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THE LOUISVILLE GAZETTE t ,
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VoLUM£ W EDNESDAY. Jwn> e 5> 1802. [No. 166.
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Seventh Cengrefs cf the United \
States .’
v At the fiift SefTion, begun and i
held at the City of Walking - i
ton, in the Territory of Co
lumbia, on Monday the 7eh
of December, 1801. j
An ACT to regulate trade raid
inter cotirfs with the India a
tribes > and to preferve peace j
on the frontiers.
1% E it enabled by the Senate and 1
P Hcuje of Reprefer, lathees of
the United States cf America , in
Cengrefs affemhlcd) That the fol- |
lowing boundary line, eftablifh- 1
ed by treaty between the Unit- ,
cd States and various Indian
tribes, (hall be clearly afeertain- ■
ed, and diftindlly marked in all |
fuch places as the Prefident of (
the United Stares fhall deem I
necdTary, and in fuch manner
as he fhall dired, to wit: Be
ginning at the mouth of the
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Cayahoga river on Lake Erie, j
and running thence up the fame !
to the portage between that and
the Tufcarora's branch of the
Mufkingum i thence, do ,vn that
branch, to the crofing place
above fort Laurence i thence
Weftwardly to a fork of that
branch of the Great Miami river
running, into the Ohio, at or
near which fork flood Laromie’s
ftore, and where commences
the portage, between the Miami
of the Ohio and St. Mary’s j
fiver, which is a branch of the
Miami, which runs into Lake
Erie; thence a Weftwardly,
courfe to Fort Recovery, which
Hands on a branch cf the \Va
balh; thence Southwcftwardly
in a dired line to the Ohio, fo as
to interfe#: that river, oppofite
the mouth of Kentucky or COt
tawa river; thence down the
faid river Ohio to the trad of
one hundred and fifty thou land I
acres, near the rapids of the I
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Ohio, which has been aligned j
to general Clarke, for the ule j
of himfelf and his warriors; j
thence around the U’ct trad, on |
the line of the faid trad,# till it |
lhall again in ter fed ‘the Lid
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river Ohio; thence down the
fame to a point oppofite the
high lands or ridge between the
mouth of the Cumberland and
Tcnnellcc Evers; thence South
eaftwardly on the faid ildgc* to
a point, from whence a South
j weft line will ftrike the mouth
of Duck river; thence, fall
eaftwartily on the faid rLge, to i
a point forty miles above Nafh- 5
ville; thence North caft to
Cumberland river; thence up
the faid river to where the •
Kentucky road crolTcs the fame;
thence to the Cumberland
Mountain, at the point of Camp
bell’s line ; thence in a South- j
t weftwardly cl i red ion along the |
| foot of the Cumberland Moun
tain to Emory's river; thence
down the fame to its jundion
with the river Clinch ; thence :
down the river Clinch to Haw- i
kins’s line; thence along the
fame to a white oak, marked
one mile tree; thence South fifty
one degrees Weft, three hun
dred and twenty-eight chains,
to a large a(h tree on the bank
of the river TennefTee, one mile
below South-Wtft Point; thence !
; up the North-cad margin of
1 the river TennefTee (not includ
ing i hands) to the Wild Cat
Rock, below Tcllico block
houfe; thence in a dired line to
the Militia fpring, near die
Maryville road Lading from
Tellico; thence from the faid
(bring to Chilhowee mountain
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by a line fo to be run as will
leave all the farms on Nine
mile creek to the northward
i and eaftward cf it, and be con-
I tinned along the Chilhowee
mountain until it ftrikes Hawk
ins's line ; thence along the laid
line to the great Iron mountain; i
and from the top of which a
line to be continued in a South
caftwardly courfe to where the
meft fouthern branch of Little
river crelies the divifional line
to Tugaloo river; thence along
the Souch-Carolina Indian boun
dary to and over the Ocunna
mountain, in a fouth-weft courfe
to 'Tugaloo river; thence in a
dired line to the top of Curra
hee mountain, where the Creek
line paffes it; thence to the
head or fource of the main
fouth branch of the Oconee
river, called the Appalachee;
thence down the middle of the
faid main fouth branch and river
Oconee, to its confluence with
i Oiikmulgcc, which forms then-
I ver Alatamaha; thence down the
: middle of the laid Alatamaha,
j to the old line on the faid river;
j and thence along the (aid old
1 fine to the river St. Mary's:
| Provided always, That if the
1 boundaty hr.: be;ween the faid
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Indian tribes and the United
States {hall, at any tune here
after, be vatried, by any treaty
which fhail be made between
the laid Indian tribes and the
United States, then all the pro
vilion? contained in this act (hall
be con ft rue ii to apply to the laid
line fo to be varied, in the fiimc
j manner, as faidprovifi ms apply,
i by force of this a<fl, to the
boundary line herein before re
cited.
Sec. 2. And he it further
enabled, I'hat if any citizen of,
or other perion re fident in the
United States, or either of the
territorial dlftri&s of the Unic
; cd States, (ball crofs over, or
go within the laid boundary line,
to hunt, or in any wile deftroy ;
the game; or lhall drive, or j
[ otlicrwife convey any ftock ol ,
i horfes or cattle to range on any |
lands allotted or fecured by 1
treaty.with the Unit’d States, ,
to any Indian tribes, he lhall |
forfeit a Sum not exceeding 100 !
dollars, or be impnloned not
exceeding fix months.
Sr cl 3. And he it further
l cuallcd. That it any fuch citizen,
or other perfen, (lull go into
any country which is alloti d, or
fecured by treaty as aforefidd, to
any of the Indian tribes fouth
of the river Ohio, without a
pafTpoit fir ft had and obtained
from the governor cf home one
of the United States, or the
oiiicer of the troops of tire
United States, commanding at
the neareft poft on the frontiers,
cr fuch other perfon as the Pre
fident of the United States .nry, i
from time to time, authorife to )
grant the fame, lhall forfeit a I
alum not exceeding 50 dollars, j
or be Imprifoned not exceeding (
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three months.
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Sec. 4. A:id he it further 1
entitled. That if any fuch citi
zen, or other peifon, lhall go
into any town, fettlement or ter
ritory belonging, or fecured by
treaty with the United States,
to any nation or tribe of Indians,
and (hall there commit robbery,
larceny, crefpafs or other crime,
againft the perfon or property
of any friendly Indian or Indi
ans, which would be puniflublc,
if committed within the jurif
dif ion of any fb:te, again it a
c itizen of ti e United States;
or, unauthorised by law, and
with a hoflile intention, fliall
be f und cn any Indian land,
fuch offender fhail forfeit a fum
not cxceedmg 100 dollars, and
be in orifened rot exceeding
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12 month;; and full aifo,
when property is taken or de
ftroyed, forfeit and pay to fudi
Indian or Indians, to v/hcrrrf.e
proper :/ ukuv cr dclkcycd .
belongs, a Cum equal to twice
the juft value of the property
To taken and deftroyed ; and it
Inch offender (hall be unable to
pay a I'um at Icaft equal to the
laid juft value; whatever fucli
! payment Hi all fall (hurt of the
(aid juft value, Hull be paid
out of the ircalury of the Uni
te:] States; Providednevertbclefs %
That no fuch Indian ihall be cn
titied to any payment out of the,
treaiury of the (United States,
f>r any fuch property taken or
cVftroycd, if lie, or any of the
nation to w hich he belongs, ihall
have fought private revenge, or
attempted to obtain ftrasladip;*
by any force cr violence.
Src. {. And he it further
matted, That if any citizen of
I other per fun ft i. ill make a Hc
• clement on any lands helunging,
I fccurcd, or treaty
j with the United States to any
I Indian tribe, or ill all furvey, or
J attempt to furvey fuch lands, or
| ilefignate any of the boundaries
j by marking trees, or other .v ile,
fuch olfcnder ihall forfeit a fura
not ( xeetding 1000 dollars, and
fuftxr Smpnlbnnienr, not ex
ceeding 12 months. And ic
(hail moreover be lawful for the
Prcftdent of the Un ted S ates
to take inch meaibres, and tt>
employ Inch military, .force, as
he may judge ncccftary to re
move irom lands belonging, or
fccurcd by treaty, as aforeftiid,
to ary Indian tribe, any I'uc/i
citizen, or other perfon, who
has made,'or (hailhereafter make,
cr attempt to make a fettle
rnent thereon.
Sec. 6. And he it further
j e. netted, That if any fuch citizen
j cr otlu r perfon, (hall go intoi'
| any town, ft ttkmcnt, or lerrito
-1 ry, belonging to any nation or
i tribe of Indians, and Ihall there
i commit murder, by killing an/
Indian or Indians, belonging to
any nation or tribe cf Indians in
amity with the United States,
fuch offender, on being thereof
convidled, ftiall fuller death.
Sec. 7. And he it fin 'her
That no fuch citizen,
01 ether perfon,-flaall be permit
ted to reftde at any cf die towns
or hunting camps, of any of the
Indian tribes as a trader, without
a lic.enfc under the hand and leal
of the fuperi it'uulent ( f the de
partment, or of fuch other per
iod as the Prcfident cf the Unit
ed States author]le to
grant licenCes (or that purpnfe ;
which fliperintendcrit or perfon
atr!,.-'riled, ftiall, on application,
i.kic fuch iicenle, for a term not
excei ,i; g two years, to fuch
trader, WHO (hall enter into bond
' v/iih one or more fufetics, ap
. proved.of by the iuperiatende^
