Instructions to Proceed to Knoxville to Finish Treaty with Cherokees
Document 1798Instructions to negotiate treaty with Cherokee Indians. Secondary options for desirable land trade listed. Cherokees to be guaranteed payment in farm goods or money. United States to become sovereign over Indian nation.
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Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Description
Instructions to negotiate treaty with Cherokee Indians. Secondary options for desirable land trade listed.
Cherokees to be guaranteed payment in farm goods or money.
United States to become sovereign over Indian nation.
Date
03/30/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office, Philadelphia
Collection
Document number
1798033000200
Note
Enclosed in McHenry to US Senate, 01/17/1799. Cited in McHenry to Walton and Butler.
Also signed by Hodgdon.
Notable persons
James McHenry
Alfred Moore
George Walton
John Steel
Cherokee
Indians
agent
commissioners
Silas Dinsmoor
governor
sovereign
Indian Nation
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Tennessee
Knoxville
Duck River
Nashville
Cumberland
Tennessee river
Clinch
frontier
territory
Indian land
Ohio
river
Cunchee
Puckasege
Great Iron mountain
Tugelo
Nashville
Walton's
Cany fork road
Clear fork
French road
North Carolina
Chickamauga
Notable items
treaty