December 11, 1822
Creek Nation, at General William McIntosh, in council between the Creeks and Cherokees have this day made a Treaty about their boundary line; viz;
Article 1.
A line we do hereby acknowledge shall be run from the Buzzard Roost, on the Chattahoochee River, a direct line so as to strike the Coosa River, opposite the mouth on Will's Creek, thence down the bank of said river opposite to Fort Strother, on said river; all north of said line is the Cherokee lands, all south of said line is the Creek lands.
Article 2.
WE THE COMMISSIONERS, do further agree that all the Creeks that are north of said line above mentioned shall become subjects to the Cherokee Nation.
Article 3.
All Cherokees that are south of the said line shall become subjects of the Creek Nation.
Article 4.
If any chief or chiefs of the Cherokees, should fall within the Creek Nation, such chief shall be continued as chief of said nation.
Article 5.
If any chief or chiefs of the Creeks, should fall within the Cherokees, that is, north of said line, they shall be continued as chiefs of said nation.
Article 6.
If any subject of the Cherokee Nation, should commit murder and run into the Creek Nation, the Cherokees will make application to the Creeks to have the murderer killed, and when done; the Cherokee Nation will give the man who killed the murderer, $200.
Article 7.
If any subject of the Creek Nation, should commit murder and run to the Cherokees, the Creeks will make application to the Cherokees to have the murderer killed, and when done the Creek Nation will give the man who killed the murderer $200.
Article 8.
If any Cherokees should come over the line and commit murder or theft on the Creeks, the Creeks will make a demand of the Cherokees for satisfaction.
Article 9.
If any Creeks should come over the line and commit murder or theft on the Cherokees, the Cherokees will make a demand of the Creeks for satisfaction.
Article 10.
All claims of theft from the time of the meeting held at Hickory ground, Cosa River, near Fort Jackson, with the Four Nations at the time Bools was taken, up to this date, it is agreed by the commissioners of both nations that they shall be foreclosed by this treaty.
Article 11.
All individual debts the creditors will look to their debtors.
Article 12.
The Commissioners of both nations do agree the lines described in the foregoing treaty shall be ratified, when the heads of both nations sign the treaty.
WE, THE COMMISSIONERS, do hereby set our hands and seals this eleventh day of December, 1822.
The above treaty of boundary run by Gen. Wm. M'Intosh and Samuel Hawkins, commissioners duly authorized by their nation, and Thomas Petitt and John Beamer, authorized commissioners of the Cherokee Nation, is forever hereafter acknowledged by both nations to be permanent.