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44 TREATY WITH THE SIX N ATIONS. 1794. ARTICLE IV. Fo, eve,}. And the said Cherokee nation, in order tc evince the sincerity gf horse stolen, a their intentions in future, tovprevent the practice of stealing horses, Sum '° be d°‘ attended with the most pernicious consequences to the lives and pew, gxgfgylrom me of both parties, do hereby dg78E, that for every horsewhrch shall be stolen from the white inhabitants by any Cherokee Indians, and not returned within three months, that the sum of fifty dollars shall be deducted from the said annuity of five thousand dollars. ARTICLE V. These mielee The articles now stipulated will be considered as permanent additions in addition to to the treaty of Holston, as soon as they shall have been ratified by the Q;:,;;:? °f President of the United States and the Senate of the United States. IN wr-runes of all and every thing herein determined between the United States of America and the whole Cherokee nation, the parties have hereunto set their hands and seals in the city of Philadelphia, within the United States, this twenty-sixth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four. H. KNOX, Secretary of War. Tekakisskee, or Taken out of the Water. Chuleowee. Nontuaka, or the N orthward! Ustanaqua. Cinasaw, or the Cabin. Kullusathee. Skyuka. Siteaha. Chuquilatague, or Double Head. Koenaguna, or the Lying Fawn. John M·Cleemore. Chatakaelesa, or the Fowl Carrier. Walalue, or the Humming Bird. noun m wma muasmsrcn or John Thompson, Arthur Coodey, Interpreters. Cantwell Jones, of Delaware. William Wafl'ord, of the State of Georgia. Wm. M¤Caleb, of South Carolina. Samuel Lewis, of Philadelphia. To the Indian titles are subjoined a marimd nal. A T R E A T Y Nov, ii, ;1g4_ Between the United States of America, and the Tribes of Indians Proclamation, called the Six Nations. Jan. 21, 1795. _ _ The President of the United States having determined to hold a conference with the Six Nations of Indians, for the purpose of removing from their minds all causes of complaint, and establishing a firm and permanent friendship with them; and Timothy Pickering being appointed sole agent for that purpose; and the agent havin met and conferred with the Sachems, Chiefs and Warriors of the Six léations, in a general council: Now, in order to accomplish the good design of this conferenee, the patties have agreed on the following articles; which, when ratified. by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States, shall be binding on them and the Six Nations. Pam and ARTICLE I. friendship Pee Peace and friendship are herely firmly established, and shall be pei'- petual. petual, between the United States and the Six Nation ,