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No. | Date and designation | Description of cession. | Color.
| of Cherokee Treaties. | |
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10_a_ |Treaty of Nov. 28, 1785, |Tract in Western North Carolina.|Yellow.
| with United States. | |
10_b_ | do |Tract in Southern and Western |Green.
| | Kentucky and Northern |
| | Tennessee. |
11 |Treaty of July 2, 1791, |Tract in Western North Carolina |Brown.
| with United States. | and Eastern Tennessee. |
12 |Treaty of Oct. 2, 1798, |Tract in Tennessee, between |Red.
| with United States. | Hawkins' Line, Tennessee River|
| | and Chilhowee Mountain. |
13 | do |Tract in North Carolina, between|Red.
| | Pickens and Meigs line. |
14 | do |Tract in Tennessee, between |Red.
| | Clinch River and Cumberland |
| | Mountain. |
15 |Treaty of Oct. 24, 1804, |Tract in Georgia, known as |Red.
| with United States. | Wafford's Settlement. |
16 |Treaty of Oct. 25, 1805, |Tract in Kentucky and Tennessee,|Yellow.
| with United States. | west of Tennessee River and |
| | Cumberland Mountain. |
17 |Treaty of Oct. 27, 1805, |Tract in Tennessee of one |Green.
| with United States. | section at Southwest Point. |
18 | do |First island in Tennessee River |Mauve.
| | above the mouth of Clinch |
| | River. |
19 |Treaty of Jan. 7, 1806, |Tract in Tennessee and Alabama, |Red.
| with United States. | between Tennessee and Duck |
| | Rivers. |
20 | do |Long or Great Island in Holston |Red.
21 |Treaty of Mar. 22, 1816, |Tract in northwest corner of |Blue.
| with United States. | South Carolina. |
22 |Treaty of Sept. 14, 1816,|Tract in Alabama and |Green.
| with United States. | Mississippi. |
23 |Treaty of July 8, 1817, |Tract in Northeastern Georgia. |Yellow.
| with United States. | |
24 | do |Tract in Southern Tennessee. |Green.
25 | do |Tract in Northern Alabama, |Blue.
| | between Cypress and Elk |
| | Rivers. |
26 | do |Tract in Northern Alabama, |Blue.
| | above mouth of Spring Creek on|
| | Tennessee River. |
27 |Treaty of Feb. 27, 1819, |Tract in Northern Alabama and |Yellow.
| with United States. | Southern Tennessee. |
28 | do |Tract in Southern Tennessee, |Red.
| | on Tennessee River. |
29 | do |Tract in Tennessee, North |Mauve.
| | Carolina, and Georgia. |
30 | do |Jolly's Island, in Tennessee |Red.
| | River. |
31 | do |Small tract in Tennessee, at and|Green.
| | below the mouth of Clinch |
| | River. |
32 | do |Tract of 12 miles square, on |Mauve.
| | Tennessee River, in Alabama. |
33 | do |Tract of 1 mile square, in |Green.
| | Tennessee, at foot of |
| | Cumberland Mountain. |
34 | do |Tract of 1 mile square, at |Green.
| | Cherokee Talootiske's |
| | residence. |
35 | do |Tract of 3 square miles, |Green.
| | opposite mouth of Hiwassee |
| | River. |
36 |Treaty of Dec. 29, 1835, |Tract in Alabama, Georgia and |Blue.
| with United States. | Tennessee, being all remaining|
| | lands east of the Mississippi |
| | River. |
37 |Treaty of May 6, 1828, |This treaty was with the |Green.
| with United States. | Cherokees residing west of the|
| | Mississippi, and they ceded |
| | the lands in Arkansas granted |
| | them by treaties of 1817 and |
| | 1819, receiving in exchange a |
| | tract further west. |
| | These latter boundaries were |
| | subsequently modified and |
| | enlarged by the treaties of |
| | Feb. 14, 1833, and Dec. 29, |
| | 1835. |
38 |Treaty of July 19, 1866, |Tract known as "Neutral Land," |Red.
| with United States. | in Kansas, ceded in trust to |
| | be sold by the United States |
| | for the benefit of the |
| | Cherokees. |
39 | do |Tract known as "Cherokee Strip,"|Yellow.
| | in Kansas, ceded in trust to |
| | be sold for the benefit of the|
| | Cherokees by the United |
| | States. |
40 | do |Tract sold to Osages. |Green.
41 | do |Tract sold to Kansas or Kaws. |Red.
42 | do |Tract sold to Pawnees. |Red.
43 | do |Tract sold to Poncas. |Red.
44 | do |Tract sold to Nez Percés. |Yellow.
45 | do |Tract sold to Otoes and |Yellow.
| | Missourias. |
46 |Present country of the |This is the country now actually|Red.
| Cherokees east of 96° | occupied and to be permanently|
| W. longitude. | retained by the Cherokees. |
47 |Present country of the |This is the remnant of the |Blue.
| Cherokees west of 96° | country dedicated by the treaty|
| W. longitude. | of July 19, 1866, to the |
| | location of other friendly |
| | tribes. The Cherokees retain |
| | their title to and control over|
| | it until actual purchase by and|
| | location of other tribes |
| | thereon. |
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The arrangement of the historical text has seemed to the writer to be
that best suited to the object in view. As will be observed, an abstract
of the salient provisions of each treaty is given, beginning with the
first treaty concluded between the Cherokee Nation and the United
States of America. In each instance, immediately following this abstract,
will be found the historical data covering the period and the
events leading to its negotiation, as well as those of the subsequent
period intimately connected with the results of such treaty.