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TREATY WITH THE CHICKASAWS. 1805. 89 Tondawganie, or the Dog, Thateyyanayoh, or Leather Lips, Aslrawet. gsi;}g0W6DéYz;1, or Cherokee Boy, . auen a , Chwpawm _ Tahunehawetee, or Adam Brown, Mncquwvquqtr ¤r ggtflg Be:'. smwruntme. uitchone ur or i lou , gueooneqtgatvijabaw, 8 Mlm"' D'l“w“"• Oseaguasanu, or Young Boy, P¤¤k·=¤¤¤¤¤¤>¤·i. Monimack, or Cat Fish, P'¥**bm°h°l°t¤ ·p,,,,g,,g,h_ Pamoxet, or Armstrong, Pamwatima. Pappellelond, or Beaver Hat. Nnmme, Niawanee. M,,g,,wh_ Weyapeirscawaw, or Blue Jacket, Cutheaweasaw, or Black HOH§ W3/a”‘*’l’• Auonesechla, or Civil Man, Tarhee, or the Crane, Isaac Peters. Miere, or Walkin Water, Signed in presence of Wm. Dean, C. F. L. C. J. B. Mower. Jasper Parrish, Whitmore Kneggs, Wm. Walker, Interpreters. Israel Ruland. E. Brush. To tlrelndian names are eubjoined s mark and real.

A R T I C L E S Of arrangement made and concluded in the Chickasaw country, July 23, 18% between James Robertson and Silas Dinsmoor, commissioners of $"f·—· . . . reclamation, the United States of the one part, and the Mango chzefs and May es, 1807. warriors of the Chickasaw nation of Indians on the other part. miigggd MW Ama I. Wunmras the Chickasaw nation of Indians have been for _Cession often some time embarrassed by heavy debts due to their merchants and “*°’Y *° U·S· traders, and being destitute of funds to effect important improvements in their country, they have agreed and do hereby agree to cede to the United States, and forever quit claim to the tract of country included within the following bounds, to wit: beginning on the left bank of Ohio, at the point where the present Indian boundary adjoins the same, thence down the left bank of Ohio to the Tennessee river, thence up the main channel of the Tennessee river to the mouth of Duck river; thence up the left bank of Duck river to the Columbian highway or road leading fiom Nashville to Natchez, thence along the said road to the ridge dividing the waters running into Duck river from those running into Bull faloe river, thence eastwardly along the said ridge to the great ridge dividing the waters running into the main Tennessee river from those running into Buffaloe river near the main source of Buifaloe river, thence in a direct line to the Great Tennessee river near the Chickasaw old fields or eastern point of the Chickasaw claim on that river; thence northwardly to the great ridge dividing the waters running into the Tennessee from those running into Cumberland river, so as to include all the waters running into Elk river, thence along the top of the said great ridge to the place of beginning: reserving a tract of one mile square adjoining to, and below the mouth of Duck river on the Tennessee, for the use of the chief O’Koy or Tishumastubbee. AR’1‘.II. The United States on their part, and in consideration of consideration the above cession, agree to make the following payments, to wit: fo1‘ wd 8¥¤¤¢· Twenty thousand dollars for the use of the nation at large, and for the payment of the debts due to their merchants and traders; and to George 12 ri 2