TREATY WITH THE CHOCTAWS. 1802.

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part, and on the north by Big Tree Reservation—containing two squaremiles, or twelve hundred and eighty acres, together with all and singular,the hereditaments and appurtenances whatsoever thereunto belonging,or in any wise appertaining, to hold to them the said Oliver Phelps,Isaac Bronson and Horatio Jones, their heirs and assigns, to the onlyproper use and behoof of them the said Oliver Phelps, Isaac Bronsonand Horatio Jones their heirs and assigns forever.

In testimony whereof the said Commissioner, and the said partieshave hereunto, and to two other instruments of the same tenor anddate, one to remain with the United States , one to remain with theSeneca Nation of Indians, and one to remain with the said OliverPhelps, Isaac Bronson and Horatio Jones, interchangeably set theirhands and seals. Dated the 30th day of June in the year of ourLord one thousand eight hundred and two.

Con-nea-ti-u, Tou-yo-cau-na, or Blue Sky,

Koe-en-twah-ka, or Corn Planter, Koying-quau-tah, or Young King,

Won-don-goohk-ta, Soo-goo-ya-wau-tau, or Red Jacket,

Te-kon-non-du, Ona-ya-wos, or Farmer’s Brother,

Te-ki-ain-dau, Ka-oun-doo-wand, or Pollard,

Sa-goo-yes, Au-wen-nau-sa.

Sealed apd delivered in presence of Jno. Thomson. James W. Stevens. IsraelChapin. Jasper Parrish, Interpreter.

To the Indian names are subjoined a mark and seal.

A PROVISIONAL CONVENTION

Entered into and made by brigadier general James Wilkinson ,of the state of Maryland, commissioner for holding conferenceswith the Indians south of the Ohio river, in behalf of the UnitedStates , on the one part, and the whole Choctaw nation, by theirchiefs, head men, and principal warriors, on the other part.

Preamble. For the mutual accommodation of the parties, and to per-petuate that concord and friendship, which so happily subsists betweenthem, they do hereby freely, voluntarily, and without constraint, cove-nant and agree,

Art. I. That the President of the United States may, at his discre-tion, by a commissioner or commissioners, to be appointed by him, byand with the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States ,retrace, connect, and plainly remark the old line of limits, establishedby and between his Britanic majesty and the said Choctaw nation,which begins on the left bank of the Chickasawhay river and runsthence in an easterly direction to the right bank of the Tombigby river,terminating on the same, at a bluff well known by the name of Hach-a-Tig-geby, but it is to be clearly understood, that two commissioners,to be appointed by the said nation, from their own body, are to attendthe commissioner or commissioners of the United States , who may beappointed to perform this service, for which purpose the said Choctawnation shall be seasonably advised by the President of the United States ,of the particular period at which the operation may be commenced, andthe said Choctaw commissioners shall be subsisted by the United States ,so long as they may be engaged on this businesss, and paid for theirservices, during the said term, at the rate of one dollar per day.

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Oct. 17,1802.

Proclamation,Jan. 20, 1803.

Ratified Jan.20, 1803.

Boundary lineto be re-mark-ed, &c.