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 TREATY WITH THE CHEROKEE INDIANS. JUL! 19, 1866. 709 Ireaty between the Mztted btates of America and the Cherokee Nation qt Indians ; Uancluded July 19, 1866 ; Ratification advised, with Amendments, Jah] 27, 1866; Amendments accepted Jody 31, 1866; Proclaimed August 11, 1866. ANDREW JOHNSON, PRESIDENT or THE UNITED sawrns or summon, -¥¤¤y1¤.¤¤¤¤·- ro su. mn snconmn ro wuou 1-rmsn rnssmzrs smu. comm, ommrmo: Wmannss a Treaty was made and concluded at the city of Washington, P¤‘¤¤¤l>l¤- in the District of Columbia, on the nineteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, by and between Dennis N. Cooley and Elijah Sells, Commissioners, on the part of the United States, and Smith Christie, White Catcher, James McDaniel, S. H. Benge, Daniel H. Ross, and J. B. Jones, delegates of the Cherokee nation, appointed by resolution of the national council, on the part of said Cherokee nation, which treaty is in the words and figures following, to wit: — ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT AND CONVENTION at the city of Washington c9”t”°*i¤8 on the nineteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand wm"' eight hundred and sixty-six, between the United States, represented by Dennis N. Cooley, Commissioner of Indian aH'airs, [and] Elijah Sells, superintendent of Indian affairs for the southern superintendency, and the Cherokee nation of Indians, represented by its delegates, James McDaniel, Smith Christie, Wliite Catcher, S. H. Benge, J. B. Jones, and Daniel H. Ross—John Ross, principal chief of the Cherokees. being too unwell to join in these negotiations. PREAMBLE. Wmmnss existing treaties between the United States and the Cherokee nation are deemed to be insufficient, the said contracting parties agree as follows, viz: -·- Armcnn I. The pretended treaty made with the so-called confederate Pretended states by the Cherokee nation on the seventh day of October, eighteen *¤‘Q·g¥ d¤¤l¤¤'•d hundred and sixty-one, and repudiated by the national council of the vm Cherokee nation on the eighteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty~three, is hereby declared to be void. Anrxonn II. Amnesty is hereby declared by the United States and Amnesty. the Cherokee nation for all crimes and misdemeanors committed by one Cherokee on the person or property of another Cherokee, or of a citizen of the United States, prior to the fourth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-six; and no right of action arising out of wrongs committed in aid or in the suppression of the rebellion shall be prosecuted or main- Amendment tained in the courts of the United States or in the courts of the Chero- P"' P- 8°7· kee nation. Amrcnn III. The confiscation laws of the Cherokee nation shall be 0¤¤6¤¢¤¢i¤¤ repealed, and the same, and all sales of farms, and improvements on real f3'H’f;:,*;`°:::dw_ estate, made or pretended to be made in pursuance thereof, are hereby ers restored to agreed and declared to be null and void, and the former owners of such *h°i*‘ rightsproperty so sold, their heirs or assigns, shall have the right pcaceably to reoccupy their homes, and the purchaser under the confiscation laws, or his heirs or assigns, shall be repaid by the treasurer of the Cherokee