...middle of said Long Lake and the water communication between it and the Lake of the Woods to the said Lake of the Woods ; thence through the said lake to...thereof, and from thence on a due west course to the Eiver Mississippi ; and northward to the southern boundary of the territory granted to the Merchants...

...said branch or stream of Tugalo River, which extends to the highest northern latitude ; thence, down the middle of the said river Mississippi, until it...part of the thirty-first degree of north latitude ; *outh, by a line drawn due east from the termination of the line last mentioned, in the latitude...

...middle of the said Long Lake, and the water communication between it and the Lake of the s, to the sîid Lake of the Woods ; thence, through the said Lake to the most north-western point ienof, and from thence on a due west course to the River Mississippi, and northward to the southern...

...middle of said Long Lake, and the water communication between it and the Lake of the Woods, to the said Lake of the Woods; thence through the said lake to...until it shall intersect the northernmost part of the thirty. first degree of north latitude." The line to be drawn from "the most northwestern point" of...

...middle of said Long Lake, and the water communication between it and the Lake of the Woods, to the said Lake of the Woods; thence through the said lake to...drawn along the middle of the said river Mississippi untill it shall intersect the northernmost part of the 3ist degree of north latitude. South, by a line...

...northwest angle of Nova Scotia, to the most northwestern point of the Lake of the Woods, and pursued "from thence on a due west course to the river Mississippi;...part of the thirty-first degree of North Latitude." By the fourth article of the treaty of 1794 it was declared to be uncertain whether the river Mississippi...

...middle of said Long Lake, and the watercommunication between it and the Lake of the Woods, to the said Lake of the Woods ; thence through the said Lake to...thence on a due west course to the River Mississippi, . . . East, by a line to be drawn along the middle of the River St Croix, from its mouth in the Bay...

...the Long Lake ; thence through the middle of Long Lake and the water communication between it and the Lake of the Woods; thence through the said lake to...northwestern point thereof ; and from thence on a due western course to the river Mississippi, thence by a line to be drawn along the middle of the said...

...of the said Long lake and the water communication between it and the Lake of the Woods, to the said Lake of the Woods; thence through the said lake to the most northwestern point thereof." This language seems plain enough, but the fact is that when this survey was made no one could find...

...Phellpeaux, to the Long Lnke and the water communication between it and the Lake of the Woods, to the said Lake of the Woods ; thence through the said lake to the most northwestern point thereof, uud from thence, on a due west course, to the River Mississippi. The definitive treaty of peace, commonly...