THOMAS] INDIAN POLICY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND DELAWARE (i39 



Additional Cession to iiie at tlie ConsriBs in November 17()3, 2,408,800 Acres. 



Addition made by the extension of this Province from tlio River Alatamaha to the 

 River St. Mary eompntod at 998,400 Acres. 



Additional Cession 20,000 Acres in 176G. 



Additional Cession at the Congress held at Augusta the third ..f .lune 1773— 

 2,116,298 Acres. 



In all within the Indian Boundary Line supposed to be 6,09.^.429 Acres.' 



This appear-s to refer to the territory obtained from the Indians. If 

 so, it shows that some 10,400 square miles had been purchased previously 

 to the date of the report, and that the policy of extingui.shing the 

 Indian title by a correct and legitimate method had been followed up 

 to that time. 



By the treaty at Augusta with the Greeks and Cherokee, in June 

 1773, the following boundary was agreed on: 



Begin at the place where the Lower Creek path intersects the Ogeechee river, 

 and along the main branch of said river to the source of the southernmost branch 

 of said river and from thence along the ridge between the waters of Broad river 

 and Oconee river up to the BuHaloe Lick, and from thence in a straight line to the 

 tree marked by the Cherokees near the head of a branch falling into the Oconee 

 river, and from thence along the said ridge twenty miles above the line already run 

 by the Cherokees, and from thence across to Savannah river by a line parallel with 

 that formerly marked by them, and the Creeks by Saleachie and Taleachie and other 

 head men of the Lower Creeks also cede from the present boundary line at Phinhota- 

 way creek on the Altamaha river, up the said river to an island opposite to the mouth 

 of Barber creek, and from thence across to Oguechee river opposite to the road 

 about four miles above Buch head, where a canoe ferry used to be kept.- 



The above facts are sufScient to show that the policy of the colony 

 in treating with the Indians in regard to their lands was just and 

 equitable up to the time it became a state. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE AND DELAWARE 



As the policy adopted by the colonies of New Hampshire and Dela- 

 ware in treating with the Indians in regard to their lands was so inti- 

 mately connected with that of the older adjoining colonies as to form 

 in reality but a part of the history thereof, it is thought unnecessary to 

 give the details. 



POLICY OF THE UXITED STATES 



As already observed, the policy of the United States respecting the 

 process of obtaining or extinguishing the Indian title to their lands was 

 outlined, while the government was conducted under the Articles of 

 Confederation. By a "clause of No. ix " of the "Articles of Confed- 

 eration," it was agreed that " The United States in Congress assembled 

 shall have the sole and exclusive right and power of . . . regulating the 

 trade and managing all aftairs with the Indians not members of any of 



' Georgia Historical Society Collections, vol. iii. p. IBO. 



'Digest of tlie Laws of the State of Georgia from 1755 to 1799 (1800), p. 763. 



