Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-02-22
ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT ARD
CApITfJTATInN

CAPITULATlnN.
Made and eonciaacd fhis ninth d1y or M
gusf. one thousand eighf hundred, and
Fourteen, befzyeen Mrjor General Hndrew
Jaekson, on behaifoF fhc Prcsidenf ofMe
United Stafesof 5,nsrica, and tie Chiers.
De6uffcs and Jparrtors Of TIE Creck Ma
finn.
WHEREAS m unpr,vokcd, inhunan and
sanguinary war. waged by the hostile
Creeks against the u S. hath been repel
l pr eeutea and ie'ermin d, sue essf1 y
on ,ss part Ut me said States. in cionormity
with principles Of Daii,nal Justice and hon
orable warfare And whereas csnsidera.
ticn IS due 20 tie rect.tufle Of proceeding
dic's,cd by inftric,iDns relating TO the re
establishment Of peace BE j. remembered
that, prior TO the conquest OF that part of
The Greek nation hostile to the United
Sta'es. numberiess expressions had been
committed against the peace. the property
ana the lives OF citizens Of the u States
and those of the Creek na.ioa in amity with
her, at the mouth of Duck river. For
Mimms and elsewhere, contrary 10 the M.
tional faith. and the regard due to an arti
Gle Of the Treaty Concluded at New York.
IN the year 1890 between the two nations |:
That the United S'a es previously TO the
perpetration of such outrages, did. in or.
der II cAisure fn'ur- amity and concord be-
tween the Greek Nation * the said states,
IN conformity with the stipulatiops OF fort
mer treaties, fulfil. with puDctua.ly and
good faith. her engagement, IN the said ma
ton I. that more than two thirds OF the
whole number If Chiefs lnf warriors OF the
Greek Na'i,n, di,regarding the genuine
spirit of existing treaties, Suffered them.
selves ~ be instigated To violations OF their
national honor, and the respect due tn
part Of their own nation faithful to theUnited
States and the principles of humanity, By
imDostors denomina.ing themselves Prpph
cts. and BY the dup,iciiy * nisrepresentau
On Of foreign enissar:es. who governments
are at war, opeB or understood, with the
United s atcs. IPhcrefore Is,.-The Ua-
red States demand an equivalent for all ex
pcnses Incurred ia pro .eco,ing the war TO
il, tie miaatinn. by a &c sion oF all the ter.
ritory belonging to the Greek nation WIKI
in the territories of tee Uni'ei States, lying
west, south and south eastwardIy, 6f a line
to &c. run and described by persons daly
authorised and appointed By the Presiden,
of the United States !: Brgiaing at a poiat on
the eastern bank of the C5osa River, where
the south boundary live of the Cherox se
Nation crosses the same running from
thence down tine said Cnosa river with its
eastern bank according 20 IS various mean
ders 10 a point one ME above the month
ef Cedar Creek, at Fort Williams, thence
east two miles. thence south two mile,
thence west to the eastern bank Of tn. said
Consa river, thence down the eastern bank
thereof according to its vari-us members 20
poiit opposite the upper end of The grear
falls Called by the Ealve- w etnn,ka)
leo,
point due nor,h of the mouth Of the Osucs-
kee, thence south by a Ike meridian line ~
the m nth OF Ofucskee on.the south si:le o.
the Taliapoosa river, theace up the same
according to its various meandsrs to poip,
where direct course will cross the sane
at tina distance of ten miles from the mouth
thereof, thence direct line to tar mouth
OF Summochico creek, which empties into
the Chatahooche riscr on the east side
thereof, below the Eufaulau Town, thence
east from rue meridian line to a poin.
which shall IN ersect the line now dividing
the lands c'ai ned by the said Creek nation
from those claimed and owned by the state
OF Georgia Provided, neverthele 3, that
where any possession of any Chief or War
rior OF the Creek ion, who shall have
been friendly to the United S,ases daring
the war, and taken an active part therein,
shall be within The territory coded BY these
articles to tke United States every such per
son shall be en;iiel To reservation of land
within the said terri or, of one mile 81 iare,
20 include his Improvements IA near tie cen
tire thereof as may be winch shall ensure
to The said Chief or Warrior ard mis- lecsn-
dants SD long as he or they shall crntiHue
to occupy the same WHO shall be proiec;s
ed by and subject to .hc laws of the Uni-
ted States but upon the voluntary aban
doument thereof, by such pc SCISSOR or his
descendants. he ri IN 'uf occupancy or pos,
session OF said lands shall devolve to The
un'ted States, and be Unidentified with the
right of pr,pcrJy coded hereby.
I'd. The United States will guarantee to
the Greek nation, the integrity of nil their
territory eastwardly and northwarIly OF ,he
said line to be run and described as men
toned in the first article.
Sd The United States demand thai the
Creek nation abandon all communication,
and cease 20 hold any intercourse with aoy
British or Spanish post, garrison, or town
and that they shall not admit among them,
any agent or trader. who shall NOT derive
authority TO bold commercial. or other in
tercourse with them by license from the
President OF authorized agent Of the Uni ed
States.
9TH. The United States demand an &C
acknowledgements Of the right 10 establish
military posts and trading horses, and 10 o.
pen roads within the territory, guaranteed
TO the Greek nation by the second article,
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