Articles of Submission and Agreement made at Boston, in New England…, 1725
(Articles from the first Peace and Friendship Treaty negotiated with the "Eastern Tribes" of Nova Scotia, December 15,1725.)

Document Summary:
King George of England declares ownership, jurisdiction and control of ancestral lands in Nova Scotia and Acadia. Aboriginals promise in return to:

• Not molest or interfere in any way with settlers, their dependents or any mercantile traffic in this area.
  
  
• Give back anything they might have stolen from individuals in the event of theft or robbery.
  
  
• Not help any soldiers trying to escape from British forts.
  
  
• Not seek personal revenge on any British subjects for any reason, and find any redress through British law instead.
  
  
• Release any British prisoners they captured prior to this treaty's ratification.