thousand dollars' worth of goods at once; and "henceforward, every year, forever, useful goods five hundred dollars." Peace was declared to be "established" to the value of nine thousand and "perpetual."

General Wayne told the Indians that they might believe hi, for he had never, "in a public capacity, told a lie;" and one of the Indians said, with much more Spirit abore hcais us, and I trust we shall not endeavor to de- dignity, "The Great ceive cach other."

In 1813, by a treaty at Vincennes, the bounds of the rescr vation of the Post of St. Vinecnncs were defined, and the In- dians, "as a mark of their regard and attachment to the Unit- ed States, relinquished to the United States the great salt spring

In less than a year we made still another treaty with them for the extinguishment of their title to a traet of land betweeu the Ohio and the Wabash rivers (which they sold to us for a ten years' annnity of three hnndred dollars, whieh was to be "exclusively appropriated to ameliorating their condition and promoting their civilization "); and in one year more still an other treaty, in which a still further cession of land wass made for a permanent annuity of one thousand dollars

In August of this year General Harrisou writes to the Secretary of War that there are great dissensions between the Delawares and Miamis in regard to some of the ceded lands, the Miamis claiming that they had never consented to General Ilarrison obscrves the most exact neutrality in this matter, but says, "A knowledge of the valuc of land is fast gaining ground among the Indians," and ncgotiations are be coming in consequence muclh more difficult. In the course of this controversy, "one of the chiefs has said that he knew a on the Saline Creek." give them up. great part of the land was worth six dollars an acre." It is only tribes had said, "Money is to ns of no value." IHowever, they ten years since one of the chiefs of these same