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oomruH'ed fcy yoor p*cp!e £-cs the £gz.iz± cf ttc iafl treaty *
at Galfhintoa. ty Irving the murderers immediately apf rc
htnded, and put to death in the piefcnce of such perfocs as
wc fcnd to fee it done ; that you return all prisoners and
property now in the nation belonging to citizens of this fiate.
Brothers, .
It you are willing to engage for the performance of what
we have required, we will enter into a fteth treaty with you.
In which we will agree to such further regulations as may be
cecellary, and which, we hope, wall let all matters right be
tween us for the time to come. So Shall the path be again
white and Rraight, and our childrens children have cause
to rejoice at our meeting this day.”
The foregoing is a true copy from the original,
JAMES M. bTEUART, C. B. C.
A TALK, delivered by the Kings, Head Men, and War
riors of the Creek nation, to the Commiffioncrs for holding
a conference and treaty with the laid Indians by the Gene
ral Adembly of the State of Georgia, near the mouth of
thouldcr 2one Creek, oa the Oconee river, Oft. za, 1786.
JAMES DUROUZEAUX, and > Sworn
iHILI? SCOTT, 5 Linguifls.
Fathers, Friends, and Brothers,
WE, the head men, have come to answer your Talk, which
we beard yefierday, and to tel! you that wc are willing to
give you fat i start ion .for the injuries our people have done to
the State of Georgia. There ate white people in the natron
who have been the occasion of thofc murders ; they mnft and
will be killed when wc return to the nation, and the Indians
who were concerned must aifo be killed; two Indians were
killed when the mifehief was done.
The chief person who has been agziuft you is Alexander
M‘Gillivrcy; he is of a large family, therefore we will give
hint an opportunity of going away quietly. But we mull re
move him. If he chafes to live with the Spaniards, he may
go to them, orelfc he mud also be killed. We do not mean
to deceive you as has been the case hitherto.
The Talks and Letters that have been sent yon by MeGil
livrcy, as the voice of the nation, are not so. They are of
his own making, and to suit his private porpofes, and make
our nation poor. This is well known to thofc piefcnt who
are from the Upper Creeks.
Brothers,
The two particular men that will be firft made examples
of arc Richard Bailey and John Francis, of the Kialges. Wc
who are here, are the Chiefs of the Lower Creeks, and are
determined to do what we have now engaged for. After
wards we rtiall not be alharacd to look you in the face.
According to your invitation wc have come from our
country, and luve fuficrcJ a great deal of fatigue and hun
ger. But it was ordained by the Mailer of Breath that we
lhould attend at all treaties when called upon. Oar fore
fathers at their fiift meeting, when the white path was open
ed between them, wetc good friends. The Maftcr of Breath
now hears what we fay, and what we fay wc mean to main
tain. We were then in poverty, and had nothing but our
bows and arrows; but now we are able to speak in friendship
with each other. He who made every thing will, we hope,
dirett matters so, that wc may return heme in peace and good
will with you. The Mafier of Breath has fettled us on the
fame land together—He is like a man on the of a bmtfc,
who hears all what we fay.
The white people have learning. We have none ? Still w e
hope to fettle matters so as to be agreeable to both parties—
We arc all from one mother.
Friends and Brothers,
Agreeable to the treaty held at Ga!phin:on (and as formas
latisfadiun is given) we lhall bring down tome of our people
to attend and fee the line marked, from the month of the
Oakmulgv to Saint Mary’s river, and the upper line also;
then, whea the trees arc marked, each party will know how
far to go.
Wc firft gave yon lands from the Savannah to the Ogecbee
rivers. Then, by the bad conduct ©four young people, we
were obliged to give you to the Oconee for the fafety of our
women and children. We might have given you htishdioa
by taking the lives of our people, but we preferred giving
you the land, and you ilia 11 eniov it." 0
WE, whole names are underwritten, do certify, that the
foregoing is a true and literal interpretation of a tidk deliver
ed this day the Kings, Head Men, and Warriors of the
Creek nation, to the CommiTonefs of Indian affairs for ths *
Stat 6 of Georgia.
JAMES DUROUZEAUX,
Signed, His
PHILIP f SCOTT.
Mark.
TLe foregoing is a true copy from the original, »
JAMES M. STEUART, C. B. C. *
A Tx\LK, delivered by the Commiflioners appointed by the
General Assembly of the State of Georgia, to the Kings,
Head Men, and Warriors of the Creek nation, on Shoul
der Bone Creek, near the Oconee River, Oft. 23, 1786.
Friends and Brothers,
WE have considered of what yon laid to us yefferday, and
are glad to find that you are determined to do us justice;
which is only agreeable to what you promised at fortnee
treaties.
The white people in your nation, who have been the cause
-of the late mifehief, muff be removed from among you, ac
cording to your own rules. There were fix of our people
kifed by yours last spring, and another when the murderers
were pursued. Every one in the parties concerned in those
murders, del'erves death; but we demand fatisfaftion foe
fix only, and expeft that you will have fix of the Indians,
who were there, put to death, in such away as may be fatis
faftory to the persons whom we lhall fend to your nation to
fee that it is done. As to the two Indians who were lulled
when the party was pursued, they were the aggressors, and
deserved what they got j therefore we cannot conl'ent that
they be considered as part of the fatisfaftion; befidcs, as we
have already told you, they killed one of our beloved men.
Brothers,
It is ablolutely necefiary for the benefit of both parties,
that the lines between us Ihould be marked w.ihout delay.
And we lhall expeft a punftoal compliance with what you
have promised in the treaties on that head.
Friends and Brothers,
We have had two treaties with you, at each of which yon
promised to do certain matters ; which prom.fes have not
been performed- It is but reasonable now that you ihould
give ns a further security —We expeft and requiie, that you
leave with cs five of your people, whom we will point out.
They will flay at Augoffa, and be tieated as brothers, and
feat home, when the engagements you have now entered
into lhall be performed ; and the sooner that is done, the
better for both red and white.
Friends and Brothers,
What we ask of you now is no more than what has been
done in former times, when our people and yours held trea- •
ties. Some of your old Head men muff remember that it
was done ; and that the Indians who Were left with the white
people, always returned home in fafety when the business
was over. It will make us happy if you agree to what we
have proposed ; if not, you will be permitted to return home
without being molested ; for we do not mean to break our
prom'fe of protesting you during your stay here. Bnt re
member that you muff answer for the consequences that will
follow*.
We hope the Great Mailer of Breath will direst you to do
what wiil give your nation security and peace, then all will
be right—Our trade and friendfhip will be as it was former
ly—and White man and Indian, When they meet, will take
each other by the hand.”
The foregoing is a true copy from the original,
JAMES M. STEUART, C. B. C.
Shoulder Bone, Oftober 25, 1786.
SIR,
YOUR bontfr win herewith receive inclofed copies of the
Talks which have palled between the Commifiioners and the
Indians. Since ours of the 23d we have had every reason to
conclude, that our endeavours to bring about a treaty, on
terms that would insure the future tranquility of the Hate,
wouiff have proved abortive ; until this evening, when the
Indians sent to inform us, that they would agree to give up
live of their people as hostages, whom, as your Honor will
clterve, we had demanded for that important end. They
pointedly refufed a compliance with this demand for two
days, and we parted with them this morning, under a per
suasion that no treaty would take place, and that we had taken
a final leave.
After the arrival of the goods we lhall have the treaty
fgned, and every other necefiary matter done without delay,
that the State may be relieved from the present load of ex-