The United States of America.

To All who shall see these Presents, Greeting:

WHEREAS, A treaty was made and concluded on the fourteenth day of February, in the year of Our Lord, Eighteen Hundred and Thirty-three, in the words following, to-wit:

ART. 2D. The UNITED STATES hereby agree with the consent of the CREEK and CHEROKEE Delegates, this day obtained, that the MUSKOGEE OF CREEK COUNTRY West of the MISSISSIPPI shall be embraced within the following boundaries, viz: Beginning at the Mouth of the NORTH FORK of the CANADIAN RIVER and run Northerly four miles, thence running a straight line so as to meet a line drawn from the South Bank of the ARKANSAS RIVER opposite to the East or Lower Bank of GRAND RIVER at its Junction with the ARKANSAS, and which runs a course South 44 degrees, West one mile, to a post placed in the ground, thence along said line to the ARKANSAS, and up the same and the VIRDIGRIS RIVER to where the old Territorial Line crosses it, thence along said line North to a point twenty-five miles from the ARKANSAS RIVER where the Old Territorial Line crosses the same; thence running at right angles with the Territorial Line aforesaid, or West, to the MEXICO Line; thence along the said line Southerly to the CANADIAN RIVER; or to the Boundary of the CHOCTAW COUNTRY; thence down said River to the place of beginning.

The lines hereby defining the Country of the MUSKOGEE INDIANS on the North and East, bound the Country of the CHEROKEES along these courses as settled by the treaty concluded this day between the UNITED STATES and that Tribe.

ART. 3D. The UNITED STATES will grant a Patent in fee simple to the CREEK NATION for the land assigned said NATION by this Treaty or Convention, whenever the same shall have been ratified by the PRESIDENT and SENATE of the UNITED STATES; and the right thus granted by the UNITED STATES shall be continued to said Tribe of Indians so long as they shall exist as a Nation and continue to occupy the Country hereby assigned them.

ART. 4TH. It is hereby mutually understood and agreed between the parties to this Treaty that the land assigned to the MUSKOGEE INDIANS by the second Article thereof, shall be taken and considered as the property of the whole MUSKOGEE or CREEK NATION, as well as those now residing upon the land as of the great body of said Nation who still remain on the East side of the MISSISSIPPI; and it is also understood and agreed that the SEMINOLE INDIANS of FLORIDA, whose removal to this Country is provided by their Treaty with the UNITED STATES dated May 9th, 1832, shall also have a permanent and comfortable home on the lands hereby set apart as the Country of the CREEK NATION; and they, the SEMINOLES, will hereafter be considered a constituent part of said Nation, but are to be located on some part of the CREEK COUNTRY by themselves; which location will be selected for them by the Commissioners who have signed these Articles of Agreement or Convention."

Now, know ye, that the UNITED STATES of AMERICA in consideration of the premises and in conformity with the above recited provisions of the Treaty aforesaid

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have given and granted, and by these presents do give and grant unto the said MUSKOGEE or CREEK TRIBE of INDIANS the Tract of Country above described. To have and to hold the same unto the said Tribe of Indians so long as they shall exist as a Nation and Conținue to occupy the Country hereby assigned to them.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I, MILLARD FILLMORE, PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA have caused these letters to be made patent and the Seal of the DEPARTMENT of the INTERIOR to be hereto affixed.

Given under my hand at

the CITY of WASHINGTON the
Eleventh day of August

in the Year of OUR LORD

One Thousand Eight

Hundred and Fifty-Two

and of the INDEPENDENCE
of the UNITED STATES the
Seventy-Seventh.

By the PRESIDENT.

MILLARD FILLMORE.

ALEXANDER H. H. STUART,

Secretary DEPARTMENT of the INTERIOR.

PHILLIP H. RAIFORD,

UNITED STATES AGENT for the CREEK
INDIANS.

Engrossed from the original draft sent to this office

by the Commissioner of INDIAN AFFAIRS.

Bureau of the Corps of the Topographical Engineers,

August 7th, 1852.

JOHN I. ABEST,

Col. Corps of Engineers.

CONSTITUTION OF THE MUSKOGEE NATION.

In order to form a perfect union, establish justice, and secure to ourselves, and our children, the blessings of freedom, We, the people of the Muskogee Nation, do adopt the following Constitution:

ARTICLE I.

SECTION 1. The law-making power of this Nation shall be lodged in a Council, which shall consist of two houses: the House of Kings and the House of Warriors.

SEC. 2. The House of Kings shall be composed of one representative from each town. Each member shall be elected by the vote of the town which he represents, and shall hold his office for four years.

SEC. 3. The House of Warriors shall consist of one representative from each town, and an additional representative for every two hundred persons belonging to the town. Each member shall be elected by the vote of the town which he represents, and shall hold his office for four years.

SEC. 4. The members of Council shall receive such compensation out of the National Treasury as shall be provided for by law.

SEC. 5. A majority of the members of each house shall constitute a quorum; but a less number may adjourn from day to day and compel the presence of absentees.

SEC. 6. Each house shall judge of the returns and qualifications of its members, impeach a member for disorderly conduct, and, by the concurrence of the two-thirds of both houses, expel a member. Neither house shall adjourn for a longer period than two days without the consent of both houses.