The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1790-09-03 00:00:00, page 2

To all to whom these presents foall come —
GREETING.
WHEREAS a Treaty of Peace and Friendship,
between the United States of Ameirca, and
the Creek nation of Indians, was made and con
cluded on the seventh day of the present month
of Aaguft, by Henry Knox, Secretary for the
Department of War, who was duly authoriz d
thereto by the President of the United States with
the advice and consent of the Senate, on the one
part, and the Kings, Chiefs & Warriors of the said
Creek nation, whose names are. thereunto signed,
on the other part ; which Treaty is in the form and
words following:
A TREAir of peace and friendfhip made ana
concluded between the President of the United States of
America, on the part and behalf of the said fates,^f
the undersigned Kings, Chiefs and warriors of the
Creek nation of Indians, on the part and behalf of the
said nation. ••
The parties being desirous of eftablifoing permanent
peace and friend /hip between the United States and
the faidCreek nation,^the citizens & members there
of, and to remove the causes of war by afeertaining
their limits, and making other nectf<iiy,juft & frind
ly arrangements: The President of the United States
by Henry Knox Secretary for the department of war,
•whom he hath confotuted with full powers for these
purposes by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate of the United States : And the Creek nation
by the undersigned Kings, Chiefs and Warriors refers
fencing the said nation have agreed to the following
articles, viz.
ARTICLE iv.
The boundary between the citizens of the Uni
ted States and the Creek nation, is, and (hall be,
from where the old line strikes the river Savannah
—thence up the said river to a place on the most
northern branch of the fame, commonly called the
Keowee, where a North East line to be drawn from
the top of the Occunna mountain <h<U interfe&-=
thence along the said line in a South-Weft direc
tion to Tugelo river —thence to the top of the
Currahee mountain—thence to the head or source
of the main fouth branch of the Oconee river, call
ed the Appalachee—thence down the middle of the
said main fouth branch and river Oconee, to its
confluence with the Oakmulgee, which form th °
river Altamaha—and thence down the middle of
the said Altamaha,to the old line on the said river,
and thence along the laid old line to the river br#
Marys.
And in order to preclude forever ill deputes re
latively to the head, or source of the main Tout
branch of the river Oconee at the place where it
{hall be interfered by the line aforefaid from the
Currahee mountain, the fame (hall be ascertained
by an able farvevor on the part of the United
States who (hall be assisted by three old citi
zens of Georgia, who may be appoint
ed by the governor of the said State, and
three old Creek Chiefs to be appointed
by the said nation, and the said farveyor, citizens
4 Alpft (hall JTemble for this parpofe on the
^°^ ^ n f Oftober, one thousand seven hundred
^^CThe Remanding on the fai d
fr^ee ^ thence proceed to afcertain^ej,
river J of the mean fouth branch o f
^^%a t the Place where itlhaU be inter.
ARTICLE t.„
THERE shall be perpetual peace arid friendfhip
between all the citizens of the United States of
America, and all the individuals, towns and tribe!
of the upper, middle and lower Creeks, and Se
manolies, composing the Creek nation of In
dians.
ARTICLE it.
The undersigned Kings, Chiefs and Warriors,
for themselves, and all parts of the Creek nation
within the limits of the United States, do acknow
ledge themselves, and the said parts of the Creek
nation, to be under the protection of the United
Stetes of America, and of no other sovereign who
soever, and they allo dipulate that the said Creek
nation will not hold any realty with an individual
Rate, or with individuals of any date.
ARTICLE iii."
The Creek nation shall deliver as food as practi
cable, to the commanding officer of the troops of
the Uriited States stationed at the Rock-landing,
on the Oconee river, N all citizens of the United
States, white inhabitants or negroes^ who are now
prisoners in any part of the said nation. And if
any such prisoners or negroes (hould not be so de
livered, on of before the firft day of June ensuing,
the Governor of Georgia may empower three per
sons to repair th the fail nation, in order to Claim
and receive such prisoners anJ negroes.
GEORGE WASHINGTON,
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
fe&ed by the line aforefaid, to be drawn from the
Currahee mountain. And in order that the said
boundary shall be rendered diftind 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 said Currahee mountain to the head,
or source of the said main fouth branch of the
Oconee river, and thence down the margin of the
said main fouth branch and the river Oconee, for
the distance of twenty miles, or as much farther as
may be necessary to mark diffin&ly the said bounda
ry. And in order to extinguish forever all claims of
the Creek nation, or any part thereof to any of
the land lying to the nowthward and eastward of
the boundary herein defcribed,it is hereby agreed
in addition to the considerations heretofore made
for the said land, that the United States will cause
certain valuable Indian Goods, now in the state
Os Georgia, to be delivered to the said Creek na
tion: &nd the said United States, will also cause
the fam of one thousand and five hundred dollars,
to be paid annually to the said Cheek nation. And
the undersigned Kings, Chiefs and Warriors do
hereby for themselves and the whole CreeK nation,
their heirs and defendants, for the considerations
above mentions fieafe, quit-claim, relinquish
and cede—all the fad to the northward and east-
Ward of the boundary herein described.
ARTICLE v.
The United States folemniy^ guarantee to the
Creek nation, all their lands within the limits of
the United States to the westward and southward
of the boundary described in the preceding arti
cle.
If any citizen of the United States dr other per
son not being an Indian, shall attempt to fettle
on any of the Creek's land', such person shall
forfeit the protection of the United States^ and
the Creeks may punish him, or not, as they
pleafe.'
ARTICLE vita .
No titizeri or inhabitant of the United States,
shall attempt to hunt or destroy the game on the
Creek lands. Nor shall any such citizen or in
habitant go into the Creek country without a pass
port, firft obtained from the governor of some
one of the United States, or the officer of the troops
of the United States commanding at the near
est military post on the frontiers—or such other
person as the President of the United States
may from time to time authorize to grant the
fame.
If any Creek Indian or Indians, or person re
siding among them, or who shall take refuge in
their nation, shall commit a robbery or murder, or
other capital crime, or any on the citizens or in
habitants of the United States, the Creek nation,
or town, or tribe, to which such offender or offen
ders may belong, shall be bound to deliver him or
.them up to be punihed 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 diftrifts of the
United States, shall go into any town, settlement,
or territory belonging to the Creek nation of
Indians and (hall there commit any crime upon,
or trespass against the perlon or property of any
peaceable and friendly Indian, or Indians, which
if committed within the jurifdidion of any
date, or within the jurifdiftion of either of
said diftri^s against a citizen or white inhabitant
thereof, -would be punishable by the laws of such
state, or didrid, foch offender or offenders (hall
be fubjeft to the fame punishment, and shall be
proceeded against in the fame manner, as if the
offence had been committed within the jurisdic
tion of the state, or d&id to which he or they
may belong, against aritizen or white inhabitant
thereof.
In cases of violence on the perfons^ or property
of the individuals ^ either party neither retalia
tion nor re^-if^ ihill.be committed by the other,
until fatisfadioh Ihall have been demanded of the
party of which ' the aggressor is, and (hall-have been
refufed.
ARTICLE xi.
The Creeks shall give notice to the citizens of
the United States of anv designs, which they may
know, or fofped to be formed in any neighbouring
tribe, or by any perfoa whatever, against the peace
.nd interests of the United States,
a
-ARTICLE xil.
That the Creek nation may be led to a greater de
gree of civilization, & to become herdsmen & cul
tivators instead of remaining in a state of hunters ;
the United States will from time to time furniih
gratuitously the said nation with ufeful domestic
animals and implements of husbandry. A n d fur
ther to aflift the said nation in so desirable a pur
fait, and at the fame time to establish a Certain
ARTICLE viu.
ARTICLE vn
ARTICLE x.
mode 0f : communicarrn, the United States will
fend such and so many persons to frefide in said
nation as they may judge proper, & hot exceeding
four in number, who shall qualify themselves to aft
as interpreters. These persons shall have lands if
figned them by the Creeks for cultivation, for
themselves and their successors in office; but
they shall be precluded exercising any kind of >
traffic. • ARTICLE xiri.)
All animosities for past grievances shall henceforth
cease, and the conrading parties will carry the
foregoing treaty into full execution, with all good
faith and linearity.
ARTICLE xiv.
This treaty shall take effect and be obliga
tory on the contrading parties as soon as the fame
shall have been ratified by the President of the U.
States, with the advice and consent of the Senate
of the U. States.
IN WITNESS of all and every thing herein
determined between the United States of
America, and the whole Creek nations, the
parties have hereunto set their hands and
seals, in the city of New-York, within the
United States, this seventh day of August,
one thousand seven hundred and ninety.
In beh. If of the United States,
HENRY KNOX,I.
Secretary of.War,lSJ ole Cam . [ £ S 1
missioner for treat ng with the \ ° 'J
Creek nation of Indians. _
In behalf of themselves and the whole Creek nation
of Indians,
Signed and sealed bv
. ALEXANDER McG'LLIVRAY,
And the Kings, Chiefs, and Warriors
of the Cufetahs, Little Tallifee, Big
Tallifee, Tuckabatchy, Natchez,
Cowetas. Os Brocken Arrow,
Coofades; Alabama Chief Oakfoys.
Done in „e] nee of
RICHARD Morris, Chief Justice of the State of
New-York,
Richard Varick, Mayor of the City of New-
York,
Marine's Willett,
Thomas Lee Shippen, of Penrfylvartia,
John Rutledge,,,.
Joseph Allen Smith,
Henry Izard,
his
Joseph „ CORNELL, Interpreter.
mark.
NOW KNOW Ye, That I hav
ing seen and considered the said
treaty do, and with the advice and
consent of the Senae of the United
~ G\ States, accept, ratify and confirm
(is) " e ' ame ' & every article and clause
thereof; in testimony whereof 1 have
caafed the seal of the United States
to be hereunto affixed, and signed
the fame with my hand.'
-Given at the city of Newyork, the thirteenth
day of August, in the year of our Lord, one
thousand seven hundred and ninety, and in
the fifteenth year of the sovereignty and indea
pendence of the United States.
G. WASHINGTON.
By the President,
THOMAS JEFFERSON. -
By Command of the President of the United States of
America. -
HENRYKNOX.}„
j Department or war.
WE the fubferibers being appoint-
Commissioners by the Honourable John
Hubbard, Esq. Judge of the Probate of Wills,
&c. for the county of CHefhire, to receive and ex
amine the claims of the f veral creditors of the
estate of SAMUEL SMITH; late of Acworth, in
said county, deceased, rendered insolvent, give no
tice, That Six Months is allowed fiom the Tenth
Day of May last, to the creditors aforefaid, to
bring in their claims—'-and that they will a tend on
said business at the dwelling-house of Mr. Wil
liam Markham, in said Acworth, on Tuefday
the 21st September next, and the four Tuesdays
following, from 3 to 6 o'clock in the afternoon of
said days. WILLIAM MARKHAM, ) O
' JOSEPH MARKHAM,
ISAAC DUNCAN,
Acworth, August 21st, ] 79°° _ „ 1
LL Persons indebted to the estate
0/ AARON SANBORN, late of
Sandbornton, gentleman, deceased, are
requeued to make immediate payment to
the Subscriber, as they would avoid a
process at law.
NATHAN TAYLOR, Ex'ri