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INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IX THE UNITED STATES 



SCHEDULE OF INDI^^ST 



Tellico, Ten- Stat. L., Cherokee, 

 nessee. vn, 95. 



Washing 

 D.C. 



St.it. L., Creek. 

 VII, 96. 



Tennessee river bank opposite the month of Hiw.Tssa river — 

 if the line from Hiwassa should leave out Field's settlement, 

 it is to be marked round his improvement and then continued 

 the straight eourse ; thence up the middle of Tennessee river 

 (but leaving all islands to tin- Cherokees) to the mouth of 

 Clinch river: thence up Clinch river to the former boundary 

 line agreed upon with the Cherokees. 



From the foregoinc cession the Cherokees reserve a small tract 

 lying at and below the mouth of Clinch river and extending 

 from said mouth down the Tennessee river to a notable rock 

 on the N. bank of the Tennessee, in view from Southwest 

 Point; thence a course at right angles with the river to the 

 Cumberland road; thence eastwardly along the same to the 

 bank of Clinch river, so as to secure the ferry landing to 

 the Cherokees up to the tirst hill, and down the same to the 

 mouth thereof. 



The Cherokees also reserve a tract of 1 square mile at the foot 

 of Cumberland mountain, at or near the Turnpike gate. 



The Cherokees also reserve a tract of 1 si|uare mile on the N. 

 bank of Tennessee river, at the present resi<len<e of Cherokee 

 Talootiske. 



It is further provided that, whereas, owing to the above- 

 described cession and other circumstances, the site of the 

 garrisons at Southwest Point and Tellico have become incon- 

 venient and unsuitable places for the accommodation of the 

 Cherokees, and it may become expedient to remove said 

 garrisons and factory to a more suitable place, that a tract 

 of S sijuare miles is reserved for the particular disposal of 

 the U. S. on the N. bank of the Tennessee, opposite to and 

 below the mouth of Hiwassa. 



It is further provided that, in addition to the roads already 

 established, the citizens of the T. S. shall have the free and 

 unmolested use of the two following roads: One to proceed 

 from some convenient j)lace near the head of Stone's river 

 and fall into the Georgia road at a suitable jilace toward the 

 southern frontier of the Cherokees; the other to pmceed 

 from the neighljorhood of Franklin, on liig Harpath, and, 

 crossing the Tennessee at or near the JIuscle-shoals, to pur- 

 sue the nearest and best way to the Tombigbee settlements. 



The Cherokees cede to the U. S. the section of land at South- 

 west Point occupied by the U. S. garrison and extending to 

 Kingston, reserving to themselves the ferries. 



The Cherokees also cede to the U. S. the tirst island in Ten- 

 nessee river above the mouth of Clinch river. 



The Cherokees also agree that citizens of the U. S. .shall have, 

 so far as it goes through their country, the free use of a road 

 leading from Tellico to Tombigbe. 



The Creeks cede to the U. S. all right to a certain tract between 

 the Oconee and < )cnmlgee rivers, bounded as follows : Begin- 

 ning at the High shoals of Apalacha, where the line of 

 the treaty of Fort Wilkinson touches the same; thence run- 

 ning in a straight line to the mouth of Ulcofauhatche, it 

 being the first large branch or fork of the ( icmulgee above 

 the Seven islands, provided, however, that if the said line 

 should strike the Ulcofauhatche at any jiliice above its 

 mouth, that it shall continue round with that stream so as 

 to leave the whole of it on the Indian side; then the bound- 

 ary to continue from the month of the Ulcofauhatche, by the 

 water's edge of the Ociiiulgee river, down to its junction 

 with the ( Iconee; ■ thence up the Oconee to the present 

 boundary at Tauloohatchee creek ; thence up said creek, and 

 following the present boundary line, to the tirst-mentioned 

 bounds, at the high shoals of Apalacha. 



