Treaty with the Cherokee Indians conducted at Hopewell, South Carolina, on the Keowee 1785.
Document 1785U.S. Commissioners of Indian Affairs conducted treaty with the headmen and warriors of the Cherokee Nation. Treaty between Benjamin Hawkins, Andrew Pickens, Joseph Martin, and Lachlan McIntosh, Commissioners Plenipotentiary of United States, and Headmen and Warriors of Cherokees, held at Hopewell. Commissioners ordered a return of the Indians and it was 918. Goods amounting to $1311 distributed to Headmen. Tassel commenced to utter further complaints. Tuskegatahee and Nowata then spoke. Commissioners close by saying they will send their talks to congress;
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Printed transcription/modern copy of letter
Description
U.S. Commissioners of Indian Affairs conducted treaty with the headmen and warriors of the Cherokee Nation. Treaty between Benjamin Hawkins, Andrew Pickens, Joseph Martin, and Lachlan McIntosh, Commissioners Plenipotentiary of United States, and Headmen and Warriors of Cherokees, held at Hopewell. Commissioners ordered a return of the Indians and it was 918. Goods amounting to $1311 distributed to Headmen. Tassel commenced to utter further complaints. Tuskegatahee and Nowata then spoke. Commissioners close by saying they will send their talks to congress;
Date
11/29/1785
Sent from
Hopewell South Carolina
Collection
Document number
1785112990000
Notable persons
Commissioners of Indian Affairs
Benjamin Hawkins
Andrew Pickens
Joseph Martin
Lachlan McIntosh
koatohee
corn tassel
scholauetta
Hanging man
Cherokees
tuskegatahu
long fellow
oskwha
Kolaskusta
Newota
Gritz
konatola
Rising Fawn
Tuckasee
Young Terrapin
Terrapin
Toostaka
the waker
Untoola
gun rod
Unsuoakanail
Buffalo White Calf
Koastayeak
sharp fellow
Chonosta
Chescoonwha
Bird in Close
Chisetoa
the Rabbit
Chesicotetona
Yellow Bird
Sketaloska
Second man
Chokasatake
Chickasaw Killer
Onanoota
Ookoseta
Sour Mush
Umatooetha
Water Hunter
Wyuka
Tulco
Will
Necatee
Amokontakono
kawetatakee
keukuck
wooaluka
the way layer
tatliusta
porpoise
john
skelilak
Akonoluchta
the cabin
Chenanoka
Yellow Bird
William Blount
Samuel Taylor
Major John Owen
Jesse Walton
John Cowan
Captain Thomas Gregg
W. Hazzard
James Maddison
Arthur Cooley
Interpreters
head men
warrors
congress
indians
citizens
settlers
tribes
traders
prisoners
negroes
Notable locations
Hopewell
South Carolina
Notable items
treaty
Indian Treaties
