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 sept. 18. im TREATY WITH THE FLORIDA TRIBES OF INDIANS. Proclamation, Jgfikzfngfsé ,0 4n·rrcr.u I. Tim undersigned chiefs and warriors, for themselves and continue umm- their tribes, have appealed to the humanity, and thrown themselves on, ¥h_¢é>¤¤¤¢<=¤i¤¤¤ and have promised to continue under, the protection of the United °i ‘S‘ States, and of no other nation, power, or sovereign; and, in consideration of the promises and stipulations hereinafter made, do cede and relinquish all claim or title which they may have to the whole territory of Florida, with the exception of such district of country as shall herein be allotted to them. Said Indians to An·r·rcr.e II. The Florida tribes of Indians will hereafter be concenbl? ¢¢l3¤fi¤¤$i W trated and confined to the following metes and boundaries: commencing
 * n:,e;la‘:&""g five miles north of Okehumke, running in a direct line to a point five

bounds. miles west of Setarky’s settlement, on the waters of Amazura, (or Withlahuchie river,) leaving said settlement two miles south of the line; from thence, in a direct line, to the south end of the Big Hammock, to include Chickuchate; continuing, in the same direction, for five miles beyond the said Hammock-——provided said point does not approach nearer than fifteen miles the sea coast of the Gulf of Mexico; if it does, the said line will terminate at that distance from the sea coast; thence, south, twelve miles; thence in a south 30° east direction, until the same shall strike within five miles of the main branch of Charlotte river; thence, in a due east direction, to within twenty miles of the Atlantic coast; thence, north, fifteen west, for fifty miles and from this last, to the beginning point. U.S. to take Awrrcnn III. The United States will take the Florida Indians under
 * ,ll:n£`l3:;l:rI¤· their care and patronage, and will afford them protection against all

thm cam &c_ persons whatsoever; provided they conform to the laws of the United States, and refrain from making war, or giving any insult to any foreign nation, without having first obtained the permission and consent of the United States: And, in consideration of the appeal and cession made in the first article of this treat, by the aforesaid chiefs and warriors, the United States promise to distribute among the tribes, as soon as concentrateid, under the direction of their agent, implements of husbandry, an stock of cattle and ho s, to the amount of six thousand dollars, and an annual sum of five ghousand dollars a year, for twenty successive years, to be distributed as the President of the United States jiall dirgeé, éhrougip the Secretary of War, or his Superintendents and gento n ian a airs. U. S. to gua- Anrrcrm IV. The United States promise to guaranty to the said '¤;;;sl;f;§°&bl° tribes the peaceable possession of the district of country herein assigned {L), d;,,,.;,, ,,,,_ them, reserving the right of opening through it such roads, as may, signed them, on from time to time, be deemed necessary; and to restrain and prevent gzlxgln °°”d*‘ all white persons from hunting, settling, or otherwise intrnding upon it. ' But any citizen of the United States, being lawfully authorized for that purpose, shall be permitted to pass and repass through the said district, and to fnavigatei thebwaters thereof, without any hindrance, toll, or exactron, rom said tri es. 6301;;. {Zeit, 'A1>:rrcr.n V. _For the purpose of facilitating the removal of the said 10 ged them for tribes to the district of country allotted them, and, as a compensation gwglyq months, for the losses sustained, or the inconveniences to which they may be (2%