378 CHEROKEE NATION OF INDIANS. 
7. A few Creeks who are not citizens, but have taken up their abode 
in the Cherokee country, without any rights. 
8. A remnant of the Natchez tribe, who are citizens. 
9. The freedmen adopted under the treaty of 1866. 
10. Freedmen not adopted, but not removed as intruders, owing to an 
order from the Indian Department forbidding such removal pending a 
decision upon their claims to citizenship. 
If the Government of the United States shall in this last resort of the 
Cherokees prove faithful to its obligations and maintain their country 
inviolate from the intrusions of white trespassers, the future of the na- 
tion will surely prove the capability of the American Indian under 
favorable conditions to realize in a high degree the possibilities of 
Anglo-Saxon civilization. 
Table showing approximately the area in square miles and acres ceded to the United States 
by the various treaties with the Cherokee Nation. 

| Area 





























Date of treaty. | State where ceded lands are located. |insquare| “T° 2 
miles. LIONS 
— [ea ee 
SET DL ipers te teeta etm mw ee st 2, 623 1, 678, 720 
November 24, 1755 -|--:---do 8, 635 5, 526, 400 
Octobert4 W768 —- saan see ae een | 850 544, 000 
(| a lo 4, 500 2, 880, 000 
HAnA ne i Sta VACONI aaa aera es essere ee ee 4, 300 2, 752, 000 
October resecectsece ese ser \ ETT Ees eee een a ea 150 96, 000 
Ui) Bren te kay <4 oor cte mate na te so ee 250 160, 000 
asec; i) ehetne steScoseeececoce te sgasooeds 10, 185 6, 486, 400 
MPD pase coponcHACODaNnSH sono osmoodct | Wiest iWon gine soecm cea niaime einem iaeleaiac 437 279, 680 
AIG hat re ose So cond oko oCenonassSaseo ses 345 220, 800 
Ghote ty Bisco sancer mo seSescosenesoe LEGO HST CSP RERE boscb aono syooconesosiosoes 1, 050 672, 000 
6 LG WIG 19 (oe ss Sean oecoa soos oe oeScos 22,600 | 14, 464, 000 
Marcher te uit ieec ale uiecaticee seiner coll Wabeertitt tmensocnee sSacoqsoScracee academe 1, 800 i 152, 000 
Ulennessea =i oo senecsectecun ve ceetens 2,650 | 1, 696, 000 
BW ES APN UTE Sspecorecoconma—oaps oases South Carolina....-.....- EE SSP ere 2, 051 1, 312, 640 
SOYA EGG) iG North: Garolinamssscce sas = semen ce eee 4,414 = 824, 960 
Tuly 20, 1777 ..---.---2--22--2------- 9) PRennéssee:ssc-5'- secant ecenae seco eee een 1, 760 
Maivad Ll(83 nan aeeeanaealeanetaai =n | (Cee fark oo sa55 ps Sos tees sess esss S25: 1, 650 0 
North Carolina) == --= cs <ae\n==5—=)-= 550 "352, 000 
November28) UT8or-scce secon == MenneOssC@ sa alee emails aoa eee a 4,914 3, 144, 960 
| Kentucky... 917 586, 880 
<j §| Tennessee 3, 485 2, 198, 400 
UT Bh EB Moco eee cose sooace ac 2) North Caro 722 462) 080 
9.47 §| Tennessee ---- 952 609, 280 
October 2, 1798 ? North Carolina 587 375, 680 
October 24, 1804 . Georgia... 135 86, 400 
or - Kentucky - 1, 086 695, 040 
* 9 , , 
Ofer rodsteie 2a) SM Tennessee -- 7,032 | 4,500) 480 
October27a 18055 ep sedan canes eet een ee (Ree A Ar aSeeeen cocromannee 13 800 
ae = 1800 fil |eoa tse dow. 5, 269 3, 372, 160 
CERES th BA pccoegehossuneshsso: 2| Alabama. "| 1602} 1,025, 280 
WE en ORT eenoasesbocmecsiesscoe | South Carolinas ss-pocc sees ee eeaees 2 148 94, 720 
< ze S| AS UE Bieter eles aietlnreele eet retee “ 3, 229 2, 194, 560 
Sepuemiber 1491816 eo ae PlEMigsiseip pic ae as. seee eee ; 4 2 560 
L = Sil NG Coneiassce neces oneemcee pce 583 373, 120 
SUL ys S pS 2 oa one-man mann =2)9) Ton GauOOlieee dans eens sees 435 278) 400 
{| (Georgia: - sec cose cere eeeae as 837 535, 680 
5 7 iL CAlabaimaeess cce mentee eats 1, 154 738, 560 
February 27, 1819.....--.----------- )i (@Lennessee s--c~- coSeecises ones 2,408 1, 541, 120 
(| Notth Carolina 2-2-222 .----=---- 1, 542 986, 880 
Mary 6.1828 See ner arama nate ote aii as |) Aiskansae!o some = tate ain 4,720 3, 020, 800 
| Mennesse@len---— see eae wate an 1, 484 949, 760 
2 Bae on Georpiaerececcos seme nneees 7, 202 4, 609, 280 
WISHSWA NE A) ID coo sssoseosoaes AlpDamar <22ccse.<dhes Seance 21518 | 1, 611, 520 
| North Garolinaiese-seeeeasee a 1, 112 711, 680 
Osby Ney SRR eeoas cAonconco toa czceee | Angas os. -ascccscewnnccns pedesenomeeee b1, 928 1, 233, 920 
Totals see cs ss eee eee | c55 upcaseseeccsSeusuuase Seat: oheemeteeae 126, 9063) 81, 220, 374 



aIn addition there was ceded by this tre aty for the location of other Indian tribes all the Cherokee 
domain in Indian Territory lying west of 96°, containing by actual survey 8,144,772.35 acres or 12,726 
square miles. 
b And a fractional square mile comprising 374 acres. 
