A Treaty of Peace and Friendship

BETWEEN THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERIGA,

AND THE

KINGS, CHIEFS AND WARRIORS

OF THE

CREEK NATION OF INDIANS.

A TREATY of PEACE and FRIENDSHIP Made and concluded between the President of the United States of America, on the Part and Behalf of the faid States, and the undersigned Kings, Chiefs and Warriors of the Creek Nation of Indians, on the Part and Behalf of the faid Nation.

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HE parties being defirous of establishing permanent peace and friendship between the United States and the faid Creek Nation, and the citizens and members thereof, and to remove the causes of war by afcertaining their limits, and making other necessary, just and friendly arrangements: The President of the United States, by Henry Knox, Secretary for the Department of War, whom he hath constituted with full powers for these purposes, by and with the advice and confent of the Senate of the United States, and the Creek Nation, by the undersigned Kings, Chiefs and Warriors, representing the said nation, have agreed to the following articles.

ARTICLE I.

There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between all the citizens of the United Vol. II,

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Peace and States of America, and all the individuals,
friendship
perpetual, towns and tribes of the Upper, Middle and
Lower Creeks and Semanolies, composing the
Creek nation of Indians.

ARTICLE II.

The undersigned Kings, Chiefs and WarriIndians ac- ors, for themselves and all parts of the Creek knowledge Nation within the limits of the United States, of the U. S. do acknowledge themselves, and the faid parts

protection

of the Creek nation, to be under the protection of the United States of America, and of no other fovereign whosoever; and they alfo ftipulate that the faid Creek Nation will not hold any treaty with an individual State, or with individuals of any State.

ARTICLE III.

The Creek Nation shall deliver as foon as Prifonersto practicable to the commanding officer of the troops of the United States, stationed at the Rock-Landing on the Oconee river, all citizens of the United States, white inhabitants or negroes, who are now prifoners in any part of the faid nation. And if any fuch prifoners or negroes should not be fo delivered, on or before the first day of June enfuing, the governor of Georgia may empower three perfons to repair to the faid nation, in order to claim and receive fuch prisfoners and negroes.

Boundaries,

ARTICLE IV.

The boundary between the citizens of the United States and the Creek Nation is, and shall be, from where the old line strikes the river Savannah; thence up the faid river to a place on the most northern branch of the fame, commonly called the Keowee, where a northeast line to be drawn from the top of the Occunna mountain shall interfect; thence along the faid line in a fouth-west direction to Tuge

lo river; thence to the top of the Currahee Boundaries.
mountain; 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 the Oakmulgee, which
form the river Altamaha; and thence down
the middle of the faid Altamaha to the old line
on the faid river, and thence along the faid old
line to the river St. Mary's.

And in order to preclude forever all difputes relatively to the head or fource of the main fouth branch of the river Oconee, at the place where it shall be interfected by the line aforefaid, from the Currahee mountain, the fame shall be afcertained by an able furveyor on the part of the United States, who shall be assisted by three old citizens of Georgia, who may be appointed by the Governor of the faid state, and three old Creek chiefs, to be appointed by the faid nation; and the faid furveyor, citizens and chiefs shall assemble for this purpose, on the first day of October, one thoufand seven hundred and ninety-one, at the Rock Landing on the faid river Oconee, and thence proceed to afcertain the faid head or fource of the main fouth branch of the faid river, at the place where it shall be interfected by the line aforesaid, to be drawn from the Currahee mountain. And in order that the faid boundary shall he rendered diftinct and well known, it shall be marked by a line of felled trees at least twenty feet wide, and the trees chopped on each fide from the faid Currahee mountain, to the head or fource of the faid main fouth branch of the Oconee river, and thence down the margin of the faid main fouth branch and river Oconee for the

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distance of twenty miles, or as much farther as may be neceffary to mark distinctly the faid boundary. And in order to extinguish forever all claims of the Creek nation, or any part thereof, to any of the land lying to the northward and eastward of the boundary herein described, it is hereby agreed, in addition to the confiderations heretofore made for the said land, that the United States will cause certain valuable Indian goods now in the state of Georgia, to be delivered to the faid Creek nation; and the faid United States will alfo cause the fum of one thousand and five hundred dollars to be paid annually to the faid Creek nation. And the undersigned Kings, Chiefs and Warriors, do hereby for themselves and the whole Creek nation, their heirs and defcendants, for the confiderations abovementioned, release, quit claim, relinquish and cede, all the land to the northward and eastward of the boundary herein described.

ARTICLE V.

The United States folemnly guarantee to Guarantee. the Creek Nation, all their lands within the limits of the United States to the westward and fouthward of the boundary described in the preceding article.

to fettle on
Indian

ARTICLE VI.

If any citizen of the United States, or other No citizen perfon not being an Indian, shall attempt to fettle on any of the Creeks lands, fuch perfon shall forfeit the protection of the United States, and the Creeks may punish him or not, as they please.

lands,

nor hunt on the fame.

ARTICLE VII.

No citizen or inhabitant of the United States shall attempt to hunt or destroy the game on the Creek lands: Nor shall any fuch citizen

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or inhabitant go into the Creek country, without a passport first obtained from the Governor of fome one of the United States, or the officer of the troops of the United States commanding at the nearest military post on the frontiers, or fuch other perfon as the President of the United States may, from time to time, authorize to grant the fame.

ARTICLE VIII.

deliver up
criminals.

If any Creek Indian or Indians, or person refiding among them, or who shall take re- Indians to fuge in their nation, shall commit a robbery or murder, or other capital crime, on any of the citizens or inhabitants of the United States, the Creek nation, or town, or tribe to which fuch offender or offenders may belong, shall be bound to deliver him or them up, to be punished according to the laws of the United States. ARTICLE IX.

If any citizen or inhabitant of the United States, or of either of the territorial districts Citizens of the United States, shall go into any town, committing fettlement or territory belonging to the Creek Indian ternation of Indians, and shall there commit any ritory crime upon, or trespass against the perfon or property of any peaceable and friendly Indian or Indians, which if committed within the jurifdiction of any state, or within the jurifdiction of either of the faid districts, against a citizen or white inhabitant thereof, would be punishable by the laws of fuch state or district, fuch offender or offenders shall be fubject to the same punishment, and shall be proceeded against in the fame manner, as if the offence had been committed within the jurifdiction of the state or district to which he or they may belong, against a citizen or white inhabitant thereof,

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