1. The Cherokees relinquish to the United States all claim to "all that
tract of country which lies to the northward of the river Tennessee
and westward of a line to be run from the upper part of Chickasaw
Old Fields, at the upper point of an island called Chickasaw Island
on said river, to the most easterly head-waters of that branch of
said Tennessee River called Duck River, excepting the two following
described tracts, viz: one tract bounded southerly on the said
Tennessee River, at a place called the Muscle Shoals; westerly, by a
creek called Te Kee, ta, no-eh, or Cyprus Creek, and easterly, by Chu,
wa, lee, or Elk River or Creek, and northerly by a line to be drawn
from a point on said Elk River, ten miles on a direct line from its
mouth * * * to a point on the said Cyprus Creek, ten miles on a direct
line from its junction with the Tennessee River. The other tract is
to be two miles in width on the north side of Tennessee River, and to
extend northerly from that river three miles, and bounded as follows,
viz: Beginning at the mouth of Spring Creek and running up said creek
three miles on a straight line; thence westerly two miles at right
angles with the general course of said creek; thence southerly on a
line parallel with the general course of said creek to the Tennessee
River; thence up said river by its waters to the beginning, which first
reserved tract is to be considered the common property of the Cherokees
who now live on the same, including John D. Chesholm, Au, tow, we, and
Cheh Chuh, and the other reserved tract, on which Moses Melton now
lives, is to be considered the property of said Melton and of Charles
Hicks, in equal shares. * * * Also relinquish * * * all right or claim
* * * to the Long Island in Holston River."
2. The United States agree to pay, in consideration of the foregoing
cession, $2,000 in money upon the ratification of the treaty; $8,000 in
four equal annual installments; to erect a grist-mill within one year
in the Cherokee country; to furnish a machine for cleaning cotton; and
to pay the Cherokee chief, Black Fox, $100 annually during his life.
3. The United States agree to urge upon the Chickasaws to consent to
the following boundary between that nation and the Cherokees south of
Tennessee River, viz: Beginning at the mouth of Caney Creek near the
lower part of Muscle Shoals, and run up said creek to its head, and in
a direct line from thence to the Flat Stone, or Rock, the old corner
boundary.
4. The United States agree that the claims of the Chickasaws to the
two tracts reserved by article 1 of this treaty, on north side of the
Tennessee River, shall be settled by the United States in such manner
as will secure the title to the Cherokees.
[Footnote 158: See report of Commissioner Indian Affairs to Secretary
of War, December 9, 1834.]
[Footnote 159: United States Statutes at Large, Vol. VII, p. 101.]