190 CHEROKEE NATION OF INDIANS. 
the other from Franklin to the Tombigbee settlements, crossing the Ten. 
nessee River at Muscle Shoals. 
5. Treaty to take effect upon ratification by the President by and 
with the advice and consent of the Senate. 
TREATY CONCLUDED OCTOBER 27, 1805; PROCLAIMED JUNE 10, 1806.! 
Held at Tellico, Tenn., between Return J. Meigs and Daniel Smith, com- 
missioners on behalf of the United States, and certain chiefs and head- 
men of the Cherokees, representing that nation. 
MATERIAL PROVISIONS. 
1. The Cherokees cede the section of land at Southwest Point. ex- 
tending to Kingston, reserving the ferries and the first island in Ten- 
nessee River above the mouth of Clinch River. 
2. The Cherokees consent to the free and unmolested use by the 
United States of the mail road from Tellico to Tombigbee so far as it 
passes through their country. 
3. In consideration of the foregoing the United States agree to pay 
the Cherokees $1,600 within 90 days. 
4. Treaty to be obligatory on ratification by the President by and 
with the advice and consent of the Senate. 
HISTORICAL DATA RESPECTING BOTH TREATIES. 
CONTINUED NEGOTIATIONS AUTHORIZED, 
The commissioners (Return J. Meigs and Daniel Smith) who were 
appointed and instructed under date of April 4, 1804, and who nego- 
tiated the treaty of October 24, 1804, with the Cherokees, it will be 
remembered, failed in the object of their instructions, except as to the 
single matter of securing the cession of a tract covering the settlement of 
Colonel Wafford and others near Currahee Mountain. They were, how- 
ever, directed to continue their negotiations from time to time until the 
full measure of their original instructions should be secured. 
Treaties of October 25 and 27, 1805, considered together.—This course 
was pursued, and after several fruitless conferences the commissioners 
succeeded in concluding the treaties of October 25, 1805, and October 
27, 1805. Inasmuch as these two treaties were negotiated by the same 
commissioners, acting under the same instructions and at the same con- 
ference, they will be considered together. The treaties were upon their 
conclusion transmitted to the Secretary of War, and, upon submission 
to the Senate, that body duly advised and consented to their ratifica- 
tion. They were ratified and proclaimed by the President on the 24th 
of April and 10th of June, 1806, respectively.* 

1 United States Statutes at Large, Vol. VII, p. 95. 
2November 2, 1805. See letter of transmittal of Return J. Meigs and Daniel Smith. 
3 United States Statutes at Large, Vol. VII, pp. 93 and 95. 
