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 CREEKS AND SEMINOLES. JAN. 4, 1845. 821 TREATY WITH THE CREEKS AND SEMINOLES. Artieles of a Treaty made by Wiliam Armstrong, P. M. Butler, i,,,,_4,m,,5_ James Logan, and Thomas L. Judge, Commissioners in Behalf of ···—+ the United States, of thejirst Part ; the Creek Tribe of Indians, of J1:,°°;;m:;,?’ the second ; and the Seminole Tribe of Indians, of the third Part. y ’ ' Wnmuaas it was stipulated, in the fourth article of the Creek treaty of preamble, 1833, that the Seminoles should thenceforward be considered a indian Treating, constituent part of the Creek nation, and that a permanent and r¤l·Lv·4i9· comfortable home should be secured for them on the lands set apart in said treaty as the country of the Creeks; and whereas many of the Seminoles have settled and are now living in the Creek country, while others, constituting a large portion of the tribe, have refused to make their homes in any part thereof, assigning as a reason that they are unwilling to submit to Creek laws and government, and that they are apprehensive of being deprived, by the Creek authorities, of their property; and whereas repeated complaints have been made to the United States government, that those of the Seminoles who refuse to go into the Creek country have, without authority or right, settled upon lands secured to other tribes, and that they have committed numerous and extensive depredations upon the property of those upon whose lands they have intruded : Now, therefore, in order to reconcile all dilliculties respecting location and jurisdiction, to settle all disputed questions which have arisen, or may hereafter arise, in regard to rights of property, and especially to preserve the peace of the frontier, seriously endangered by the restless and warlike spirit of the intruding Seminoles, the parties to this treaty have agreed to the following stipulations : -—- Arvrrcnn 1. The Creeks agree that the Seminoles shall be entitled to settle in a Ti., 5min0i,,, body or separately, as they please, in any part of the Creek country; *0 ¤e¢¢l¤ in My that they shall make their own town regulations, subject, however, to E:;tn?:;h€.IQ;°§e the general control of the Creek council, in which they shall be rep- subject generally resented; and, in short, that no distinction shall be made between the zguugllf C'°° two tribes in any respect, except in the management of their pecuni· No distinction ary adairs, in which neither shall interfere with the other. 2;:5:*% LEE; ni allhirs. Anrrcnu II. uy The Seminoles agree that those of their tribe who have not done Scminnieswno so before the ratification of this treaty, shall, immediately thereafter, have ¤<>¤ retemove to and permanently settle in the Creek country. STE: imme iately. Arvrrctu III. It is mutually agreed by the Creeks and Seminoles, that all con- Certain contested cases between the two tribes, concerning the right of property, tested ¤¤:§¤ *20;; growing out of sales or transactions that may have occurred previous g,?:",:`,?",;,?!,,,, to the ratification of this treaty, shall be subject to the decision of the subject t¤ the President of the United States. ‘:,‘f;’{Q,‘Q},,_°f th"