"GO. WASHINGTON."
"I shall conceive myself bound to exert the powers intrusted to me by the Constitution in order to carry into faithful execution the treaty of Hopewell"
"the white people settled on the frontiers had openly violated the said boundary by intruding on the Indian lands"
"the treaty with the Creeks may be regarded as the main foundation of the future peace and prosperity of the Southwestern frontier of the United States"
"the United States formed a treaty with the Cherokees in November, 1785"
"It contains a regular, full, and definitive relinquishment on the part of the Creek Nation of the Oconee land."
"It is to be expected that it will also in its consequences be the means of firmly attaching the Creeks and the neighboring tribes to the interests of the United States."
"I have directed the commissioner to whom the charge of adjusting this treaty has been committed to lay before you such papers and documents..."
"But although the most valuable of the disputed land is included, yet there is a certain claim of Georgia..."
"Will such an article be proper?"
"The trade of the Indians is a main mean of their political management."
"It therefore appears to be important to form a secret article of a treaty similar to the one which accompanies this message."