22 TREATY WITII THE CHOCTAWS. 1786. district shall touch the same; thence east along tllie sai;.} plhirg-lirst degree of north latitude, being the southern boun ary o the ntted States of America, untill it shall strike the eastern boundary of the lands on which the Indians of the said nation dtd ltve and hunt on the twenty-ninth of November, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-two, while they were under the protection of the King of·(;reat·Brttam; thence northerly along the said eastern boundary, untill it shall meet the northern boundary of the said lands; thence westerly along the said northern boundary, untill it shall meet the western boundary thereof; thence southerly along the same to the beginning: saving and reserving for the establishment of trading posts, three tracts or parcels of land of six miles square each, at such places as the United [States] in Congress assembled shall think proper; which posts, and the lands annexed to them, shall be to the use and under the government of the United States of America. ARTICLE IV. No cgnnnn ng- If any citizen of the United States, or other person not being an U. S. shall set- Indian, shall attempt to settle on any of the lands hereby allotted to the
- l° °“ I“d"“‘ Indians to live and hunt on, such person shall forfeit the protection of
lands' the United States of America, and the Indians may punish him or not as they please. ARTICLE V ynmnnn to dn, If any Indian or Indians, or persons, residing among them, or who liver up crimi· shall take refuge in their nation, shall commit a robbery or murder or ““lS· other capital crime on any citizen of the United States of America, or person under their protection, the tribe to which such offender may belong, or the nation, shall be bound to deliver him or them up to be punished according to the ordinances of the United States in Congress assembled: Provided, that the punishment shall not be greater than if the robbery or murder, or other capital crime, had been committed by a citizen on a citizen. E VI ARTICL . Citizens of If any citizen of the United States of America, or person under their P. S. commit- protection, shall commit a robbery or murder, or other capital crime, ,,;]§,$°}`ns:n,,ns on any Indian, such offender or offenders shall be punished in the same to be punished. manner as if the robbery or murder, or other capital crime, had been committed on a citizen of the United States of America; and the punishment shall be in presence of some of the Choctaws, if any will attend at the time and place; and that they may have an opportunity so to do, due notice, if practicable, of the time of such intended punishment, shall be sent to some one of the tribes. ARTICLE VII. Rm;;n,;nn It is understood that the punishment of the innocent, under the idea restrained. of retaliation, is unjust, and shall not be practised on either side, except where there is a manifest violation of this treaty; and then it shall be preceded, first by a demand of justice, and if refused, then by a declaration of hostilities. ARTICLE VIII. U_ S_ tn_,-ann. Q 'For the benefit and comfort of the Indians, and for the prevention of .ate trade. injuries or oppressions on the part of the citizens or Indians, the United States in Congress assembled, shall have the sole and exclusive right of regulating the trade with the Indians, and managing all their alfairs in such manner as they think proper. ARTICLE IX. gpm,] P,-ov;. Untill the pleasure. of Congress be known, respecting the eighth sion for trade. article, all traders, citizens of the United States of America, shall have
