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 TREATY WITH THE CREEKS. 1814. l21 nation crosses the same; running from thence down the said Coosa river with its eastern bank according to its various meanders to a point one mile above the mouth of Cedar creek, at Fort Williams, thence east two miles, thence south two miles, thence west to the eastern bank of the said Coosa river, thence down the eastern bank thereof according to its various meanders to a point opposite the upper end of the great falls, (called by the natives Woetumka,) thence east from a true meridian line to a point due north of the mouth of Ofucshee, thence south by a like meridian line to the mouth of Ofucshee on the south side of the Tallapoosa river, thence up the same, according to its various meanders, to a point where a direct course will cross the same at the distance of ten miles from the mouth thereof, thence a direct line to the mouth of Summochico creek, which empties into the Chatahouchie river on the east side thereof below the Eufaulau town, thence east from a true meridian line to a point which shall intersect the line now dividing the lands claimed by the said Creek nation from those claimed and owned by the state of Georgia: Provided, nevertheless, that where any possession of any chief or warrior of the Creek nation, who shall have been friendly to the United States during the war, and taken an active part therein, shall be within the territory ceded by these articles to the United States, every such person shall be entitled to a reservation of land within the said territory of one mile square, to include his improvements as near the centre thereof as may be, which shall inure to the said chief or warrior, and his descendants, so long as he or they shall continue to occupy the same, who shall be protected by and subject to the laws of the United States; but upon the voluntary abandonment thereof, by such possessor or his descendants, the right of occupancy or possession of said lands shall devolve to the United States, and be identified with the right of property ceded hereby. 2nd—The United States will guarantee to the Creek nation, the in- Guaranty of tegrity of all their territory eastwardly and northwardly of the said line g2g2té';?;; to be run and described as mentioned in the first article. ` 3d—The United States demand, that the Creek nation abandon all Intemourse communication, and cease to hold any intercourse with any British or with P*i¤l¤l¤ °¤‘ Spanish post, garrison, or town; and that they shall not admit among ;p:2;;2_p°S°s them, any agent or trader, who shall not derive authority to hold commercial, or other intercourse with them, by licence from the President or authorised agent of the United States. 4th-——Tl1e United States demand an acknowledgment of the right to Enahlishment establish military posts and trading houses, and to open roads within the of 'EIMTY territory, guaranteed to the Creek nation by the second article, and a lm ' right to the free navigation of all its waters. 5th—The United States demand, that a surrender be immediately All property made, of all the persons and property, taken from the citizens of the ;‘;l;’,';;’db° S“" United States, the friendly part of the Creek nation, the Cherokee, ` Chickesaw, and Choctaw nations, to the respective owners; and the United States will cause to be immediately restored to the formerly hostile Creeks, all the property taken from them since their submission, either by the United States, or by any Indian nation in amity with the United States, together with all the prisoners taken from them during the war. 6th—The United States demand the caption and surrender of all the The prophets prophets and instigators of the war, whether foreigners or natives, who gpfhznigigfe have not submitted to the arms of the United States, and become parties given uP_ to these articles of capitulation, if ever they shall be found within the territory guaranteed to the Creek nation by the second artpzle. 16