A TREATY OF PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP
Made and concluded between the President of the United Statesof America, on the Part and Behalf of the said States , and theundersigned Chiefs and Warriors of the Cherokee Nation ofIndians , on the Part and Behalf of the said Nation.
The parties being desirous of establishing permanent peace andfriendship 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 friendlyarrangements: The President of the United States, by William Blount ,Governor of the territory of the United States of America , south of theriver Ohio , and Superintendant of Indian affairs for the southern dis-trict, who is vested with full powers for these purposes, by and with theadvice and consent of the Senate of the United States: And the Che-rokee Nation , by the undersigned Chiefs and Warriors representing thesaid nation, have agreed to the following articles, namely:
ARTICLE I.
There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between all the citizensof the United States of America , and all the individuals composing thewhole Cherokee nation of Indians.
ARTICLE II.
The undersigned Chiefs and Warriors, for themselves and all partsof the Cherokee nation, do acknowledge themselves and the said Che-rokee nation, to be under the protection of the United States of Ame-rica , and of no other sovereign whosoever; and they also stipulate thatthe said Cherokee nation will not hold any treaty with any foreignpower, individual state, or with individuals of any state.
ARTICLE III.
The Cherokee nation shall deliver to the Governor of the territoryof the United States of America, south of the river Ohio , on or beforethe first day of April next, at this place, all persons who are now pri-soners, captured by them from any part of the United States : And theUnited States shall on or before the same day, and at the same place,restore to the Cherokees , all the prisoners now in captivity, which thecitizens of the United States have captured from them.
ARTICLE IY.
The boundary between the citizens of the United States and theCherokee nation, is and shall be as follows: Beginning at the top of theCurrahee mountain, where the Creek line passes it; thence a directline to Tugelo river; thence north east to the Occunna mountain, andover the same along the South-Carolina Indian boundary to the North-Carolina boundary; thence north to a point from which a line is to beextended to the river Clinch, that shall pass the Holston at the ridgewhich divides the waters running into Little River from those runninginto the Tennessee ; thence up the river Clinch to Campbell’s line, andalong the same to the top of Cumberland mountain; thence a direct
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July 2, 1791.
Proclamation,Feb. 7, 1792.
Peace andfriendship per-petual.
Prisoners tobe restored.
Boundaries.