Gazette Of The United States

From the KNOXVILLE GAZETTE.
FRIDAY, June 19.
Oakfuskees, Upper Creeks, April 3, 1795.
A TALK from the Chiefs of the Upper and Lower
Creeks, here assembled, to his Excellency William
Blount, Esquire, Governor of the Western Terri-
tory.

We, the Chiefs of the Upper and Lower Creeks,
here assembled, inform his Excellency Governor Blount,
and all his subjects in the Western Territory, that we
are here met and convened, with a full resolution to
make a firm and lasting peace with the whole of the sub-
jects of the United States; and that we are at this time
set about the business of collecting the horses, white
prisoners and negroes, and all other property in our
land, belonging to the subjects of the United States,
whether from Cumberland, Kentucky, or any other
part of the Western Territory, which according to the
present demand of James Seagrove, Esquire, agent to
the Creek nation, we the chiefs of the nation mean to
set off in a few days with, down to Georgia, at the
place appointed to meet our beloved man, James Sea-
grove, esquire, and deliver to him all the said proper-
ty and white prisoners; at which time, we, the chiefs
of this nation, have concluded to direct our beloved
man, James Seagrove, esquire, to forward the pro-
perty belonging to the Western Territory to that quar-
ter ; and at the same time, we, the chiefs, intend to re-
quest our beloved man, James Seagrove, esquire, to
write fully our friendly intentions to all the several Go-
vernors of the Western Territories.--We the chiefs met
here, inform Governor Blount, and all his officers and
subjects, that they may put full confidence in what we
say, and that we from this time are determined to bury
the hatchet, guns, and all other sharp weapons, and
take all the white people by the hand like brothers, and
never to spill each others blood any more. -We-the
chiefs of the Creek nation, therefore inform his Excel-
lency Governor Blount, and all the inhabitants, that
they may in future, on receipt of this, work on their
farms without the least fear or dread, hunt their stocks,
and pass from place to place without the least apprehen-
sion of danger or molestation.

We have to add, that we have this day received a
talk from the agent of Indian affairs from the United
States, in the Cherokees, which we take in friendship,
and agree one and all to pay attention to. As we had
finished all our talks in favour of peace with the United
States this day; therefore hope the agent of Indian af-
fairs in the Cherokees, will forward these our talks
with dispatch to his Excellency Governor Blount and
Brigadier General Robertson, and to all other officers
and subjects of the Western Territory.

We certify, that the above talk was wrote in our
presence, at the request of the Chiefs of the Upper and
Lower Creeks.

his
JOSEPH X CORNELL, Deputy
mark.
Agent Indian Affairs, Upper Creeks.

TIMOTHY BARNARD, Deputy
Agent Indian Affairs U. S. Lower Creeks.

P. S. We have received one prisoner boy, named
George Brown, on to a Mrs. Brown, formerly a pri-
soner in this nation.

Witness,
RICHARD THOMAS,
Clerk to the Chiefs of the Upper Creeks.