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Treaty of Philadelphia
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WHEREAS the treaty made and concluded on Holston river, on the second day
of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, between the United
States of America and the Cherokee nation of Indians, has not been fully
carried into execution by reason of some misunderstandings which have arisen:
/A/ /B/
ARTICLE I.
And whereas the undersigned Henry Knox, Secretary for the department of
War, being authorized thereto by the President of the United States, in
behalf of the said United States, and the undersigned Chiefs and Warriors,
in their own names, and in behalf of the whole Cherokee nation, are desirous
of re-establishing peace and friendship between the said parties in a permanent
manner, Do hereby declare, that the said treaty of Holston is, to all intents
and purposes, in full force and binding upon the said parties, as well
in respect to the boundaries therein mentioned as in all other respects
whatever. /C/
ARTICLE IARTICLE II.
It is hereby stipulated that the boundaries mentioned in the fourth article
of the said treaty, shall be actually ascertained and marked in the manner
prescribed by the said article, whenever the Cherokee nation shall have
ninety days notice of the time and place at which the commissioners of
the United States intend to commence their operation. /D/
ARTICLE III.
The United States, to evince their justice by amply compensating the said
Cherokee nation of Indians for all relinquishments of land made either
by the treaty of Hopewell upon the Keowee river, concluded on the twenty-eighth
of November, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, or the aforesaid
treaty made upon Holston river, on the second of July, one thousand seven
hundred and ninety-one, do hereby stipulate, in lieu of all former sums
to be paid annually to furnish the Cherokee Indians with goods suitable
for their use, to the amount of five thousand dollars yearly. /E/
ARTICLE IV.
And the said Cherokee nation, in order to evince the sincerity of their
intentions in future, to prevent the practice of stealing horses, attended
with the most pernicious consequences to the lives and peace of both parties,
do hereby agree, that for every horse which 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. /F/
ARTICLE V.
The articles now stipulated will be considered as permanent additions to
the treaty of Holston, as soon as they shall have been ratified by the
President of the United States and the Senate of the United States.
In witness 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. /G/
H. Knox, Secretary of War, (L.S.)
Tekakisskee, or Taken out of the Water, his x mark, (L.S.)
Nontuaka, or the Northward, his x mark, (L.S.)
Cinasaw, or the Cabin, his x mark, (L.S.)
Skyuka, his x mark, (L.S.)
Chuquilatague, or Double Head, his x mark, (L.S.)
John McCleemore, his x mark, (L.S.)
Walahue, or the Humming Bird, (L.S.)
Chuleowee, his x mark, (L.S.)
Ustanaqua, his x mark, (L.S.)
Kullusathee, his x mark, (L.S.)
Siteaha, his x mark, (L.S.)
Keenaguna, or the Lying Fawn, his x mark, (L.S.)
Chatakaelesa, or the Fowl Carrier, (L.S.)
Done in presence of - -
John Thompson,
Arthur Coodey, Interpreters,
Cantwell Jones, of Delaware.
William Wofford, of the State of Georgia.
W. McCaleb, of South Carolina.
Samuel Lewis, of Philadelphia. A/ Proclamation, Jan. 21, 1795. B/ Ante,
p. 29. C/ Treaty of Holston binding. D/ Boundaries to be marked. E/ Annual
allowance of goods. F/ For every horse stolen, a sum to be deducted from
the annuity. G/ These articles in addition to the treaty of Holston.
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