Suspension of Treaty with Cherokee Indian Nation
Document 1798Treaty negotiations suspended due to the loss of Alfred Moore and John Steele as commissioners who took part in the talks. Appointment of Thomas Butler to assist Walton in renewal of negotiations. McHenry noted that the request to build "houses of entertainment" on Cumberland road should be remonstrated in hopes of keeping "bad intentioned whites" away from the Indians who could sour relations between the two nations.
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Description
Treaty negotiations suspended due to the loss of Alfred Moore and John Steele as commissioners who took part in the talks. Appointment of Thomas Butler to assist Walton in renewal of negotiations. McHenry noted that the request to build "houses of entertainment" on Cumberland road should be remonstrated in hopes of keeping "bad intentioned whites" away from the Indians who could sour relations between the two nations.
Date
08/27/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Collection
Document number
1798082700000
Note
Enclosed in McHenry to US Senate, 01/17/1799.
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Notable persons
James McHenry
George Walton
Thomas Butler
Lieutenant Colonel
Esquire
Alfred Moore
John Steele
commissioners
president
Cherokee
Indian Nation
bad intentioned whites
Executive
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Indian land
Cumberland road
Notable items
treaty
land purchase
houses of entertainment
ferry
instructions