Скачать книгу

First island in Tennessee River above the mouth of Clinch River. Mauve. 19 Treaty of Jan. 7, 1806, with United States. Tract in Tennessee and Alabama, between Tennessee and Duck Rivers. Red. 20 do Long or Great Island in Holston Red. 21 Treaty of Mar. 22, 1816, with United States. Tract in northwest corner of South Carolina. Blue. 22 Treaty of Sept. 14, 1816, with United States. Tract in Alabama and Mississippi. Green. 23 Treaty of July 8, 1817, with United States. Tract in Northeastern Georgia. Yellow. 24 do Tract in Southern Tennessee. Green. 25 do Tract in Northern Alabama, between Cypress and Elk Rivers. Blue. 26 do Tract in Northern Alabama, above mouth of Spring Creek on Tennessee River. Blue. 27 Treaty of Feb. 27, 1819, with United States. Tract in Northern Alabama and Southern Tennessee. Yellow. 28 do Tract in Southern Tennessee, on Tennessee River. Red. 29 do Tract in Tennessee, North Carolina, and Georgia. Mauve. 30 do Jolly's Island, in Tennessee River. Red. 31 do Small tract in Tennessee, at and below the mouth of Clinch River. Green. 32 do Tract of 12 miles square, on Tennessee River, in Alabama. Mauve. 33 do Tract of 1 mile square, in Tennessee, at foot of Cumberland Mountain. Green. 34 do Tract of 1 mile square, at Cherokee Talootiske's residence. Green. 35 do Tract of 3 square miles, opposite mouth of Hiwassee River. Green. 36 Treaty of Dec. 29, 1835, with United States. Tract in Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee, being all remaining lands east of the Mississippi River. Blue. 37 Treaty of May 6, 1828, with United States. This treaty was with the Cherokees residing west of the Mississippi, and they ceded the lands in Arkansas granted them by treaties of 1817 and 1819, receiving in exchange a tract further west. These latter boundaries were subsequently modified and enlarged by the treaties of Feb. 14, 1833, and Dec. 29, 1835. Green. 38 Treaty of July 19, 1866, with United States. Tract known as "Neutral Land," in Kansas, ceded in trust to be sold by the United States for the benefit of the Cherokees. Red. 39 do Tract known as "Cherokee Strip," in Kansas, ceded in trust to be sold for the benefit of the Cherokees by the United States. Yellow. 40 do Tract sold to Osages. Green. 41 do Tract sold to Kansas or Kaws. Red. 42 do Tract sold to Pawnees. Red. 43 do Tract sold to Poncas. Red. 44 do Tract sold to Nez Percés. Yellow. 45 do Tract sold to Otoes and Missourias. Yellow. 46 Present country of the Cherokees east of 96° W. longitude. This is the country now actually occupied and to be permanently retained by the Cherokees. Red. 47 Present country of the Cherokees west of 96° W. longitude. This is the remnant of the country dedicated by the treaty of July 19, 1866, to the location of other friendly tribes. The Cherokees retain their title to and control over it until actual purchase by and location of other tribes thereon. Blue.

      The arrangement of the historical text has seemed to the writer to be that best suited to the object in view. As will be observed, an abstract of the salient provisions of each treaty is given, beginning with the first treaty concluded between the Cherokee Nation and the United States of America. In each instance, immediately following this abstract, will be found the historical data covering the period and the events leading to its negotiation, as well as those of the subsequent period intimately connected with the results of such treaty.

      TREATIES WITH THE CHEROKEES.

       Table of Contents

      At Hopewell, on the Keowee River, in South Carolina, between Benjamin Hawkins, Andrew Pickens, Joseph Martin, and Lachlane M'Intosh, Commissioners Plenipotentiary of the United States, and the Headmen and Warriors of all the Cherokees.

       Table of Contents

      The United States give peace to the Cherokees and receive them into favor and protection on the following conditions:

      1. The Cherokees to restore to liberty all prisoners citizens of the United States or subjects of their allies; also, all negroes and other property taken from citizens

Скачать книгу