ROYCE J TREATY OF FEBRUARY 17, 1792. 169 
Anderson, Union, Hancock, Hawkins, Sullivan, Washington, Greene, 
and Blount Counties in Tennessee, together with a portion of North 
Carolina lying principally west of the French Broad River. 
TREATY CONCLUDED FEBRUARY 17, 1792; PROCLAIMED FEBRUARY 
17, 1792. 
Held at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, between Henry Know, Secretary of 
War, on behalf of the United States, and certain chiefs and warriors, in 
behalf of themselves and the Cherokee Nation. 
MATERIAL PROVISIONS. 
This treaty was negotiated as, and declared to be, an additional arti- 
ele to the treaty of July 2, 1791, and provided as follows: 
1, That the annual sum to be paid to the Cherokees by the United 
States, in consideration of the relinquishment of lands, made in treaty 
of 1791, be $1,500 instead of $1,000. 
HISTORICAL DATA. 
DISCONTENT OF THE CIILEROKEES. 
As stated in considering the treaty of July 2, 1791, the Secretary of 
War notified Governor Blount! that the President had ratified the 
same, and inclosed printed copies thereof to him for distribution. 
This was equivalent to its official promulgation, although the treaty 
as printed in the United States Statutes at Large gives February 17, 
1792, as the date of proclamation. 
But, whichever may be the correct date, during the interval elapsing 
between them, a Cherokee delegation, without the invitation or knowl- 
edge of the United States authorities, proceeded to Philadelphia (then 
the seat of Government), where they arrived on the 28th of December, 
1791, bringing with them from Governor Pinckney and General Pick- 
ens, of South Carolina, evidence of the authenticity of their mission.’ 
The delegation consisted of six, besides the interpreter, and was 
headed by Nen-e-too-yah, or the Bloody Fellow. They were kindly 
received by the President, who directed the Secretary of War to ascer- 
tain their business. 
Conferences were thereupon held with them, lasting several days, at 
which the Indians detailed at great length their grievances and made 
known their wants. 
Causes of complaint.-—The substance of their communications was to 
the effect that when they were summoned by Governor Blount to the 
conference which resulted in the treaty of July 2, 1791, they were una- 


‘November 19, 1791. See American State Papers, Indian Affairs, Vol. I, p. 629. 
? American State Papers, Indian Affairs, Vol. I, p. 203. 
