Saml. Taylor, WITNESS: Wm. Blount. Major. John Owen. Jefs Walton. Jno. Čowan, Capt. Commandant. Thos. Gegg. W. Hazzard. Sworn Interpreters, James Madison, Arthur Coodey. Articles of a Treaty BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND THE CHOCTAW NATION ORIGINAL. ARTICLES OF A TREATY Concluded at Hopewell, on the Keowee, near Seneca Old Town, between Benjamin Hawkins, Andrew Pickens and Jofeph Martin, Commiffioners Plenipotentiary of the United States of America, of the one part; and Yockonahoma, great Medal Chief of Soonacoba; Yockahoopoie, leading Chief of Bugtoogoloo; Mingohoopoie, leading Chief of Hafbooqua; Tobocoh, great Medal Chief of Congetoo; Poofhemaftubie, Gorget Captain of Senayazo; and thirteen Small Medal Chiefs of the firt Clafs, twelve Medal and Gorget Captains, Commiffioners Plenipotentiary of all the Choctaw Nation, of the other part. TH HE Commiffioners Plenipotentiary of the United States of America give peace to all the Choctaw nation, and receive them into the favour and protection of the United States of America, on the following conditions. ARTICLE I. The Commiffioners Plenipotentiary of all Indians to the Choctaw nation, fhall restore all the pri- foners. restore pri They ac protection of U, S. foners, citizens of the United States, or fub. jects of their allies, to their entire liberty, if any there be in the Choctaw nation. They fhall also restore all the negroes, and all other property taken during the late war, from the citizens, to fuch person, and at fuch time and place as the Commiffioners of the United States of America fhall appoint, if any there be in the Chactaw nation. ARTICLE II. The Commiffioners Plenipotentiary of all knowledge the Choctaw nation, do hereby acknowledge the tribes and towns of the faid nation, and the lands with the boundary allotted to the faid Indians to live and hunt on, as mentioned in the third article, to be under the protection of the United States of America, and of no other fovereign whofoever. Boundaries. ARTICLE III. The boundary of the lands hereby allotted to the Choctaw nation to live and hunt on, within the limits of the United States of America, is and fhall be the following, viz. Beginning at a point on the thirty-first degree of north latitude, where the Eastern boundary of the Natches diftrict fhall touch the fame; thence east along the faid thirty-firft degree of north latitude, being the fouthern boundary of the United States of America, until it shall strike the eastern boundary of the lands on which the Indians of the faid nation did live and hunt on the twenty-ninth of November, one thousand feven hundred and eighty-two, while they were under the protection of the King of Great-Britain; thence northerly along the faid eastern boundary, until it fhall meet the northern boundary of the faid lands; thence westerly along the faid northern boun dary, until it fhall meet the western boundary thereof; thence foutherly along the fame to the beginning faving and referving for the establishment of trading pofts, three tracts or parcels of land of fix miles fquare each, at fuch places as the United States in Congress affembled fhall think proper; which posts, and the lands annexed to them, fhall be to the use and under the government of the United States of America. ARTICLE IV. States shall fettle If any citizen of the United States, or other No citizen, perfon not being an Indian, fhall attempt to of United fettle on any of the lands hereby allotted to the Indians to live and hunt on, fuch perfon fhall forfeit the protection of the United States of America, and the Indians may punish him or not as they please. ARTICLE V. on Indian lands. criminals. If any Indian or Indians, or persons, resid- Indians to ing among them, or who fhall take refuge in deliver up their nation, fhall commit a robbery or murder or other capital crime on any citizen of the United States of America, or perfon under their protection, the tribe to which fuch offender may belong, or the nation, fhall be bound to deliver him or them up to be punished according to the ordinances of the United States in Congrefs affembled: Provided, that the punishment shall not be greater than if the robbery or murder, or other capital crime, had been committed by a citizen on a citizen. ARTICLE VI. If any citizen of the United States of Ame- Citizens of rica, or perfon under their protection, fhall U. S. com mitting commit a robbery or murder, or other capital crimes acrime, on any Indian, fuch offender or offend- gainst Iners fhall be punished in the fame manner as VOL. II. Y 2 if dians to be punished. |