The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-10-07

This is the second instance, in which priv
iegeto hunt on cedsd lands is granted that
9, the Cherokees were allowed to exercise the
same rights of ownership, over land which they
had quit claimed and sold, and for which they
had been paid, as IF we are to believe the pres
ent Secretary of War; they could ever exer
else over any oftheir lands, which had not been
ceded. | am willing to presume, however. thai
the Secretary of War, after mature delibera-
ton, will abandon position so utterly unteaa-
BILE.
This treaty was ratified by Mr.. Jefferson in
the usual manner.
SECOND TREATY OF WASHINGTON, OR TWELFTH
COMPACT WITH THE cHERoKEEs.
The sole object of this treaty was, to obtain
for South Carolina, a small portion OF mountain
Gus country, lying at the northwest point of
that State. 1t was executed BY George Ora
ham, and six Cherokee Chiefs, March %, 1916.
Art. l. :" Whereas the Executive of South
Carolina has made an application to the Presi-
dent of the United States to extnguish the
claim of the Cherokee nation TO that part of
their lands, which lie within the boundaries of
the said State, as lately established and agreed
upon, between that State and the State of North
Carolina and as the Cherokee nation is DIS
posed to comply with the wishes Of their broth
ers of South Carolina, they have agreed, and
do hereby agree to cede to the State of South
Carolina, and for ever quit claim to the tract of
country contained within the following bounds"
Here the bounds are described, comprising a
tract now in the northwest corner of South
Carolina. The tract was of small extent and
very little value, as it is among the mountains ]
Art. g The United States agree, that the
State of South Carolina shall pay to the Cher
okees $4,000 for this grant in ninety days
Provided, That the Cherokee nation shall
haze sanctioned the same IN Council; and pro-
vidsd, also, that the Executive of the State of
South Carolina shall approve of the stipulations
contained in this article"
This treaty was ratified by the parties, viz ::
President Madison and the Senate, and the
Cherokee nation in council assembled; and it
was doubtless approved by the Governor of
South Carolina.
Here is another perfect Illustration of the
manner in which the several States obtained a
title to lands, which had remained the property
of Indians though the lands appeared, accord
ing to the maps, TO belong to those States.
White men, not Indians, made the maps. The
northwest corner of South Carolina, as that
State appeared on the map, still belonged to
the Cherokee Indians. The State wished to
obtain possession of this little fraction of noun
famous territory. In a manner perfectly fair
and honorable she applied to the General Gov
eminent, requesting that the territory might
be purchased of the rightful owners. She does
not say, that the land belongs to her but sim
ply that North Carolina has agreed with South
Carolina, as to the boundary between them,
when the land shall have been obtained of the
Cherokees. She does not pretend that the
Cherokees are bound, or that their rights are
in any degree affected, by agreements between
third parties. This is a correct view of the
subject and quite as applicable to Georgia, as
to South Carolina, or any other State.
WILLIAM PENN.