Managing the People Removed from Indian Land
Document 1798Butler expresses approval of the executive's appointment of commissioners to hold a treaty with the Cherokee Indians. They will be able to make a report on on the lands which the United States may claim. Butler argues that these lands are not worth contending for since all the valuable lands in Tennessee have been covered by warrants. He laments of the share of trouble he has had in managing the people that have been removed from Indian land.
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Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Butler expresses approval of the executive's appointment of commissioners to hold a treaty with the Cherokee Indians. They will be able to make a report on on the lands which the United States may claim. Butler argues that these lands are not worth contending for since all the valuable lands in Tennessee have been covered by warrants. He laments of the share of trouble he has had in managing the people that have been removed from Indian land.
Date
02/18/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Belle Canton
Repository
Document number
1798021880001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Colonel Thomas Butler
William Shaffe
Colonel Henley
Cherokee Indians
commissioners
Judge Campbell
Colonel Arwell
magistrates
War Department
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Belle Canton
Tennessee
North Carolina
Indian Lands
Notable items
counterfeit dollar