A TREATY OF PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP Made and concluded between the President if the United States July 2, 1791. ryhdmerica, on the Part and Behav` of the said States, and the undersigned Chiefs and Warriors of the Cherokee Nation of Feb. 7, 1792. Indians, on the Part and BehaQ' mf the said Nation. Tun parties being desirous of establishing permanent peace and friendship between the United States and the said Cherokee Nation, and the citizens and members thereof, and to remove the causes of war, by ascertaining their limits and making other necessary, just and friendly arrangements: The President of the United States, by William Blount, Governor of the territory of the United States of America, south of the river Ohio, and Superintendent of Indian affairs for the southern district, who is vested with full powers for these purposes, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States: And the Cherokee Nation, by the undersigned Chiefs and Warriors representing the said nation, have agreed to the following articles, namely: ARTICLE I. There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between all the citizens peace and of the United States of America, and all the individuals composing the A-"°“dFhlP PGP whole Cherokee nation of Indians. me ‘ ARTICLE II. The undersigned Chiefs and Warriors, for themselves and all parts I,,d,a,,S ac. of the Cherokee nation, do acknowledge themselves and the said Che- knowledge prvrokee nation, to be under the protection of the United States of Ame- *°°“°“° U' S‘ rica, and of no other sovereign whosoever; and they also stipulate that the said Cherokee nation will not hold any treaty with any foreign power, individual state, or with individuals of any state. ARTICLE III. The Cherokee nation shall deliver to the Governor of the territory p,-350,,8,5 to of the United States of America, south of the river Ohio, on or before be restoredthe first day of April next, at this place, all persons who are now prisoners, captured by them from any part of the United States: And the United States shall on or before the same day, and at the same place, restore to the Cherokees, all the prisoners now in captivity, which the citizens of the United States have captured from them. ARTICLE IV. The boundary between the citizens of the United States and the Boundaries, Cherokee nation, is and shall be as follows: Beginning at the top of the Currahee mountain, where the Creek line passes it; thence a direct line to Tugelo river; thence north east to the Occunna mountain, and over the same along the South-Carolina Indian boundary to the North- Carolina boundary; thence north to a point from which a line is to be extended to the river Clinch, that shall pass the Holston at the ridge which divides the waters running into Little River from those running into the Tennessee; thence up the river Clinch to Campbelfs line, and along the same to the top of Cumberland mountain; thence a direct (39)
