The Headmen Produce their Map and Tassel Addresses the Commissioners

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Description

Discussion on the boundaries. Colonel Richard Henderson called a liar in his dealings. Commissioners point out that Henderson is dead and say that the country believes it has long since been sold. Tassel says it may be too late to recover the land. Commissioners refer to claims of people settled at Nashville Tennessee and the Chickasaws. Tassel and Tuskgahatchee wish to postpone the matter if the Chickasaws would come. Commissioners say the Chickasaws are not coming and that treaty needs to be completed. Tassel and Tuskgahatchee mark the lines for the whites. Commissioners insist that provisions must be made for the whites already settled. Tassel asks why the authorities cannot remove the white settlers. Unsucknail discusses boundary lines.

Date

11/26/1785

Sent from

Hopewell on Keowee, South Carolina

Collection

Document number

1785112690006

Note

Published in American State Papers, Senate, 1st Congress, 1st Session, Indian Affairs: Volume 1, 42-43.

Notable persons

head men
headmen
Tassel
commissioners
Colonel Martin
Indians
white people
Richard Henderson
Northern Indians
Attacullaculla
Oconestoto
Chickasaws
Tuskegatahee
Colonel Christie
King of Great Britain
Congress
Unsuckanail
hunters

Notable locations

Hopewell
Keowee River
South Carolina
Holston Island
Ohio River
Kentucky
Cumberland River
Kentucky road
Chimney-top Mountain
Big Limestone River
Nolichucky
Nolichucky River
Nashville
North Carolina
Duck River
French Broad River
Holston River
towns
Dewit's Corner
Augusta
Oconee River

Notable items

map
bounds of land
talks
boundary lines
mountain
road
purchased lands
a rouge and a liar
cattle
horses
deed
treaty
remove settlements
claims