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 TREATY WITH THE CHEROKEES. 1819. 195 Levi Colbert, Major William Glover, Samuel Sed}, Hcpayahaummar, Chinnubby, King, lmmouklusbarhopoyea, Teshuamingo, Tusknehopoyea, `W'illiam M<Gilvery, Hopoyahaummar, jun. Arpashcushtubby, lmmauklusharhopoyea, James Brown, James Colbert, lckaryaucuttuha, Cowemarthlar, George Pcttygrove, Illackhauwarhopcyea, Immartahsrmioco, Col. George Colbert. Major-General William Colbert,. In presence of Robert Butler, Adj’t. Gen. and Secretary. Th. J. Sherburne, Agent for the Chickasaw nation of Indians. Malcum M·Gee, Interpreter. Martin Colbert. J. C. Bronaugh, Ass’t. Insp. Gen. S. D. Thos. H. Shelby, of Kentucky. R. K. Call, Capt. U. S. Army. Benjamin Smith, of Kentucky. Richard I. Easter, A. D. Q. M. Gen. Ms. B. Vlfinchester. W. B. Lewis. To the Indian names are imbjoined a mark and seal. ARTICLES OF A CONVENTION Zkfade between John O. Calhoun, Secretary of Wa2·, being spe- Fei, 27, 1g1g_ cially authorized therefor by the President if the United States, MQEQQA and the undersigned Chiefs and Head jlfen of the Cherokee Mar¢h10,181$$. nation of Indians, duly authorized and empowered by said nation, at the City of Washington, on the twenty-seventh day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen. Wurmus a greater part of the Cherokee nation have expressed an Preamble. earnest desire to remain 0n this side of the Mississippi, and being desirous, in order to commence those measures which they deem necessary to the civilization and preservation of their nation, that the treaty between the United States and them, signed the eighth of July, eighteen hundred and seventeen, might, without further delay, or the Ante,p. 156. trouble or expense of taking the census, as stipulated in the said treaty, be finally adjusted, have offered to cede to the United States a tract of country at least as extensive as that which they probably are entitled to under its provisions, the contracting parties have agreed to and concluded the following articles. Am. 1. The Cherokee nation cedes to the United States all of their Cessiov of lands lying north and east of the following line, viz: Beginning on the ¥,*Qgfol);;;;‘° Tennessee river, at the point where the Cherokee boundary with Madi~ ` son county, in the Alabama territory, joins the same; thence, along the main channel of said river, to the mouth of the Highwassee; thence, along its main channel, to the first hill which closes in on said river, about two miles above Highwassee Old Town; thence, along the ridge which divides the waters of the Highwassee and Little Tellico, to the Tennessee river, at Tallasseeg thence, along the main channel, to the junction of the Cowee and N anteyalee; thence, along the ridge in the fork of said river, to the top of the Blue Ridge; thence, along the Blue Ridge, to the Unicoy Turnpike Road; thence, by a straight line, to the nearest main source of the Chestatee; thence, along its main channel, to the Ch:-itahouchee; and thence to the Creek boundary; it being understood that all the islands in the Chestatee, and the parts of the Tennessee and Highwassee, (with the exception of J0lly’s Island, in the