A map of the United States and the division of the West as proposed by France, on September 6th, 1782. The map is color-coded to show the United States at the time, the Indian Reserves south of the Ohio River under the protection of the United States, Spanish possessions, including the Indian Reserves under the protection of Spain, and the British possessions in the Dominion of Canada and the Bahama Islands. The map shows the Northwest Territory, whose ownership was yet to be established between England and the United States, and the boundary line between the United States and the British Canadian possessions proposed by the Congress of 1779.