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ARTICLES OF A TREATY Entered into at the Indian Spring, in the Creek Nation, by Da- Jan. 8, 1821. niel M. Forney, of the State of North Carolina, and David Meriwether, of the State cj Georgia, specially appointed for March 2, 1821: that purpose, on the part of the United States ; and the Ohzefs, Head Men, and Wambrs, of the Creek Nation, in council assembled. Am. 1. The Chiefs, Head Men, and Warriors, of the Creek Nation, Cession by the in behalf of the said nation, do, by these presents, cede to the United C1’¢¢k¤· States all that tract or parcel of land, situate, lying, and being, east of the following bounds and limits, viz: Beginning on the east bank of Boundaries. Flint river, where J ackson’s line crosses, running thence, up the eastern bank of the same, along the water’s edge, to the head of the principal western branch; from thence, the nearest and a direct line, to the Chatahooche river, up the eastern bank of the said river, along the water’s edge, to the shallow Ford, where the present boundary line between the state of Georgia and the Creek nation touches the said river: Provided, Proviso. however, That, if the said line should strike the Chatahooche river, below the Creek village Buzzard-Roost, there shall be a set—oH` made, so as to leave the said village one mile within the Creek nation; excepting and reserving to the Creek nation the title and possession, in the manner and form specified, to all the land hereafter excepted, viz: one thousand acres, to be laid of in a square, so as to include the Indian Spring in the centre thereof; as, also, six hundred and forty acres on the western bank of the Oakmulgee river, so as to include the improvements at present in the possession of the Indian Chief General M’Iutosh. ART. 2. It is hereby stipulated, by the contracting parties, that the Title ,,;%,,3;,, title and possession of the following tracts of land shall continue in traersto bein the Creek nation so long as the present occupants shall remain in the g‘0";]CSf‘{l;n"“gs personal possession thereof, viz : one mile square, each, to include, as the }_,cc,,p,,,§, near as may be, in the centre thereof; the improvements of Michey Bar- remain, &.e. nard, James Barnard, Buckey Barnard, Cussena Barnard, and Efauemathlaw, on the east side of Flint river ; which reservations shall c0n— stitute a part of the cession made by the iirst article, so soon as they shall be abandoned by the present occupants. ART. 3. It is hereby stipulated, by the contracting parties, that, so Reservation ra; long as the United States continue the Creek agency at its present U·S·¤g€¤¤Y· situation on Flint river, the land included within the following boundary, viz: beginning on the east bank of Flint river, at the mouth of the Boggy Branch, and running out, at right angles, from the river, one mile and a half; thence up, and parralell with, the river, three miles: thence, parralell with the first line, to the river; and thence, down the river, to the place of begining; shall be reserved to the Creek nation for the use of the United States’ agency, and shall constitute a part of the cession made by the first article, whenever the agency shall be removed. ART. 4. It is hereby stipulated and agreed, on the part of the United Payment for States, as a consideration for the land ceded by the Creek nation by the lands °°d°d- (215)