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INTRODUCTION. 
FEDERAL PERIOD. 

No. Date and designation of Cherokee Treaties. 
Description of cession. 

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| Teeaty of Nov. 28, 1785, with United States 
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"Treaty of July 2, 1791, with United States 
Treaty of Oct. 2, 1798, with United States... 
Treaty of Oct. 24, 1804, with United States. 
| Treaty of Oct. 25, 1805, with United States 
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| Treaty of Oct. 27, 1805, with United States. 
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Treaty of Mar. 22, 1816, with United States. 
Treaty of Sept. 14, 1816, with United States- 
— of July 8, 1817, with United States 
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Treaty of Dec. 29, 1835, with United States- 
Treaty of May 6, 1828, with United States- 
Treaty of July 19, 1866, with United States. 


Present country of the Cherokees east of 
96° W. longitude. 
Present country of the Cherokees west of 
96° W. longitude. 

Tract in Western North Carolina.--.-.--. 
| Tract in Southern and Western Kentucky | 

Tract in Western North Carolina and | 
Eastern Tennessee. 
Tract in Tennessee, between Hawkins’ 
Line, Tennessee River, and Chilhowee | 
Mountain. | 
Tractin North Carolina, between Pickens 
and Meigs line. 
Tract in Tennessee, between Clinch River 
and Cumberland Mountain. 
Tract in Georgia, known as Wafford’s 
Settlement. | 
Tract in Kentucky and Tennessee, west | 
of Tennessee River and Cumberland | 
Mountain. 
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and Northern Tennessee. | 
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Tract in Tennesseo of one section at 
Southwest Point. 
First island in Tennessee River above the 
month of Clinch River. 
Tract in Tennessee and Alabama, between 
Tennessee and Duck Rivers. 
Long or Great Island in Holston River- --- 
Tract in northwest corner of South Carolina 
Tract in Alabama and Mississippi - 
‘Tract in Northeastern Georgia. -..- 
Tract in Southern Tennessee ...-..- 
Tract in Northern Alabama, between 
Cypress and Elk Rivers. 
Tract in Northern Alabama, above mouth 
of Spring Creek on Tennessee River. 

-| Tract in Northern Alabama and Southern 
Tennessee. 
Tract in Southern Tennessee, on Tennes- 
see River. | 
Tract in Tennessee, North Carolina, and 
Georgia. 
Jolly’s Island, in Tennessee River.--..--. | 
Small tract in Tennessee, at and below the | 
mouth of Clinch River. | 
Tract of 12 miles square, on Tennessee 
River, in Alabama. 
Tract 1 mile square, in Tennessee, at foot 
of Cumberland Mountain. 
Tract of 1 mile square, at Cherokee Taloo- 
tiske’s residence. | 
Tract of 3 square miles, opposite mouth of | 
Hiwassee River. | 
Tractin Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee, 
being all remaining lands east of the 
Mississippi River. 
This treaty was with the Cherokees resid- 
ing west of the Mississippi, and they 
ceded the lands in Arkansas granted 
them by treaties of 1817 and 1819, receiv- 
ing in exchange a tract further west. | 
These latter boundaries were subse- 
quently modified and enlarged by the 
treaties of Feb. 14, 1833, and Dec. 29, 1835. 
Tract known as ‘*‘ Neutral Land,’ in Kan- 
sas,ceded intrust to besold by the United 
States for the benefit of the Cherokees. 
Tract known as ‘Cherokee Strip,” in Kan- 
sas, ceded in trust to be sold for the bene- 
fit of the Cherokees by the United States. 
Tract sold to Osages -.----..-- oeceeccoene: 
Tract sold to Kansas or Kaws 
Tract sold to Pawnees .......- 
Tract sold to Poncas..---- 
Tract sold to Nez Percés 
Tract sold to Otoes and Missourias .- 
This is the country now actually oceupied 
and to be permanently retained by the 
Cherokees. 
This is the remnant of the country dedi- 
cated by the treaty of July 19, 1866, to 
the location of other friendly tribes. 
‘The Cherokees retain their title to and 
control over it until actual purchase by 
and location of other tribes thereon. 

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