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CESSIONS OF 1797-1SU2 



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L^]Srr> CESSIOISrS-Continxied. 



Ilistorictd data tnttl remarliU 



Designation of cession on map 

 Number Location 



The tracts at Bult'alo creek aud Toiiawaiida creek were to contaiu in the 

 aggregate 20L) square miles. The Toiiawaiida tract, as selected, comprised 

 71 square miles, aud is showu ou the uiap iu greeu. 



This •was intended to have been speeilically reserved to the Indians by the 

 terms of this contract, but by inadvertence it was omitted from the text. 

 The Indians, however, always maiutaiued their right to it. They instituted 

 suit in 1856 for the ejectment of tres|)as8ers, ami their title to the reserve 

 was finallj- established by judgment of the New York court of appeals. 



This cession comprised three detached tracts: One lying between Hawkins 

 line aud Tennessee river, in Tennessee; one lying between Pickens line 

 and Meigs line, iu Tennessee aud North Carolina, and one lying between 

 Cumberland mountain and Clinch river, in Tennessee. 



The line of road, as established unde 

 black line on the mans. 



this authority, is showu by .'i dotted 



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The line of road, as established under this authority, is sin 

 black line ou the maps. 



The boundary fixed by the British officers and the Choctaw by the treaty referred 

 to (Mar. 2(5, 17651 is but partially shown on the map. (See Introduction, 

 pp. 559-560.) 



This cession form: 



I detached tracts. 



Tennessee and bonler- 

 iug States. 



Tennessee and border- 

 ing States, Missis- 

 sippi. 



Tenuesseeand border- 

 ing States, Missis- 

 sippi. 



Mississiopi. 



