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a PROCLAMATION.


ed States OF America and the Chactaw
nation of Indians was concludedsand iign-
ed on the seventeenth day OF December, IN
the year one thouland eight hundred and
one, by the commifioners of both nations,
fully and respectively authorized for that
purpole, and was duly ratified and con-
56rmed by the PRECEDENT Of the United
{. States on the thirtieth day of April, in
the year one thoufand eight hundred and
two, with the advice and content of the
Senate, which treaty is in the words fol-
lowing, to wit
n treaty Of Fnieuaj5;p Limits and 4Aee0m-
modatiou 6etqveen the United States Of
Ameriea and the CHATEAU aation Of
indians.
THOMAS JEFFERSON, PRECEDENT of
the United States of Americl, by James
.Wilkinfon, of the fate of Maryland,
Brigadier General in the Army of the u
nited States, Benjamin Hawkins, of
North Carolina, and Andrew Pickens, of
South Carolina, commifioners plenipoten-
siary of the United States on the one part,
and the Mingos, principal men and war
.riors of the Chaefaw nation, representing
the faid nation in council adembled, on
!, the other part, have entered into the fol
lowing articles and conditions, viz.
Article l. WHEREAS the United States
IL Congrefs aGembled, didby their Com
miiIioners Pleniporentiary, Benz. Haw-
kins, Andrew Plckens and Jofeph Martin,
at Treaty held with the chiefs and head
/. men of the Chattaw nation at Hopewell,
on the Keowe, the third day of January
Ia the year of our Lord one thouiand feven
hundred and eighty fix, give peace to the
faid nation, and receive it into the FAY or
and protection of the United States of
America II is agreed by the parties to
thefe prefents respectively, that the Chac-
taw nation, or fuch .art oft as may ride
within the limits of the United States,
fhall be and continue under the care and
protection of the laid States and that
the mutual confidence and frlendlhip which
are hereby Acknowledged to fubfa be-
tween the contracting parties ihall be
maintained and perpetuated.
Art. II. The Mingos, principal men
and warriors of the Chaetaw nation OF
Indians, do hereby give their free con-
ient, that convenient and durable wag-
conway be explored, marked, opened
and made under the orders and infruc-
!, tions of the PRECEDENT of the United
States, thro' their lands; to commence at
she nothern extremity of the settlements
of the Mi1iilippi Territory, and to be ex
tend from thence, by fuch rout as may
be ieleded and furveyed under the authori-
: ty of the PRECEDENT of the United States,
until it hall arike the lands claimed
By the Chickafaw nation and the fame
ihall be and continue for ever, highway
for the citizens of the United States and
the tChaeaws and the faid Chattaws
fhall nominate two ddcreet men from
their nation who may be employed as az
1ifants, guides, or pilots during the time
of laying out and opening the faid high
way, or 70 long as may be deemed expedi-
ent, under the direction of the office
charged with this duty, who fhall receive
reafon2ble compensation for their fer
vices.
Art. III. The two contracting parties
covenant andg agree that the cid line Of
demarcation heretofore etabliihed BY and
between the officers of his Britannia Ma
lefty and the Chaeaw nation, which runs
in a parallel direction with the Milf
aip2i river and eaaward thereof, fhall be
retraced and plainly marked, in fulh way
and manner as the Pre6dent may direct,
in the pretence of two perfons TO be ap.
pointed by the faid nation; and that
the (aid line .fhall be the boundary be-