further guaranty to the
Cherokee nation a perpetual outlet west and a free and unmolested
use of all the country lying west of the western boundary of said
seven millions of acres, as far west as the sovereignty of the United
States and their right of soil extend . . . and letters patent shall be
issued by the United States as soon as practicable for the land hereby
guaranteed." All this was reiterated by the present treaty, and made
to include also the smaller (second) tract, in these words:
Art. o. The United States also agree that the lands above ceded by the treaty of
February 14, 1833, including the nutlet, and those ceded by this treaty, shall all be
included in one patent, executed to the Cherokee nation of Indians by the President
of the United States,against interruption and intrusion from citizens of the United stairs who
may attempt to settle in the country without their consent; an. 1 all such persons
shall be removed from the same' by order of the President of the United States. But
this is not intended to prevent the residence among them of useful farmers, mechan-
ics, and teachers for the instruction of the Indians according to treaty stipulations.
Ajrticle 7. The Cherokee nation having already made great progress in civiliza-
tion, and deeming it important that every proper and laudable inducement should
be offered to their people to improve their condition, as well as to guard and secure
in the most effectual manner the rights guaranteed to them in this treaty, and with
a view to illustrate tin- liberal and enlarged policy of the government of