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 140 TREATY WITH THE CHEROKEES. 1816. 'U.S.toh•v• Amr. 2. It is expressly agreed on the part of the Cherokee nation tha ism of that the United States shall have the right to lay oil} open, and have the 3 ';‘;§;]':l&_c_ free use ot] such road or roads, through any og the Cherolksednatinn, in the Cherokee lying north of the boundary hue now esta is e, as may eemed ¤¤*i°¤· necessary for the free intercourse between the States of Tennessee and Georgia and the Mississippi Territory. And the citizens of the United States shall fr el navi ate and use as a highway all the rivers and cherokee, to waters within the Cherolgee nation. The Cherokee hatiou furthe; agygg keep up Public to establish and keep up, on the roads to be opened under the sanction h°“’°“* &'°* of this article such ferries and public houses as may be necessar fn; ) y the accommodation of the citizens of the United States. comm,,,,,,,, Am-. 3, In order to preclude any dispute hereafter, relative to the ers wmn the boundary line now established, it is hereby agreed that the Cherokee l’°‘”‘d‘“Y l”'°· nation shall appoint two commissioners to accompany the commissioner; already appointed ou the part of the United States, to run the boundary lines of the lands ceded by the Creek nation to the United States, while they are engaged in running that part of the boundary established by the lirst article of this treaty. Commissioner, Am-. 4, In order to avoid unnecessary expense and delay, it is further to lay etfreeds. agreed that, whenever the President of the United States may deem it expedient to open a road through any part of the Cherokee nation, in pursuance of the stipulations of the second article of this Convention, the principal chief of the Cherokee nation shall appoint one commis- T d b sgonteyr to gcézpmpany ihe cpfmmipsionigrzhappoigted bytghe Prgsident of o be pai y the nite ates to ay o an mar e roa · an e said commis- 'h° U· S- siouer shall be paid by the United States. ’ Indemnityto Awr. 5. The United States agree to indemnify the individuals of the Ch¤r¤k¤¤¤~ Cherokee nation for losses sustained by them in consequence of the march of the militia and other troops in the service of the United States through that nation; which losses have been ascertained by the agents of the United States to amount to twenty·Eve thousand five hundred dollar. In testimon whereof the said Commissioner, and the undersi ned Y 8 Chiefs and Headmen of the Cherokee Nation, have hereunto set their hands and seals. Done at the City of Washington, this twenty-second day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen. GEORGE GRAHAM. Colonel John Lowry, Richard Taylor, Major John Walker, John Ross, Major Ridge, Cheucunsene. Gwwgnnssns runs1m n- sroxrxo urn sxazixc,-Return J. Meigs, Jacob Laub, } IY1B. To the Indian names are nubjoined a mark and seal.