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 ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT Made and concluded at the Creek Agency, on the jiyieenth day tj Nov. 15, 1827. November, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, be- noel,,,,,,,,,,,,, tween Thomas L. McKenney, and John Crowell, in behay of M¤rch4, 1828i the United States, of the one part, and Little Prince and others, Chiefs and Head Men of the Creek Nation, of the other part. Wnrmms a Treaty of Cession was concluded at Washington City Object of the in the District of Columbia, by Jnivms Bamsorm, Secretary of War, of ¤€¤*Y· 6 the one part, and OPOTHLEOHOLO, Jour: STIDHAM, and Orunns, of the AMP p' 28 ' other part, and which Treaty bears date the twenty fourth day of J anuary, one thousand eight hundred and twenty six; and whereas, the object of said Treaty being to embrace a cession by the Creek Nation, of all the lands owned by them within the chartered limits of Georgia, and it having been the opinion of the parties, at the time when said Treaty was concluded, that all, or nearly all, of said lands were embraced in said cession, and by the lines as defined in said Treaty, and the supplemental article thereto: and whereas it having been since ascertained that the said lines in said Treaty, and the supplement thereto, do not embrace all the lands owned by the Creek Nation within the chartered limits of Georgia, and the President of the United States having urged the Creek Nation further to extend the limits as defined in the Treaty aforesaid, and the Chiefs and head men of the Creek Nation being desirous of complying with the wish of the President of the United States, therefore, they, the Chiefs and head men aforesaid, agree to cede, and they do hereby cede to the United States, all the remaining lands now owned or claimed by the Creek Nation, not heretofore ceded, and which, on actual survey, may be found to lie within the chartered limits of the State of Georgia. In consideration whereof, and in full compensation for the above U. S. agree to cession, the undersigned, Tnomns L.  and Jorm Cnownm., Pity $27,491. in behalf of the United States, do hereby agree to pay to the Chiefs and head men of the Creek Nation aforesaid, and as soon as may be after the approval and ratification of this agreement, in the usual forms, by the President and Senate of the United States, and its sanction by a council of the Creek Nation, to be immediately convened for the purpose, or by the subscription of such names, in addition to those subscribed to this instrument, of Chiefs and head men of the nation, as shall constitute it the act of the Creek N ation——the sum of twenty-seven thousand four hundred and ninety-one dollars. It is further agreed by the parties hereto, in behalf of the United Furtheragree- States, to allow, on account of the cession herein made, the additional memsum of fifteen thousand dollars, it being the understanding of both the parties, that five thousand dollars of this sum shall be applied, under the direction of the President of the United States, towards the education and support of Creek children at the school in Kentucky, known by the title of the "C'hoctaw Academy," and under the existing regulations; also, one thousand dollars towards the support of the Vilithington, and one thousand dollars towards the support of the Asbury stations, so called, both being schools in the Creek Nation, and under regulations of the Department of \Var; two thousand dollars for the erection of four horse mills, to be suitably located under the direction of the President of the United States; one thousand dollars to be applied to the (307)