[XXVII-70] [formulæ for Creek treaty] [Draft] Preamble ↓ In order to effect a consolidation of interests between the [United] States and the Creek nation, it is hereby [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] stipulated that Alexander McGillivray (he is head chief of the said nation) shall [strikethrough: ally] be considered the representative of [the] US to the said nation, with the rank of Brigadier General and the pay of one [thousand] two hundred Dollars, [per annum—] 2 And the said Alexander McGillivray hereby stipulates, to use his [best] exertions to endeavor [to] cultivate the [affections/friendship] [friendly] between [the United States and] the Creek [nations/nation] [and—] and whereas [the said] Alexander McGillivray entertaining the hope of being able to [begin/bring] [the/their] [country/nation] into a state of greater civilization by inducing them to become [cultivators] and herdsmen instead of hunters, it is hereby stipulated [that the U.S.] will cheerfully [concur] in so laudable a design, and [assist to that purpose] they will from time to time "make" [presents] to the Creek nation [of] [useful] domestic animals and implements of husbandry 3 And in order [that the] [friendship/peace] between the United States & the Creek nation [may be] [more firmly established] and [that] [U.S.] [agrees to] establish [a] [new] [factory/trading post] one for the upper and [one] for the lower [towns of the] Creeks [each] [also] [one] hundred Dollars [per annum] — [strikethrough: + 4] [strikethrough: The United States agree [clothing/clothe] [per/to be] [articulated] [to/for] the Creek [nation/towns] [and] [done] [and] [presents] [to] [the said] [Alexander] [McGillivray] — [No more]] [Article] 3 The [United] States also agree to allow the claim of [the] [great] Medal chiefs hereafter named [a] commissioner, a great medal with proper ornaments, and [one] each [annually] hundred Dollars [warrant] — of the [upper towns] — [That the] of the oak [fus[undecipherable]] [and] [Hickabatchees] and also [by] [their] [King/chief] [on behalf] of the lower Creeks — [except] the chief[s] & the Captains and [Connetas] — and [to] the [Seminolies] — the chief [of the] Micasukie — 6.[N] [5] The [United] States, [shall] [appoint] two agents [superintending] [one] [in] the upper [towns] and one in the lower [towns] — These persons [shall] also [on] the attempts to civilize the [Indians/nation] and shall not in any degree [to] acquire [a] knowledge of [lands], but these [home] [lands] [expressed] [to us/him] by [the] [acres] [per] [cultivation] [purchased/[undecipherable]] [Article] 11^th [And] in order to [encourage/[undecipherable]] [the] [lands] [spirit] and [promote] — [That the] [dealings/feelings] [between] — to [ensure] between the United States and the Creek Nation, may be [harmonious/better] [more] [friendly] [understanding] [to] [here] having the United States may establish [all] [altogether] [full/[undecipherable]] [factory/[undecipherable]] — to [reside] on the same [nation] — That the Creek [Nation] may be [reduced/[undecipherable]], [into] [undertaking] a greater degree of civilization, as [to] [become] [Cultivators] [of their/the] [husbandmen/[undecipherable]] [they] [now] [from] [the/[undecipherable]] [to/the] [present/provide] them with [useful/[undecipherable]] [the/[undecipherable]] — domestic animals [and] implements of husbandry — and [But/And] the Creek [nation] [shall] [be] [deputed/appointed] [for/in] [the] [United States] [desirable/defensible] — and in order [that] they [hereby] may be [deputed/appointed] in so [desirable/defensible] a [purpose/pursuit] — [United] States will [establish] — [some] [agents] [proper] [to] [reside] in [the] [nation/stations] [as long as] [those] [deem] [proper] — And further to assist the Creek[s] — [by] [example/examples] [directing/[undecipherable]] — in [to] [Comfortable] [husbandry/[undecipherable]], — in order [that] [understanding/undertakings] [between] [them] of the United States [may] [be] [completed] — [both] [parties] — to [look after/[undecipherable]] — the United States [will/[undecipherable]] [of/[undecipherable]] [assist/allot] [to] [many] — [superintendants] [for] [the said] [men] — [factors/matters] [as] they [may] [here] [judge] [proper] [to] — [at] [as] [not/and] [too] [many/[undecipherable]] — [however] — [exceeding] [four] [in] [number] — [the/these] — [factors] [shall/should] be [included/excluded] [from] the [limits] of [the] [[[undecipherable]]] and they [must] [have] — [lands] [allotted] [for] [their] [[[undecipherable]]] — [upper/[undecipherable]] [before/for] [them] [by] [the/[undecipherable]] [already/actually] — [for] [cultivation], [to] [remain] [to] [them] — of [their] [successors] — [Endorsement page:] of the upper [Country/Towns] } The chiefs of the [said/respective] [towns] [Tuskachatchy/Tuskalachy] and the [Chief]. [Tallasee/Tallassee] [King] of the half [towns/[undecipherable]] of the lower [towns/tracts] of [the] [Seminolies] [[[undecipherable]]] [3rd sheet:] [XXVII-70] [formulæ for Creek treaty] [3rd sheet] [Draft] chiefs shall assemble for this purpose on the 15^th day of [April] 1791 at the [Black] [Landing] on [the] [River] [and] [concord/concern] [there], and thence [proceed], to ascertain the main [Stream] of the said [River], [which] shall be [marked/interpreted] by the chief [appointed/specified] [to] [be] [drawn/[undecipherable]] [appearing] from — the [Eunahee/Unnahee] Mountain — and in order [that] the said line shall be rendered definite [and] [well] known it shall be marked by [a] [line] of [trees] [also] [adapted] [to] [[[undecipherable]]] from [the] [Eunahee] Mountain to the said main [Stream] of the [Oconee] and thence [marg.] on [the] [meanders/[undecipherable]] of the said main [Stream] — the most [part] — [lower/[undecipherable]] — twenty miles —