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 700 TREATY WITH CREEKS AND SEMINOLES. Aoensr 7, 1856. cB¤¤¤d=¤ri¤¤ vf Anxrrcnm II. The following shall constitute and remain the bound- "°k C°“"t"y' aries of the Creek country, viz: beginning at the mouth of the north fork of the Canadian River, and running northerly four miles; thence running a straight line so as to meet a line drawn from the south bank of the Arkansas River, opposite to the east or lower bank of Grand River, at its junction with the Arkansas, and which runs a course, south, forty-four degrees, west, one mile, to a post placed in the ground; thence along said line to the Arkansas and up the same and the Verdigris River, to where the old territorial line crosses it; thence along said line, north, to a point twenty-five miles from the Arkansas River, where the old territorial line crosses the same; thence running west with the southern line of the Cherokee country, to the north fork of the Canadian River, where the boundary of the cession to the Seminoles defined in tlhpi preceding aigiclc, first strikes said Cherokee line; thence down said nort or c, to w cre the eastern boundary line of the said cession to the Seminoles strikes the same; thence, with that line, due south to the Canadian River, at the mouth of the Ock-hi-appo, or Pond Creek; and thence down said Canadian River to the place of beginning. Seminole and ARTICLE HI. The United States do hereby solemnly guarantee to Ss"°;§r€%g,“E¥é§* the Seminole Indians the tract of country ceded to them by the first guaranteed to, article of this convention; and to the Creek Indians, the lands included Umm- within the boundaries defined in the second article hereof; and likewise that the same shall respectively be secured to and held by said Indians by the same title and tenure by which they were guaranteed and secured to Vol. vii. p. 368. the Creek Nation by the fourteenth article of the treaty of March twenty- fourth, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, the third article of the treaty of v·»·- at P. at §Z,‘€'Z.’l`€’3§Z£$"{Z°`€E';"’S§’.2i*‘€.‘?.§‘.:,L`“i‘i§€.‘1`..‘j"Z,'i.“3J§’I§*§$i?ii?.“‘}i§°} Qiciiéisi eighteen hundred and fifty-two, and recorded in volume four of records of Indian deeds in the Office of Indian A.tl`airs, pages 446 and 447. Provided however, that no part of the tract of country so ceded to the Seminole Indians, shall ever be sold, or otherwise disposed of without the consent of both tribes legally given. NQ SMG OF Anrrorm IV. The United States do hereby solemnly agree and bind T°"’t°ry t° pw themselves, that no State or Territor shall ever pass laws for the govern- for wd ment of the Creek or Seminole tribc-is of Indians, and that no portion of _ _ either of the tracts of country defined in the first and second articles of ,,0§*§,db§°§,`Xff this agreement shall ever be embraced or included within, or annexed to, ed in any State any Territory or State, nor shall either, or any part of either, ever be ‘;fmK£;’“:;g;_ erected into a Territory without the full and free consent of the legislative Consent_ authority of the tribe owning the same. Release by_ Amrxorn V. The Creek Indians do hereby, absolutely and forever, 30mg1Q;;: ”‘};;§;° quitclaim and relinquish to the United States all their right, title, and inand all `claimd terest in and to any lands heretofore owned or claimed by them, whether gtgglggiexggllfd east or west of the Mississippi River, and any and all claim for or on ac- ,g,c_ ’ P ’ count of any such lands, except those embraced within the boundaries described in the second article of this agreement; and it doth also, in like manner, release and fully discharge the United States from all other claims and demands whatsoever, which the Creek Nation or any individuals thereof may now have against the United States, excepting only such as are particularly or in terms provided for and secured to them by the provisions of existing treaties and laws; and which are as follows, viz: permanent annuities in money amounting to twenty-four thousand tive hundred dollars, secured to them by the fourth article of the treaty of Vol. vii. p. :16. seventh August, seventeen hundred and ninety, the second article of the v01, vii, p, 69, treaty of June sixteenth, eighteen hundred and two, and the fourth article of the treaty of January twenty-fourth, eivhteen hundred and twenty-six; permanent provision for a wheelwright, for a blacksmith and assistant; blacksmith shop and tools, and for iron and steel under the eighth article