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TREATY WITH THE CREEKS. 1790. 37 ARTICLE VII. No citizen or inhabitant of the United States shall attempt to hunt Nor hunt on or destroy the game on the Creek lands: Nor shall any such citizen 7-he ¤¤m°· or inhabitant go into the Creek country, without a passport first obtained from the Governor of some one of the United States, or the officer of the troops of the United States commanding at the nearest military post on the frontiers, or such other person as the President of the United States may, from time to time, authorize to grant the same. ARTICLE VIII. If any Creek Indian or Indians, or person residing among them, or indians tq dewho shall take refuge in their nation, shall commit a robbery or murder, l“'f' uP °¤m*‘ or other capital crime, on any of the citizens or inhabitants of the m s` United States, the Creek nation, or town, or tribe to which such offender or offenders may belong, shall be bound to deliver him or them up, to be punished according to the laws of the United States. ARTICLE IX. 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- V- S- 9°mmi*· ment or territory belonging to the Creek nation of Indians, and shall :;§,,°;“f':§,,,,s there commit any crime upon, or trespass against the person or property to be punished. of any peaceable 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 citizen or white inhabitant thereof ARTICLE X. In cases of violence on the persons or property of the individuals of Retaliation either party, neither retaliation nor reprisal shall be committed by the l'°“"°m°d· other, until satisfaction shall have been demanded of the party, of which the aggressor is, and shall have been refused. ARTICLE XI. The Creeks shall give notice to the citizens of the United States of Indians wgive any designs, which they may know or suspect to be formed in any neigh- ”°'l°°°*£,l°g€“’ bouring tribe, or by any person whatever, against the peace and interests ugamsl ’ ' of the United States. ARTICLE XII. That the Creek nation may be led to a greater degree of civilization, U. S. to make and to become herdsmen and cultivators, instead of remaining in a state P,:°”¤*$ *° of hunters, the United States will from time to time furnish gratuitously t °m' the said nation with useful domestic animals and 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, and not exceedinglfour in number, who shall qualify themselves to act as interpreters. T ese persons shall have lands assigned them by the Creeks for cultivation, for themselves and their successors in office; but they shall be precluded exercising any kind of traiiic. D