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treaty ef June 26, 1794,' to have arisen concerning the provisions of the 
treaty of 1791. But it is gathered from various sources that the prin- 
cipal cause of complaint was in reference to boundaries. 
At the treaty of 1791, Governor Blount, as he alleges, sought, by every 
means in his power, to have the boundary of the cession follow, so far as 
might be, the natural barrier formed by the dividing ridge between the 
waters of Little River and those of the Tennessee,’ and such in fact was 
the tenor of his instructions from the Secretary of War; but the Indian 
chiefs unanimously insisted that the boundary should be a straight line, 
running from the point where the ridge in question should strike the 
Holston, and assumed as evidence of the crookedness of Governor 
Blount’s heart the fact that he desired to run a crooked line.* 
After that treaty was concluded, however, it became evident that 
there would be difficulty in determining satisfactorily where the ridge 
came in contact with the Holston, inasmuch as the white settlers in the 
vicinity could not agree upon it. The Indians also changed their minds 
in some respect as to the proper course of the line; but, in view of the 
fact that settlers were encroaching with great persistency upon their 
territory, they saw the necessity of taking immediate steps to have the 
boundary officially surveyed and marked. They also revived an old 
claim to pay for lands yielded by them in the establishment of the 
treaty line of 1785, for which they had received no compensation. 
Increase of annuity.—In the conference preceding the signature of 
this treaty of 1794 they insisted that for this and other reasons an in- 
crease should be made in the annuity provided by the treaty of 1791, 
as amended by that of 1792. This was agreed to by the United States, 
and the annuity was increased from $1,500 to $5,000. 
Boundary line to be surveyed.—It was also agreed that the treaty line 
of 1791 should be promptly surveyed and marked after ninety days’ no- 
tice had been given to the Cherokees of the time when and the place 
where the survey should begin. 
This, as has already been stated in connection with the treaty of 1791, 
had been so far performed in the fall of 1792 as to run but not mark a 
preliminary line for a short portion of the distance, but in spite of the 
additional agreement in this treaty of 1794 the actual and final survey 
did not take place until 1797,‘ three years after the conclusion of this 
treaty and more than seven years after it was originally promised to be 
done. 
The treaty of 1794 was concluded by the Secretary of Wat hinself 
with a delegation of the Cherokees who had visited Philadelphia for 
‘United States Statutes at Large, Vol. VII, p. 43. 
“American State Papers, Indian Affairs, Vol. I, p. 629. 
‘Letter of Governor Blount to Secretary of War, March 2, 1792. See American 
State Papers, Indian Affairs, Vol. I, p. 629. 
‘+American State Papers, Indian Affairs, Vol. I, p. 628. 
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