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 TREATY WITH THE CHEROKEES. 1791. 41 ARTICLE XI. If any citizen or inhabitant of the United States, or of either of the Citizens of_ territorial districts of the United States, shall go into any town, settle- U- S· <?°mm}*· ment or territory belonging to the Cherokees, and shall there commit jfs:,:?;?,:?,,, any crime upon, or trespass against the person or property of any peace- to be punished. able and friendly Indian or Indians, which if committed within the jurisdiction of any state, or within the jurisdiction of either of the said districts, against a citizen or white inhabitant thereof, would be punishable by the laws of such state or district, such offender or offenders, shall be subject to the same punishment, and shall be proceeded against in the same manner as if the offence had been committed within the jurisdiction of the state or district to which he or they may belong, against a citiz,en or white inhabitant thereof ARTICLE XII. In case of violence on the persons or property of the individuals of Retaliation either party, neither retaliation or reprisal shall be committed by the ’°S"‘““°d· other, until satisfaction shall have been demanded of the party of which the aggressor is, and shall have been refused. ARTICLE XIII. The Cherokces shall give notice to the citizens of the United States, Qhsmlgees to of any designs which they may know, or suspect to be formed in any §“’€* ¤°*l°° Pit neighbouring tribe, or by any person whatever, against the peace and [fgés ugams interest of the United States. ARTICLE XIV. That the Cherokee nation may be led to a greater degree of civiliza· U. S. to make tion, and to become herdsmen and cultivators, instead of remaining in Pf6¤¢¤¥¤· a state of hunters, the United States will from time to time furnish gratuitously the said nation with useful implements of husbandry, and further to assist the said nation in so desirable a pursuit, and at the same time to establish a certain mode of communication, the United States will send such, and so many persons to reside in said nation as they may judge proper, not exceeding four in number, who shall qualify themselves to act as interpreters. These persons shall have lands assigned by the Cherokees for cultivation for themselves and their successors in office; but they shall be precluded exercising any kind of traffic. ARTICLE XV. All animosities for past grievances shall henceforth cease, and the Animositiea to contracting parties will carry the foregoing treaty into full execution °°”°· with all good faith and sincerity. ARTICLE XVI. This treaty shall take effect and be obligatory on the contracting Rggmcgjgn, parties, as soon as the same shall have been ratified by the President of the United States, with the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States. In wrruess of all and every thing herein determined between the United States of America and the whole Cherokee nation, the parties have hereunto set their hands and seals, at the Treaty Ground on the bank of the Holston, near the mouth of the French 6 n 2