John Quincy Adams.
Washington,
_February 5, 1827_
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I submit to the consideration of Congress a letter from the agent of the
United States with the Creek Indians, who invoke the protection of the
Government of the United States in defense of the rights and territory
secured to that nation by the treaty concluded at Washington, and
ratified on the part of the United States on the 22d of April last.
The complaint set forth in this letter that surveyors from Georgia have
been employed in surveying lands within the Indian Territory, as secured
by that treaty, is authenticated by the information inofficially
received from other quarters, and there is reason to believe that one or
more of the surveyors have been arrested in their progress by the
Indians. Their forbearance, and reliance upon the good faith of the
United States, will, it is hoped, avert scenes of violence and blood
which there is otherwise too much cause to apprehend will result from
these proceedings.
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