) two. and seals, designate the boundary aforesaid, state their decision on the (1) questions thus referred to them, and particularize the latitude and longitude of the most northwestern point of the Lake of the Woods, and of such other (2) points on the said boundary, as they may deem proper; and both parties agree to consider such (3) decision as final and conclusive.(4) ARTICLE VII. The several boards of (5) commissioners mentioned in the four preceding articles, shall respectively have power to appoint a secretary, and to employ such surveyors, or other persons, as they shall judge necessary. Duplicates of (6) their respective (7) declarations (8) and decisions of the statement (9) of their accounts, and of the journal of their proceedings, shall be delivered by them to the agents of his Britannic majesty, and to the agents of the United States, who may be respectively appointed and authorized to manage the business in behalf of their respective governments. The said commissioners shall be respectively paid in such manner as shall be agreed between the two (10) par. ties, such agreement being to be (1) equally. (2) contracting. (3) or of the sovereign or state so referred to, as in many of the preceding articles contained. ARTICLE VIII. It is agreed that a line, drawn due west, from the Lake of the Woods, along the 49th parallel of north latitude, shall be the line of demarcation between his Britannic majesty's territories and those of the United States, to the west ward of the said Lake, so far as the territories of the United States extend in that quarter; settled at the time of the exchange of the ratifications of this treaty; and all other expenses attending the said commissions, shall be defrayed (1) jointly by the two parties, the same being • previously ascertained and allowed by the majority of the commissioners. And in the case of death, sickness, resignation, or necessary absence, the place of every such commissioner, respectively, shall be supplied in the same manner as such com, missioner was first appointed; and the new commissioner shall take the same oath, or affirmation, and do the same duties. It is further agreed between the two (2) parties, that, in case any of the islands mentioned in any of the preceding articles, which were in the possession of one of the parties, prior to the commencement of the present war between the two countries, should, by the decision of any of the boards of commissioners aforesaid, (4) fall within the dominions of the other party, all grants of lands made previous to that time, by the party having had such possession, shall be as valid, as if such island or islands had, by such decision or decisions, been adjudged to be within the dominions of the party hav• ing had such possession. ARTICLE VIII. It is agreed that a line, drawn due north or south, (as the case may be) from the most northwestern point of the Lake of the Woods, until it shall intersect the forty-ninth parallel of north latitude, and from the point of such intersection due west, along and with, the said parallel, shall be the dividing line between his majesty's ter and the said line shall, to that extent, form the southern boundary ef his Britannic Majesty's territories, and the northern boundary of the territories of the United States. It being always distinctly understood, that nothing in the present article shall be construed to extend to the Northwest Coast of America, or to territories belonging to, or claimed by, either party, on the continent of America, westward of the Stony Mountains. [And it is further agreed, the subjects of his Britannic majesty shall, at all tiraes, have access from his Britannic majesty's territories, by land or inland navigation, into the aforesaid territories of the United States to the river Mississippi, with their goods, effects, and merchandise, and that his Britannic majesty's subjects shall have and enjoy the free navigation of the said river.] ARTICLE IX. Approved. ritories and those of the United States, to the westward of the said Lake, as far as their said respective territories extend in that quarter; and that the said line shall, to that extent, form the southern boundary of his Britan"nic majesty's said territories, and the northern boundary of the said territories of the United States: Provided, that nothing in the present article shall be construed to extend to the Northwest Coast of America, or to the territories belonging to, or claimed by, either party, on the continent of America, to the westward of the Stony Mountains. ARTICLE IX. The United States of America engage to put an end, immediately after the ratification of the present treaty, to hostilities 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, 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 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 accordingly. And his Bri |