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0 -(4,pet34/9 1\4A- in -5cNA . Treaty of 1778, America s First Indian TreatyIn 1778, w hen the new ly-declaUnited States s igned w hat wohaving barely hung on throleaden sought to create aDelawares w ere often eIndians because of thonor in dealingthe Delawares beresponsibly analready-est

only a spit in King G eorge's eye, theian Treaty. Scrap ping for its l ife,of Valley Forge, the new coun try'sch they w ere fighting. At that t ime, theer" or "the G randfather tribe" by o therom atic skills, and their reliable hon esty and. Themselves fierce warriors when aroused,aty that the imm igrants were d ealing w ith themact ing as a new nat ion forging a treaty with anoleat of the Delawares (Lenapes).VI'HE DELAW ARES 1778W 78 , 7 Stat. , 13. [31

con erat ion, made and entered into by A ndrew and T hom asissioners for, and in Behalf of the United States of No rth-Am erica. W hite Eyes, Capt . John K ill Buck, Junior, and Capt . Pipe,f the Delaware N ation of the other Part.

m V eARTICLE 2. That a v etual peace and friendship sh all from h enceforth take place, andWA trOveracant cting parties aforesaid, through all succeeding generations: andif ett er r of*e paTt i r are ngaged in a just and necessary war w i th any other nat ion ornal , i ihai their each sh B assist the othe r in due prop ortion to their abil it ies, ti l l their4k44 akbili ill) re sonable terms of accommodation: and that if either of them shallRikAc trming against the othe r, they shall give the earliest notice1 h era at t imeous m easures may be taken to preven t their ill effect.original c,,,

this 3ffli c t&Pn igat 204'w ereas the United States are engaged in a just and necessary war, in 1defence and supp ort of life, liberty and indepen dence, against the King of En gland and h isadherents, and as said K ing is yet possessed of several posts and forts on the lakes andother places, the reduction of which is of great imp ortance to the peace an d seccontracting parties, and as the m ost practicable way for the troops o f the Unitsom e of the posts and forts is by passing through the coun try of the Delawaitts t 9 t e c t t i e g i i p c:ohereby st ipulfgriat . dtinktiestimtheaalf of them s. ree(passarduairkeir co ntry to VOta r itforesai , and th e

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f M11 offen ces or acts of hostilities by one, or either of the con tracting

other, be mutually forgiven, and buried in the depth o f oblivion, nevern remembrance.


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condA cl h the nearest and best w ays to the posts, forts or towns o f the enemies of the Ue-f-U CC eizIttileStites, affording to said troops such su pplies of corn, meat, horses, or wha tever maybe in their pow er for the accom mo dation of such troops, on the comm anding officer's, &c.paying, or engaging to pay, the full value of whatever they can supply them with. And thesaid deputies, on the beh alf of their nation, engage to Join the troops of the U nited States

aforesaid, with such a nu mber o f their best and m ost expert warriors as they can spare,consistent with their ow n safety, and act in concert w ith them; and for the better security ofthe old men , wom en and children of the aforesaid nation, whilst their warriors are engagedagainst the com m on enem y, it is agreed on the part of the United States, that a fort Of [41sufficient strength and capacity be built at the expense of the said S tates, with suchassistance as it may be in the pow er of the said Delaware N ation to give, in the mostconvenient place, and advantageous situation, as shall be agreed on by the commandingofficer of the troops aforesaid, with the a dvice and c oncurrence o f the deputies of theaforesaid Delaware N ation, which fort shall be garrisoned by such a num ber of the troopsof the Un ited States, as the comm anding o fficer can spare for the present, and hereafter bysuch num bers, as the wise m en of the United States in council, shall think m ost conduciveto the comm on good . For the better security of the peace and friendship now entered intoby the co ntracting parties, against all infractions of the s am e by the cit izens of either party,to the prejudice of the other, neither party shall proceed to the infliction of punishm ents onthe citizens of the other, otherwise than b y securing the offender or offenders byimpriso nm ent, or any other com petent m eans, rill a fair and imp artial trial can be had b yjudges or juries of both parties, as near as can be to the laws, customs and usages of thecontract parties and na tural justice: The m ode o f such trials to be h ereafter fixed by thewise m en of the United States in Congress assemb led, with the assistance of such deputiesof the Delaw are nation, as may be appo inted to act in concert with them in ad justing thism atter to their mu tual liking. An d it is further agreed b etween th e parties aforesaid, thatneither shall entertain or g ive countenan ce to the enem ies of the other, or protect in theirrespective states, criminal fugitives, servants or slaves, but the same to ap prehen d, andsecure and deliver to the State or States, to wh ich such enem ies, criminals, servants orslaves respectively belong.AR TICLE 5. W hereas the confederation entered into by the D elaware nation and theUn ited States, renders the first depend ent on the latter for all the articles of clothing,utensils and implem ents of war, and it is judged n ot only reasonable, but indispensablynecessary, that the aforesaid Nation be supplied w ith such articles from time to time, as faras the Un ited States may have it in their pow er, by a well-regulated trade, under thecond uct of an intelligent, candid agent, with an adequate salary, one mo re influenced b ythe love of his country, and a constant attention to the duties of his department byprom oting the comm on interest , than the s inister purposes of convert ing and binding al l 10the duties of his office to his private emolum ent: Convinced of the necessi ty of such , 0 . " tm easures, the Com missioners of the Un ited States, at the earnest solicitation of the14}Sitiesaforesaid, have engaged in beh alf of the U nited States, that such a trade shall 4,11tWordedsaid nat ion, cond ucted on su ch principles of mutual interest as the wisdow afie UnitedStates in Congress assembled shall think most cond ucive to adopt for eormutualconvenience.


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