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thereto; and that all Indian land purchased by the contemplated treaty, 
which had not been actually occupied as aforesaid, should remain sub- 
ject to the operation of all the provisions of the proposed as well as any 
former treaty and of the laws of the United States relative to Indian 
country, until such time as said lands should be sold by and under the 
authority of the United States. This provision was intended to prevent 
any further intrusion on any part of the land ceded by the State of North 
Carolina to the United States; as also upon the land set apart to the 
Cherokee Indians by the State of North Carolina, by act of her legisla- 
ture, passed May 17, 1783, described as follows, viz: “Beginning on the 
Tennessee, where the southern boundary of this State intersects the 
same, nearest to the Chicamauga towns; thence up the middle of the 
Tennessee and Holston to the middle of French Broad; thence up the 
middle of French Broad River (which lines are not to include any island 
or islands in the said river) to the mouth of Big Pigeon River; thence 
up the same to the head thereof; thence along the dividing ridge, be- 
tween the waters of Pigeon River and Tuckasege River, to the southern 
boundary of this State.” 
4. The United States should have the right to establish such military 
posts and garrisons within the Indian limits for their protection as 
should be deemed proper. In case it should be found impracticable to 
obtain Duck River or a line that should include within it the road lead- 
ing from Southwest Point to Cumberland River for a boundary, the 
commissioners were to stipulate for certain parcels of land lying on 
such road at convenient distances from each other for the establishment 
of houses of entertainment for travelers. Also in case the cession ob- 
tained should not include both sides of the ferry on Clinch River, to 
secure a limitation upon the rates of toll that should be charged by the 
occupant. 
The commissioners repaired to Knoxville, where they ascertained it 
to be the desire of the Indians that the treaty negotiations should be 
held at Oostenaula, the Cherokee capital. 
To this the commissioners objected, but agreed to meet the Indians 
at Chota, which they concluded to change to Tuckasege, and, finally, 
before the date fixed for the meeting, June 25, again changed it to Tel- 
lico, where the conference was held.! 
Tennessee commissioners attend the council_—In the mean time? Gov- 
ernor Sevier of Tennessee designated General Robertson, James Stuart, 
and Lachlan McIntosh as agents to represent the interests of that 
State at the treaty, and gave them minute instructions covering the 
following points,’ viz: 
1. To obtain as wide an extinguishment of the Cherokee claim north 
of the Tennessee River as possible. 

'Ramsey’s Annals of Tennessee, pp. 693, 695. 
2 June 20, 1798. 
5 Ramsey’s Annals of Tennessee, pp. 693, 695. 
