Line of Property

The Line of Property is the name commonly given to the line dividing Indian lands from those of the Thirteen Colonies, which were established in the 1768 Treaty of Fort Stanwix between British officials and the Iroquois tribes. In western Pennsylvania, it is referred to as the Purchase line.

Boundary line map 1768 agreed to by Indians at the Treaty of Fort Stanwix; the new red line replaced the green line of 1763