-- No. 13. Decision of the Commissioners under the Sixth The undersigned Commissioners, appointed, sworn, and authorized, in virtue of the 6th article of the treaty of peace and amity between his Britannic Majesty and the United States of America, concluded at Ghent, on the 24th of December, 1814, impartially to examine, and, by a report or declaration, under their hands and seals, to designate "that portion of the boundary of the United States from the point where the 45th degree of north latitude strikes the river Iroquois, or Cataraqui, along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario, through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication, by water, between that lake and lake Erie; thence, along the middle of said communication, into Lake Erie, through the middle of said lake, until it arrives at the water communication into Lake Huron; thence, through the middle of said water communication, into Lake Huron; thence, through the middle of said lake, to the water communication between that lake and Lake Superior;" and to "decide to which of the two contracting parties the several islands, lying within the said rivers, lakes, and water communications, do respectively belong, in conformity with the true intent of the treaty of 1783;" do decide and declare, that the following described line, (which is more clearly indicated on a series of maps accompanying this report, exhibiting correct surveys and delineations of all the rivers, lakes, water communications, and islands, embraced by the 6th article of the treaty of Ghent, by a black line shaded on the British side with red, and on the American side with blue; and each sheet of which series of maps is identified by a certificate subscribed by the commissioners, and by the two principal surveyors employed by them,) is the true boundary intended by the two before mentioned treaties: that is to say: 1822. June 18. Beginning at a stone monument, erected by Andrew El- Boundary line licot, Esquire, in the year 1817, on the south bank, or shore, designated. of the said river Iroquois, or Cataraqui, (now called the St. Lawrence) which monument bears south 74° 45' west, and is eighteen hundred and forty yards distant from the stone church in the Indian village of St. Regis, and indicates the point at which the 45th parallel of north latitude strikes the said river; thence, running north 35° 45' west, into the river, on a line at right angles with the southern shore, to a point one hundred 1822. June 18. Boundary line designated. yards south of the opposite island, called Cornwall island; thence, turning westerly, and passing round the southern and western sides of said island, keeping one hundred yards distant therefrom, and following the curvatures of its shores, to a point opposite to the north west corner, or angle, of said island; thence, to and along the middle of the main river, until it approaches the eastern extremity of Barnhart's island; thence, northerly, along the channel which divides the last mentioned island from the Canada shore, keeping one hundred yards distant from the island, until it approaches Sheik's island; thence along the middle of the strait which divides Barnhart's and Sheik's islands, to the channel called the Long Sault, which separates the two last mentioned islands from the Lower Long Sault island; thence westerly, (crossing the centre of the last mentioned channel) until it approaches within one hundred yards of the north shore of the Lower Sault island; thence, up the north branch of the river, keeping to the north of, and near, the Lower Sault island, and also north of, and near, the Upper Sault (sometimes called Baxter's) island, and south of the two small islands, marked on the map A and B, to the western extremity of the Upper Sault, or Baxter's island; thence passing between the two islands called the Cats, to the middle of the river above; thence along the middle of the river, keeping to the north of the small islands marked C and D; and north also of Chrystler's island and of the small island next above it, marked E, until it approaches the north-east angle of Goose Neck island; thence along the passage which divides the last mentioned island from the Canada shore, keeping one hundred yards from the island, to the upper end of the same; thence south of, and near, the two small islands called the Nut islands; thence north of, and near, the island marked F, and also of the island called Dry or Smuggler's island; thence passing between the islands marked G and H, to the north of the island called Isle au Rapid Platt; thence along the north side of the last mentioned island, keeping one hundred yards from the shore to the upper end thereof; thence, along the middle of the river, keeping to the south of, and near, the islands called Cousson (or Tussin) and Presque Isle; thence up the river, keeping north of, and near, the several Gallop Isles, numbered on the map 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, and also of Tick, Tibbit's, and Chimney, islands; and south of, and near, the Gallop Isles, numbered 11, 12, and 15, and also of Duck, Drummond, and Sheep islands; thence, along the middle of the river, passing north of island No. 14, 1822. June 18. Boundary line south of 15, and 16, north of 17; south of 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, and 28, and north of 26 and 27; thence, along the middle of the river, north of Gull island and of the islands No. 29, 32, 33, 34, 35, Bluff island, and No. 39, designated. 44, and 45, and to the south of No. 30, 31, 36, Grenadier island, and No. 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 46, 47, and 48, until it approaches the east end of Wells' island, thence to the north of Wells' island, and along the strait which divides it from Rowe's island, keeping to the north of the small islands, No. 51, 52, 54, 58, 59, and 61, and to the south of the small islands numbered and marked 49, 50, 53, 55, 57, 60, and X, until it approaches the north-east point of Grindstone Island: thence to the north of Grindstone Island, and keeping to the north also of the small Islands, No. 63, 65, 67, 68, 70, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, and 78, and to the south of No. 62, 64, 66, 69, and 71, until it approaches the southern point of Hickory Island; thence passing to the south of Hickory Island, and of the two small islands lying near its southern extremity, numbered 79 and 80; thence to the south of Grand or Long Island, keeping near its southern shore, and passing to the north of Carlton Island until it arrives opposite to the south-western point of said Grand island in Lake Ontario, thence passing to the north of Grenadier, Fox, Stony, and the Gallop Islands in Lake Ontario, and to the south of, and near the islands called the Ducks, to the middle of the said lake, thence, westerly, along the middle of said lake, to a point opposite the mouth of the Niagara river; thence, to and up the middle of the said river, to the Great Falls, thence up the Falls, through the point of the Horse Shoe, keeping to the west of Iris or Goat island, and of the group of small islands at its head, and following the bends of the river so as to enter the strait between Navy and Grand island; thence, along the middle of said strait, to the head of Navy island; thence to the west and south of, and near to, Grand and Beaver islands, and to the west of Strawberry, Squaw and Bird, islands, to Lake Erie; thence, southerly and westerly, along the middle of Lake Erie, in a direction to enter the passage immediately south of Middle island, being one of the easternmost of the group of islands lying in the western part of the said lake; thence, along the said passage, proceeding to the north of Cunningham's islands of the three Bass islands, and of the Western Sister, and to the south of the island called the Hen and Chickens, and of the Eastern and Middle Sisters; thence to the middle of the mouth of the Detroit river, in a 1822. June 18. Boundary line designated. direction to enter the channel which divides Bois-Blanc and Sugar islands; thence up the said channel to the west of BoisBlanc island, and to the east of Sugar, Fox, and Stony island, until it approaches Fighting or Great Turkey island, thence, along the western side, and near the shore of said last mentioned island, to the middle of the river above the same; thence, along the middle of said river, keeping to the southeast, of and near, Hog Island, and to the north west of, and near the island called Isle à la Pêche, to Lake St. Clair; thence, through the middle of said lake, in a direction to enter that mouth or channel of the river St. Clair, which is usually denominated the Old Ship Channel; thence, along the middle of said channel, between Squirrel Island on the south-east, and Hurson's island on the north-west, to the upper end of the last mentioned island, which is nearly opposite to Point au Chênes, on the American shore; thence, along the middle of the river St. Clair, keeping to the west of, and near, the islands called Belle Rivière Isle, and the Isle aux Cerfs, to Lake Huron; thence through the middle of Lake Huron, in a direction to enter the strait or passage between Drummond's island on the west, and the little Manitou Island on the east; thence through the middle of the passage which divides the two last mentioned islands; thence, turning northerly and westerly, around the eastern and northern shores of Drummond's island, and proceeding in a direction to enter the passage between the island of St. Joseph's and the American shore, passing to the north of the intermediate islands, No. 61, 11, 10, 12, 9, 6, 4, and 2, and to the south of those numbered 15, 13, 5, and 1. Thence up the said last mentioned passage, keeping near to the island St. Joseph's, and passing to the north and east of Isle à la Crosse, and of the small islands numbered 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20, and to the south and west of those numbered 21, 22, and 23, until it strikes a line (drawn on the map with black ink and shaded on one side of the point of intersection with blue and on the other with red,) passing across the river at the head of St. Joseph's island, and at the foot of the Neebish Rapids, which line denotes the termination of the boundary directed to be run by the 6th article of the Treaty of Ghent. And the said commissioners do further decide and declare, that all the islands lying in the rivers, lakes, and water communications, between the before described boundary line and the adjacent shores of Upper Canada do, and each of them does belong to his Britannic Majesty, and that all the islands lying in the rivers, lakes, and water communications, between the said boundary line and the adjacent shores of the United States, or their territories do, and each of them does, belong to the United States of America, in conformity with the true. intent of the 2d article of the said treaty of 1783, and of the 6th article of the treaty of Ghent. In faith whereof, we, the commissioners aforesaid, have [Signed] PETER B. PORTER, [L. S.] 1827. No. 14.-Convention regulating the reference between the United States and Great Britain, on the settlement of the September 29. boundary line described in the fifth art. of the treaty of Ghent. By the President of the United States of America. A Proclamation. Whereas, a convention, between the United States of America and His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, was concluded and signed by the plenipotentiaries, at London, on the 29th day of September, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, which convention is, word for word, as follows: Convention. Whereas, it is provided by the fifth article of the treaty of Object of this Ghent, that, in case the commissioners appointed under that article, for the settlement of the boundary line therein described, should not be able to agree upon such boundary line, the report or reports of those commissioners, stating the points on which they had differed, should be submitted to some friendly sovereign or state, and that the decision given by such sovereign or state, on such points of difference, should be considered by the contracting parties as final and conclusive: that case having now arisen, and it having, therefore, become expedient to proceed to and regulate the reference, as above described, the United States of America and his Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, have, for that purpose, named their plenipotentiaries, that is to say: the president of the United States has appointed Al- Negotiators. bert Gallatin, their envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at the court of his Britannic Majesty; and his said Majesty, on his part, has appointed the right honorable Charles Grant, a member of parliament, a member of his said Majes |