Report from Secretary of War Regarding Boundary of Cherokee Nation
Document 1798Negotiations of Cherokee Treaty with the territory south of the Ohio recounted. Governor hoped treaty would be ratified soon due to encroaching settlers. Indian council consensus settled that the ridge would be the new boundary between the white people and Indians, and that all white people living inside the boundary would be removed.
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Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Description
Negotiations of Cherokee Treaty with the territory south of the Ohio recounted. Governor hoped treaty would be ratified soon due to encroaching settlers. Indian council consensus settled that the ridge would be the new boundary between the white people and Indians, and that all white people living inside the boundary would be removed.
Date
01/05/1798
Author
Recipient
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War Office
Collection
Document number
1798010500000
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Notable persons
US House
James McHenry
Cherokee
Indian Nation
Governor
William Blount
Secretary of War
citizens
white people
Nenetooyah
Bloody Fellow
Chutloh
King Fisher
Nontuaka
the Northward
Teesteeke
the Disturber
Kuthagusta
Prince
Schucwegee
George Miller
squaw
Jean Dougherty
James Carey
the interpreter
agent
Northern Indians
Hanging Maw
Little Turkey
Major Craig
Greene
troops
cavalry
council
Estanaula
chiefs
Judge Campbell
Daniel Smith
settlers
commissioner
Allison
Landon Carter
Andrew Ellicot
Chickasaw
Choctaw
the Broom
Standing Turkey
Half Breed
Dreadful Water
Greene
David Campbell
Charles McClung
John McKee
Notable locations
War Office
south of the Ohio
Ohio River
Duck River
Holston
ridge
Tennessee
Knoxville
frontier
territory
Indian land
Little River
Chilhowee
mountain
Clinch
boundary
Hopewell
line
Tennessee
Philadelphia
Estanaula
Nashville
Notable items
treaty