148 CHEROKEE NATION OF INDIANS. 
straight course to the Nonachuchy Mountains and along such mount- 
ains to the beginning." 
Treaty and purchase of 1775.—On the 1st of June, 1773, a treaty 
was concluded jointly with the Creeks and Cherokees by the British 
superintendent whereby they ceded to Great Britain a tract beginning 
where the lower Creek path intersects the Ogeechee River, thence along 
the main channel of that river to the source of the southernmost branch- 
thereof; thence along the ridge between the waters of Broad and Oconee 
Riversup to the Buffalo Lick; thence in a straight line tothe tree marked 
by the Cherokees near the head of the branch falling into the Oconee 
River [on the line between Clarke and Oglethorpe Counties, about 5 
miles southeast of Athens] ; thence along the said ridge 20 miles above 
the line already run by the Cherokees, and from thence across to the 
Savannah River by a.line parallel to that formerly marked by them. 
Henderson’s purchase by the treaty of 1775.—On the 17th of March, 
1775, Richard Henderson and eight other private citizens concluded a 
treaty with the Cherokees at Sycamore Shoals, on Watauga River. By 
its terms they became the purchasers from the latter (in consideration 
of £10,000 worth of merchandise) of all the lands lying between Ken- 
tucky and Cumberland Rivers, under the name of the Colony of Tran- 
sylvania in North America. This purchase was contained in two deeds, 
one of which was commonly known as the ‘‘ Path Deed,” and conveyed 
the following described tract: ‘“‘ Begin on the Holston River, where 
the course of Powell’s Mountain strikes the same; thence up the 
river to the crossing of the Virginia line; thence westerly along the 
line run by Donelson * * * toa point six (6) English miles east of 
Long Island in Holston River; thence a direct course towards the mouth 
of the Great Kanawha until it reaches the top of the ridge of Pow- 
ell’s Mountain; thence westerly along said ridge to the beginning.” 
This tract was located in Northeast Tennessee and the extreme south- 
western corner-of Virginia.” The second deed covered a much larger 
area of territory and was generally known as the ‘Great Grant.” It 
comprised the territory “ beginning on the Ohio River at the mouth of 
the Kentucky, Cherokee, or what, by the English, is called Louisa 
River; thence up said river and the most northwardly fork of the same 
to the head-spring thereof; thence a southeast course to the ridge of 
Powell’s Mountain ; thence westwardly along the ridge of said moun- 
tain to a point from which a northwest course will strike the head- 

‘Ramsey’s Annals of Tennessee, pp. 110, 121. 
> There seems to be a confused idea in this description as to the identity of Powell’s 
Mountain. This was doubtless occasioned by a lack of definite knowledge concern- 
ing the topography of the country. This ridge, as it is commonly known, does not 
touch the Holston River, but lies between Powell’s and Clinch Rivers. The mountains 
supposed to be alluded to in that portion of the description are a spur of the Clinch 
Mountains, which close in on the Holston River, near the mouth of Cloud’s Creek. 
