1831 line, so as to include the quantity as nearly in a square from as practicable, after excluding the section of land granted to Nancy Stewart.” An the said Senecas and Shawnees also cede to the United States, in manner aforesaid, one other tract of land, reserv ed for them by the 2nd Article of the Treaty made at St. Mary's, in Ohio, on the 17th of September, in the year. 1818, which tract is described in said Treaty as follows : - ,,8960 acres, to be laid off adjoining the west line of the reserve of 48 square miles at Le wistown." ART. II. In consideration of the cessions stipulated in the foregoing Article, the United States agree to cause the said Band of Senecas and Shawnees, consisting of about 300 souls, to be removed in a con venient and suitable manner to the western side of the Mississippi River, and will grant by patent, in fee simple, to them and their heirs for ever, as long a they shall exist as a Nation and remain on the same, a tract of land to contain 60,000 acres, to be located under the direction of the President of the United States, contiguous to the lands granted to the Senecas of Sandusky, by the Treaty made with them at the City of Washington, on the 28th of February, 1831, and the Cherokee Settlements; the east line of said tract shall be within 2 miles of the west line of the lands granted to the Senecas of Sandusky, and the south line shall be within 2 miles of the north line of the lands held by the Cherokees and said 2 miles between the aforesaid lines, shall serve as a common passway between the beforé mentioned Tribes, to prevent them from intruding upon the lands of each other. ART. III. The United States will defray the ex pense of the removal of the said Senecas and Shawnees, and will moreover supply them with a sufficiency good and wholesome provisions to support them for 1 year after their arrival at their new residence. ART. IV. Out of the first sales to be made of the lands herein ceded by the said Senecas and Shawnees, the United States will cause a sawmill and a blacksmith's shop to be erected on the lands granted to the said Indians west of the Mississippi, with all necessary machinery and tools, to be supported and kept in operation at the expense of the United States, 1831 for the mutual and sole benefit of the said Senecas and Shawnees, and the United States will employ a blacksmith to execute the necessary work for the said Indians, for such time as the President of the. United States, in his discretion, may think proper. ART. V. In lieu of the improvements which have been made on the lands herein ceded; it is agreed that the United States shall advance to the said Senecas and Shawnees the sum of 6,000 dollars, to be reimbursed from the sales of the lands herein ceded by them to the United States. A fair and equitable distribution of this sum shall be made by the Chiefs of the said Senecas and Shawnees, with the consent of their Tribes in General Council assembled, to such Individuals of the Tribes as, having left improvements, may be properly entitled to the same. ART. VI. The live stock, farming utensils, and other chattel property, which the said Senecas and Shawnees now own, and may not be able to carry with them, shall be sold under the superintendence of some suitable Person appointed by the Secretary of War, and the proceeds paid over to owners of such property respectively. ART. VII. The said Senecas and Shawnees shall be removed to their new residence under the care and protection of some competent and proper Person friendly to them and acquainted with their habits, manners and customs; and the Chiefs of the said Tribes shall have the privilege of nominating such Person to the President, who, if approved of by him, shall have charge of their conveyance. ART. VIII. The United States will expose to public sale to the highest bidders, in the manner of selling the Public Lands, the tracts of land herein ceded by the Senecas and Shawnees; and, after deducting from the proceeds of such sale the sum of 70 cents per acre, exclusive of the cost of surveying the lands, the cost of the saw mill and blacksmith's shop, and the sum of 6,000 dollars to be advanced in lieu of the improvements on the ceded lands, it is agreed, that any balance which may remain of the lands, after sale as aforesaid, shall constitute a fund for the future necessities of said Tribes, on which the Govern 1831 His late Majesty's Reign, intituled,,An Act to reg late the Trade of the British Possessions Abroad," is, amongst other things enacted, that no goods sh be imported into, nor shall any goods, except produce of the Fisheries in British Ships, be export from, any of the British Possessions in America sea, or from or to any place other than the Uni Kingdom, except into or from the several Ports such Possessions called Free Ports, enumerated or d cribed in the Table in the said Act of Parliame contained: And it is thereby provided, that if His Majes shall deem it expedient to extend the provisions the said Act to any Port or Place not enumerated the said Table, it shall be lawful for His Majesty, Order in Council, to extend the provisions of the Act to such Port or Ports, and it is enacted, from and after the day mentioned in such Order Council, all the privileges and advantages of the s Act, and all the Provisions, Penalties, and Forfei res therein contained, shall extend, and be deem and construed to extend, to any such Port or Po 32. Traité préliminaire de Paix ent les Républiques de Péru et de B livia. Signé à Tiquina, le 25 A 1831. (American Annual Register.) Queriendo las Republicas del Perú y Bolivia, te minar de un modo amigable y pacifica las diferenci suscitadas entre ambas, y restablecer in intelijencia buena armonia momentamamente turbadas, coincidie do con estos votos los mas sinceros deseos de sus r spectivos Gobiernos, han resuelto ajustar un Tratad Preliminar de Paz, que calme las inquietudes y ala mas que actualmente las aquejan, y hagan cesar lo immensos malos que de ellas les resulten. Con est respectively, as fully as if the same had been inserted 1831 and enumerated in the said Table at the time of passing the said Act: And whereas His Majesty doth deem it expedient to extend the provisions of the said Act to the Ports of Black River, Rio Bueno, and Morant, in the Island of Jamaica; His Majesty doth, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the said Act of Parliament, and with the advice of His Privy Council, order, and it is hereby ordered, that, from and after the date of this Order, the Provisions of the said Act of Parliament respecting Free Ports shall be, and the same are hereby, extended to the said Ports of Black River, Rio Bueno, and Morant, in the Island of Jamaica: And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, and the Right Honourable Viscount Goderich, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, are to give the necessary directions herein as to them may respectively appertain, C. C. GREVILLE, 32. Traité préliminaire de Paix entre les Républiques de Péru et de Bolivia. Signé à Tiquina, le 20 Août 1831. (American Annual Register.) Traduction authentique. The Republics of Peru and Bolivia, desirous of terminating, in a friendly and pacific manner, the differences which have arisen between them, and of re-establishing the good understanding and harmony which have been momentarily disturbed; and their respective Governments being animated by the sincerest wish to accomplish these purposes, they have resolved to conclude a Preliminary Treaty of Peace, thereby to allay the disquietudes and 1831 intencion Su Excelencia el Presidente del Senado, encargado del Poder Ejecutivo de la República del Perú, ha nombrado Ministro Plenipotenciario cerca del Gobierno de Bolivia, el Señor Don Pedro Antonio de la Torre, Jefe de las Secciones 10 y 2o del Ministerio de Hacienda, y Su Excellencia el Presi dente de la República Boliviana, el Señor Miguel Maria de Aguirre, Coronel de la Guardia Nacional, Prefecto del Departemento de Cochabamba, y Dipu tado de la Asamblea Nacional Constituyente, quienes convinieron en los Articulos siguientes; ART. I. Todas las diferencias scurridas desgra ciadamente entre los Gobiernos del Perú у Bolivia, quedan sepultadas en el mas complete y profundo elvido. ART. II. Los Ejércitos de ambas Repúblicas emprenderán su retirada de las Fronteras 10 dias despues defirmada esta Convencion, pudiendo quedar en los Departamentos de Arequipa, Cuzco, y Puno, 2.000 hombres, entre los que solo se contarán 500 de Caballeria. Podrán igualmente estarse por parte de Boivia, en los de la Paz, Oruro y Cochabamba 1,500 de los cuales 400 à le mas serán de Caballeria. ART. III. El resto de las Tropas del Ejército Peruano se situará al otro lado del Aporimac, yel de las de Bolivia, en los Departamentos de Potori y Chaquisaca. ART. IV. Tan luego como se ratifique el presente Tratado, la República Peruana reducirá su Ejército á la fuerza de 5,000 hombres de todas armas, sin contar con la guarnicion de la Plaza del Callao, que solo podra residir en ella o en Lima, y no exceder de 1,000 hombres. ART. V. Del mismo modo la de Bolivia despues de la Ratificacion mencionada en al Articulo anterior, reducirá su Ejército á la fuerza de 3,200 de todas armas. ART. VI. Verificada que sea la reduccion de uno |