ou visit
them, unless you give them ground to plant, it is expected that you
will cede lands to the King for that purpose. But, whenever you shall
be pleased to surrender any of your territories to his majesty, it must
be done, for the future, at a public meeting of your nation, when the
governors of the provinces, or the superintendent shall be present, and
obtain the consent of all your people. The boundaries of your hunting
grounds will be accurately fixed, and no settlement permitted to be
made upon them. As you may be assured that all treaties with you will
be faithfully kept, so it is expected that you, also, will be careful
strictly to observe them."

The proclamation issued by the King of Great Britain, in 1763, soon
after the ratification of the articles of peace, forbids the governors
of any of the colonies to grant warrants of survey, or pass patents
upon any lands whatever, which, not having been ceded to, or purchased
by, us, (the King) as aforesaid, are reserved to the said Indians, or
any of them.

The proclamation proceeds: "and we do farther declare it to be our
royal will and pleasure, for the present, as aforesaid, to reserve,
under our sovereignty, protection, and dominion, for the use of the
said Indians, all the lands and territories lying to the westward of
the sources of the rivers which fall into the sea, from the west and
northwest as aforesaid: and we do hereby strictly forbid, on pain of
our displeasure, all our loving subjects from making any purchases or
settlements whatever, or taking possession of any of the lands above
reserved, without our special leave and licence for that purpose first
obtained.

"And we do further strictly enjoin and require all persons whatever,
who have, either wilfully or inadvertently, seated themselves upon any
lands within the countries above described, or upon any other lands
which, not having been ceded to, or purchased by us, are still reserved
to the said Indians, as aforesaid, forthwith to remove themselves from
such settlements."

A proclamation, issued by Governor Gage, in 1779, contains the
following passage: "Whereas many persons, contrary to the positive
orders of the King, upon this subject, have undertaken to make
settlements beyond the boundaries fixed by the treaties made with the
Indian nations, which boundaries ought to serve as a barrier between
the whites and the said nations;" particularly on the Ouabache, the
proclamation orders such p