1784-86. 1784, Oct. 22. Treaty with the Six Nations, Art. I.
1785, Jan. 21. Treaty with the Wyandots, etc. Art. I. "All the prisoners white and black" taken by the Indians "shall be delivered up" or "restored."—Statutes at Large, VII. 15, 16.
4. Fugitive clause in King's ordinance. [§ [14.]]
1785, April 6. Report of the Committee on Government of the Western Territory. "Provided that always, upon the escape of any person into any of the States described in the resolve of Congress of the twenty-third day of April, 1784, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the thirteen original States, such fugitive might be lawfully reclaimed and carried back to the person claiming his labor or service, this resolve notwithstanding."—Papers of Old Congress, XXI. 331, cited in Bancroft, History of the United States (last Revision), VI. 133.
5. Fugitive clauses in Indian treaties. [§ [13.]]
1785, Nov. 28. Treaty with the Cherokees, Art. I.
1786, Jan. 3. Treaty with the Choctaws, Art. I.
1786, Jan. 10. Treaty with the Chickasaws, Art. I.
Identical clauses. The Indians "to restore all the Negroes and all other property taken during the late war."
1786, June 31. Treaty with the Shawanees. Art. I. "All prisoners white and black taken in the late war from among the citizens of the United States by the Shawanee nation shall be restored."—Statutes at Large, VII. 18, 21, 25, 26.