TREATY WITH THE CREEKS. 1790.
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ARTICLE VII.
No citizen or inhabitant of the United States shall attempt to huntor destroy the game on the Creek lands: Nor shall any such citizenor inhabitant go into the Creek country, without a passport first ob-tained from the Governor of some one of the United States , or theofficer of the troops of the United States commanding at the nearestmilitary post on the frontiers, or such other person as the President ofthe 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, orwho shall take refuge in their nation, shall commit a robbery or murder,or other capital crime, on any of the citizens or inhabitants of theUnited States , the Creek nation, or town, or tribe to which such offenderor offenders may belong, shall be bound to deliver him or them up, tobe punished according to the laws of the United States .
ARTICLE IX.
If any citizen or inhabitant of the United States , or of either of theterritorial districts of the United States , shall go into any town, settle-ment or territory belonging to the Creek nation of Indians, and shallthere commit any crime upon, or trespass against the person or propertyof any peaceable and friendly Indian or Indians, which if committedwithin the jurisdiction of any state, or within the jurisdiction of eitherof the said districts, against a citizen or white inhabitant thereof, wouldbe punishable by the laws of such state or district, such offender oroffenders shall be subject to the same punishment, and shall be proceed-ed against in the same manner, as if the offence had been committedwithin the jurisdiction of the state or district to which he or they maybelong, against a citizen or white inhabitant thereof.
ARTICLE X.
In cases of violence on the persons or property of the individuals ofeither party, neither retaliation nor reprisal shall be committed by theother, until satisfaction shall have been demanded of the party, of whichthe aggressor is, and shall have been refused.
ARTICLE XI.
The Creeks shall give notice to the citizens of the United States ofany designs, which they may know or suspect to be formed in any neigh-bouring tribe, or by any person whatever, against the peace and interestsof the United States .
ARTICLE XII.
That the Creek nation may be led to a greater degree of civilization,and to become herdsmen and cultivators, instead of remaining in a stateof hunters, the United States will from time to time furnish gratuitouslythe said nation with useful domestic animals and implements of hus-bandry. And further to assist the said nation in so desirable a pursuit,and at the same time to establish a certain mode of communication, theUnited States will send such, and so many persons to reside in saidnation as they may judge proper, and not exceeding four in number,who shall qualify themselves to act as interpreters. These persons shallhave lands assigned them by the Creeks for cultivation, for themselvesand their successors in office; but they shall be precluded exercisingany kind of traffic.
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Indians to de-liver up crimi-nals.
Retaliation
restrained.
Indians to givenotice of designsagainst U. S.
U. S. to makepresents tothem.
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