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INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 



[ETH. AXN. 18 



SCHEDULE OF IDSTDI^IST 



I Where or hoir 

 I concliidtd 



1797 

 Sept. 15 ' GeiK'see, New 

 (Com- York. 



tract.) 



1798 



Oct. ; 



Tellico, Tcn- 



uessee. 



1801 

 Oct. 24 



Dec. 17 



C Ii i c k a 8 a w 

 Blufl'8, Ten- 

 nessee. 



Fort Ailaiiis, 

 Mississippi. 



1802 

 June 16 



I'ort Wilkin- 

 son, Georgia. 



Jiefereuce 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 601. 



Stat. L., 

 Yii, 62. 



Stat. L., ; Chickasaw 

 VII, 65. 



Stat. L., 

 VII. 66. 



Vi'sertptioii of ceasian or rtner ration 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 68. 



!i. Till- Seiiekas reserve a tract of 12 siniarc miles at or 

 near Allegenny river. 



10. A Iso a tract a t Buffalo creek 



11. Also a tract at Taunawauta creek 



12. Tbe Scnekas reserve a tract at Oil Si)ring 



The Cherokee nation cedes to the U. S. all lands within tho fol- 

 lowinjr boundaries, viz: From a point ou the Tennessee 

 river below Tellico Block House, called the Wild-Cat Koek, 

 in a direct line to the Militia spring near the JIaryville road 

 leading from Tellico; from the said spring to the Chill- 

 howio mountain by a line so to be run as will leave all the 

 farms ou Niue Mile creek to the northward and eastward of 

 it, and to be continued along Chillhowie mountain until it 

 strikes Hawkius's line; thence along the said line to the great 

 Iron mountain; and from the top of which a lino to be con- 

 tinued in a southeastwardly course to where the most south- 

 wardly branch of Little river crosses the divisional line to 

 Tuggaloe river. 



Also from the place of beginning, the AVild Cat Rock, down 

 the NE. margin of the Tennessee river (not iuclndiug 

 islands) to a point or place 1 mile above the iunction of that 

 river with the Clinch, and from thence by a line to be drawn 

 in a right augle until it intersects Hawkins's line leading 

 from Clinch; thence down the said line to tho river Clinch; 

 thence up tlie said river to its junction with Emmery's 

 river; and thence up Emmery's river to the foot of Cumber- 

 laud mountain; from thence a line to be drawn northeast- 

 wardly, along the foot of the mountain, until it intersects 

 with Campbell's line. 



The Chickasaw nation cedes to the U. S. the right to lay out 

 and open a road through their land between the settlements 

 of Mero district, Tennessee, and those of Natchez, Jlissis- 

 sippi, provided that the necessary ferries over streams 

 crossed by said road shall be the property of the Chickasaw 

 nation. 



The Choctaw nation cedes to the U. S. the right to laj' out and 

 opeu a wagon road through their lands, commencing at the 

 northern extremity of the settlements of Mississipjii terri- 

 tory and from theuce by such route as may be selected until 

 it strikes the lands claimed l>y the Chickasaw nation. 



The Choctaws and the IT. S. mutually agree that the old line of 

 demarkatiou heretofore established by and lietweeu the otti- 

 cers of his Brittanic Majesty and the Choctaw nation, which 

 runs in a jiarallel direction with the Mississippi river and 

 eastward thereof, shall be retraced and phiiuly marked, and 

 that the 8ai<l line shall be the boundary between the settle- 

 ments of Mississipiu territory and the Choctaw nation. 

 And the said nation relimiuish'es to the U. S. all claim to laud 

 lying between said line and the MisKissi])pi river liounded 

 S. by the 31'^ of N. latitude and N. by the Yazoo river where 

 the said line strikes the same. 



The Creeks cede to the U. S. all land between the following 

 bounds and the lines of tho extinguished claims of said na- 

 tion heretofore ascertained and established by treaty: Be- 

 ginning at the upper extremity of the high shoals ofthe 

 Appalacheo river, the same being a branch of the Oconee 

 river, and ou the southern bank of the same, running thence 

 a direct course to a noted ford of the .'^. branch of Little 

 river, called by the Indians Chattochnccohatcher ; thence 

 a direct line to the main branch of Commissioner's creek, 



