The Cherokee Nation of Indians. (1887 N 05 / 1883-1884 (pages 121-378))Royce, Charles C.
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The Cherokee Nation of Indians. (1887 N 05 / 1883-1884 (pages 121-378))
Royce, Charles C.
Cherokee Indians -- Government relations; Cherokee Indians -- Treaties
The United States give peace to the Cherokees and receive them into
favor and protection on the following conditions:
1. The Cherokees to restore to liberty all prisoners citizens of the
United States or subjects of their allies; also, all negroes and other
property taken from citizens during the late war.
2. The United States to restore to the Cherokees all Indian prisoners
taken during the late war.
3. The Cherokees to acknowledge themselves under the exclusive
protection of the United States.
4. The boundary line between the Cherokees' hunting-ground and the
United States to be as follows, viz: Begin at the mouth of Duck River
on the Tennessee; thence northeast to the ridge dividing the waters
falling into the Cumberland from those falling into the Tennessee;
thence eastwardly along said ridge to a northeast line to be run, which
shall strike Cumberland River 40 miles above Nashville; thence along
said line to the river; thence up the river to the ford where the
Kentucky road crosses; thence to Campbell's line near Cumberland Gap;
thence to the mouth of Claud's Creek on Holstein; thence to Chimney-Top
Mountain; thence to Camp Creek, near the mouth of Big Limestone on
Nolichucky; thence southerly six (6) miles to a mountain; thence
south to the North Carolina line; thence to the South Carolina Indian
boundary, and along the same southwest over the top of Oconee Mountain
till it shall strike Tugaloo River; thence a direct line to the top
of Currohee Mountain; thence to the head of the south fork of Oconee
River.
5. Citizens of the United States or persons other than Indians who
settle or attempt to settle on lands west or south of said boundary and
refuse to remove within six months after ratification of this treaty
to forfeit the protection of the United States, and the Indians to
punish them or not, as they please: _Provided_, That this article shall
not extend to the people settled between the fork of French Broad and
Holstein Rivers, whose status shall be determined by Congress.
6. The Cherokees to deliver up for punishment all Indian criminals for
offenses against citizens of the United States.
7. Citizens of the United States committing crimes against Indians to
be punished by the United States in the presence of the Cherokees, to
whom due notice of the time and place of such intended punishment shall
be given.
8. Retaliation declared unjust and not to be practiced.
9. The United States to have sole right of regulating trade with the
Indians and managing their affairs.
10. Traders to have liberty to trade with the Cherokees until Congress
shall adopt regulations relative thereto.
11. Cherokees to give notice of any designs formed by other tribes
against the peace, trade, or interests of the United States.
12. Cherokees to have the right to send a deputy of their choice to
Congress whenever they think fit.
13. The hatchet to be forever buried between the United States and
Cherokees.
HISTORICAL DATA.
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