Running Boundary Lines in Cherokee Country
Document 1792Governor Blount explains the implications of running the boundary lines established by the Treaty of Holston, especially those through the Nine-mile settlement which have been disputed by the Cherokees.
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Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Description
Governor Blount explains the implications of running the boundary lines established by the Treaty of Holston, especially those through the Nine-mile settlement which have been disputed by the Cherokees.
Date
12/16/1792
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Knoxville
Collection
Document number
1792121640000
Note
Enclosed in McHenry to US House, 01/05/1798.
Notable persons
Henry Knox
William Blount
Judge Campbell
Charles McClung
John McKee, Commissioners
Cherokees
Major Craig
General Smith
Colonel Carter
Nine-mile settlers
Joseph Hardin
General Pickens
the Bloody Fellow
commissioners from South Carolina and Georgia
Notable locations
Knoxville
Nine-mile
Estanaula
lower towns
Chilhowee Mountains
McNamee's Creek
Rutherford's War-trace
South Carolina
Nolachucky
mouth of Duck
Nashville
county of Shelby in Kentucky
Notable items
Treaty of Holston
land in this territory
settlements
complaints by Indians
speech of Little Turkey
council
georgraphy
actual measurement
war against the United States
propriety
impropriety
war party
injuries
horses
no correct map
ledge
north boundary of North Carolina
encroachments
Indian lands
Treaty of Hopewell
bed of mountains
danger in the quarter
map of the Cumberland country