1827. Both the contract mise, and engage sons and property each other, of all occupations. at their will, paying such dues only as the inhabitants of the country wherein said goods are, shall be subject to pay in like cases and if, in the case of real estate, the said heirs would be prevented from entering into the possession of the inheritance on account of their character of aliens, there shall be granted to them the term of three years to dispose of the same, as they may think proper, and to withdraw the proceeds without molestation, and exempt from all duties of detraction on the part of the government of the respective States. ARTICLE VIII. Both the contracting parties promise, and engage formally, ing parties pro- to give their special protection to the persons and property of formally, to give the citizens of each other, of all occupations, who may be in the their special protection to the per territories subject to the jurisdiction of the one or the other, of the citizens of transient, or dwelling therein leaving open and free to them, the tribunals of justice for their judicial recourse, on the same terms which are usual and customary with the natives or citizens of the country in which they may be; for which they may employ, in defence of their rights, such advocates, solicitors, notaries, agents, and factors, as they may judge proper, in all their trials at law; and such citizens or agents, shall have as free opportunity as native citizens to be present at the decisions and sentences of the tribunals, in all cases which may concern them; and likewise at the taking of all examinations and evidence which may be exhibited in the said trials. The contracting the ther nations ARTICLE IX. The contracting parties, desiring to live in peace and harfive in peace and mony with all the other nations of the earth, by means of a polharmony with all icy, frank, and equally friendly with all, engage mutually not to of the earth, by grant any particular favor to other nations, in respect of comfrank, and equally merce and navigation, which shall not immediately become common to the other party, who shall enjoy the same freely, if the concessions was freely made, or on allowing the same compensation, if the concession was conditional. means of a policy, friendly with alí, engage, &c. The present con vention shall be in of twelve years, here fa ARTICLE X. The present convention shall be in force for the term of force for the term twelve years from the date hereof: and further, until the end of from the date twelve months after the Government of the United States, on the one part, or the free Hanseatic Republics of Lubeck, Bremen, or Hamburg, or either of them, on the other part, shall have given notice of their intention to terminate the same; each of the said contracting parties reserving to itself the right of giving such notice to the other, at the end of the said term of twelve years; and it is hereby agreed between them, that, at the expiration of twelve months after such notice shall have been received by either of the parties from the other, this Con- vention, and all the provisions thereof, shall, altogether, cease and determine, as far as regards the States giving and receiv les habitans du pays où se trouvent lesdit biens, sont assujettis 1827. en pareille occasion. Et si, dans le cas de biens, immeubles, lesdits héritiers ne pouvaient entrer en jouissauce de Rhéritage, à cause de leur qualité d'étrangers, il leur sera accordé un délai de trois ans, pour en disposer à leur gré, et pour en retirer le produit sans obstacle, et exempt de tous droits de détraction, de la part des gouvernemens des Etats respectifs. ARTICLE VIII. Les deux parties contractantes promettent, et s'engagent formellement d'accorder leur -protection spéciale aux personnes et propriétés des citoyens de chacune d'elles, quelles que soient leurs occupations, qui pourraient se trouver dans les territoires soumis à leur jurisdiction, soit pour y voyager soit pour y séjourner; deur accordant pleine liberté do recourir aux cours de justice, pour leurs affaires litigieuses, aux mêmes conditions qui seront accordées, par l'usage, au citoyens du pays où ils se trouveront; et d'employer, dans leur procès, pour la défense de leurs droits, tels avocats, avoués, notaires, ageus ou mandataires qu'ils trouveront convenable de choisir ; et lesdits citoyens, et leurs agens, jouiront de la même liberté que ceux du pays d'assister aux décisions, et sentences des tribunaux, dans tous les cas où ils s'y trouveront intéressés, ainsi qu'à l'examen des témoins qui seraient appelés dans lesdits procès. ARTICLE IX. Les parties contractantes désirant vivre en paix et harmonie avec toutes les nations de la terre, en observant envers cbacune, également, une politique franche et amicale; s'engagent mutuellement à n'accorder aucune faveur particuliere à d'autres nations, en fait de commerce et de navigation, qui ne devienne aussitôt commune à l'autre partie; et celle ci jouira de cette faveur gratuitement, si la concession est gratuite, ou en accordant la même compensation, si la concession est conditionnelle. ARTICLE X. La présente Convention sera en vigueur pendant douze ans à dater de ce jour; et audelà de ce terme, jusqu'à l'expiration de douze mois après que l'un ou l'autre des Gouvernement des Républiques Anséatiques de Lubeck, Bremen, et Hamburg, d'une part, ou le Gouvernement des Etats Unis, d'autre part, aura annoncé à l'autre son intention de la terminer; chacune des parties contractantes se réservant le droit de faire à l'autre une telle déclaration, au bout des douze ans susmentionnés; et il est convenu entre elles, qu'à l'expiration de deuze mois après qu'une telle declaration de l'une des parties aura été reçue par l'autre, cette Convention, et toutes les stipulations y contenues, cesseront d'être obligatoires, par rapport aux Etats qui donneront ou recevront cette déclaration: bien entendu 1828. ing such notice; it being always understood and agreed, that, if one or more of the Hanseatic Republics aforesaid, shall, at the expiration of twelve years from the date hereof, give or receive notice of the proposed termination of this Convention, it shall nevertheless, remain in full force and operation, as far as regards the remaining Hanseatic Republics or Republie, which may not have given or received such notice. To be ratified ARTICLE XI. The present Convention being approved and ratified by the within 9 months. President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof; and by the Senates of the Hanseatic Republics of Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburg, the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington within nine months from the date hereof, or sooner, if possible. In faith whereof, we, the Plenipotentiaries of the contracting parties, have signed the present Convention; and · have, thereto, affixed our seals. Done, in quadruplicate, at the City of Washington, on the twentieth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, in the fifty-second year of the Independence of the United States of America. And whereas, the said Convention has been duly ratified on both parts, and the respective ratifications of the same were exchanged at Washington, on the second day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, by Henry Clay, Secreta. ry of State of the United States, and Vincent Rumpff, Minister Plenipotentiary of the free Hanseatic Republics of Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburg, near the said United States, on the part of their respective Governments. Now, therefore, be it known, that I, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every clause and article thereof, may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States, and the citizens thereof. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this second day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred twenty-eight, and of the Independence of the United States the fifty-second. By the President: JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. H. CLAY, Secretary of State. et convenu que si l'une ou plusieurs desdites Républiques Anséatiques, á l'expiration de douze ans, à dater de ce jour, donnent ou reçoivent la déclaration de la cessation proposée de cette Convention, ladite Convention restera, néanmoins, en pleine force et effet par rapport a celle ou à celles des Républiques Anséatiques, qui n'aura, ou qui n'auront, ni donné ni reçu cette déclaration. ARTICLE XI. La présente Convention étant approuvée et ratifée par les Senats des Républiques Anséatiques de Lubeck, Bremen, et Hamburg, et par le Président des Etats Unis, par, et avec l'avis et le consentement du Sénat desdits Etats, les ratifications en seront échangées à Washington dans l'espace de neuf mois, à dater de ce jour, ou plutôt, si faire se peut. En foi de quoi les Plénipotentiaries des parties contractantes ont signé la présente Convention, et y ont apposé leurs sceaux. Fait par quadruplicata, en la Cité de Washington, le vingt Décembre, l'an de Gréce mil, huit cent vingt-sept, et le cinquante deuxième de l'Independance des Etats Unis d' Amér ique. And whereas, the said Convention has been duly ratified on both parts, and the respective ratifications of the same were exchanged at Washington, on the second day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, by Henry Clay, Secretary of State of the United States, and Vincent Rumpff, Minister Plenipotentiary of the free Hanseatic Republics of Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburg, near the said United States, on the part of their respective Governments. Now, therefore, be it known, that I, JonN QUINCY ADAM3, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every clause and article thereof, may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States, and the citizens thereof. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and By the President: JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. H. CLAY, Secretary of State. 1.828. 1827. Treaty with the Greek Indians, of 15 Nov. 1827. Object of mid treaty. U. S. agree to pay them 827,491. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. WHEREAS, a Treaty between the United States of America and the Creek Nation of Indians was made and concluded on the fifteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, at the Creek Agency, by Commissioners on the part of the United States and the Chiefs of said nation, on the part, and in behalf of, said Nation; which Treaty is in the words following, to wit: ARTICLES of AGREEMENT made and concluded at the Creek Agency, on the fifteenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, between THOMAS L. McKENNEY, and JOHN CROWELL, in behalf of the United States, of the one part, and LITTLE PRINCE and OTHERS, Chief and Head Men of the Creek Nation, of the other part. WHEREAS a Treaty of Cession was concluded at Washington City in the District of Columbia, by JAMES BARBOUR, Secretary of War, of the one part, and OPOTHLEOHOLO, JOHN STIDHAM, and OTHERS, of the other part, and which Treaty bears dáte the twenty fourth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six; and whereas, the object of said Treaty being to embrace a cession by the Creek Nation, of all the lands owned by them within the chartered limits of Georgia, and it having been the opinion of the parties, at the time when said Treaty was concluded, that all, or nearly all, of said lands were embraced iu said cession, and by the lines as defined in said Treaty, and the supplemental article thereto : and whereas it having been since ascertained that the said lines in said Treaty, and the supplement thereto, do not embrace all the lands owned by the Creek Nation within the chartered limits of Georgia, and the President of the United States having urged the Creek Nation further to extend the limits as defined in the Treaty afaresaid, and the Chiefs and head men of the Creek Nation being desirous of complying with the wish of the President of the United States, therefore, they, the Chiefs and head men aforesaid, agree to cede, and they do hereby cede to the United States, all the remaining lands now owned or claimed by the Creek Nation, not heretofore ceded, and which, on actual survey, may be found to lie within the chartered limits of the State of Georgia. In consideration whereof, and in full compensation for the above cession, the undersigned, THOMAS L. McKENNEY, and JOHN CROWELL, in behalf of the United States, do hereby agree to pay to the Chiefs and head men of the Creek Nation aforesaid as soon as may be after the approval and ratification of this agreement, in the usual forms, by the President and Senate of the United States, and its sanction by a council of |