Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-04-26
THE President Of the u STATES.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS,

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
In oil and singular TO ahom these presents shall come
Greetiag
Whereas Treaty between the United SAFES
! of America, and hi Creek Nation Of Indians,
was made and concluded, on the twentyiourth
dav Of January, orr thousand eight hundred
and twcn,y-six, at the City Of Washington, by
lanes BAngouR. Secretary Of War Of the Uni
ted States, on the part Of the United States, and
certain Chiefs and Warriors Of said Nation,
which Treaty is in the words following, to wit:
Articles of ,eaty made at the City Of Washington,
this twent, fourth day OF January thousand eight
hundred and twentvsx, between JAMES BARBECUE,
Secretary Of War; thereto specially authorised by the
President ofthe United States, and the undersigned,
Chiefs and Head Men of the Greek Nation oflndans,
who have received full power from tie saId Nation
to conclude and arrange all the matters herein provl-
ded for.
WHERE'S treaty was concluded at the In
dian Springs, on the twelfth day of February
last, between Commissioners on the part OF the
United Sraes, and portion Of the Creek Ma
tlon, by which an extensive district OF country
was coded 10 the United States;
And whereas great ma iority Of the Chiefs
and Warriors Of the said Nation have protest
ed against the execution of the said Treaty,
and have represented that the same was signed
on their bart by persons having no sufficient
authority to form treaties or to make cessions,
and that the stipulations in the said Treaty are,
therefore, wholly void;
And whereas the United States are unwilling
that difficulties should exist in The said Nation,
which may eventually lead to an intestine war,
and are still more unwilling that any cesslons
of land should be made to them, unless with
L fall nj
Tribe making such cession, and for Just and
adequate consideration, II being the policy OF
the United States, in all their intercourse with
the Indians, 10 treat them Justly and literally,
as becomes the relative situation OF the parties;
Now, therefore, in order to remove the dlifl-
culties which have thus arisen, to satisfy the
great body of the Greek Nation, and to recon-
Gle the contending parties into which 1t is UNI
happily divided, the following articles have
been agreed upon and concluded, between James
Barbour, Secretary OF War, specially authorz-
ed as aforesaid, and the said Chiefs and Head
Men representing the Creek Nation OF lndiahs
ARTICLE /.
The Treaty concluded al the Indian Springs
on the twelfth dav nf F"h"':o~' one THOUSAND
cioht hundred and twenty-five, between Com
,nission.rs on the part Of the United States and
me said Creek Nation of Indians, and ratified
by the United States on the seventh day OF
March, one thousand eight hundred and TWEEN
ty-hye, is hereby declared to be null and void,
TO every intent and purpose whatsoever; and
every right and claim arising from the same IS
hereby cancelled aid surrendered.
ARTICLE 2.
The Greek Nation Of Indians cede to the Uni
ted States all the land belonging ,o the said
Nation in the State Of Georgia, and lying on
the east side of the middle of the Chatahoochy
river. And, also, another tract of land lying
within the said State, and bounded as follows
Beginning at a point on the western bank OF
the said river, forty-seven miles below the point
where the boundary line between the Greeks
and Chcrokees strikes the Chatahoochy river,
near the Buzzard's Roost, measuring the said
distance in direct line, and not following the
meanders Of the said river; and from the point
of beginning, running in direct line 10 point
in the boundary line between the said Greeks
and the Cherokees, thirty miles west Of the said
Buzzard's Roost; thence TO the Buzzard,s kooSt'
and thence with the middle Of the said river to
the place ofbeginning.
ARTICLE 5.
Immediately after the ratification OF tnls
Treaty, the United States agree to pay TO the
Chiefs of the said Nation the sum OF two nun
dred and seventeen thousand six hundred dol
lars to be divided among the Chiefs and war
riors Of the said Nation.
ARTICLE A.
The United States agree to pay to the SAID
Nation an additional perpetual annuity OF TWEEN
ty thousand dollars.
ARTICLE s.
The difficulties which have arisen IN the SAD
nation, in consequence of the Treaty OF the In,
dian Springs, shall be amicably adjusted and
that portion of the Creek Nation who signed
tina, treaty shall be admitted to all their prlvl-
leges, as members of the Creek Nation, 1t being
the earnest wish Of the United States, without
undertaking TO decide upon the complaints OF
the respective parties, that all causes oil aissa-
tisfaclion should be removed,
ARTICLE 6.
That portion of the Creek Nation, known as
the friends and followers of the late General
William Mcintosh, having minated TO the
government of the United States their wish 10
remove west of the Mississippi, 1t is hereby a,
greed, with their assent, that deputahon OF
five persons shall be sent by them, at the ex-
pense of the u States, Immediately alter the
ratification Of this treaty, to examine the inol-
an country west of the Mississippi, not within
either of the States or Territories, and not pos
sessed by the Choctaws or Cherokees. And
the United States agree to purchase Tor them,