The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-01-15

tor other purpoes therein mentioned, dec2rirs, the
right of this Fate to the unappropriated territory
thereof, for the protection and fupport of the FROM
tiers of this itate and for other purpoles."
WHEREAS in and by the articles Of confederate
entered into, and finally ratified on the fri day
OF March one thouiand leven hundred and eighty
one, by the then Thirteen United States of Ameri-
ca, the territory within the limits Of each OF the
fad ates is each of them respectively confirmed
and guaranteed, hr by the fecond article, to wit:
Each tate retansits faveregnfy, freedom and ride
Pendence, and every power, jurifdietion and right
which is not by the confederation expressly delegated
TO the United States IN Congrels afenbled and fe-
condy by the Ian claufe in the fecond fiction of the
ninth article fate ihall be deprived Of territory
for the benefit of the United States
fnS 7sbersoI in and by the detin;ve treaty of
peace, hgned 1t Paris the third day OF September
one thouiand feven hundred and eighty-three, the
boundaries of the United States are eiablifhed and
thoie boundaries which limit the weitward and fou,h
wetward parts OF this late, therein thus def
ned Along the middle of the river MIilipp;, uri-
til 1t ibal interieGt the northernmeit part of the
thirtyfrf degree of north latitude, fouth bv line
drawn due cat from the termination of the lire LAT
mentioned in the latitude of thirty one degrees north
of the equator. to the middle of the river Apalachico-
la or Chatahcchee thence along the middle thereof
10 its Junction with the Flint river thence hragft
to the head OF s.. Mary srver, and thence down a.
long the middle of st. Mary's river to the Atlantic
ocean, Which boundaries coincide with the fouth-
wardly and weitwzrdly boundaries rccited in the
land act ROW in force, pahed Savannah ON the e-
senteenth day ofSeptember, one thouiand even hun
dred and eighty-three and by the convention held
at Bnfofd, on the twenty-eighth day of April, one
thoufand leven hundred and eighty-ieven, between
this fate and the fate OF South Carolina the nor
thern boundary OF the Gate is eiahlhed " from the
mouth of the river Savannah, up the faid river to
the confluence of Tusalo and Keowee thence up the
Tugalo, and from the fource thereof due wet line
TO the MihGGpp including ilands." lnd ze5ereas in
ard by the ir claule of the ixth article OF the e
dera contribution of the United States of America
all engagements eDteEed into before the adoption Of
the fad cOnttuton hall be rs valid againii the u
rited States, under the iaid contribution as under the
confederation, by the third claufe of the ninth fec
ton OF the rt article OF the iaid contribution no ex
poll faSto law Ihall be pahed, and by the fecond
clauie of the third fiction of the fourth article the
Congress ihall have power to dpoie of and make all
peceiary rules and regulations repeeing the terri
tory other property belonging the United States
AZ nothing in this contribution hal be 70 confirmed
TO prejudice any claims Of the United States or of
any particular itate.
dad qober.al the ceiion made by the Rate of North
Carolina to the United States, by them accepted on
the fecond day Of April one thoufaud feven hundred
ard ninety, IS full acknowledgment and recogniza
their part that the everal ates not only have the
right Of presumption, but are in the full exercre of
all territorial right within their REFLECTIVE limits
-4ad zvb<rea5, notwithstanding the United States did
on the wenty-iecond day of July, thouiaiid ieven
hundred and ninety, by act regulate trade and
lntercourie with the Indian tribes, ena9 and declare
that no iale of lands made by Indians or any tribe
ration OF Indians within the United States, fhal
be valid to any perfon or PerloDs, to any fate
whether having the right of presumption to fuch
lands not, unlels the fame iha be made and duly
executed at lone public treaty. held under the au-
thority OF the United States, and did the feventh
day of AuguG, one thouiand ieven hundred ard nine
ty, by treaty held at NewYork, with certain Creek
Indians tipulated by the fourth article of the fad
treaty, that the boundary between the citizens of the
United States and the Creek nation is and IalI be
from where the old line hrkes the Savannah thence
up the fad river to place on the moi northern
branch Of the fame, commonly called the Keowee,
where north ealt line to be drawn from the ton of
Ocunna mountain, ihal in.erlef, thence along the
faid line in a fouth-wef direSSion to the Tuqaio RI
thence tine ron or the Lrrrahee mountain
thence the head the fource of the main fouth
branch Of Oconee river, called the AppaIacbee
river; thence down the middle of the main
ionth branch and river OcoDee to its con-
huence with the Oakmugee, which form the river
Alat.naha and thence down th> middle of the tad
Alatarnaha to the old line on the fsid river and
thence along the faid oil line to the river S., Ma
rys; and by the fifth artcle that the United STATES
folenly guarantee the Creek ustion all their lands
within the limits of the United States 20 the welt
ward and outhward Of the boundary defcribed in the
preceding article ::
dGaaiiy 7obryeaf, The Rate af Georgia aforefa;d
hath by ac4 III any manner whatever transfer
red, alienated conveyed her right of Coil or pre-
emption in any pare of the vacant territory within
the limits Of the laid Fate, the United States the
ceflioE dated the fifth day of February one thouiand
feven hundred and eighty ,oTeredby the Rate Of
Georgia 10 the United States having been by the lad
United States in Congrefs aemblsd on the fifteenth
day of July thouiand feven hundred and eiqb
tsgh, rejected in which REJECTION territorial rights
are declared ref the ipirt and meaning of the
confederation Hnd gobetsas, the faid propofed ce-
became void and the part of this fate is here
by declared to be null and void, TO all nsents, pur
poies and conltfu6liors
BE hfbe,etors caot7c9 BY TIE Senate and Pc5yerntr-
GVes IF TIE Frecnra " 6e STATE Of CeorCia in CeaeyH
A6i1biy NET aaiH is beye5y caae7d BY t5e apt5oyfy Of
D> js~r, That the fate Of Georgia aforefad, is il,
full pofelon and in the full exerce of the urirIei
onal and territorial right, and the fee imple there
of aud that the right Of pre-emption to vacant and
appropriated lands lying wehwardly and fouth
wefwardly Of the prefent Indian temporary line
and within Ie limits of the faid Gate, and the fee
Gmple thereof, together with the right Of dpofinp
thereof is, and hereby declared to be in the rate
ofGeorgia only and for the purpoie Of rafting
fand for carrying this aa fully into efTea,
81 II eqat7cd, That all that trae or parcel of land
including lauds, ftua.e, lying and being within the
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