Arkansas intelligencer., 1845-09-13
JAMES Il. POLK,
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES o.
AMERICA.

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NHEgEAs a treaty was made and concluded al
the Creek Agency, on the fou IN day Of Januarv
in the year of our Lord one ousand eight huni
dred and tory.iive, between v iliiam Armstrong
! P. n. Butler, James Logan. an, Thomas l.. judge
Commissioners, in behalf of tie United States. 0,
the first part; the Creek tribe of InIanS. of tho
second part; aud the Seminole rlb1 # indians OF
! the third part:
! And whereas. the soid treat hayn. been sub
miIed 10 the Senate for us constitutional. aclOu
thereon, tho Senate did, on tic sixth day Of March
one thousand eight hundred and tory-fvc. advise
and consent to the ratification Of said treaty, wnf
certain amendments: !
And whereas tho said Indians did. by then
Chiefs and Head Men, in full council assembled
on the twcnty-eighth day Of May, one lhou>auc
4 eight hundred aud iorty-iye, give their free ant
u - - = : Il apHpdmRPts ts-pl2dc by the
voluntary aSsEEt % ott,s = W. nn...-s- ,
Senate in the resolution aforesaid; which treaty.
resolution Of the Senate making the amendments
10 SAID treaty, and the assent of Tho Indians to
suid amendments, are in the words following 10
wit:
ARTICLES OF Il TREATY. rode by VIZ.
lam ArmMrOng. p. H. Butler, James LogaH
and Thomas L. Judge Commissioners in behaij
Of lie United States, Of Tie first part; Greek
irite Of Indians, oj tie second part; anil Ne
Seminole riJe Of Mdians, Of Tie hird part:
Whereas it was stipulated, in the fourth article Of
the Creek treaty of 1888, that the Serninoles
should henceforih bo considered a constituent
part of the Creek Nation. and that a porma.
nent and comfortable home should be secured
for them on the lands set apart in said treaty
as the country Of the Greeks; aud whereas ma
n n the huI al ouI,
living in the Creek country, while others, con.
stitutnGa largo portion Of the tribe, have re.
fused to make their homes in any part thereof,
assigning Il reason that they are unwilling to
submit To Creek laws and government. and that
they are apprchenslve of being deprived by the
Creek authorities of thoirpr Dperly;and VII reas
repeated complaints have been made to the Unit
ed States Government that those of the Semi.
nDtts who refuse 10 20 into the Creek country,
have, without authority right settled upon
lands secured 10 other tribes. and that they have
committed numerous and extensive depredations
upon the property Of those u.r1a whose lands
they have lntruded:
Now, therefore,, in order to reconcile all diff.
cutes respecting location and jurisdictions, 10 set
tie all disputed questions which have arisen. or
may hereafter arse, in regard to rights o prop
erly. and eSpcciaIly TO preserve the peace Of the
frontier, seriously endangered by the restless and
warIhe spirit Of tho lutrudIng Semnous, the par
ties to this treaty have agreed 10 the following s,Ip
uIaiiUnS:
ARTICLE |. The Greeks agree thu, the Semi.
noIcs Shall be entitled TO settle in a body or sepa
ratey, as they please, in any Prrt Of the Greek
country; that they shall make their own town ret
uIationS. sub ect, however, 10 the general control
of the Creek council in which they snail be rep
resented; aud, in Short that no distinction shall be
m,,!u between the two tribes IN any respect. eX
rrpl in the management OF their pecunary affairs,
in which neither shall interfere with the other.
ARTICLE2. The Stmiuo'es agree that those of
their tribe who have not done so before the rnlf-
cation Of this treaty. shall, Immediately thercaf.
ter. remove 10 and permanently settle in :hc Creek
country.
Article 3. |, is mutually agreed by the Creeks
and 'minoCs, that all contested cases between the
two tribes, concerning tho right of property,
nrC wing out of sales transactions that may have
occurred previous to the ratification ofthis treaty,
shall be subject to The decision OF the President Of
the U. States.
A&r!cLE 4. Tho Creeks being greatly dissat
Siied with the manner in winch their boundaucS
were adjusted by the treaty Of 1898. which they
say they did not understand until after It's cXrcu-
ton; and ii appearing that in said treaty aJil-
lion was n1dn 10 their country for tho use Of the
SemnoIes, tut that. on the contrary, they were de-
prlvcd, wituou; adequate com en>atIon, Of il con-
siderable extent otyuuobIc ;rrrItory: AMI. more
over. the S.mnUIes since 'ht Crooks first agreed
10 rcccno thrtn, having been engaged IN pro-
ractct ani bloody con'ost, winch has naturally
cngrndcred the feelings and habits calculated to
make them Troublesome neIghbOrs:
The United States. in consideration Of these
circumstances. agree that an additional annuity
of three thousand dollars for the purposes ut edu-
cation shall be allowed for the term of twenty
years. that the annuity Of three thousand dollars
provided in the treaty Of 1882 for like purposes
Shall be continued unit! The determination OF tho
additional annuity above menOnod. tits further
agreed that al. the education funds Of the Creeks
iucludInu the annuites above named, the annual
allowance of one thousand dollars, provided in the
treaty of 1888, and also all balances Of approprI-
atoms for education unnueS, that may be due
from the nlied States, shall be bcrNpended in their
own country for the support OF manual labor
school in the Canadian District. and Of another III
tho Arkansas District; provided that the PresI-
dent does not object to such application Q! the az
nuI, bove named, granted IN the treaties of 1882
and 1888 And i - utso pgre"i lHht, 10 the n1u-
oocucnt of such schools. the wishes OF the Creek
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