Alexander Macomb, jun. Secretary to the Commission, Benjamin Wilkinson, Lieutenant and Paymaster Third United J. B. Walbach, Aid-de-Camp to the Commanding General, Samuel Jeton, Lieutenant Second Regiment of Artillery and Engineers, John F. Carmichael, Surgeon Third Regiment United States Army. CREEKS. [CONCLUDED JUNE 16, 1802. ] A treaty of limits, between the United States of America and the Creek nation of Indians. Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States of America, by James Wilkinson, of the State of Maryland, brigadier general in the army of the United States, Benjamin Hawkins, of North Carolina, and Andrew Pickens, of South Carolina, commissioners plenipotentiary of the United States, on the one part, and the kings, chiefs, head men, and warriors, of the Creek nation, in council assembled, on the other part, have entered into the following articles and conditions, viz: ART. 1. The kings, chiefs, head men, and warriors, of the Creek nation, in behalf of the said nation, do, by these presents, cede to the United States of America all that tract and tracts of land, situate, lying, and being, within and between the following bounds, and the lines and limits of the extinguished claims of the said nation, heretofore ascertained and established by treaty; that is to say, beginning at the upper extremity of the high shoals of the Appalachee river, the same being a branch of the Oconee river, and on the southern bank of the same; running thence a direct course to a noted ford of the south branch of Little river, called by the Indians Chattochuc-cohatchee; thence a direct line to the main branch of Commissioners' creek, where the same is intersected by the path leading from the Rock Landing to the Ocmulgee Old Towns; thence a direct line to Palmetto creek, where the same is intersected by the Uchee path, leading from the Oconee to the Ocmulgee river; thence down the middle waters of the said creek to Oconee river, and with the western bank of the same to its junction with the Ocmulgee river; thence across the Ocmulgee river to the south bank of the Altamaha river, and down the same, at low water mark, to the lower bank of Goose creek; and from thence by a direct line to the mounts, on the margin of the Okefinocau swamp, raised and established by the commissioners of the United States and Spain at the head of the St. Mary's river; thence down the middle waters of the said river, to the point where the old line of demarcation strikes the same; thence with the said old line to the Altamaha river, and up the same to Goose creek; and the said kings, chiefs, head men, and warriors, do relinquish and quit claim to the United States, all their right, title, interest, and pretensions, in and to the tract and tracts of land within and between the bounds and limits aforesaid, forever. ART. 2. The commissioners of the United States, for and in consideration of the foregoing concession on the part of the Creek nation, and in full satisfaction for the same, do hereby covenant and agree with the said nation, in hehalf of the United States, that the said States shall pay to the said nation, annually, and every year, the sum of three thousand dollars, and one thousand dollars for the term of ten years, to the chiefs who administer the government, agreeably to a certificate under the hands and seals of the commissioners of the United States, of this date, and also, twentyfive thousand dollars in the manner and form following, viz: Ten thousand dollars in goods and merchandise, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged; ten thousand dollars to satisfy certain debts due from Indians and white persons of the Creek country to the factory of the United States; the said debts, after the payment aforesaid, to become the right and property of the Creek nation, and to be recovered for their use, in such way and manner as the President of the United States may think proper to direct; five thousand dollars to satisfy claims for property taken by individuals of the said nation, from the citizens of the United States, subsequent to the treaty of Colerain, which has been or may be claimed and established agreeably to the provisions of the act for regulating trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers. And it is further agreed, that the United States shall furnish to the said nation two sets of blacksmith's tools, and men to work them, for the term of three years. ART. 3. It is agreed by the contracting parties, that the garrison or garrisons which may be found necessary for the protection of the frontiers, shall be established upon the land of the Indians, at such place or places as the President of the United States may think proper to direct, in the manner and on the terms established by the treaty of Colerain. ART. 4. The contracting parties to these presents do agree, that this treaty shall become obligatory and of full effect, so soon as the same shall be ratified by the President of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof. In testimony whereof, the commissioners plenipotentiary of the United States, and the kings, chiefs, head men, and warriors, of the Creek nation, have hereunto subscribed their names and affixed their seals, at the camp of the commissioners of the United States, near fort Wilkinson, on the Oconee river, this sixteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and two, and of the independence of the United States the twenty-sixth, James Wilkinson, Andrew Pickens, Efau Haujo, his x mark, 1 Tustunnuggee Thlucco, his x mark, 2 Hopoie Micco, his x mark, 3 Hopoie Olohtau, his x mark, Tallessee Micco, his x mark, Tustunu Haujo, his x mark, Hopoie Tustunnuggee, his x mark, L. S. L. S. L. S Coosaudee Tustunnuggee, his x mark, Uctijutchee Tustunnuggee, his x mark, Pahose Micco, his x mark, Timothy Barnard, Alexander Cornells, his x mark, Interpreters, Joseph Islands, his x mark, Alexander Macomb, junr, Secretary to the Commission, T. Blackburn, Lieut. Com. Comp. G. John B. Barnes, Lieut. United States A. Wm. Hill, Ast. C. D. Olohtau Haujo, his x mark, Tulmass Haujo, his x mark, Auttossee Emautlaw, his x mark. SENEKAS. CONCLUDED JUNE 30, 1802. } At a treaty held under the authority of the United States, at Buffalo creek, in the county of Ontario, and State of New York, between the sachems, chiefs, and warriors of the Seneka nation of Indians, on behalf of said nation, and Oliver Phelps, esquire, of the county of Ontario, Isaac Bronson, esquire, of the city of New York, and Horatio Jones, of the said county of Ontario, in the presence of John Tayler, esquire, commissioner appointed by the President of the United States, for holding said treaty. Know all men by these presents, that the said sachems, chiefs, and warriors, for and in consideration of the sum of twelve hun dred dollars, lawful money of the United States, unto them in hand paid by the said Oliver Phelps, Isaac Bronson, and Horatio Jones, at or immediately before the sealing and delivery hereof, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have and by these presents do grant, remise, release, and for ever quit claim and confirm unto the said Oliver Phelps, Isaac Bronson, and Horatio Jones, and to their heirs and assigns, all that tract of land commonly called and known by the name of Little Beard's reservation, situate, lying, and being, in the said county of Ontario, bounded on the east by the Genesee river and Little Beard's creek, on the south and west by other lands of the said parties of the second part, and on the north by Big Tree reservation; containing two square miles, or twelve hundred and eighty acres, together with all and singular the hereditaments and appurtenances whatsoever thereunto belonging, or in anywise appertaining, to hold to them the said Oliver Phelps, Isaac Bronson, and Horatio Jones, their heirs and assigns, to the only proper use and behoof of them the said Oliver Phelps, Isaac Bronson, and Horatio Jones, their heirs and assigns for ever. In testimony whereof, the said commissioner and the said parties have hereunto, and to two other instruments of the same tenor and date, one to remain with the United States, one to remain with the Seneka nation of Indians, and one to remain with the said Oliver Phelps, Isaac Bronson, and Horatio Jones, interchangeably set their hands and seals. Dated the 30th day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and two. Conneatiu, his x mark, L. S. Koeentwahka, or Corn Planter, his x mark, L. s. Wondongoohkta, his x mark, Tekonnondu, his x mark, Tekiaindau, his x mark, Sagooyes, his x mark, S. L. S. L. S. L. S. L. S. Touyocauna, or Blue Sky, his x mark, Koyingquautah, or Young King, his x mark, L. s. Sealed and delivered in the presence of L. S. L. S. John Thomson, James W. Stevens, Israel Chapin, Jasper Parrish, Interpreter. |