The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1818-10-28


TO all and angular 20 svhom these kresenfs
shall come, greeting
WzEREAs a treaty between the Uniled
States OF America and that portion of the
Cnetokee natioa of Indians residing east Of
che Mississippi river, and also that por.ioo OF
the said nation residing on the Arkansas riv-
~, w. concluded and signed, at the Chero-
kee Agency, on the eighth day of July, in the
year 1t our Lord one lhoussod eight hundsed
and seventeen, ~ commissioners On the part
OF the said United States, and certain chiefs,
head men, warriors, and duiy authorised dep
uues. OF the said Two poc,ions Of the Chero
kee nation; which tres y is in the words fol
low e., TO wit
sdrtietes Of a fresfg concinded, az the Cherok.e
Agency within the Chrrykee nation. between
mysr general Aadrev Jackson, Joseph Ar
Msn, g,pernor Of The s'a.e Of Tennessee.
and general Dauid Msriwether, conm,s-
sionrrs ffeninofenitary Of fhe United S.afrs
ef .1mertca, ef fhe one narf, and the chiefs,
Aead men, and warriors oftAe Cherokee ma
Hon, e3ss Of he Azissssihni rsper, and fhe
chiefs, head men, and s9ar,iors, Of the Cher.
skses on fhe Aykaasas rtyer, and fheiy dep
ssties, John d Chishsins aad Lamrs Rodgers,
skees on the Arkanses r,ver, in ofen coua
eli, ty vrifffn Eoeer Of attorney, duty sign-
ed and e;reeufes. in nressnce ef JosefsA Sc
fier and WiiGsm N are.
Whereas 10 the autumn of the year one
thousand eigh, hundr cd and eight, dspsa
ZION from the Upper sod Lower Chesokse
towns, duly authorised by their nation, wen,
on to the Guy Of Washington, the fgW aawed
TO declare 10 ths President Of the Uui,ed
States their sn4ious desire to engage trtis~
pussuits Of agriculture and eivihasd kfs, IN
the cosa.ry they then occupied, aud TO make
known to the es'deat Of the United States
the imprasticaoili'y of indSSing The nation at
large 10 do this, and 10 reqaes, the establish
ment Of a division line between the upper
and lower towns, 50 as to include all the Wa
ters Of the Il assoc river to the upper tewn,
thai, by thus couusctiny their socie y within
narrow limits, they proposed TO begin The cs-
tsbiisanien IF fixed laws and q regular gov.
crnmsnt The deputies fom the lower
towns to make known their desire to continnc
the han.er life, aOd also the scarcity Of game
whete they then lived, and, under those cir.
camstancos, their wish to remove across the
Mississippi river, on some vacant lands oi
the U0i,ed States. And whereas he Psesi.
deni Of the United States, aftcr maturey con.
sidsring the petitions Of both parties, on the
ninth day oi January, A. ID, one thousand
eieh: hundred and nins, including other sub
issts, answered those pelitions as follows |:
/" The Uoilsd States, my children, are the
frieads OF both parties, and, as far as can be
reasonably askcd, they are willngto to satisfy
the wishes OF both. Those who remain may
be assured Of our patronage, sdr aid, sud
good neighborhood Those who wish to re-
move, are permitted to send an exploriog
party 10 rsconuoi,re che country on the waters
of ,be A kansas and White eivets, and the
higher up the better, as they will be the Ion
see unapproaehed by our settlements, which
will begin at the mouths Of those rivers. The
regular districss OF the government Of ST.
Louis are already laid of 70 the St. Francis.
.. When this party shall have found tract
OF count,y suitiag the emigrants, and not
ciaimsd by Other Iodisns, we will arrange
win them and you the exchange of that for q
iast portion Of the county they leave, ssd to
. part Of which, proportioned TO their num-
bert, they have . right Every aid towards
their removal, and what wall be necessary for
them there, will then be freely administered
TO the - aad whom established 10 heir new
establishments, we shall still consider them
ss our children, givs them the benefit Of ex
changing their peisfiss for what they wii
wsn, al our factories, and always hold thsm
firmly by the hand"
Aud where's the Cserokees, relying on
the promises Of the President sithe United
Ststes, as above rseited, did explore the
eouary on the wet side Of the M,ssissipp,
snd made choice Of the country on the A.
k,nsa, sod White rivers, sed settled them
selves djwn upon the United Sssies' land,
to wsien No othsr tribe OF Indians have any
ia.i claim, and have duly notified the Prssi
dea' Of the United States thereof iod Of ihs'r
sss,,us dessse for the full and complete rsil
fcaft VI his promise. and, TO mat ena IS
n & by he President Of he Uni'ed oes,
h..- ssnt IN thei, vgen,s. With full pow : to
exccuie tfeatr, rci0Qu sIniag 70 the Uailea