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’Washington, December 19, lfc2l.
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ORIGINAL.
For I lie l hruuiclo.
JUnct tn bring linked by it Pontiff Lady,
“WHAT DO WE 1.1 VK EOll f”
"«V bat do I live for ? 'tis to prove,
That nought on earth ran change my love,
That, whilst 1 h-vc a vhul heart
Tin,i you, shall ever share a part.
■What do I live f«-r? Vis to sir w,
That all the clouds of gntli’riug wne,
Can never damp that gen’rous flume,
Vi Inch kindles, when I hear thy name.
What do I live for—can it be
To forgt t, that I love thee I
Yes! when my tume-is chang’d to stone,
And memory's page forever gone 1
What do Hive for? ’lis to say
When ev’ry hope is swept away,
l,cl wave on wave, of trouble roll,
1 null possess a cons uni soul!
What do you live for ? ’tis to see,
Ai IU smile, at my despondency ;
To feel thv heart, is iree from care.
Whilst mine, is fill’d with sad despair.
~ |>nmi(P,
And by one act, my hopes to cast,
|)i \ uid the future, or the past!
V hat do you live for ? ’tis fti say,
•<(j’or you' iituid no more I'll sway 1”
Then take the ink of black despair,
And wtile, the wieck of reason there?
What could we live for ? could it be
To plight, w ith such sincerity
Our hearts and hands, that nothing ever
.Should, their future union s v«t ?
WILFRID.
For the k iironicle,
to
JCft h I hear thy frequent sigh,
And mourn to see thy languid eye;
Po well I know dial faded cheek.
Os wither’d hope and secret sorrow speak;
Yet lady, he you still deplore,
TV hose tale 1 dared not name before,
Is ever lost to thee.
Time cannot wake Lis dreamless sleep,
Jfor can tbe roaring ocean deep,
That beauteous form restore,
■Whom death has bid return no more.
The cur'ew “long has shriek’d above,”
The da k blue wave where rests thy love,
Far o’er the stormy sea.
Then lady let thy sorrows rest,
And know whatever is- is best;
Tiio’ofi it bids us weep,
Oh cease those vigils sud to keep,
That cloud so fair a brow.
And if it can assuage thy grief,
Then know there’s one beyond relief;
One mark'd of heaven, for darkest doom,
IVnose only hope the silent tomb,
Mure tated e’en than thou
S.
SELECTED.
Prom a small volume, entitled "Poems so-
Youth, by a Family Circle,” supposed to
be the joint production ot Mr RoscoeN
family, Liverpool. Jidt.Fed. Uu:
I’ll be ft fairy, and drink the dew.
And creep through the honied flowers,
And sleep in the violet’s lender blue ;
And fiance in the evening hours.
JMy music shall be the soft low gales
Which sigh through the da-k green trees.
And heaven’s breath swell the gossamer
sails » *
With which I swim the breeze.
TbeKlow-worm shall be my gentle light,
And alilly’scup my bed;
And I’ll warm me m the s«eet moc4 light,
And on fallen roses tread.
And ever fresh the grass shall grow
A round my mystick ring,
And little murmurs, sweet and low r
Shalt answer when I sing.
And 1 will bold a fairy court,
And call each slumbering lay,
And wild and gaily will wt sport,
0 Ac twilight sages a**y.
4*- . . % % .
■>* ’
c a™ * &
mi be a fairy, and drink the dew,
And cteep through the honied flowers,
And sleep in the voilets tender blue.
And dance in the evening hours.
FROM ROBERT BURNS,
To Mr. THOMPSON
141/i November, 1792.
My dear sir,
1 agree with you that the sprig, A tit bn
j'inc Qtfic, i- very poorstull, arid unwoithy.
idtogeth: r unworthy, of so beautiful an air.
1 tried to mend it; but the awkward found
Grit, recurring so often in the rhyme,
spoils every attempt at introducing senti
ment into the piece. The f {lowing song
pleases myself; I think it is in my happi
est munn r; you will see at first glance,
that it suits lha air The subject i f the
song is one of the most interesting pjssages
of ny youthful days; and, 1 own that I
should be much flattered to see the verses
sot to un air, w hich would incur celebrity.
Perhaps after all, ’lis the still glowing
prejudice of my heart, that throws a bor
rowed lustre over the merits of the com
position.
I have partlv taken yenr idea of Md
Hob Morris. I’have adopted the two first
verses, and am going on with the song on
a new plan, which promises pretty well.
1 take up one or another, just as the bee
of the moment buzzes in my bonneting;
and do you, tuns ceretnouie , make what use.
you choose of the productions. Adieu ! fkc
HIGHLAND MARY,
Tune—" Katharine Vgic."
Ye banks, and braes, and streams around
'file castle o* Montgomery,
Green be your woods, and fair your flowers,
Yourwa-crs never drurnlic !
There simmer fiist unfald her robes,
Ami there the laugest tarry;
For (here I took the lust fare weed
O’ my sweet Highland Mary.
How awe- i)y bloom’d the gay, green birk,
How rich Ihe hawthorn’s blossom.
As underneath their fragrant shade
1 clasp’d her to my bos mi!
The golden hours, on angel wings,
F ew o’er me and my dearie;
Fo- dear to me, as light and life,
Was my sweet Highland Mery.
Wi* monya vow, and lock’d embrace,
Our parting was fu’ tender ;
And, pledging alt to meet again,
We tore nurse.s as inder;
But oh! fell dentil’s untimely frost,
That nipt m flower sue earlv !
Now green’s the soil, and canid’s the clay,
Dint wraps my Highland Mary !
0 (isle, pale now, those rosy lips,
I aft hue kiss’d sac fondly !
And Clos’d for aye, the sparkling glance,
That d - ah on me sae kindly 1
And mould img now in silent dust,
I hut b ait that loe’d me dearly 1
llul still within my bosom’s core
.shall eve u.v Highland Mary-.
——main 1H...M ——■ ,»■ wm iiw
_
MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1822.
Our communicating friends, must pos 1 '
lively be more merciful and considerate ;
and if each of them must send a piece sill
ncient lo occupy three-ws.f«DOttt same
-.•ulg “which comes home to the business
and bosoms ui men.” Sedate pieces o:,
mslrcci suujects deserve a more Uignifie '
place than such as they will be apt to find
i» one of the files of a fugitive news-pa
per.
The Theatre opened in this city on Fri
lav evening last, under the management
of Mr Young; and we were very much
pleased to perceive, that the performers
were generally desirous of gaining the
g-iod will of our Public.—And indeed, it
administers not a little to pur gratifies
non, that we have unders ond, that most
"t the Flays selected tor lepresentation
dm mg' du present season, ate Comedies ;
for we beg leave to mention it as a matter
of fact, that generally, Tragedies aie bet
ter oil in the Bookseller’s Shop, and that
Operas “ receive less detriment” in the
•lauds of the Music-Master, than happens
to either of them, usually, upon the Stage.
We have been requested by several per
sons to m> ntion, in the first place, that the
Cotton Crop, is unusually snort; and in
the second, that two thirds of it usually
brought to this market, have already been
v ccivcd.
Now we have taken considt rablc pains to
ascertain the correct ness of these represen
tutions; and while we discovered a comm
•eiable diversity with regard lo both in
Ihe points, we arc so well satisfied tluu
some reason exists for these opinions
ilia we have thought it worth our white
o mention them in this manner, to itu
public.
1. I. is universally admitted, that ihe
Lot ton Crop has suflcred very much from
die Kot: but s-ill, some persons eay,
that the forms are unusually large, and sot
that tea-on, the quantity throughout the
B.ate, holds its usual average this year.
2. Most persons are of opinion, that
two thirds of (he ordinary quantity, have
oeeii hi ough to market; but others equal
1> well informed, think that little more
;han an half has been ye. received, and of
course, tha somewhat less than an half
remains behind.
As lo this last, we shall be ab'e to as
ford our readers a clue to die fact, as Col.
McKinne, tbe agent, has promised to fur
nish us for next Thursday ’s paper with
an account cf the quantity of Cotton that
has been taken down’hy the Steam Boat
Company from Augusta to Savannah.
*
■ The price of good cotton has been x.i.l
foitnly steady this winter, and the dcmaiu
brisk ; rarely rising above 16$ cents, an<
w Mom sinking below 15J —Two lots, wI
understand did obtain 17; but w r e believe |
ilrat they were the only exceptions
We will invite ibe attention our Coun
try friends, to the quotations in die “ I'al
< ss Clruest or I’nonces. M
Extract of a Letter to the Editordated \
“Athens, 14lh January, 1821.
“ I am happy in being able to inform
you that the affairs of the College appear
to move on pretty smoothly since «e re
, assembled at New-year’s day. Hienwjo
lily of the former members have returned
and betwixt a dozen and twenty new ones
have been added, chiefly to the Scpho
inotc Class. The Senior Class consists now
of ten, all of w hom, I trust w ill do honor
to the Institution. The Junior Glass ot
near 30. The Sophomore, of 20, and the
Freshman, of, I believe, 49.”
Extract of a Letter to the Editor dated
“ Waskiwotom Ctrr, 11th Jan. 1822.
“You know that in our country, public
op ion has the force of a general law ; and
that in your adjoining stale, a legislative
' caucus has been held to call forth public
opinion to approve the nomination of Air.
Low tides for the next Presidency. And 1
can tell you that it is sucli a desirable
thing to be a President of the Uni ed
Slates, that no sooner did the news of that
' caucus reach here, than several members
waited on Mr. Calhoun, to try the force
~f eloquence to remove his reluctance to
ih e nomination to that high oflice. The
arguments were 100 powerful to be resist
l(j mid it is understood now, that He will
consent to accept of it. Ah*. Thompson
the Secretary of the Navy is spoken of by
the n ople cf New York, Ah* King may
be prevailed on. Dewitt Clinton Etire.y
may be convinced of a convenience that
may be found in waving the Government
of New York for the Presidency cl the
Union, especially when he finds out that
he cannot get back to Ins gubernatorial
chair again after his term expires. And
news lias come here that Mr. Clay has
but a very few objections to the office left,
which his numerous friends from various
quarters of the Union by letter and other
wise, have not removed Mr. Adams is a
candidate of course, because he is now
next to the P.esid f nt, and delivered a 4to
of July oration. And besides all these, i'
is reported, that although Mr. Crawford
has not been known to hold out any pre
lentions in this gtea affair, yet it is tlio t
and confidently said, that the public have
a long lime looked to him ns a successor to
Mr. Monroe. Thus you see that the na
lion is as well .iff aa to the number of cam
didales for the Presidency, as Georgia is
for candidates to go to Congress. And
alter all, I sec no wrong in having seven
or eight gentlemen of distinguished tat
on s held up to the people for the firm
ofrice in the nation They will lay asi it
tin passions which mislead the judgment,
~nd choose for the country a I’rcsid nt in
whom they believe is united Hie character
1 of that sound republicanism which secures
the Liberty, of.tlii* nriipliAy,..ary^vj.ut:.-
wrm a capacity to overlook Che whole or
ganized system of the republic, in its m
i lerfial and external relations; and with a
resolution to preserve tilt integrity of our
simple forms of liberty.
M As to the news Congressional, I need
say nothing, for you read its forms every
day. The notion however and conse
quently the impressions made on on. he r
ers and seers, are different to thos*e made
on readers. 1 think that we are about
having u turbulent series of cross jostling
in this session We have the sharp eyes
of jealousy flashing about fur discovering
the pros and cons in regard to future of
flees. 1 dislike it, and hope more good
sense will take the place of less prudence,
which has in several instances shewn it
self in debate ”
[We arc ind. bleu to Mr. Gilmer, for the
following report of a Select Committee
concerning certain relations between the
S ate of Georgia, and ihe Government of
the United Slates. He introduced, we
believe, the Resolution for its appoint
ment; and became of course, the Chair
man ]
BKPORT
Os the Select Committee appointed on
the Ifth ultimo, to consider of certain
Treaties with the Creek and Cherokee
Indians, and the Articles of Agreement
and Cession entered into on the 24tb
April, JSO2, between the United States
and the stale of Georgia ; accompanied
with Resolutions making appropriations
for carrying imo effect the Articles of
Agreement and Cession entered into
between the Uniied States and the
State of Georgia, on the 24-th of April,
1802, and for other purposes.
jamahy 7, 1822.
I (cud, and committed u> a committee of the
whole house on Thursday next.
The committee who were appointed to
take into coasiderati m the treaties made
oy the Unned Stales with the Greek na
tion .if Indians on the eighth of July,
1317, and on the wenty-nin.h ofF-brua.
ry, 1819 ; and, also, the articles of agree
ment and cession between the United
States and the state of Georgia, entered
into on the twenty-fourth of April, 1802,
and to report whether the said articles
nave been executed according to the
terms thereof and the best means of exe
cuting die same,
REPORT;
That, on the twenty.fourtli o‘
April, 1802, the state of Georgia ceded
ui t:.c United Stales alt ihat portion ofits
territory which now forms the states of
Mississippi and Alabama That the con
sideration given therefor, on the part of
the United States, was one million two
hundred andfitiy housand dollars,and an
obligation to extinguish the Indian title
to all the lands within the limits of Geor
gia, whenever the same could be peacea
bly done, and on reasonable terns. The
committee are of opinion
mentmigh have been r )
complied with than it was at the rea y
made with the Creek nation of 'f
the ninth day of Yugust, 1814. 1 hat h
tevms of that treaty were imposed #pq
the Indians, and they were compelled to
yield up to the United S ates a >arge p<u
of their land.. That the United
Slates demanded that the host pa
those lands should be within what was at
tied time the territory of Alabama. • na,
bv this fneans the Indians have been «ii
ven within the limits of Georgia, mate*.,
of being withdrawn. That land* could
have been as easily procured ot the Indi
ans within the limits of Georgia, M
territorv of Alabama,and that goon
squired rather a punctual performance
0 f a fair and bona fide Man a
bvinin, bv which the Treasury m the v..
States might be filled. The U. States al
so, in the same treaty, gm.rnniy to the In
dians the integrity of the remaining P* rl
of Uiei: territory. Whether this guaran
tee was consis tut with the previous a-
made by the United States
with Georgia, is respectfully referred to
the consideration of the house. -he
commit’ec cannot but express the opin
ion, however, that this guarantee, and that
emit tad, appear to them to create vet y
opposin- and confl eting obligations.
On the eighth day f July, 1817, a trea
tv was made by the United btai.s vit.i
the Cherokee nation of Indians, it ap
pears that some time previous to the mak
ing of that treaty that the Cheroiiees n-<d
rej resented to tlu President of the Uni
ted States, that lltcir upper and lower
i jibes wished to separate, that the up
per Cherokeesdtsired to be confined to
a smaller sect on ol country, and .o en
gage in tlie pursuits of agriculture and
civilized life, and to begin the establish
ment of fixed lavs and regular govern
ment. That the lower Cnerokeeo pre
ferred continuing the ’nuntei* s life, and
as game had become scaicc in the couiv
try which th-y occupied, they prop sed
exchanging it for one on the western
side of the Mississippi rivet, which would
be hi iter suited to their habits ot hie
To carry into effect h -.se wishes ot the
Indians, the above treaty was held, Ihc
United Stales had it now in their power *o
have so far complied with their contract
with Georgia an to have extinguished the
title ot the Cherokee nation ot Indians
o most of its lands within the limits ot
that stale: for the upper Cherokees re
sided beyond the limits of Georgia, and
had expressed a desire to retain the lands
on he Hiwassec river, which art* also be
yond those limits. The lower Cherokees,
who Wished to exchange* heir lands, re
sided mostly within that slate; yet as hi
vo! able as this opportunity seems to have
been for a faithful compliance with their
contract, he United Sta e*a neglected to
take advantage of it They purchased
an inconsiderable tract of country within
the limits of Georgia and tire bounds of
he lower Cherokees, and a considerable
tract within the state of Tennessee and
the upper Cherokees, apparently in oppo
sition to the wishes of the Indians, the in
terest of Georgia, and.good frith in thetn
s< Ives.
By the eighth article of the last men
tioned treaty, the Uniied Stales ) ranted
o each head of any Indian family who
should choose to remain on the eastern
.. —l—..ifi Jin sjx hundred
sessor, with ,r :i reversion,' *’ in fee simple,
io his children,
file committee cannot but view this
attempt on the part of the United States
to giant lands in fee simple within the
{limits or Georgia, as adirect violation of
■he rights of that state. The United
States have no jurisdiction over the coun
try, or intetesi in die soil of the lands be
longing to the Indians within the limits
it Georgia. If there ever was any doubt
o( the truth of this assertion, it c* used to
exist after the articles of agreement and
cession, made in 1802 ; by the second ar
tide ot which the United States cede to
that state uii claim, right or title, which
diey may have had to the jurisdiction or
soil of any lands within its limits ; yet, in
diicct opposition to the terms of theii
own agreement, the United States have,
in numerous instances, in pursuance cf
the said eighth article of the treaty last
ref. rred to, granted lands belonging to
Georgia to the Indians, and have also giv
en to the Indian nation the right of chan-
their title cf occupancy to that of
fee simple to all the lands which they
held in that state. Hut it is not the tights
of Georgia alone that an- violated by'this
treaty ; the rights ot Congress are equally
d.sr garded.
the same eighth article of the said
treaty, all the Che, okcel idians, who may
choose to do so,, are authorized to become
citizens of the United S'ates The com
mittee are not aware of the existence ol
a power of conferring the rights of citizen
ship in any othe- branch of the govern
ment than Congress. They think it unne
cessary to make further comment on 'his
part ol die subject. The state of Geor
gia would, however, have had less reason
to complain than at present, notwithstand
ing al. these causes, if the remaining
terms of tins treaty had been exeem ed us
agreed upon Tlie Indians contracted
'hat they would, in addition to the lands
hich they had ceded absolutely, convey
an additional q lantiiy which should bear
tne same proportion to the whole quanii
ty of lands belonging* to them, us the In
dians on the wes ern side of the Mississip
pi river bore to their whole nation. The
number of all the Indians were to be as
certained bv the month of June, 1818, and
commissioners were then to be appointed
o divide the lands according to the pro
per'ion just named The stale of Geor
gia bad a right to expect that those lands
would be laid off within its boundary.
Hut the United States make another treaty
with the same Indians, to wit: on the
twenty.seventh ch.yot February, 1819, by
which they yield up to the Indians all the
advantages derived from tlie former upon
certain conditions The committee are of
opinion il at the United St ales had no such
power. It has already been shown that
they have no jurisdiction over, or right to,
the soil of the lands belonging to the In
dians within the limits of Georgia. They
exercise the power of treating with the
Indians for those lands by virtue of the
obligation they are under to that state by
their contract and their general duty to
treat with the Indians, for the benefit of
the states lliey act as commissioners,
appointed by he constitution, and when
ever their duty has been performed by
purchasing lands for the benefit of any
stale, and the terms accepted by that state,
till power ovet the lauds acquired ceases
to exist. Thetreatyoflba Bth July, 18h.
hud be.tn so fat accepted o j ‘ ,
Georgi i previous to the the 27Ut
of Februaty, 1819. that most of the lands
acquLrdd thereby Lad been d-spoaed of to
i s citizens, by an act of its *‘ e K lS ;
The treaty, therefore, of the a th IcUu
ary, 1819, so far as it affects any ugh.s
acquired by Georgia, under the previous
treaty, is void- The United. Slates are
bound to carry the first treaty into t ti xet
It appears, from the last treaty,
Unite-1 States are endeavouring to_nx t:tie
Cherokee Indians upon the soil Geor
gia, and thereby render it impossible tor
them over to comply with their cpntr..c.
with that suite. By this treaty fee simple
lilies to lands within the state of Georgia,
are granted in a still mote objectionable
manner than in the former, and a.. Ut
Indians who choose are to be iri .d ; citi
zens in tlie same manner as in the former
treaty. Lcnsismadc in pursuer,c oftnc
former treaty, are made veld by the lat
ter. ....
There is one other feature in the las,,
treaty which the committee think tuo ob
jectionable in pass over in silence Lis
agreed, on the part of the United States,
that twelve miles s jcare of the lauds ce
ded byfhe Indians shall be disposed ot,
and the proceeds vested, utidir tlie direc
tion of the President of the United Slates,
m such as lie may think proper ;
and the .interest’ arising therefrom to be
applied by hint for the benefit of the ln
(,iiu,s. They, however, can take no far
ther notice of il than to Icing the suhji c.
before the House for their consideration.
As to so much of the resolutions as di
reel the committee to report tlie bos:
’ manodv of executing the anic-cR of ag ee
ment and cession therein referred to, they
I suggest that it will he necessary for the
Uniied States to relinquish the policy
which tliev seem to have adopted with
regard to civilizing the Indians, and ren
dering them permanent upon their lands,
and changing their title, by occupancy, ,n
I to a fee isiinple title, at least in respect to
the Creek and Cherokee Indians. They
! wou'd further recommend appropriations
of money to be made sufficiently large to
enable the government, from time to
' time, to hold treaties with those Indians
' who possts* lands within the limitsoi Geqy
j gia, for the purpose of extinguishing their
title thereto.
From the vfctv/ which the committee
have thus taken of tlie subject-mailer re
ferred to them, they recommend the fol
i lowing resolutions for adoption by tlie
House :
1. Resolved, by the Senate and House of
Representatives oj the Unit' d States of
’ mcrica in Congress assembled, that so much
of the above treaties as pretends to grant
" to the Indians fee simple titles to lanes
within the limits of Georgia, is a violation
1 of the sovereign rights of that statt.
| 2. Resolved, That so much of the said
treaties as purports to grant to the Indians
J. tire rights of citizenship, is a violation of
tire rights of Congress.
3. Resolved, That the sum of
be appropriated for the purpose of
holding treaties with the Creek and Cher
okee Indians, lor tire extinguishment of
their title to lands within the limits of
Georgia.
[ 4. Resolved, That so much of the treaty
made the 27th of February, 1819, as di
( mets a large portion of the public .ands to
I be. sold, and th«* pr»»o«»«»J» t— -W vested in
. xntrrea ah^f6 A, ife P l^ e
* him for tlie benefit of the Cherokee I,"!
s dians, dm s not accord with tlie general
s policy of this government, and the po,ver
of Congress over the public properly of
j the United States
_ Extracts from the Articles of Agreement
and Cession between she Uniied States
and the stale of Georgia.
) “ Article 1. The state of Georgia cedes
) to the United States all tlie right, title and
. claim, which the said slate has to the ju
> risdiction and soil of the lands situated
i within die boundaries ofthe United States
' south of the state of Tennessee, a* d wes
i of i line beginning on the western ban a
! of the Chatahouchee river, where the
, same crosses die boundary line between
1 the United States anu Spain; running
r therce, up the said river Chatahouchee,
) and along the western bank thereof, to
. tlie great bend thereof, next above the
- place where a certain creek or river, cal
f ted ‘Uchee,* (being the fi st considerable
; streasr on the western side, above tlie
3 Cnssetas and Coweta towns,) empties into
i the said Chatahouchee river; thence, in a
, direct line, to Nickajack, on the Tames
see river; thence, crossing the said last
1 mentioned river, and thence running up
r the said Tennessee river, and along the
; western bank thereof, to the southern
boundary line ofthe state of Tennessee ;
f upon the following express conditions,
- ami subjet thereto, hut is to say:
“ First. That out of the first nett pro
. cetds of the sales ofthe lands thus ceded,
r which nett proceeds shall be cstimal- dby
. deducting, from the gross amount of sales,
i the expenses incurred in surveying, an.’
- incident to the sale, the United States shall
f pay, at their treasury, one million two
s hundred and fifty thousand dollars to the
1 stale of Georgia, as a consideration for the
3 expenses incurred by the said s'ate, in re
f Utionto the said territory; and that, for
r the better securing at prompt a payment
. of the said sum as is practicable, a land ofi
- lice for the disposition of the vacant lands
. thus ceded, to which the Indian title
: been, or may hereafter be, extinguished,
. shall be opened within a twelvemonth at*
1 ter tile assent of iije state of G orgia to ibis
1 agreement, as lit re aft si- stated, shall have
. been dt- Jared.”
“ Fourthly , That the United States shall
j at their own expense, extinguish, fin the
use of Georgia, as early as Hie same ca
r be peaceably obtained, on reasonable
: terms, the Indian title to the countv of
• Talassee, to the lands left out by the li ,e
; drawn with the Creeks, in the year oa
i thousand seven hundred and nhmv-emli *
f which had been previously grante Ibv \h •
i state of Georgia; both which tracts h d
: formerly been yielded by the Indians; and
, to th lands within tlie forks of Oconee a.id
Oakmulgee rivers; tor which several oh
*ectt>, the President of the United Sta >,s
has directed that a treaty should he itr.me
• 'mtciyliehl with the Creeks; and hat the
Uniied States shall, in the same manner,
also extinguish tne Indian title o all the
other lands within the state of Georgia.”
“ Art 2. '1 he United States accept tlie
cession above mentioned, and on the con
dilions therein expressed ; and they cede
to the slate ol Georgia whatever claim,
right nr title, they may have to the juris
diction cr soil of any landj*, King within
the United States and out of the proper .v
boundaries of the state of TcnniS‘ee,Nori.h( ».
Carolina, end South Carolina, and east Jp
the boundary line hereinabove described, TJ*
as the eastern boundaiy of the territory SM
ceded by Georgia to the United States."
Extracts from the Armies of Agreement f s
and Capitulation, made and concluded m
the Sch of August, 1814, between Ma.
jor General Andrew Jackson and the
Chiefs, &c ofthe Creek nation.
“Whereas an unprovoked, inhuman,
and sanguinary war, vva -ed by the hostile a
Creeks against the United States, hath,
been repelled, prosecuted, and determi.
ned, successfuliv on the part ol the said f
states, in conformity with principles of f
national, justice and honorable warfare; |
and whereat, consideration is due to the |i
rectitude of proceeding dictated by in. 1
stiactions re’adngtu the re-es'ab’isaaient ||
of peace ; be it remembered, tost, prior ,
to the conquest ot that part <d the Crcckßv
nation hostile to the United States, mim.il;;
berless aggressions had been committed wj y?;
Ironist the'peace: the ' property, and tt-IFf
live-, of citir.e's of the failed Start's, a, ’d
ter-;' of lie. Creek i a 1 ion in amity with her,n|
a'” the mouth of Dock river, fort Mimr., ,V
■ clsewliei’c,-contrary to rational fain.,
an! the regmd duo to an article of tha
treaty concluded at New fork, iutneyrar
1790, between the two nations: thattli©
United States, previous to the perpetra
tion cfsuch outrages, dal, in order i in.
s ire future amity and concord between .
the Crc-.k nation and the said slates, in
conformity with the stipulations of former ,p
treaties, fulfil with punctuality and good /p.
faith, her engagements to'h? said nation;
that more than two-thirds of the whole y
number of chiefs and warriors of the h
Creek nation, disregarding the genuine
spirit, of existing treaties, suffered their.*
salves to be instigated to viola'lons.of their
national honor, and the respect due to ....
a : art of their own nation, faithful to tic
United States and the principles of Ira*
i inanity, In impostors denominating them
i selv'ts prophets, and by the duplicity a d
i misreprentation of foreign emissaries,,
i whose governments are at war, open or- P
understood, with the United States: .
• Wherefore, Ist. The United States <]>• &
mand an equivalent for »11 expenses hi. cm,:,
■ curved in prosecuting the war to its te?.^tv,j
mi nation, by a cession of all the icrrit'j.pHf "j
belonging to the Greek nation, within fivHf j
; territories of the United States,
west, south, and southeastward!)', of sKy
f fine, tube run and described by persomßK
. duly authorizedand appointed by the Prs-Hs .
i sidenl of the United States : beginning
a point on (he eastern bank of the Cuostßi
i river, where the south boundary line oflfr
i the Cherokee nation crosses the samel- A ,
running from thence down the said Cocsap •
1 river, with Its eastern hank, accordirg to. ,
its various meanders, to a point one mile ,
[' above the mouth of Cedar creek, at fort " ,
Williams, thence cast two miles, thence
south two mil, s; thence west, to the east-
P em bank of the said Coosa river; thence ,*
d-'tvn the eastern bank thereof, according q
' to ns various meanders, to a point oppoi
f site tile upper end of the great falls, (ci',|
led by the natives Woetumka;) thenctV
east f om a true meridjan line, to a p&i«Pf
due north of the Ofukskee, ther.ee soutitr,
i by a like meridian line, to the mouth c|
i Oluk.k q on the south side ofthe Tails, ■
poos a river; thence, up the sairte, acconk’
ing to its various meanders, to a poirL
cross thesamei
■ mouth thereof; tbfgice, a dlfes'
p tlie mouth of Summncliico creek, v.liic; ■
empties into the Chatahoncbee river, o
the east side thereof; below the Kufatilat
town; thence casij from a true meriiiiai
, doe, to a point which shall intersect tin
foe now dividing the lands claimed by th<
said Creek nation from those claimed ano
, nvned by the state of Georgia: provided,
[ nevertheless, that where any possession ol
any chief or warrior of the Creek nation,
[ who shad have been friendly to the United
. Stales during the war, and taken an active
part therein, shall he within the territory
coded by these articles to the United
. States, every such person shall be entitle!
, to a reservation of land within the said
■ erritory, of mile square, to include hit
improvements, as near the centre thereo'
’ ,is may be, which shall ensure to too sail
j chief or warrior, and his descendants s:
long as he or they shall continue to occu
py the same, who shall be protected by,
. and subject to, the laws of die Unite;
, States; but upon the voluntary abandon, • ■
l ment thereof, by such possesso. or hit
descendants, the right of occupancy ts
possession of said lands shall devolve!!
, t)ie United States, and be identified with
, the right of property ceded hereby.”
i ,- Aht 2. The United States will tjitar
. anty to the Creek nation the integrity o!
| all their territory enstwa-dly and north'
wa diy of the said line, tob" run and ttc*
, scribed us mentioned in the first article.”
Extracts from the treaty with that por
’ tion of the Cherokee Indians rjesitVmg
I east of the Mississippi river, and also
i with that portion of the said India 8
• residing on the Arkansas rr cti.’
eluded on the Bth Jul", tdiy,
“ V/hereas, in thj- autumn of the veil'
. one thousand eight Kund-ed and e
■ deputation from ihe Upper and JvAvrf
• OUerokee towns, duty authorized byShrif
s nation, went on to tne city >.f \Vad»hn'*
. ton, the lies* named to declare to the Pre
sident of the United States their auxi mt
s de-ire to engage in the pursuits of agn
f culture and civifiz d life, in the cm; /p’
■h .v then orcu.-ied, and to make krv vi
1 oI he President o! the United .States ..i«|
mpractiuabilily of inducing tho—??r»r| n-ts
a gq to do th;s, and to request ill ts*
‘.ablishmcnt of a division hue between
; he upper and 'ower towns, so as to in*
■ elude all the wnteis ofthe Hi wars ;c rh
ver to the upper town, that, by ti,u, ceil*
1 trading their, society witiiin narrow !t:n*
■ its, I hey proposed to begin the .si l.iish-
I «nei>t o} fixed and a repulji* g* jv^rn*
i neiu : Ilia deputies from the lower
1 towns to make known their desire to con
tinue the burner life, and, also, i!, e ~ourt
t city oi gam.; where they then lived mid,
u-.der those circumstances, their widito
i remove across tbo Mississippi o rt
, some vacant lands of the United stairs-" v
A hi, whereas, the Preside i of tne Uni*
t. d States, a ter n-atmciy uonsiderUrj the
pelitiers oi both parties, on the ninth 1
■ay of J.wia-y, A, I) one tlumsand ei -ill
bund red and nbre, including other mi!) 1
! lefts, answered tho? c petit inns as ftuhiu <
Mic-Unit* d s atrs ,ny c,bi'(iren, avt t A
friends of both pay ics, iuu'.j as far as J