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The End of the War.
At the Paris negotiations, the Native Americans were not represented and they lost much of their land in the final agreement. Even the Oneida and the Tuscarora tribes, who had both fought for the Americans, lost their land. The Americans told them that their brothers, the four other Iroquois tribes had chosen the losing side and they were going to have to pay. They lost all of the territory west of the Appalachians to the Mississippi without any say in the matter.
In the document written by the Secetary of War (Henry Know), the Secretary of State (Thomas Jefferson) and the President (George Washington), called the Northwest Oridance, it states, "The utmost good faith shall always be observed towards the Indians; their land and property shall never be taken from them without consent; and in their property, rights and liberty, they shall never be invaded or disturbed unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall from time to time be made, for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them."
In the document written by the Secetary of War (Henry Know), the Secretary of State (Thomas Jefferson) and the President (George Washington), called the Northwest Oridance, it states, "The utmost good faith shall always be observed towards the Indians; their land and property shall never be taken from them without consent; and in their property, rights and liberty, they shall never be invaded or disturbed unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall from time to time be made, for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them."