TREATY OF 1819

ART. The Cherokee Nation cedes to the United States all of their lands lying north and east of the following line, viz: Beginning on the Tennessee River, at the point where the Cherokee boundary with Madison County, in the Alabama territory, joins the same; thence, along the main channel of said river, to the mouth of the Hiwassee; thence, along its main channel, to the first hill which closes in on said river, about two miles above Hiwassee Old Town; thence, along the ridge which divides the waters of the Highwassee, and Little Tellico, to the Tennessee River, at Tallassee; thence along the main channel, to the junction of the Cowee and Nanteyalee; thence along the ride in the fork of said river, to the top of the Blue Ridge; thence, along the Blue Ridge, to the Unicoy Turnpike Road; thence by a straight line, in the nearest main source of the Chestatee; thence along its main channel, to the Chatahouchee, and thence to the Creek Boundary; it being understood that all the islands in the Chestatee, and parts of the Tennessee and Highwassee, with the exception of Jolly's Island in the Tennessee, near the mouth of the Highwassee, which constitute a portion of the present boundary, belong to the Cherokee Nation; and it is also understood that the reservations contained in the second article of the Treaty of Telico, signed the twenty-fifth October, eighteen hundred and five, and a tract equal to twelve miles square, to be located by a commencing at the point formed by the intersection of the boundary line of Madison County, already mentioned, and the north bank of Tennessee River; thence along the said line, and up the said river twelve miles, and ceded to the United States, in trust for the Cherokee Nation as a school fund; to be sold by the United States, and the proceeds vested as is hereafter provided in the fourth article of this treaty; and, also, that the rights vested in the Unicoy Turnpike Company, by the Cherokee Nation, according to certified copies of the instruments securing the rights, and herewith annexed, are not to be affected by this treaty; and it is further understood and agreed by the said parties, that the lands hereby ceded by the Cherokee Nation, are in full satisfaction of all claims which the United States have on them, on account of the cession to a part of their nation who have or may hereafter emigrate to the Arkansas; and this treaty is a final adjustment of that of the eighth of July, eighteen hundred and seventeen.