(2) The right of trading freely with the natives who form part of their states.
(3) The right of cultivating unoccupied lands; to open up the forests; to cut trees; to gather india rubber, copal, wax, honey, and, generally, all the natural productions which are found there; to fish in the rivers and streams and water-courses, and to work the mines.
It is understood that the Comité can exercise the several rights mentioned in the third paragraph throughout the whole extent of the states of the chiefs of Vivi.
Art. VII.—The chiefs of the district of Vivi undertake to unite their forces to those of the Comité to repel attacks which may be made by intruders, no matter of what colour.
The chiefs, not knowing how to sign, have put their marks, in the presence of the witnesses hereafter designated and who have signed.
| [Seal.] | Aug. Sparhawk. |
| [Seal.] | John Kickbright. |
| [Seal.] | Frank Mahoney. |
| [Seal.] | Geoffrey. |
TREATY OF MANYANGA
During the palabre held at Manyanga the 12th of August, 1882, it is agreed between the members hereinafter designated of the Expedition of the Upper Congo:
Dr. Edward Pechuel Loesche, chief of the Expedition;
Capt. Edmund Hanssens, chief of the division of Leopold-Manyanga;