314 TREATY WITH THE CHEROKEES. 1828. and provisions for twelve months after their arrival at the Agency; and to each person, or head of a family, if he take along with him four persons, shall be paid immediately on his arriving at the Agency and reporting himself and his family, or followers, as emigrants and permanent settlers, in addition to the above, provided he and they shall have emigrated from within the Chartered limits of the State of Georgia, the sum of fifty dollars, and this sum in proportion to any greater or less number that may accompany him from within the aforesaid Chartered limits of the State of Georgia. A certain tract Am-. 9. It is understood and agreed by the parties to this Convention, °f l°”d(;‘;,l;°the that a Tract of Land, two miles wide and six miles long, shall be, and Lilfggfcfihe the same is hereby, reserved for the use and benefit of the United States, United States. for the accommodation of the military force which is now, or which may hereafter be, stationed at Fort Gibson, on the Neasho, or Grand River, to commence on said River half a mile below the aforesaid Fort, and to run thence due East two miles, thence Northwardly six miles, to a point which shall be two miles distant from the River aforesaid, thence due West to the said River, and down it to the place of beginning. And the Cherokees agree that the United States shall have and possess the right of establishing a road through their country for the purpose of having a free and unmolested way to and from said Fort. Captain llto- Am-. 10. It is agreed that Captain James Rogers, in consideration {‘¥‘,m°,.;’:I£_%‘fl of his having lost a horse in the service of the United States, and for 6,-; lost in the services rendered b him to the United States, shall he aid in full for n y Y _ _ P . service of U.S. the above, and all other claims for losses and services, the sum of Five Hundred Dollars. Am. 11. This Treaty to be binding on the contracting parties so soon as it is ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Done at the place, and on the day and year above written. JAMES BARBOUR. Chiefs of the Delegation: *George Marvis, Black Fox, *1 ¤b¤ L<>¤¤¤y. Thomas Graves, J°h¤ Rvgefst
- George Guess, J. W. Flawey, Counsellor
- Thomas Maw, of Del-
Wrr1¤·zssns:-Thos. L. M’Kenney. James Rogers, Interpreter. D. Kurtz. H. Miller. Thomas Murray. D. Brown, Secretary Cherokee Delegation. Pierye Pierya. E. W. Duval, U. S. Agent, &c. Dm-Aiz·ru¤m· or- Wan, 31st May, 1828. To the Hon. Hmmv CLAY, Secretary of State : Sm: have the honor to transmit, herewith, the acceptance of the terms, by the Cherokees, upon which the recent Convention with them
" Written by the signers in their language, and in the characters now in use among them, as discovered by George Guess.
