Request for Marking of Boundary Between White & Indian Lands
Document 1796The chiefs of the Chickasaw have assembled to receive word from the president of the United States, as directed. They also express worry over settlers building up on their borders. To prevent encroachment, they ask that the president have the previously established boundary well-marked, to make it clear to white immigrants in the region.
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The chiefs of the Chickasaw have assembled to receive word from the president of the United States, as directed. They also express worry over settlers building up on their borders. To prevent encroachment, they ask that the president have the previously established boundary well-marked, to make it clear to white immigrants in the region.
Date
11/24/1796
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Document number
1796112440101
Page start
54
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Notable persons
James McHenry
Opoiamingo
Piomingo
Chief of the Chickasaw Nation
Chickasaw
Secretary of War
President of the United States
chiefs
frontier settlers
Olmalaha
Mukamalaha
Major G Colbert
Thomas Brown
John Brown
George Augustus
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Cumberland
Chickasaw land
hunting ground
Notable items
road
protection
migration
boundaries
ignorance
line to be run
encroachment