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 TREATY WITH THE CHEROKEES. 1819. 197 Major Walker’s; to Margaret Morgan, six hundred and forty acres square, to be located on the west ol, and adjoining, James Riley’s reservation; to George Harlin, six hundred and forty acres square, to be located west of, and adjoining, the reservation of Margaret Morgan; to James Lowry, six hundred and forty acres square, to be located at Crow Mocker’s old place, at the foot of Cumberland mountain; to Susannah Lowry, six hundred and forty acres, to be located at the Toll Bridge on Battle Creek; to Nicholas Byers, six hundred and forty acres, including the Toqua Island, to be located on the north bank of the Tennessee, opposite to said Island. Anr. 4. The United States stipulate that the reservations, and the The reservatract reserved for a school fund, in the first article of this treaty, shall ll°¤Si &<>· W b¢ be surveyed and sold in the same manner, and on the same terms, with ;gg’S°;]gS£:j’,n the public lands of the United States, and the proceeds vested, under stock. the direction of the President of the United States, in the stock of the United States, or such other stock as he may deem most advantageous to the Cherokee nation. The interest or dividend on said stock, shall Interest, how be applied, under his direction, in the manner which he shall judge best *0 be ¤PPli¤d· calculated to dilfuse the benefits of education among the Cherokee nation on this side of the Mississippi. Aer. 5. It is agreed that such boundary lines as may be necessary to Boundarylines designate the lands ceded by the first article of this treaty, may be run to be run by by a commissioner or commissioners to be appointed by the President °°m““”'°“°"· of the United States, who shall be accompanied by such commissioners as the Cherokees may appoint, due notice thereof to be given to the nation; and that the leases which have been made under the treaty of _,Jm_ ,56 the eighth of July, eighteen hundred and seventeen, of land lying within" p' ` the portion of country reserved to the Cherokees, to be void; and that IVhite intruall white people who have intruded, or may hereafter intrude, on d°"° is be ’°‘ the lands reserved for the Cherokees, shall be removed by the United move ` States, and proceeded against according to the provisions of the act passed thirtieth March, eighteen hundred and two, entitled "An act to 180% °l*· *3- regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers." Anr. 6. The contracting parties agree that the annuity to the Che- Division ofnnrokee nation shall be paid, two-thirds to the Cherokees east of the Mis- Mil! **2 CNFo- sissippi, and one~third to the Cherokees west of that river, as it is esti- k°° nam"' mated that those who have emigrated, and who have enrolled for emigration, constitute one-third of the whole nation; but if the Cherokees west of the Mississippi object to this distribution, of which due notice shall be given them, before the expiration of one year after the ratification of this treaty, then the census, solely for distributing the annuity, shall be taken at such times, and in such manner, as the President of the United States may designate. ART. 7. The United States, in order to afford the Cherokees who Intrusion of eireside on the lands ceded by this treaty, time to cultivate their crop "“¤Sd‘° be P"' next summer, and for those who do not choose to take reservations, to wma ' remove, bind themselves to prevent the intrusion of their citizens on the ceded land before the lirst of January next. Ama 8. This treaty to be binding on the contracting parties so soon Treaty binding as it is ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the "h°“ “"‘6°d· advice and consent of the Senate. Done at the place, and on the day and year, above written. J. C. CALHOUN. 1:2