And We do further declare it to be Our Royal Will and Pleasure, for the Present as aforesaid, to reserve under Our Sovereignty, Protection and Dominion, for the Use of the said Indians, all the Lands and Territories not included within the Limits of Our said Three new Governments, or within the Limits of the Territory granted to the Hudson's Bay Company ; as also all the Lands and Territories lying to the Westward of the Sources of the Rivers which fall into the Sea from the West and North West as aforesaid ; and We do hereby strictly forbid, on Pain of Our Displeasure, all Our loving Subjects from making any Purchases or Settlements whatever, or taking Possession of any of the Lands above reserved, without Our especial Leave and Licence for that Purpose first obtained.
And We do further strictly enjoyn and require all Persons whatever, who have either wilfully or inadvertently seated themselves upon any Lands within the Countries above described, or upon any other Lands, which not having been ceded to or purchased by Us, are still reserved to the said Indians as aforesaid, forthwith to remove themselves from such Settlements.
And whereas great Frauds and Abuses have been committed in the Purchasing Lands of the Indians, to the great Prejudice of our Interests, and to the great Dissatisfaction of the said Indians ; In order therefore to prevent such Irregularities for the Future, and to the End that the Indians may be convinced of Our Justice and determined Resolution to remove all reasonable Cause of Discontent, We do, with the Advice of Our Privy Council, strictly enjoyn and require, that no private Person do presume to make any Purchase from the said Indians of any Lands reserved to the said Indians within those Parts of Our Colonies, where We have thought proper to allow Settlement ; but that if at any Time any of the said Indians should be inclined to dispose of the said Lands, the same shall be purchased only for Us, in Our Name, at some publick Meeting or Assembly of the said Indians, to be held for that Purpose by the Governor or Commander in Chief of Our Colony respectively, within which they shall lye : And in Case they shall lye within the Limits of any Proprietary Government, they shall be purchased only for the Use and in the Name of such Proprietaries, conformable to such Directions and Instructions as We or they shall think proper to give for that Purpose : And We do, by the Advice of Our Privy Council, declare and enjoyn, that the Trade with the said Indians shall be free and open to all our Subjects whatever ; provided that every Person, who may incline to trade with the said Indians, do take out a Licence for carrying on such Trade, from the Governor or Commander in Chief of any of Our Colonies respectively, where such Person shall reside, and also give Security to observe such Regulations as We shall at any Time think fit, by Ourselves or by Our Commissaries, to be appointed for this Purpose, to direct and appoint for the Benefit of the said Trade :
And We do hereby
authorize, enjoyn and require the Governors and
Commanders in Chief of all Our Colonies respectively,
as well those under Our immediate Government as
those under the Government and Direction of
Proprietaries, to grant such Licences without Fee or
Reward, taking especial Care to insert therein a
Condition, that such Licence shall be void, and the
Security forfeited, in Case the Person, to whom the
same is granted shall refuse or neglect to observe
such Regulations as We shall think proper to
prescribe as aforesaid.
And We do further expressly enjoyn and require all
Officers whatever, as well Military as those
employed in the Management and Direction of Indian
Affairs within the Territories reserved as aforesaid,
for the Use of the said Indians, to seize and
apprehend all Persons whatever, who, standing
charged with Treasons, Misprisions of Treason,
Murders, or other Felonies or Misdemeanors, shall
fly from Justice and take Refuge in the said
Territory, and to send them under a proper Guard to
the Colony where the Crime was committed of which
they stand accused, in order to take their Tryal for
the same.
Given at Our Court at St. James's, the 7th Day of
October, 1763, in the Third Year of Our Reign.
GOD Save the KING.