Report of Conference between Comm for US and Indians.

Item

Type

Document

Title

Report of Conference between Comm for US and Indians.

Description

Record of meeting between Commissioners of Indian Department and other men (names detailed). Topic of land laws and acquisition recorded in detail. Border line dispute effects related.

year created

1797

month created

07

day created

24

author

in image

notable person/group

Comm US
commissioners
Indian agents
settlers
Cherokees
Elijah Chisholm
Isaac Jaimes
John Hunt
Jacob Womack
Johan Jones
John Van Bibber
Indian Nations

notable location

border line
territory
southwest of ohio
ohio river
river
Tuskegee
conference
council fire
Kentucky
Cumberland Mountains
Indian Lands
North Carolina

notable item/thing

conference
commissioners
agent for Indian Affairs
Deputation
mark of the boundary
muskets
Citizens
Treaty of 1794

notable phrase

fear of the settlers
industrious people
stoppage of the line
report the whole of the Cherokee line when complicated
that probably in the present temper of the indians after knowing the scope of untilled lands in the cumberland

document number

1797072490001

page start

1

number of pages

4

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (5 pages) UAB13 (5 pages) Collection: David Henley Papers, 1791-1817 [unknown]

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Comm US [unknown] [n/a]