1832 shall be solemnly guaranteed to the Creek Indians, nor shall any State or Territory ever have a right to pass Laws for the government of such Indians, but they shall be allowed to govern themselves, so far as may be compatible with the general jurisdiction which Congress may think proper to exercise over them. And The United States will also defend them from the unjust hostilities of other Indians, and will also, as soon as the Boundaries of the Creek Country west of the Mississippi are ascertained, cause a patent or grant to be executed to the Creek Tribe; agreeably to the third Section of the Act of Congress of 2nd May, 1830, entitled: “An Act to provide for an Exchange of Lands with the Indians residing in any of the States, or Territoires, and for their removal west of the Mississippi." XV. This Treaty shall be obligatory on the Contracting Parties, as soon as the same shall be ratified by The United States. to In testimony whereof the said Lewis Cass, and the Undersigned Chiefs of the said Tribe, have hereunto set their hands, at the City of Washington, this 24th day of March, a. d. 1832. [Marks of 6 Indians.] BENJAMIN MARSHALL. In the presence of, etc. etc. etc. 10. LEWIS CASS. Ordre du Conseil de S. M. Britannique, declarant le port de Louis dans l'Isle de Maurice port franc. "En date du 2. Mai 1832. (Publication officielle.), At the Court at St. James's the 2d day of May, 1832. Present, the King's most Excellent Majesty in bwols 5d Council. . Whereas by an Act, passed in the 6th year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George / the Fourth, intituled "An act to regulate the trade of the British Possessions Abroad", it is, amongst other things, en acted, that certain Ports, therein particularly men- 1832 tioned, in the Island of Jamaica, and in the Provinces of Nova Scotia, Canada, and New Brunswick, and in the Island of Barbadoes, shall be Free Warehousing Ports for the purposes of the said Act; and it is fur ther enacted, that it shall be lawful for His Majesty in Council, from time to time, to appoint any Port in His Majesty's Possessions in America, to be a Free Warehousing Port for the purposes of the said Act; and that every such Port, so appointed by His Majesty, shall be a Free Warehousing Port under the said Act, as if appointed by the same in as full and ample à manner in all respects as any of the Ports thereinbefore mentioned are Free Warehousing Ports appointed by the said Act; ando it is thereby further enacted, that all goods, wares and merchandize, which shall be imported into or exported from the Island of Mauritius,from or to any place whatever other than The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, shall, upon such importation or exportation respectively, be liable to the payment of the same. Duties, and shall be subject to the same regulations, so far as any suchieregulations can or may be applied, as the like goods,swares, and merchandize would be liable to the payment of or would be subject to, upon import tation or exportation into or from any of His Majesty's Islands in the West Indies, suo en role.lmott soft ....And whereas His Majesty doth deem it expedient, that Port Louis, in the Island of Mauritius, should be appointed a Free Warehousing Port for the, purposes of the said Act, His Majesty doth therefore, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, and in pur suance and exercise of the powers in him vested in and by the said Act of Parliament, order and appoint that Port-Louis, in the Island of Mauritius shall be a Free Warehousing Port for the purposes of the said Act.. tot And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissio ners of His Majesty's Treasury, and the Right Ho nourable Viscount Goderich, one of His Majesty's Prin cipal Secretaries of State, are to give the necessary directions herein as to them may respectively appertain: thood bonario on od bow."L. BATHURST, Ee 1832 11. Traité entre les Etats-unis de l'Amerique septentrionale et la nation indienne des Seminoles, en date du 9. Mai 1832. (Acts passed at the first session of the 23 Congress Hail of United States. Appendix. p. 35.) bee The Seminole Indians, regarding with just respect, the solicitude manifested by the President of the United States for the improvement of their condition, by recommanding a removal to a country: more suitable to their habits and wants than the one they lat, present occupy in the Territory of Florida, are willing that their confidential chiefs Jumper Fuch-a-lus-ti-had-jo, Charley Emartla Coi-had-jo, Holati Emartla, Ya-hahadjo,9 Sam Jones, accompanied by their agent Major Phagan, and their faithful Interpreter Abráliám, should be sent, at the expense of The United States as early as convenient to examine the country assigned to the Greeks west of other Mississippi river, and should they be satisfied with the character of that country, and of the favorable disposition of the Creeks to reunite with the Seminoles as one people, the articles of the compact and agreement, herein stipulated at Payne's landing on the Ocklawaha river this ninth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirtytwo, bei tween James Gadsden, for and in behalf of the Go vernment of The United States, and the undersigned chiefs and head-men for and in behalf of the Seminole Indians, shall be binding on the respective parties. D Made ABT. I. The Seminole Indians relinquish to The United States, all claim to the land they at present occupy in the Territory of Florida, and agree to emigrate to the country assigned to the Creeks, west of the Mississippi river; it being understood that an ade ditional extent of territory, proportioned oto their num berse will be added to the Creek country, and that the Seminoles will be received as a constituent part of the Creek nation, and be re-admitted to all the privileges as a member of the same. " ...II. For and in consideration of the relinquishment 1832 of claim in the first article of this agreement, and in full compensation for all the improvements, which may have been made on the lands hereby ceded; The Uni ted States stipulate to pay to the Seminole Indiansy fifteen thousand, four hundred (15,400) dollars, to obe divided among the chiefs and warriors of the several towns, in a ratio proportioned to their population, the respective proportions of each to be paid on their ars rival in the country they consent to remove to; it being understood that their faithful interpreters Abraham and Cudjo shall receive two hundred dollars each of the above sum in full remuneration for the improve ments to be abandoned on the lands now...cultivated by them. - III. The United States agree to distribute as they arrive at their new homes in the Creek Territory, west of the Mississippi river, a blanket and a homespun froch, to each of the warriors, women and children of the Seminole otribe of Indians. ', IV. The United States agree to extend the annuity for the support of a blacksmith, provided for bins the sixth article of the treaty at Camp Moultrie forten (10) years beyond the period therein stipulated, and in addition to the other fannuities secured under that treaty The United States agree to pay the sum of three thousand (3,000) dollars a year for fifteen (15) years, commencing after the removal of the whole tribe; these sums to be added to the Creek annuities, and the whole amount to be so divided, that the chiefs and warriors of the Seminole Indians may receive their equitable proportion of the same as members of the Creek confederation. C V. The United States will take the cattle belonging to the Seminoles at the valuation of some discreet person to be appointed by the President, and the same shall be paid for in money to the respective owners, after their arrival at their new homes or other cattle such as may be desired will be furnished them,^notice being given through their agent of their wishes upon this subject; before their removal, that time may be afforded to supply the demand. 15mind VI. The Seminoles being anxious to be relieved from repeated/ vexatious demands for slaves and other 1832 property, alleged to have been stolen and destroyed by them, so that they may remove unembarrassed to their new homes; The United States stipulate to have same property investigated, and to liquidate such as may be satisfactorily established, provided the amount does not exceed seven thousand (7,000) dollars. VII. The Seminole Indians will remove within three (3) years after the ratification of this agreement, and the expenses of their removal shall be defrayed by The United States, and such subsistence shall also be furnished them for a term not exceeding twelve (12) months, after their arrival at their new residence; as in the opinion of the President, their numbers and circumstances may require, the emigration to commence as early as practicable in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-three (1833) and with those Indians at present occupying the Bigswamp, and other parts of the country beyond the limits as defined in the second article of the treaty concluded at Camp Moultrie creek, so that the whole of that proportion of the Seminoles may be removed within the year aforesaid, and the remainder of the tribe, in about: equal proportions, during the subsequent years of eighteen hundred and thirty-four and five, (1834 and 1835). In testimony whereof, the commissioner. James Gadsden and the undersigned chiefs and head-men of the Seminole Indians, have hereunto subscribed their names and affixed their seals. Done at Camp at Payne's landing on the Ocklawaha river in the Territory of Florida on this ninth day of May, one thousand, eight hundred and thirty-two, and of the Independence of the United States of America the fifty-sixth. James Gadsden, (seal.) Holati Emartla Fuch-ta-lus-ti-had-jo Charley Emartla ... Coi-had-jo his X mark.. Pothis. X. mark. As-pi-uck-i, or Sam Jones his X mark... 5 Ya-ha-had-jo his X mark. Mico-Noha... his X mark. |