Oct. 2, 1798.

Preamble.Ante, p. 39.

Ante, p. 43.

Peace andfriendship per-petual.

Subsistingtreaties to ope-rate.

ARTICLES OF A TREATY,

Between the United States of America, and the Cherokee Indians .

Whereas, the treaty made and concluded on Holston River, on thesecond day of July, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, between the United States of America, and the Cherokee nationof Indians, had not been carried into execution, for some time there-after, by reason of some misunderstandings which had arisen :—Andwhereas , in order to remove such misunderstandings, and to provide forcarrying the said treaty into effect, and for re-establishing more fullythe peace and friendship between the parties, another treaty was held,made and concluded by and between them, at Philadelphia , the twenty-sixth day of June, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four : In which, among other things, it was stipulated, that the bounda-ries mentioned in the fourth article of the said treaty of Holston, shouldbe actually ascertained and marked, in the manner prescribed by thesaid article, whenever the Cherokee nation should have ninety days’notice of the time and place at which the commissioners of the UnitedStates intended to commence their operation : And whereas furtherdelays in carrying the said fourth article into complete effect did takeplace, so that the boundaries mentioned and described therein, were notregularly ascertained and marked, until the latter part of the year, onethousand seven hundred and ninety-seven: before which time, and forwant of knowing the direct course of the said boundary, divers settle-ments were made, by divers citizens of the United States , upon the In-dian lands over and beyond the boundaries so mentioned and describedin the said article, and contrary to the intention of the said treaties:but which settlers were removed from the said Indian lands, by au-thority of the United States , as soon after the boundaries had been solawfully ascertained and marked as the nature of the case had admit-ted : And whereas, for the purpose of doing justice to the Cherokee nation of Indians, and remedying inconveniencies arising to citizensof the United States from the adjustment of the boundary line betweenthe lands of the Cherokees and those of the United States , or the citi-zens thereof, or from any other cause in relation to the Cherokees ; andin order to promote the interests and safety of the said states, and thecitizens thereof, the President of the United States , by and with theadvice and consent of the Senate thereof, hath appointed George Wal-ton, of Georgia, and the President of the United States hath also ap-pointed Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Butler, commanding the troops ofthe United States, in the state of Tennessee , to be commissioners forthe purpose aforesaid: And who, on the part of the United States , andthe Cherokee nation, by the undersigned chiefs and warriors, repre-senting the said nation, have agreed to the following articles, namely:

ARTICLE I.

The peace and friendship subsisting between the United States andthe Cherokee people, are hereby renewed, continued, and declared per-petual.

ARTICLE II.

The treaties subsisting between the present contracting parties, areacknowledged to be of full and operating force; together with the con-struction and usage under their respective articles, and so to continue.

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