Daniel Smith, secretary of the territory of the U. States south of the river Ohio,

Thomas Kennedy, of Kentucky,

James Robertson, of Mero District,

Claiborne Watkins, of Virginia,

Joo. M'Whitney, of Georgia,

Fauche, of Georgia,

Titus Ogden, North-Carolina,

John Chisolm, of Washington District,

Robert King,

Thomas Gegg.

[Note. The boundaries prescribed in the fourth article of this treaty, are confirmed by the 2d article of that which immediately follows. But there is an alteration with respect to the annuity and the restitution of stolen horses. See the following treaty, No. 3, articles 3 and 4, of this chapter.]

Additional ar

ticle to the

ADDITIONAL ARTICLE.

treaty of Hol- To the (next preceding) treaty made between the United States and the Cherokees, on the 2d day of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety

ston, of the

2d of July, 1791.

$1.500 to be

paid, instead of $1,000, &c.

one.

It is hereby mutually agreed, between Henry Knox, secretary of war, duly authorized thereto in behalf of the United States, on the one part, and the undersigned chiefs and warriors, in behalf of themselves and the Cherokee nation, on the other part, that the following article shall be added to, and considered as part of, the treaty made between the United States and the said Cherokee nation, on the 2d day of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, to wit:

The sum to be paid annually by the United States to the Cherokee nation of Indians, in consideration of the relinquishment of lands, as stated in the treaty* made with them on the second day of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninetyone, shall be one thousand five hundred dollars, instead of one thousand dollars, mentioned in the said treaty.

In testimony whereof, the said Henry Knox, secretary of war, and the said chiefs and warriors of the Cherokee nation, have hereunto set their hands and seals, in the city of Philadelphia, this seventeenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two.

Treaty with the Chero

kees.

No. 3. Articles of a treaty between the United States of America, and the

Cherokee Indians.

Whereas the treaty made and concluded on Holston river,+ (See ante, No. 2, of this on the second day of July, one thousand seven hundred and chapter.) ninety-one, between the United States of America and the Former treaty Cherokee nation of Indians, has not been fully carried into exnot fully exe- ecution by reason of some misunderstandings which have ari

cuted.

sen:

* See ante, No. 2, article 4, of this chapter.

on both par

ties.

Art. 1. And whereas the undersigned Henry Knox, secretary for the department of war, being authorized thereto by the president of the United States, in behalf of the said United States, The treaty and the undersigned chiefs and warriors, in their own names, of Holston, and in behalf of the whole Cherokee nation, are desirous of re-(ante, No. 2, establishing peace and friendship between the said parties in a of this chapter,) declared permanent manner, do hereby declare, that the said treaty of to be binding Holston is, to all intents and purposes, in full force, and binding upon the said parties, as well in respect to the boundaries therein mentioned, as in all other respects whatever. Art. 2, It is hereby stipulated that the boundaries mention- The boundaed in the fourth article of the said treaty, shall be actually as- marked, as certained and marked in the manner prescribed by the said ar- stipulated in ticle, whenever the Cherokee nation shall have ninety days' no(Ante, No. 2, tice of the time and place at which the commissioners of the of this chapUnited States intend to commence their operation.

ries to be

article 4.

ter.)

Art. 3. The United States, to evince their justice, by amply compensating the said Cherokee nation of Indians for all relinquishments of land made, either by the treaty of Hopewell, upon the Keowee river, concluded on the twenty-eighth of, of this chap(* Ante, No. November, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, or ter.) the aforesaid treaty made upon Holston river,† on the second of († Ante, No. July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, do hereby 2, of this chapstipulate, in lieu of all former sums to be paid annually, to fur- Annual supnish the Cherokee Indians with goods suitable for their use, to ply of goods the amount of five thousand dollars yearly.‡

ter.)

to the amount of $5,000,

stolen

turned within

Art. 4. And the said Cherokee nation, in order to evince the sincerity of their intentions in future, to prevent the practice of Foreve stealing horses, attended with the most pernicious consequences by Cherokees, to the lives and peace of both parties, do hereby agree, that for and not re-. every horse which shall be stolen from the white inhabitants three months, by any Cherokee Indians, and not returned within three months, $50 to be de that the sum of fifty dollars shall be deducted from the said annuity of five thousand dollars.

ducted.

permanent as soon as

Art. 5. The articles now stipulated will be considered as These articles permanent additions to the treaty of Holston, as soon as they shall have been ratified by the president of the United States ratified. and the senate of the United States.

In witness of all and every thing herein determined between the United States of America and the whole Cherokee nation, the parties have hereunto set their hands and seals in the city of Philadelphia, within the United States, this

By the 4th article of the treaty of Holston, (ante, No. 2, of this chapter,) the United States stipulated to pay the Cherokees $1,000 annually. This sun was subsequently increased to $1,500 by an additional article to that treaty, concluded on the 17th day of February, in the year 1792. See the additional article referred to, following No. 2, and immediately preceding this treaty.

twenty-sixth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four.

Treaty with No. 4. Articles of a treaty between the United States of America, and the

the Cherokees.

Delay in the

execution of the treaty of Holston, &c. Treaty of Philadelphia,

for ascertaining boundaries, as fixed by the treaty of Holston.

Further deLays, &c.

Cherokee Indians.

Whereas the treaty* made and concluded on Holston river, on the second day of July, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, between the United States of America, and the Cherokee nation of Indians, had not been carried into execution, for some time thereafter, by reason of some misunderstandings which had arisen: and whereas, in order to remove such misunderstandings, and to provide for carrying the said treaty into effect, and for re-establishing more fully the peace and friendship between the parties, another treaty was held, made, and concluded, by and between them, at Philadel phia, the twenty-sixth day of June, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four: in which, among other things, it was stipulated, that the boundaries mentioned in the fourth article of the said treaty of Holston, should be actually ascertained and marked, in the manner prescribed by the said article, whenever the Cherokee nation should have ninety days' notice of the time and place at which the commissioners of the United States intended to commence their operation: and whereas further delays in carrying the said fourth article into complete effect did take place, so that the boundaries mentioned and described therein, were not regularly ascertained and marked, un

See ante, No. 2, of this chapter. Ante, No. 3, of this chapter.

rant of the

course of the

dian lands, re

entered into

til the latter part of the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven; before which time, and for want of knowing the direct course of the said boundary, divers settlements were made, Citizens ignoby divers citizens of the United States, upon the Indian lands over and beyond the boundaries so mentioned and described in boundary, and the said article, and contrary to the intention of the said treaties; settled on Inbut which settlers were removed from the said Indian lands, by moved, &c. authority of the United States, as soon after the boundaries had been so lawfully ascertained and marked as the nature of the case had admitted: and whereas, for the purpose of doing justice to the Cherokee nation of Indians, and remedying incon- This treaty veniences arising to citizens of the United States from the ad- for the purjustment of the boundary line between the lands of the Chero- poses of juskees and those of the United States, or the citizens thereof, or remedying intice, and for from any other cause in relation to the Cherokees ; and in order conveniences, to promote the interests and safety of the said states, and the citizens thereof, the president of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the senate thereof, hath appointed George Walton, of Georgia, and the president of the United States hath also appointed lieutenant colonel Thomas Butler commanding the troops of the United States in the state of Tennessee, to be commissioners for the purpose aforesaid; and who, on the part of the United States, and the Cherokee nation, by the undersigned chiefs and warriors, representing the said nation, have agreed to the following articles, namely:

Art. 1. The peace and friendship subsisting between the Peace and United States and the Cherokee people, are hereby renewed, friendship recontinued, and declared perpetual.

newed.

treaties recog

where not al

chapter.

Art. 2. The treaties subsisting between the present contract- Subsisting ing parties, are acknowledged to be of full and operating force; nized. Anto, together with the construction and usage under their respective Nos. 1, 2, and articles, and so to continue. 3, of this chap. Art. 3. The limits and boundaries of the Cherokee nation, Boundaries as as stipulated and marked by the existing treaties between the heretofore, parties, shall be and remain the same, where not altered by the tered. See present treaty. ante, No. 3, Art. 4. In acknowledgment for the protection of the Unit-art. 2, of this ed States, and for the considerations hereinafter expressed and Cession of contained, the Cherokee nation agree, and do hereby relinquish lands by the and cede to the United States, all the lands within the following Cherokees. points and lines, viz: from a point on the Tennessee river, below Tellico block house, called the Wildcat Rock, in a direct line to the Militia spring, near the Maryville road leading from Tellico. From the said spring to the Chillhowie mountain, by a line so to be run, as will leave all the farms on Nine Mile Creek to the northward and eastward of it; and to be continued along Chillhowie mountain, until it strikes Hawkins's Line. Thence along the said line to the great Iron mountain; and