228 CHEROKEE NATION OF INDIANS. 
of all parties; but in running the line from the Unicoi Turnpike cross- 
ing of the Blue Ridge to the nearest main source of the Chestatee, a dis- 
pute arose between Mr. Lumpkin and the Cherokees as to which was 
the nearest main source of that river, the Frogtown or the Tessentee 
Fork. The surveyor ran the line to the source of the first named fork, 
while the Indians insisted that the latter was the proper stream, and 
demanded a re-examination of the survey. Agent Meigs having, how- 
ever, reported? in favor of the correctness of the survey, it was allowed 
to stand.* 
STATUS OF CERTAIN CHEROKEES. 
Early in the year 1820+ complaints began to arise as to the status of 
those Cherokees who had made their election to remove to the Arkansas 
country but had subsequently concluded to remain east. These, it was 
stated, numbered 817, and they found themselves placed in rather an 
anomalous situation. Their proportion of the Cherokee national do- 
main had been ceded to the United States by the treaties of 1817 and 
1819 Their share of annuities was being paid, under the treaty of 1819, 
to the Cherokees of the Arkansas. Their right to individual reserva- 
tions under either treaty was denied, and they were not even allowed 
to vote, hold office, or participate in any of the affairs of the nation. 
In this condition they soon became an element of much irritation in 
the body politic of the tribe. The Cherokee authorities urged that they 
should be furnished with rations and transportation to their brethren 
in the West, whither they were now willing to remove, but the Secre- 
tary of War instructed Agent Meigs® that emigration to the Arkansas 
under the patronage of the Government had ceased, and that those 
Cherokees who had enrolled themselves for removal but had not yet 
gone, as well as all others thereafter determining to go, must do so at 
their own expense. 

1Mr. Houston began his survey at the point where the first hill closes in on Hiwas- 
see River, which he found to be 24 miles above Hiwassee Old Town. He alsostates in 
his report that he found no ridge dividing the waters of Hiwassee from those of Lit- 
tle River, This line from the Hiwassee River to the Tennessee River at Talassee was 
46 miles and 300 poles in length. It was begun May 28 and completed June 12, 1819. 
The line from the junction of Cowee and Nauteyalee Rivers to the Blue Ridge was be- 
gun June 12 and completed June 18, 1819, and was 36 miles long. His report, with 
accompanying map, was communicated to the Secretary of War with letter dated July 
30, 1819. A copy of the field notes may be found in American State Papers, Indian 
Affairs, Vo'. II, pp. 192 and 193. 
2July 24, 1820. 
® Secretary of War to Agent Meigs, August 14, 1820. 
4February 9. See letter of Return J. Meigs to Secretary of War. 
5 June 15, 1820. 
