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VOL. 7,
EDITED BY ELIAS BOUDINOTT.
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CHEROKEE TREATY.
Articles of A Convention, conclud
ed at the City of Washington, this sixth
day of May, in the year-of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and twenty |
eight, between James Barbour, Secre- |
tary of War being especielly author- |
ized therefor by the President of the
United States, and the undersigned, ]
Chiefs and Head men of the Cherokee
Nation of Indians West of Mississippi,
they being duly authorized and em
powered by their Nation. <
Whereas, it being the anxious de
sire of the Government of the United |
States to secure to the Cherokee Na
tion of Indians, as well those now liv- l
ing within the limits of the Territory
of Arkansas, as those of their friends ’
and brothers who reside in states |
East of the Mississippi, and who may
wish to join their brothers of the west,
a permanent home, and which shall,
under the solemn guarantee of the
United States, be, and remain, theirs
forever, a home that shall never inall
future times, be embarassed by hav
ing extended around it the lines, or
placed over it the jurisdiction of a
Territory or State, nor be pressed up
on by the extention, in any way, of a
ny of the limits of any existing Terri
tory or State; and whereas, the pres
ent location of the Cherokees in Ar
kansas being unfavorable to their pre
sent repose and tending, as the past de
monstrates, to their future degradation
and misery; and the Cherokees being |
anxious to avoid such consequences, |
and yet not questioning their right to |
their lands in Arkansas as secured to
them by treaty, and restingl']a}so upon |
the pledge given them by the Presid
ent of the United States, and the Sec
retary of war of March, 1818, and Sth
October 1821, in regard to the outlet |
to the west, and as may be seen on re
fering to the records of the War De
partment, still being anxious to- se
care a permanent home, and te free |
themselves, and their posterity, {rom
an embarrassing connexion with the
Territory of ‘Arkansas, and guard
themselves from such connexions in
future; and whereas, it being import
ant, not to the Cherokees only, but al
so to the Choctaws, and in regard to
the question which may be agitated
in future respecting the location of the
latter, as well as the former, within
the limits of the Territory or State of
Arkansas, as the case may be, and
their removal therefrom; and to avoid
the cost whieh may attend negotiations
to rid the Territory or State of Ark
ansas whenever it may become a
State, of either, or bothof those
Tribes, the parties hereto do hereby
conclude the following Articles, viz:
Art. 1. The Western boundary of
Arkansas shall be, and the same is, |
hereby defined, viz: A line shall be
run, Commencing on Red River, at
| the point where the eastern Choctaw
line strikes said river, and run due
north with said line to the River Ar
kansas, thence in a direct line to the
South West corner of Missouri.
Art. 2. The United States agree
to possess the Cherokees, and guaran
tie it to them forever, and that guar
antie is hereby solemmly pledged, of
seven millions of acres of land to be
bounded as follows, viz. Commencing
at that point on Arkansas river, where
the eastern Choctaw boundary line
strikes said River, and running thence
with the western line of Arkansas, as
defined in the foregoing Article, tothe
south west corner of Missouri, and
thence “with the western boundary
line of Missouri, till it crosses the
waters of Neasho, generally called
Grand River, thence due west to a
point from which a due South course
will strike the present north west
corner of Arkansas Territory, thence |
contimuing du South, onand with the
present western boundary line of the
Territory to the main branch of Ark
ansas River, thence down said River
toits junction with the Canadian Riv
er, and thence up and between the
said Rivers Arkansas and Canadian,
to a point at which a line running
North and South from River to
River, will give the aforesaid seven
Millions of acres. In addition to the
| seven Millions of acres thus provided
| for, and bounded, the United States
| further guarantie to the Cherokee
i Nation a perpetual outlet west, and
| a free and unmolested use of all the
i Country lying west of the western
boundary of the above deseribed lim
its, and as far west as the sovereignty
of the United States, and their right
of soil extend.
Art. 3. The United States agree
| to have the lines of the above cession
-run without delay, say not later than
the first of October next, and to re
move, immediately after the running
of the Eastern line from the Arkansas
| River to the South west corner of
Missouri, all white persons from the
west to the east of said line, and also
others should there be any there, who
may be unacceptable to the Chero
kees, so that no obstacles arising out
of the presence of a white population,
or a population of any other sort, shall
exist to annoy the Cherokees—and al
so to keep all such from the west of
said line in future.
Art. 4. The United States more
over agree to appoint suitable per
sons, whosgi?ntyvi_t_ shall ‘be in con
junction with the Agent, to value all
such improvements as the Cherokees
may abandon in their removal from
their pi'esegfixptnés,tfi. the Distriet of
- Country as ceded in the second Arti
“cle of this agreement, and to pay for
the same immediately after the assess
‘ment is made, and the amount ascer-
Aained. Itis farther agreed, that {he
property and improvements connected
with tllg"'xgenc'y,v shall be sold under
the direction of the Agent, ‘a,lfii,the
proceeds of the same applied to aid
Ao the erection, in the country to
which the Cherokees are going, of a
grist and saw mill, for thei;, use. The
aforesaid property and improvements
NEW ECHOTA, Wfifingémr JULY 2, 1828.
are thus defined: Commencing at the
Arkansas River opposite William
Stinnetts, & runing dneflf;rth one mile,
thence due East toa point from which
a due South line to the Arkansas Riv
er would inciude the Chalybeate, or
mineral Spring, attached to, or near
the present residence of the A
gent, and thence up said River
(Arkansas) to the place of beginning.
Art. 5. It is further agreed, that
the United States, in consideration of
the inconvenience and trouble attend
ing the removal, and on account of the
reduced value of a great portion of
the lands herein ceded to the Chero
kees, as compared with that of those
in Arkansas which were made theirs
by the Treaty of 1817, and convention
of 1819, will pay to the Cherokees,
immediately after their removal
which shall be within fourteen months
of the date of this agreement sthe sum of
Ffty Thousand Dollars; ‘also an annui
ty, for three years, of Two Thousand
Dollars, towards defraying the cost
and trouble which may attend upon
going after and recovering their stock
r which may stray into the Territory in
- quest of the pastures from which they
may be driven—alsv, Eight Thousand
seven hundred and sixty Dollars, for
spoilations committed on them (the
Cherokees,) which sum will be in full
of all demands of the kind up to this
date, as well those against the Osages,
as those against the Citizens of the
United States—this being the amount
of the claims for said spoilations, as
rendered by-the Cherokees, and which
are believed to be correctly and fair
ly stated. Also, One Thousand T'wo
hundred dollars for the use of Thomas
Graves, a Cherokee Chief, for losses
sustained in his property, and for per
sonal suffering endured by him when
confined as prisoner, on a criminal,
dred Dollars for the use of George
Guess, another Cherokee, for the’
great benefit he has conferred upon
“the Cherokee people, in the beneficial
- results which they are now experienc
(ing from the use of the Alphabet dis
~covered by him, to whum also, in con
sideration of his relinquishing a valua
' ble saline, the privilege is hereby giv
(en to locate and occupy another sa
line on Lee’s Creek. 1t is further a
greed by the United States, to pay
’Two Thousand dollars, annually, to
i the Cherokees, for ten years, to be
lexpended under the direction of the
President of the United States in the
| education of their children, in their
own country in letters and mechanic
arts; also, One Thousand Dollars to
wards the purchase of a printing press
and types, to aid the Cherokees in
the progress of education, and to bene
fit, and enlighten them as a people, in
their own, and our language. It is a
greed further, that the expense incur
red other than that paid by the Unit
ed States in the erection of the build
ings and improvements, so far as that
may have been paid by the benevo
lent society who have been, and yet
are, engaged in instructing the Chero
kee children; shall be paid to the so
ciety, it being the understanding that
the amount shall be expended in the
erection of other buildings and im
provements, for like purpeses in the
country herein ceded to the Chero
kees. 'The United States relinquish
their claim due by the Cherokees' to |
the late United States’ Factory, pro
vided the same does not exceed three
thousand five hundred dollars. -
Art. 6. It is moreover agreed, by
the United States, whenever (he Che- |
rokees may desire it, to give them a
set of plain laws, suitable to their con
dition—also, when they may wish to |
lay off their lands, and own them indi
vidually, a surveyor shall be sent to
make the surveys at the cost of the
United States. X ity
Art. 7. The Chiefs and Head men
of the Cherokee Nation, aforesaid,
for and in consideration of the forego- |
ing stipulations and provisions, do
hereby agree, in the name and be
half of their Nation, to give up, and
they do hereby surrender, to the Uni
ted States, and agree to leave the
same within fourtecn months, as here-_i
in before stipulated, all the lands to
which they are entitled in Arkansas,
and which were secured to them by
the Treaty of Bth January 1827, and
the convention of the 27th February,
1829. ' ,
Art. 8. The. Cherokee Nation,
West of the Mississippi having by this
agreement, freed themselves from
the harrassing and ruinous effects
consequent upon a location amidst
a white population, and secured to
themselves and their posterity, under
the solemn sanction of the guaran
tee of the United States, as contain
ed in this agreement, a large ex
tent of unembarrassed country; and
that their Brothers yet remaining in
the States may be induced to join
them and enjoy the repose and bles
sings of such a state in future, it is
further agreed, on the part of the U
nited States, that to each Head of a
Cherokee family now residing within
the Chartered limits of Georgia, or of
either of the States, Kast of the Mis
sissippi, who may desive to remove
West, shall be given, on enrolling
himself for emigration, a good Rifle, a
Blanket, and Kettle, and five pounds
of Tobacco; (and to each member of
his family one Blanket,) also a just
compensation for the property he may
abandon, to be assessed by persons to
be appointed by the President of the
United States. The cost of the emi
gration of all such shall be borne by
the United States, and good and suita
ble ways opened, and provisions pro
cured for their comfort, accommoda
tion, and support, by the way, and
provisions for twelve months afier
their arrival at the Agency; and to
cach person, or head of a fami )‘ |
o o ety With i ooe “persenas]
shall be paid immediately on his ar- |
riving at the Agency and reporting
1 himself and his family, or followers,
-as emigrants & permanent setlers, in
addition to the above, provided ke and
they shall have emigrated from within
the Chartered limits of the State of Geor
gia, the sum of Fifty Dollars, and this
sum in proportion to any greater or less
number that may accompany him from
within the aforesaid Chartered limits
of the State of Georgia.
Art. 9. Itis understood and agreed
by the parties to this Convention, that
a tract of land, iwo miles wide and
six miles long, shall be, and the same
is hereby, reserved for the use and
benefit of the United States, for the
accommodation of the Military foree
which is now, or which may hereafter
be, stationed at Fort Gibson, on the
Neasho, or Grand River, to commence
on said River half a mile below the
aforesaid Fort, and to run thence a |
due East iwo miles, thence North
wardly six miles, to a point which
shall be two miles distant from the
‘River aforesaid, thence due West to
the said River, and down it to the
place of beginning. And the Chero
‘kees agree that the United Siates
shall have and possess the right of es
tablishing a road through their coun
try for the purpose of having a free
and unmolested way to and from said
Eory.© Y & 4
“Art. 10. Tt is agreed that Captain
Rogers, in consideration of his having
lost a horse in the service of the Uni
ted States, and for services rendered
by him to the United States, shall be
paid in full for the above, and all oth
er claims for losses and services, the
sum g’s five hundred dollars.
Art. 11. This Treaty to be binding
onthe contracting parties, so soon as
it is ratified by the President of the
United States, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate.
‘Doue at the place, and on the day
il I . % L &
and year above written. R
~ ,+JAMES BARBOUR. (L.s.)
~ Cpiers or THE DELEGATION.
» %LAEK POXE o )
.~ THOMAS GRAVES, (v.s.)
GEORGE GUESS, (L. s.)
TOMAS MAW, {r-%5.)
NQ., 21.
GEORGE MARVIS, (v.s.)
JOLIN LOONY, (L. 8)
JOHN ROGERS, (L.s.y
J. W. FLOWEY, (v. s.)
WiTNEssEs,
Tros. L. M'Kennky, ;
Jamus Rocers, Interpreter.
D. Kvrrz,
Taomas MURRAY, o
D. Brown, Secy. Ch. Del.
Picrye Pierya,
F. W. Duvar, U. 8. JAgent.
| From the Traveller & Monthly Gazetteer.-
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iof pure hearts, sterling patriotism,
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graphical predilections. b
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{ or ill to the present age and seems, un~
der Providence, to hold the final des
tiny of this government. .
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natural body, it has been a vastly
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to give as by the press, rapid accelee
ration of thought through the moral and
body politic of an immense empire.
This seems more than human, a
Divine impulse, wafting ideas on the
wings of the wind; addressing individ
uaily the inhabitants of a country dis
persed over its extensive regions by
their firesides, where are avoided the
- o alerhlien acisivg
from the political excitement of col
lected mobs at the Campus Marfius;
from ¢ the stormy wave of {he mul
titude,” overwhelming law, justice,
and reason. . :
It addresses them thus singly, af
fording an oppertunity for cool delibe~
ration on the subjects proposed, with
the probability of the usual result, a
safe conclusion.
The diffusion of political knowledge
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Journal. It is pro-motive of a taste
for literature and knowledge in gene«
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tercouse, whose annual expense com
pared to its value, is next to nothing,
It is a Herald from all quarters of the
glebe: and without the regular peru
sal of which, a person in the present
advanced state of knowledge. is inca
pable of taking part in the most ordin
ary subjects of conversation.
As the Press, this great National
Palladium and blessing, by means of
extending information, is liable to a
buse; it is well understood, that al
most unrestrained as it is in this coun
try by legislative statutes it should
come under a formidable, rigid cen~
sorship, ¢ THE MORAL SENSE,” and
every violation of such asacred canon,
receive its merited scorn and detesta
tion.
Euiraordinary Production.—We have
been informed of a production of a sin
gle grain of Wheat, so extraordinary
as to be incredible, if it were not
vouched for by the most respectable
witnesses. In the field of John Steele,
Esq. of Richmond county, on the low
groands of Little River, there grew
remote from any other wheat, a bunch
of one hundred and ninety-one stalks,
from a _single grain of wheat. On
these stalks 154 heads, the largest
measuring 6 1-2 inches, and the aver
age length of the heads 3 1-2 inches;
the total length of all the heads was
46 feet or 552 inches. - The bunch of
wheat when standing, was upwards of
4 feet high, of the Maryland. white
flint kind. Unfortunately it took the
rust, so that it did not mature tfxe
crains, a common thing in that neigh
bourhood this season, on bottom:land ~
Fayetieville Observer. y ᏣᎳᎩ ᏧᎴᎯᏌᏅᎯ ᎯᎠ ᏂᎦᎥᏧᎬᏩᎶᏗ.
ᏬᎾᎪᏖᏆᏍᏗ ᎢᎪᎯᏛ ᏌᏉ ᏧᏂᎴᏴᏁᏗ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ.
ᏴᏫᏁᎬ ᏗᏂᏬᏂᏘᏍᎩ ᏦᎢᏁ ᎠᏰᏢ ᎤᏮᎫᏴᏘ
ᏑᏎᏍᏗ, ᎢᏳᏃ ᎤᎢᎬᏪᏅᏛ ᎠᎾᎫᏱᏍᎨᏍᏗ.
ᎢᏳᏃ ᏑᏖᏢ ᎢᏯᏅᎪ ᎢᏴ ᎠᎾᎫᏱᏍᎨᏍᏗ, ᏦᎢ
ᎠᎨᎸ ᎤᎾᎫᏴᏗ ᎨᏎᏍᏘ. ᎠᏕᏗᏘᏱᏍᎬᏃ ᎢᏴ ᎩᎳ
ᎠᎾᎫᏱᏍᎬᏍᏗ; ᏅᎩᏁᎢ ᎠᏰᏢ ᎤᎾᎫᏴᏗ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ.,.
ᏣᎳᎩᏃ ᎤᏩᏒ ᏗᏂᏬᏂᏗᏍᎩ, ᏔᎵᏢᏉ ᎠᏕᎸ
ᎤᏬᏮᎫᏴᏘ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᏑᏕᏘᏴᏛ, ᎢᏳᏃ ᎢᎬᏪᏅᏛ ᎠᎾ”
ᎫᏱᏍᎨᏍᏗ. ᏦᎢᏁᏃ ᎠᏰᏢ ᎩᎳ ᎣᏂ ᎤᏕᏘᏴᎯ”
ᏌᏘᏗᏒ ᎠᎾᎫᏱᏍᏑᏍᏗ.
