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TREATY WITH THE CHEROKEES. 1798.

Indians mayhunt on landsrelinquished.

Notice of timefor deliveringannuities, &c.

Horses stolento be paid for.

Oblivion ofpast aggres-sions.

The Cherokee agent to have apiece of ground.

merits shall make it improper, the Cherokee hunters shall be at libertyto hunt and take game upon the lands relinquished and ceded by thistreaty.

ARTICLE VIII.

Due notice shall be given to the principal towns of the Cherokees ,of the time proposed for delivering the annual stipends; and sufficientsupplies of provisions shall be furnished, by and at the expense of theUnited States , to subsist such reasonable number that may be sent, orshall attend to receive them during a reasonable time.

ARTICLE IX.

It is mutually agreed between the parties, that horses stolen and notreturned within ninety days, shall be paid for at the rate of sixty dollarseach; if stolen by a white man, citizen of the United States , the Indianproprietor shall be paid in cash; and if stolen by an Indian from a citizen,to be deducted as expressed in the fourth article of the treaty of Phila-delphia. —This article shall have retrospect to the commencement ofthe first conferences at this place in the present year, and no further.And all animosities, aggressions, thefts and plunderings, prior to thatday shall cease, and be no longer remembered or demanded on eitherside.

ARTICLE X.

The Cherokee nation agree, that the agent who shall be appointed toreside among them from time to time, shall have a sufficient piece ofground allotted for his temporary use.

And lastly, This treaty, and the several articles it contains, shall beconsidered as additional to, and forming a part of, treaties already sub-sisting between the United States and the Cherokee nation, and shallbe carried into effect on both sides, with all good faith as soon as thesame shall be approved and ratified by the President of the UnitedStates, and the Senate thereof.

In Witness of all and every thing herein determined between theUnited States of America, and the whole Cherokee nation, theparties hereunto set their hands and seals, in the Council-House,near Tellico, on Cherokee ground, and within the United States ,this second day of October, in the year one thousand seven hun-dred and ninety-eight, and in the twenty-third year of the Inde-pendence and Sovereignty of the United States .

Ne-ne-tu-ali, or Bloody Fellow,Ostaiah,

Jaunne, or John,

Oortlokecteh,

Chokonnistaller, or Stallion ,Noot-hoietah,

Kunnateetah, or Rising Fawn,Utturah, or Skin Worm,Wee-lee, or Will,

Oolasoteh,

Tlorene,

Jonnurteekee, or Little John,Oonatakoteehee,

Kanowsurkee, or Broom,

Yonah Oolah, Bear at Home,

Tunksalenee, or Thick Legs,

Oorkullaukee

Kumamah, or Butterfly

Chattakuteehee

Kanitta, or Little Turkey

THOS. BUTLER,GEO. WALTON.

Kettegiskie

Tauquotihee, or the GlassChuquilatagueSalleekookoo-olahTallo tuskeeChellokee

Tuskeegatee, or Long FellowNeeka-anneah, or Woman HolderKulsateehee

Keetakeuskah, or Prince

Charley

Akooh

Sawanookeh

Yonah Equah, or Big BearKeenahkunnahKa-wee-soola-skeeTeekakalohenahOokousetech, or John TaylorChochu Chee