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IDTDIAWS.
►, DOCUMENTS
J&elating to the boundary line between the
Cherokees and Creeks.
[Continued.]
Cherokee Nation, Red Bank Old
Town, December 11th, 1829.
Tarchechee, a full blooded Cher-
pkee, supposed to be nearly sixty
years old, was born and raised in the
Cherokee nation; lived in the early
part of his life on the head waters of
Chattahoochy and on the north west
side of Hightower river; and when he
bad a wife& five little children he re
moved to the south side of Hightow
er, and has ever since lived at differ
ent places on the creeks that empty
into the Hightower on the so.^t!;
side,—he now has many grand chil
dren, and he always thought lie was
living on Cherokee land, lie never
heard that the Creeks claimed any
land on any of the .waters ofi Hightow
er. H never heard any thing about
the lino between the two. nations,
until he 1kmid they had run a line
from Euzza i Roost to Will’s Creek.
He has lately lizard that the people
pjf Georgiy dai »vl soufce of the Che-
yokee land;
of age, a citizen of Jasper Coun*y,
Georgia—at present travelling in the
Nation, being enquired of by Gen. Jno.,
Coffee, United States’ Commissioner,
who is collecting evidence of the true
line bet ween, the Creek and Chero
kee nations, if I know any - thing on
that subject,—in answer thereto, I
have heard that subject spoken of fre
quently in the State of Georgia. 1
was living in that State during the.
Revolutionary war and have lived
athereever since, and from all I have
heard the impression has been made
on my,mind that the Buzzard roost on
Chattahoochy was considered the U'»p
between the nations. The subject of
Indian lands has been much thought
and spoken of in Georgia; and in con
versations generally bn that subject,
I have always understood the above
to be the line between the two na
tions. The above statement 11 ! make
upon honor as being true to the best
of my informaiiuii and impression.
JAMES BUCHANAN.
Test
Robt. D. Harris.
At Philips’, in* the! Hightower
T.own, 13th December 1829.
I employed John Wright (1 he same
man who gave me a statement oil the
10th day of ibis month) ,|o ride with
me as a- pilot and Interpreter,—-we
sot out from his house at the Red
Bi}nk oid town, an l travelled on an
old Indian path lhat led down the
olil Hightower towns. In passing a-
loug sal;l paths, some of which seern
not-lo htjve beeft used for many years,
some others are more plain and in
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thegiivtest part of them seemed to
be leading southwestwariily direction.
1 enquired 'Wright if he had knowl
edge of whi.- i : s t made those paths,
he informed me be had a perfect
knoivleJ o. that when lie first chme'
into the country, there was no path in
that part of the nt»li n but the one we
W'cre lb on t'*r veiling on, and which
led from tb ? i,lower town up the
river on this aide, keeping the river
for a (listin' e of upwards of fifty
miles, when the river here lit-
t.fe more to ti e north, the 'raili con*
tinned its course in all >rini; Hightow
er old town about one hundred miles
to the little Cliota Town on the Cliat-
tahooc.hy, a place much . older . than
Hightower—Intween the two places
therJ u g a communication kept up
on the old path we were travelling
on—rha, there was but one other path
of any notice on the south sidt of
Hightower rive*, an£ that one led
from the old Hightower town south
wardly to the Creek nation on the
Chattahoochy down about the great
falls near where- Columbus now
stands. That the paths we crossed
had been ir^ife vneq he was in the
country Teadmg from the various set-
lit moots made on Hightower river,
out to other Cherokee settlements
made towards the beads of flip creeks
that, ruh into (ho river, and from some
of fb’im (the latter m entioned settle
ments) to the Chattahoochy,--"that
since his being here paths had been
made from the old Hightower tow n to
the Standing Peach tree, to-lhe Shal-
l8-v Ford, and to Sownniiv bid town,
all on the Chattahoochy river. That
all the paths spoken of were made by
Sworn to and subscribed before 1 )
me this 14th December 1829.
WALTER ADAIR, Judge C. C.
upper circuit Cherokee nation.
Head or Coosa, 21, Dec’: 1829.
The statement of Chickasawtee, one
of the chiefs of the Cher, nation who
signed the Treaty raadeby that nation
with the State of Georgia, at Augus
ta,on the thirty fust day of May 1783.
His signature being the sixth name of
the Cherokees on that Treaty. He
aays that the line of that Treaty, as
understood by him, was to run fipm
the top of Cnrrohee mountain, to the
lower Big falls on the south fork of
the Ocene river, and then it stopped.
They were at Augusta, and not on the
ground Inv has been speaking about.
Bill bis understanding.at the time was,
trial ifTic was at the fall®' of tho 0-
cone where the line stopped; and
turn his face towards the setting of
1he sun, and look towards the Ten
Islands on Coosa River, leaving the
Slone Mountain on the right, that be
would he looking along the line be
tween tlie Cherokee ai d Creek lands.
He does not know his age at the time
said, is reciprocally necessary and
eonvenient, as well on aceount of a
friendly , intercourse and Trade, as
for the purposes of Peace and hq-
minivy. It is therefore agreed and
covenanted,
1. That all differences between
the said parties heretofore subsisting
shall cense and be forgotten.
2d. That all just debts due by any
of the said Indians to any of the mer
chants or traders of the said State
shall bo fairly and fully paid; and all
negroes, horses and other property,
taken during the late war, shall be
restored.
3rd. That a new line shall be
drawn, without delay, between the
present settlements in tlio said State
and the Hunting grounds of the said
Indians; to begin on Suwaunnh"river
where tliv present *-Hnc - u,
thence up the said i ivai*_ to- ^ place
on the most northern branch of the
same commonly called Kcow r e) where
a north east line, to be dr iwn’ from
the Top of the Ocunna mountain,
shall intersect; thence along the said
line, in a southwest direction to the
of the trejijy of Augusta, but he had! top ol the said Mountain; tlwnce to
then a ,‘nmily and some of hi* children 1 *h« ‘°P kurrolice Mou " ,a ‘. u;
were grown.—he s H » noSes he must thence td the head or source of the
be near one hundred years ok!.
his
CHICK ASA WTEEE. X
i mark
Sworn, to and subscribed before me
the (kite above written. ,
JOHN RIDGE, Clerk
National Council, CheiokeQ Nation.
TREATY.
Gf.orci*. ? •
Bj his, Excellency John JWUlcdpc
Governor and ('o i imnue-r m t hitf <.f
the .firmy ana ,/vu..^ a, .,,
of Vip JMilitia there f:
To all to whom these presents
come, Greeting:
Know ve, That Horatio Marbury
Esquire, who bath certified the Trea
ty !u-i v\ (ii'ii ihe commissioners on the
part of the Stato of Georgia on the
one part, and the head men and w f ar
were grown.—he s H .«»«**• he must thence td the head or source
most .southern branch pf the Okoney
river including all the waters “fif the
same, and thence down the middle of
the said branch to the Creek line.
4th In.consideration of the friend
ship, which the people and Govern
ment of the -said State bear to the
1 mlii ns aforesaid, and ol their good
I will, evidenced by their present nt-
■ tendance, the Governor and commia-
! sinners aforesaid have, made presents
to thom to a considerable amount,
which they hereby a.knowledge to
i—. nVi.'ived. t. , i
5th. That a Trade rb ill bo rnr-
; rird on by the tiatlers and meicba.'nts
' of <ho said Stete, to,the towns of the
said Indians in which tlip. traders in
i h » rduill reside njnong them, and
| the Park-horsc-ineu in gfiinc and coni-
I ing shall be nrotoctod: The Trade
riors of the Cherokee nation of Irt . to be subject to future regulation of
dians, of the other part, hereunto an- k»oyernnient.
nexed, is Setyetary of Stala, m whose 6tlt And lastly, they the Head men
office the archieves of the same are Warriors, and Chip's, whole hands
deposited. land seals are hereunto affixed,
Therefore all due Faith, Credit and do hereby for themselves and for the
Authority, are and ought to be had ; nation'they are empowered by ami ef-
and given h<s corticate and attestation fectually represent, recognize and
shall
but be did not know' how
they claimed it ns lie always thought ’ Cherokees in passing from their
*' ' 'various towns and scttleineuis, and as
their trading paths to the tow'ns in
Georgia—that he never knew of any
path made by the Credit or portico
karly used by the Creeks, but the oue
which led from Hightower lo the
it. belonged to ■ ! u > Cberok«es. The a-
bove statement was interpreted by
John Wright and George Still to he
the true statem at of what the said pld
Indian Tasrcbechoe said to Gen. John
.Coffee U. States’ CdiAmi6sioner,which
interpretation we have mado correct
ly to the best of our knowledge and
understanding of the. Cherokee lan
guage.
JO HN WR]GHT,
GEO. STILL.
Attest
$qbt. D. Harris.
Phillips’ Cherokee Nation, 13th
* December, 1829.
Jamas Buchanan, in his 70th /ear
falls on
tioned.
(Signed)
ighti
Chattahoochy before men-
JCIIN COFFEE.
The aboitp memorandum made by
General Coffee has been read to me.
and I acknowledge the same to he'
true and correct as stated to him by
me, date above. ‘
JOHN WRIGHT. V
Witness
Robt. D. Harris
as such.
In-testimony whereof I have hereun
to 6et ray Hand, and caused the
Great Seal of thin State to be put and
affixed, at the State-House, in Louis
ville, this twenty third day of No
vember in the year of our Lord eigh
teen hundred and two—and in the
seventh year of the Independence of
the United States of America.
By the Governor,
HOR. MABURY
Secretary.
Georgia.
Articles of a convention held at
Augusta in the county of Richmond
nud State aforesaid, this thirty first
day «Sf May in the year of our Lord
one thousand seven hundred and eigh
ty three, and in the seventh year of
the Independence of the said Stats;
between his Honor Lyman Hall, Es
quire, Governor and Cominaudor-in-
Chiof in and pver the said State; Gen
eral Joljn Twigg9, Colonel Elijah
Clark, Colonel Williuns Few, the
Honorable Edward Telfair, Esquire,
a d General Samuel Elbert;* com
missioners appointed by tho Legis
lature of the same, on the one part;
and Tar pine of the lower towns, Tar-
pine -son of the Great-warrior, the
Bird-in-cWe or the Chcqunena—
Jack, Clan nan, Chickasawtee, Ascas-
tee, Am a 'ie, Claunwastec J'ena-
tua, Jul..alia, John,' Chisquauna,
Chenawata, Head men Warriors and
Chiefs of the Herds or Tribes of
Cherokee Indians in behalf of the said
nation, on the other part—
Whereas a good understanding
and union between the Inhabitants of
, the said State and the Indians oforct-
dcclare, that all the lands, waters,
woods, and Game .lying apd being in
tho State eastward of the line herein
before particularly menlio- ed end de
scribed, ia are, It do oelong & of right
appertain to the people and Govern
ment of the said State of Georgia;
and they the Indians aforesaid aa well
for themselves as the said Nation do
give up, release, alien relinquish and
forever quitclaim, to the same, or any
part thereof.
Done and executed at Augusta a-
foresaid the day and year above men
tioned in the presence of those whose
names are subscribed.
Witness
Geo. Watson,
And’w M’Luan.
LtMAN HALL,
(L. S.)
JOHN TWIGGS,
(L. S.)
ELIJAH CLARK,
(L. S.)
w.Few,
(L. S.)
EDW’D TELFAIR,
(L. S.)
S. ELBERT* ... •
(L. S.)
marks,
TARPINE,
TARPINE; *
CHEQUAENE,
NINEAN JACK,
CLAUNAU,
(L. S.)
(L. S.)
CL- S.)
(L. S-.)
(L. S.)
CHICKSAWTEE, x (L. « )
ASCASTER, x (L. »)
AMAKANTEE, x (L. S.)
CLAUASTEE, x (L.£ )
JONENATUA, x (L. S )
JULALAHA, x (JL. S.)
JOHN, x (L-S )
CHISQUAUNA, x (L. S.)
CULATEE,, x (L. S.)
CANAUTEE, x (L. 90
CAT. % C L *
Geogia, Secretakt Office, V r
22nd November 1802. J
I do hereby certify that tjitt.- above
and foregoing is a true copy from tb^
original deposited in this Office.. ,-
HOR. MARBURY,
Secretary. ,
Head of Coosa, 22st Dec., l,8|0v
The statement of Chuleowah, aU
old Cherokee Chief, supposed to be
aboiit, or nearly ninety years of Age;
He says many years ago he was very
friendly with the Creek Chiefs, and
being a Chief himself in his own na^
tion, he received a friendly talk from
the Creek Chief, enviting hrm to at*
tend at a trt*aty that they were Sliopt-
lo make with the United States hi
Georgia, and they would give him att
honorable seat with riiemselves, ja
their Council, at the TreaVy gfound.
At that lime the Bfaek Fox, an'!
I atriftiner, iw pj-inciple Chieti
of the Cherokees, kAest to
send some of their chiefs t/jpaTtena
the Creek treaty, and see if tht^ did
not encroach on the Cherokee laud.
They directed this deponent and sis
otliers to attend the Creek treaty,
and try and lix a line bet wren the,
two nations: the. other pertvui^refg
as follows: Sour mush, The Barjk,', tf
Hightower, Youtaletah, Old Tuftey}
A'icahwee and Dick Rowe, Inteyy?$f
ter: they proceeded to the"' TrtUfty
ground, and met the Creeks in friend
ship as they had' proposed; and ive Uiai
delegation from., the Cherokees. and
the Creek Chiefs present eeVe^ed;ape
on an agreement of a line between flier
two nations: and we agreed thnt th«s
line or coner (between them;si).ouJ(l'bjp
at ihe lower big shoals of the Appa-
lat hy, tno nlaee where a man by the
name of William Seott^Jhen had
store; they further agreed "that the'
line should run from that place as,
fotto.vc- $iipnosiaa they had beeti
standing at the Shoals ? at ScottV stcei
witli their faces towards the sun set
they would make the line Iff rwi by
Sand town on Chattahooche, from
thence to the ten Islands on the Coosa
& continued the same course ac.rDj^S'
Cposa until they came to the long leaf
pine, that grows on the head waters of
the rivers that run into Mobile bay
After we had finished our talk and a*
greement with the Creek Chicffi, h«
•this depdnent delivered a taikya Wq
llnited StatPs Commissieneae,' 'In
forming them what we had agreed
upon, which finished our business, and.
we then came off home. The tallt
that T gave to the Ccmmiajijonerty'lito
been this day rend to me, & I acknowl
edge it to be my talk as delivered t.
Being asked by Gen. Coffee the 'Uni
ted States Commissioner to explain
m): meaning in that talk; when I
said “our lands extend as far as the
appalachy bn the line &c.” I ex'-
plain as follows: suppose I had been
standing at the falls of Appalatchy at
Sco.ltV.store, I ment to say our land
exterlded up the river Appalatchy tc
its. -head on the line &,c. About tw'e
years after the Creek War. this de f
ponent and a number of Cherokee
families, in number about £f4y K re*,
moved & settled on the OiattahoocW
at Sand Town. They had a town
house, where they usually met in
Council; they remained there until
the line was run from Buzzard Rforft
to Wills Creek,t-as that line struck
the river about one mite above them;
leaving them on the Cjeek land, they
also broke off and came away to the
settlements in the Cherokef nation-
He states lhat at an early fiire, t»^r
fofe the time he attended the Creek,
treaty in Georgia, the Cherokees
claimed the lar.d from Vans Store on
the waters of Oakmalqee.fo theN York
town on the Chattahoochy, but ot tbe
treaty in Ga., they had agreed to give
up to the Creeks, a part of what the/
thought their claim, and agreed upon
the line from the falls at Srotti atom
on the Appalatchy and by Sand
Town &c. He states that a part ef hi*
relations who lived with hfim at Sand
Town, had been raised amongst the
Creeks at Coweta, and wken-fte
settled they came and lived near