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 TREATY WITH THE CHOCTAWS. 1802. 73 part, and on the north by Big Tree R.eservation—containing two square miles, or twelve hundred and eighty acres, together with all and singular, the hereditaments and appurtenances whatsoever thereunto belonging, or in any wise appertaining, to hold to them the said Oliver Phelps, Isaac Bronson and Horatio Jones, their heirs and assigns, to the only proper use and behoof of them the said Oliver Phelps, Isaac Bronson ‘ and Horatio Jones their heirs and assigns forever. IN testimony whereof the said Commissioner, and the said parties have hereunto, and to two other instruments of the same tenor and date, one to remain with the United States, one to remain with the Seneca Nation of Indians, and one to remain with the said Oliver Phelps, Isaac Bronson and Horatio Jones, interchangeably set their hands and seals. Dated the 30th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and two. Con-nca·ti-u, 'I‘ou—yo-can-na, or Blue Sky, Koe-en-twah-ka, or Corn Planter, Koying-quau-tab, or Young King, Won-don-goohk-ta, Soo-goo-ya-wau-tau, or Red Jacket, Te-kon—non·du, Ona-ya-wos, or Farmer's Brother, Te-ki-ain-dau, Ka-oun-doo-wand, or Pollard, Sa-goo-yes, Au-wen-nan-sa. Sealed and delivered in presence of Jno. Thomson. James W. Stevens. Israel Chapin. Jasper Parrish, Interpreter. To the Indian names are subioined a mark and real. A PROVISIONAL CONVENTION Entered into and made by brigadier general James Wilkinson, 0et.17, 1602. of the state of Maryland, commissioner for holding conferences gg with the Indians south of the Ohio river, in behalf of the United Jan. 20, 1803. l States, on the one part, and the whole Choctaw nation, by their Ruined Jan chiefs, head men, and principal warriors, on the other part. 1803. l Preamble. For the mutual accommodation of the parties, and to perpetuate that concord and friendship, which so happily subsists between them, they do hereby freely, voluntarily, and without constraint, covenant and agree, Amr. I. That the President of the United States may, at his discre- Boundary line tion, by a commissioner or commissioners, to be appointed by him, by *0 b° ¥¢·¤¤¤~¤k- and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States, °d' &‘°' retrace, connect, and plainly remark the old line of limits, established by and between his Britanic majesty and the said Choctaw nation, which begins on the left bank of the Chickasawhay river and runs thence in an easterly direction to the right bank of the Tombigby river, terminating on the same, at a bluff well known by the name of Hach-a- Tig-geby, but it is to be clearly understood, that two commissioners, to be appointed by the said nation, from their own body, are to attend the commissioner or commissioners of the United States, who may be appointed to perform this service, for which purpose the said Choctaw nation shall be seasonably advised by the President of the United States, of the particular period at which the operation may be commenced, and the said Choctaw commissioners shall be subsisted by the United States, so long as they may be engaged on this businesss, and paid for their services, during the said term, at the rate of one dollar per day. 10 G