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le crédit en rentes affecté par la Loi du 15 Mai, 1818, au paiement de l'arriéré de 1801 à 1810, la somme nécessaire pour acquitter celui de 7,000,000 francs, en numéraire, dont le paiement a été stipulé par l'Arrangement conclu le 28 Octobre, 1819,* pour l'exécution du Traité du 17 Décembre 1801, † entre la France et la Régence d'Alger.

La présente Loi, discutée, délibérée, et adoptée, par la Chambre des Pairs et par celle des Députés, et sanctionnée par nous aujourd'hui, sera exécutée comme Loi de l'Etat; voulons, en conséquence, qu'elle soit gardée et observée dans tout notre Royaume, Terres, et Pays, de notre obéissance.

Si donnons en mandement à nos Cours et Tribunaux, Préfets, Corps Administratifs, et tous autres, que les présentes ils gardent et maintiennent, fassent garder, observer, et maintenir, et, pour les rendre plus notoires à tous nos sujets, ils les fassent publier et enregistrer partout où besoin sera, car tel est notre plaisir; et, afin que ce soit chose ferme et stable à toujours, nous y avons fait mettre notre scel.

Donné à Paris, au Château des Tuileries, le 24 jour du mois de Juillet, de l'an de grâce 1820, et de notre règne le 26.

Par le Roi:

LOUIS.

Le Ministre Secrétaire d'Etat au Département des Affaires Etrangères,

Vu et scellé du Grand Sceau:

PASQUIER.

Le Pair de France, Sous-Secrétaire d'Etat au Département de la Justice, Chargé du Porte-feuille,

PORTALIS.

*Transaction conclue et souscrite, d'une part, par les Conseillers d'Etat, Mounier et Hely-d'Oissel, et de l'autre, par le Sieur Nicholas Pléville, porteur de pouvoirs et représentant des Sieurs Bacri et Busnach, Négocians d'Alger.

+ Traité de Paix entre la République Française et la Régence d'Alger; conclue le 26 Frimaire, an 10.-(17 Décembre, 1801.)

ART. 13. Son Excellence le Dey s'engage à faire rembourser toutes les sommes qui pourroient étre dues à des Français par ses Sujets, comme le Citoyen Dubois Thainville prend l'engagement, au nom de son Gouvernement, de faire acquitter toutes celles qui seroient légitimement réclamées par des Sujets Algériens.

TREATY made and concluded by and between Auguste Chouteau and Benjamin Stephenson, Commissioners of the United States of America, on the part and behalf of the said States, of the one part; and the Undersigned Chiefs and Warriors, of the Kickapoo Tribe of Indians, on the part and behalf of their said Nation, of the other part; the same being supplementary to, and amendatory of, the Treaty made and concluded at Edwardsville, on the 30th July, 1819, between The United States and the said Kickapoo Nation.-Signed at St. Louis, 19th July, 1820.

ART. I. IT is agreed between The United States and the Kickapoo Tribe of Indians, that the 6th Article of the Treaty, to which this is supplementary, shall be, and the same is hereby, altered and amended, so as to read as follows, viz.:

In consideration of, and exchange for, the Cession made by the aforesaid Tribe, in the 1st Article of this Treaty, The United States, in addition to 3,000 dollars worth of merchandise, this day paid to the said Tribe, hereby cede to the said Tribe, to be by them possessed in like manner as the lands ceded by the 1st Article of this Treaty by them to the United States, were possessed, a certain tract of land in the Territory of Missouri, and included within the following Boundaries, viz. Beginning at the confluence of the Rivers Pommes de Terre and Osage; thence, up said River Pommes de Terre, to the dividing ridge which separates the Waters of Osage and White Rivers; thence, with said ridge, and westwardly, to the Osage line; thence, due north with said line, to Nerve Creek; thence, down the same, to a point due south of the mouth of White Clay or Richard Creek; thence, north, to the Osage River; thence, down said River, to the beginning.

In testimony whereof, the Commissioners aforesaid, and the undersigned Chiefs and Warriors as aforesaid, have hereunto subscribed their names and affixed their seals.

Done at St. Louis, in the Territory of Missouri, the 19th of July, in the Year of our Lord 1820, and of the Independence of the United States the 45th.

[Marks of 30 Indian Chiefs and Warriors.]

Signed, sealed, and delivered, in presence of the following wit

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ARTICLES of a Treaty, made and concluded at the Sault de St. Marie, in the Territory of Michigan, between The United States, by their Commissioner, Lewis Cass, and the Chippewa Tribe of Indians; the 16th of June, 1820.

ART. I. THE Chippewa Tribe of Indians cede to The United States the following tract of land: beginning. at the Big Rock, in the River St. Mary's, on the Boundary Line between The United States and the British Province of Upper Canada; and, running thence, down the said River, with the middle thereof, to the Little Rapid; and from those points, running back from the said River, so as to include 16 square miles of land.

II. The Chippewa Tribe of Indians acknowledge to have received a quantity of goods in full satisfaction of the preceding Cession.

III. The United States will secure to the Indians a perpetual right of fishing at the Falls of St. Mary's, and also a place of encampment upon the tract hereby ceded, convenient to the fishing ground; which place shall not interfere with the defences of any military work which may be erected, nor with any private rights.

IV. This Treaty, after the same shall be ratified by the President of The United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, shall be obligatory on the Contracting Parties.

In witness whereof, the said Lewis Cass, Commissioner as aforesaid, and the Chiefs and Warriors of the said Chippewa Tribe of Indians, have hereunto set their hands, at the place aforesaid, this 16th day of June, in the Year of our Lord 1820.

[Marks of 16 Indian Chiefs and Warriors.]

Witnesses present:

R. A. FORSYTH, Secretary.

ALEX. WOLCOTT, Jr. Indian

Agent, Chicago.

HENRY R. SCHOOLCRAFT, Minera

logist to the Expedition.

JAMES DUANE DOTY.

D. B. DOUGLASS, Captain, United CHARLES C. TROWBRIDGE,

States' Engineers.

ALEX. R. CHASE.

ENEAS MACAY, Lieutenant, Corps JAMES RYLEY, Sworn Interpreter,

Artillery.

JOHN J. PIERCE, Lieutenant, Ar

tillery.

[The foregoing Treaty was Ratified on the 2d March, 1821.]

ARTICLES of a Treaty made and concluded at l'Arbre Croche and Michilimackinac, in the Territory of Michigan, between The United States of America, by their Commissioner, Lewis Cass, and the Ottawa and Chippewa Nations of Indians; the 6th July, 1820.

ART. I. The Ottawa and Chippewa Nations of Indians cede to The United States the Saint Martin Islands in Lake Huron, containing plaster of Paris, and to be located under the direction of The United States.

II. The Ottawa and Chippewa Nations of Indians acknowledge to have this day received a quantity of goods in full satisfaction of the above Cession.

III. This Treaty shall be obligatory on the Contracting Parties after the same shall be ratified by the President of The United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof.

In testimony whereof, the said Lewis Cass, Commissioner as aforesaid, and the Chiefs and Warriors of the Ottawa and Chippewa Nations of Indians, have hereunto set their hands, at Michilimackinac and l'Arbre Croche, in the Territory of Michigan, this 6th day of July, in the year of our Lord 1820.

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[The foregoing Treaty was Ratified on the 8th of March, 1821.]

INDEX.

1073

A.

ACCOUNTS, Financial, Commercial, &c. See GREAT BRITAIN,

UNITED STATES, &c.

Page

ACT of Ratification by the Ottoman Porte. Ionian Islands, and
Constantinople, 24th April, 1819. 832
of the Ionian Parliament. Emigrants from Parga.

....

....

....

Parga

Corfu, 22d May, 1819. 457
of organization of the Germanic Confederation (Final).
Vienna, 15th May, 1820. 399
of the Congress of The United States. Ports of admission
of Foreign Armed Vessels

of do.

.....

...15th May, 1820. 823

Protection of Commerce, and punishment of Piracy.

15th May, 1820. 824

of do. Non-admission of British Vessels from North America,
&c....
15th May, 1820. 826
of the British Parliament. Trade between the British Ameri-
can Colonies and Foreign Countries. ......22d June, 1820. 862
of do. Grant of certain Privileges to Vessels built at Malta,
Gibraltar, Heligoland, and Honduras...... 22d June, 1820. 863
of do. Trade of Netherland Subjects with Demerara, Berbice,
and Essequibo.....
.8th July, 1820. 865

See also CONStitution, Decree, Law, Order IN COUNCIL,
ORDINANCE.

ADDRESS of the King of Spain to the Spanish Americans. New Con-
stitution of Spain.

March, 1820. 281

See also SPEECH, REPORT, MANIFESTO, MESSAGE.
AFRICA. Exportation of Arms, Gunpowder, &c. to the Coast of, pro-
hibited. British Orders in Council...

321, 931

ALGIERS. Law of France. Execution of Treaty of Peace of 1801.
24th July. 1820. 1068
AMBRISTER and ARBUTHNOT. Messrs. Execution of, in West Florida,
&c. Memorial of General Jackson to the Congress of
The United States.... .....6th March, 1820. 757, 792
AMERICA. Exportation of Arms, Gunpowder, &c. to certain parts of,
prohibited. British Orders in Council......1820. 321, 931
Trade between the British Colonies in, and Foreign
Countries. Act of the British Parliament.

22d June, 1820. 862

See also SPANIsh America, United States.

ANHALT COTHEN, &c. Final Act of organization of the Germanic

Confederation....

ARBUTHNOT and AMBRISTER. Messrs.

[1819-20.]

Vienna, 15th May, 1820. 399
Execution of, in West Florida,

...6th March, 1820. 757, 792

&c. Memorial of General Jackson to the Congress of
The United States

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