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A.
Adair, Andrew, murder of 319
Adair, James, on Cherokee boundaries 141
Adair, John Lynch, commissioner for Cherokee boundary 365
Adair, Washington, murder of 319
Adams, Captain, and acknowledged 130
Adams, John Quincy, on relations of Georgia and Cherokee 239
Alabama, alleges error in surrey of Cherokee boundary 211
Allegan or Allegwi identical with Cherokee 137
American Emigrant Company negotiates for neutral lands 349
Armstrong, F. W., commissioner to extinguish Cherokee title 241
Armstrong, R. H., aid acknowledged 130
Armstrong, William, commissioner to treat with Cherokee 298, 305
plan of, for adjusting Cherokee differences 304
Ashley, James M., commissioner for Cherokee boundary 365
B.
Barbour, James, authorized to treat with Cherokee 229
Barnett, William, Cherokee boundary commissioner 207, 208
Bartram, William, remarks on the Cherokee 135, 372
list of Cherokee towns 143
Batt, Capt. Henry, exploring party under 138
Berkeley, William, exploring expedition by 138
Blair, James, Georgia commissioner in treating with Cherokee 236
Blount, William, protest against Hopewell treaty 155
treats with Cherokee 158
instructed to treat with Cherokee 162
Boudinot, E. C., address on condition of Cherokee 285
murder of 293
compensation to heirs of 299
on Cherokee treaty of April 27, 1868 344
Bridges, J. S., commissioner to appraise Cherokee property 258
Brodie, Paul, aid acknowledged 130
Brown, David, report on Cherokee, with census by 240
Brown, Jacob, purchase from Cherokee 147
Browning, O. H., annuls sale of Cherokee neutral land by Secretary Harlan 349
Burke, Edmund, commissioner to treat with Cherokee 298, 303
Butler, P. M., Cherokee agent 297
commissioner to examine Cherokee feuds 301
Butler, Thomas, commissioner for Cherokee treaty 174
C.
Calhoun, John C., treats with Cherokee 219
on Cherokee civilization 373, 374
Campbell, David, surveyor of Cherokee boundary line 165
Campbell, Duncan G., commissioner to extinguish Indian title in Georgia 233
Campbell, William, surveyed line between Virginia and Cherokee lands 156
Carroll, William, commissioner for making and executing Cherokee treaty 253, 283
report on the Cherokee 259
Cass, Lewis, holds Cherokee council at Wapakoneta, Ohio 221
Catawba Indians, treaty of 1756 145
proposed removal of, to Cherokee country 317
Census, Cherokee, in 1825 240
in 1835 289, 377
in 1867 351
in North Carolina in 1849 313
in North Carolina in 1869 314
Census, refugee Indians, in 1862 331, 332
Chelaque identical with Cherokee 135
Cherokee and Creek boundary disputes 266
Cherokee boundary of 1785, dissatisfaction with 160
Cherokee census, in 1825 240
in 1835 289, 377
in 1867 351
Cherokee cessions to the United States, area of 378
Cherokee citizenship 367
Cherokee Confederate regiment, desertion of 329
Cherokee constitution 374, 375
Cherokee country, boundaries of 205, 354, 365
Cherokee hostilities 170, 173
Cherokee lands, purchase of 210
removal of white settlers from 322, 323
cession and sale of 348
appraisal of, west of 96° 361
Cherokee migration 136
Cherokee Nation, political murders in 297, 303
Cherokee Nation of Indians, by C. C. Royce 121-378
Cherokee population 142, 377, 378
Cherokee western outlet 246, 248
Cherokee, the cessions of land by 130, 131
treaties with 133-378
known by North Carolina and Virginia settlers 138, 139
treaty relations of, with the United States 152
war with 170
proposed removal of 202
removals of 214-218, 222, 228, 254, 258, 260, 292, 341
situation of, west of the Mississippi 221, 292, 293
progress in civilization of 240
adoption of constitution by 241, 295
material prosperity among 260
protest against claims of Georgia 272
proposition of, to become citizens 274
memorials of, in Congress 275, 277, 289
unification of Eastern and Western 294
charge United States with bad faith 296
financial difficulties of 318, 320
new treaty proposed in 1854 by 320
political excitement in 1860 among 324
the Southern Confederacy and 320, 332, 333, 342
treaty of 1868 concluded with Southern 346
treaty of 1866 with loyal 347
jurisdiction of 369
Cherokee and Osage, difficulties between 242
Chester, E. W., instructed as to treaty with Cherokee 263
Chicamauga band, emigration of 150, 151
Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Cherokee, boundary between 205
Chisholm, John D., deputized by Cherokee to treat 212
Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, and Creek, boundary between 205
Clark, William, instructed to end Cherokee hostilities 221, 222
Clay, Henry, sympathy with Cherokee 287
resolution by, regarding title to Texas 355
Clements, C. C., special agent on Cherokee claims 308
Cocke, John, commissioner to extinguish Cherokee title 241
Coffee, John, objection to survey by 207, 208
appointed to assist in Cherokee removal 260
appointed to report on line between Cherokee and Georgia 270
Columbia River, Cherokee contemplate removal to 264
Confederacy, relation of Cherokee to Southern 376
Cooley, Dennis N., commissioner to treat with Cherokee 334, 341
Corwin, K. G., commissioner for Cherokee boundary 365
Cox, John T., commissioner to appraise neutral lands 351
Creek and Cherokee boundary disputes 266
Crockett, David, denounces policy toward Cherokee 288
Cumming, Alexander, treaty with Cherokee 145
Curry, Benjamin F., to appraise Cherokee improvements 283
Cutifachiqui, visit of De Soto to 135
D.
Davidson, G. L., commissioner to extinguish Cherokee title 241
Davie, William R., commissioner for Cherokee treaty 184
Davis, William M., report on state of feeling among Cherokee in Georgia 284
Dearborn, Henry, treats with Cherokee 193, 195
Delaware Indians, cession of land in Indiana 137
join Cherokee 356-358
De Soto, visit of, to Cherokee 134
visit of, to Cutifachiqui 135
Dobbs, Arthur, grant by 145
Doublehead, Cherokee chief, secret agreement with 191, 192, 193
grant for 192, 193
Doublehead tract, controversy respecting 192
Drennan, John, authorized to pay Cherokee claims 312
Drew, Colonel of Cherokee Confederate regiment 329
Dunlap, R. G., speech on Cherokee affairs 285
E.
Earle, Elias, negotiates for iron ore tract of Cherokee Nation 199, 200
Eaton, John H., appointed to negotiate treaty with Cherokee 275
commissioner to settle Cherokee claims 298
Ellicott, Andrew, survey of Cherokee boundary by 163-165
Ellsworth, Henry L., commissioner to treat with Cherokee 249
commissioner to report on country assigned to the Indians of the West 251
Everett, Edward, denounces policy toward Cherokee 288
Ewing, Thomas, counsel for Cherokee 345
F.
Franklin, treaties with the State of 151, 152
G.
Gallagher, W. D., commissioner for Cherokee boundary 365
Georgia, protests of, against Hopewell treaty 155
United States agree to extinguish Indian title in 233
action by, regarding Cherokee 234, 236
view of, as to Indian title 241
Supreme Court decision in Cherokee Nation vs. Georgia 262
Supreme Court decision in Worcester vs. Georgia 264
refusal of, to submit to decision of Supreme Court respecting Cherokee 266
hostility of, to Van Buren's compromise in Cherokee affairs 290
Georgia and United States, measures of, to remove Indians 260
Glasscock, Thomas, and John King protest against treaty of 1785 155
"Government" or "Ross" party of Cherokee 293, 298, 299
Graham, George, commissioner to treat with Cherokee 197, 198, 205
Grave Creek, West Virginia, mounds 136
Grey, Alexander, commissioner to extinguish Cherokee title 241
Guess, George, inventor of Cherokee alphabet 230
death of 302
Gwin, James W., commissioner to treat with Cherokee 288
H.
Hardin, Joseph, survey of Cherokee boundary by 156
Harlan, James, contracts for sale of Cherokee neutral land 340, 349
Harney, W. S., commissioner to treat with Indians 341
Hawkins, Benjamin, commissioner to treat with Cherokee 133, 184
journal of 165-169
Haywood, John, on origin and habitat of Cherokee 136
Henderson, Richard, purchase of land from Cherokee by 148
Hood, Robert N., aid acknowledged 130
Hopewell, proceedings at treaty of 152, 153, 155, 158
Houston, Robert, surveyor of Cherokee line in Tennessee 227, 232
Hubley, Edward B., commissioner to settle Cherokee claims 298
Hunter, A. R.S., commissioner to appraise Cherokee property 258
I.
Indians, removal of, west of the Mississippi River 214
Intercourse act of 1796 173
J.
Jack, Patrick, grant to 145
Jackson, Andrew, protests against Cherokee boundary of 1816 206
commissioner for Cherokee treaty 209, 212, 215, 216
refuses to approve Cherokee treaty of 1834 252
advice to Cherokee 258
on decision in Worcester vs. Georgia 266
urges Cherokee to remove 273
method of, for compelling Cherokee removal 297
Jefferson, Thomas, on, removal of Cherokee 202, 203
Jones, Evan, alleged founder of Pin Society 325
appropriation for 339
Jones, John B., warned to leave Cherokee 324
Jones, R., commissioner to examine Cherokee feuds 301
Johnson, Robert, Indian census in South Carolina in 1715 by 142
Johnston, William, financial relations to Cherokee Indians 315
Joy, James F., contract for Cherokee neutral lands by 340, 350
K.
Kansas or Kaw, removal to Indian Territory 360
Kennard, Thomas V., commissioner to appraise Indian lands 363
Kennedy, John, commissioner to treat with Cherokee 288
Keowee Old Town on map by Bowen 141, 142
Kilpatrick, John Clark, surveyor of Cherokee boundary line 165, 168
King, John, and Thomas Glasscock protest against treaty of 1785 155
Knox, Henry, on violation of treaty of Hopewell 160, 161
treaty with Cherokee executed by 171
Kretschmar, H. R., commissioner to appraise confiscated property of Cherokee 351
L.
Lea, John M., aid acknowledged 130
Liddell, James, commissioner to treat with Cherokee 288
Lovely's purchase 245
Lowry, John, commissioner to urge Cherokee to remove 262
Lumpkin, Wilson, surveyor of Cherokee line 227
commissioner to execute Cherokee treaty 283
M.
McCulloch, Benjamin, Confederate commander in Cherokee country 326
M'Intosh, Lachlane, agent of Tennessee with Cherokee 179
commissioner to treat with Cherokee 133
McMinn, Joseph, commissioner for Cherokee treaty 212, 216
on Cherokee migration 218, 223-225
appointed Cherokee agent 236
Martin, Joseph, commissioner to treat with Cherokee 133
Mason, John, Jr., report on Cherokee affairs 286
Mason, R. B., commissioner to examine Cherokee feuds 301
Maxwell, C. A., aid acknowledged 130
Meigs, Return J., commissioner of survey of Cherokee boundary 181-183, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 194, 196, 200, 201, 204, 210, 211, 218-231, 232, 374
relations of, to the Cherokee 231, 232
death of 236
Merriwether, David, commissioner for Cherokee treaty 209, 212, 216, 235
Merriwether, James, commissioner to extinguish Indian title in Georgia 233, 235
Missourias removed to Indian Territory 364
Mitchell, D P., surveys Cherokee boundary 365
Monroe, James, on relations of Cherokee and Georgia 238, 239
Moore, Alfred, commissioner to treat with Cherokee 176
MoUzon's map, 1771, Cherokee towns on 143
Mullay, J. C., census of Cherokee in North Carolina in 1849 by 313
Munsees join Cherokees 356-358
Munson, Spencer, aid acknowledged 130
N.
New Echota, Cherokee council at 280
adoption of Cherokee constitution at 374
Neutral land, proposed cession of, by Cherokee 319, 320
Nez Percé removed to Indian Territory 364
North Carolina, protests against Hopewell treaty 155
Cherokee refuse to cede lands in 260
O.
Old Settler Cherokee party 293, 375
payments to 299
propose to remove to Mexico 302
claims of, settled 307
O-poth-le-yo-ho-lo loyal to the United States 330, 331
Osage half breed reserves, purchase of 252
Osage and Cherokee, treaty between 222
difficulties between 242
Osage removed to Indian Territory 359
Otoe removed to Indian Territory 364
P.
Parker, E. S., commissioner to treat with Indians 341
Parris, Albion K., commissioner to treat with Cherokee 298, 305
Pawnee removed to Indian Territory 360
Phillips, Wm. A., Cherokee commissioner to appraise neutral lands 351
Pickens, Andrew, commissioner to treat with Cherokee as to boundary 133, 165, 180
Pike, Albert, as to Pin Society 325
Cherokee commissioner for Confederate States 326, 327, 328, 329
Pin Society of Cherokee 325
Ponca removed to Indian Territory 364
Price, Hiram, aid acknowledged 130
R.
Rector, William, surveyed Cherokee line in Arkansas 222
Ridge, John, with Cherokee delegation at Washington 278, 279
murder of 293
compensation to heirs of 299
"Ridge" party of Cherokee 293
Ridge treaty rejected by Cherokee 280
Robertson, James, commissioner of Cherokee treaty 194
Rogers, James, deputized by Cherokee to treat 212
Ross, Andrew, proposition for Cherokee treaty 274, 275
and others, preliminary treaty concluded with 275
Ross, John, applies for injunction against Georgia 262, 272
alleged attempt to bribe 273
protests against the removal of Cherokee 273, 275
opposition to Andrew Ross's proposition 275
heads Cherokee delegation to Washington in 1835 278, 279
arrest of 281
opposition to treaty 282
refusal of, to acquiesce in treaty 283
proposes new Cherokee treaty 291
heads delegation to Washington in 1844 300
advises sale of Fort Gibson in town lots 322
opposes survey and allotment of Cherokee domain 324
relations of, to Southern Confederacy 326-332
not recognized as principal chief of Cherokee 343, 344
death of 347
"Ross" or "Government" party of Cherokee 293
Robertson, Charles, deed to, on the Watauga 147
Robertson, General, agent of Tennessee with Cherokee 179
Rutherford, Griffith, march against Cherokee 157
S.
Saline or salt plains, treaty provisions regarding 250, 300
Schermerhorn, John F., commissioner to treat with Cherokee 249, 253, 257, 282
commissioner to report on country assigned to Indians of the West 251
appointed to treat with Ridge Cherokee delegation 278, 279
Schoolcraft, H. R., on identity of the Allegan with the Cherokee 137
Scott, Winfield, ordered to command troops in Cherokee country 291
Sells, Elijah, commissioner to treat with Cherokee 334, 341
Sequoyah, or George Guess, death of 302
Shawnee, expelled by Cherokee and Chickasaw 144
join Cherokee 356-358
Smith, Daniel, commissioner for treaty with Cherokee 183, 187, 190
Smith, Thomas E., commissioner to appraise Indian lands 363
South Carolina, endeavors of, to extinguish Cherokee title 204, 205
Southern Confederacy and the Cherokee 326-333, 342
Sprague, Peleg, denounces policy toward Cherokee 288
Steele, John, commissioner to treat with Cherokee 176
Stevens, E. L., aid acknowledged 130
Stokes, Montfort, commissioner to treat with Cherokee 249
commissioner to report on country assigned to Indians of the West 251
Storrs, Henry R., denounces policy toward Cherokee 288
Strum, G. P., aid acknowledged 130
Stuart, James, agent of Tennessee to treat with Cherokee 179
Supreme Court decision, in Cherokee Nation vs. Georgia 262
in Worcester vs. Georgia 264
Sweatland, S. H., census of Cherokee in North Carolina in 1869 by 314
T.
Talootiske, Cherokee, grant of 193
Tatnall, E. F., appointed to assist in Cherokee removal 260
Taylor, Nathaniel G., commissioner to treat with Cherokee 340, 352
Tennessee, commissioners from, to treaty council of Cherokee 179
endeavor of, to treat with Cherokee 201
on validity of Cherokee reservations 232
Tennessee Company, purchase of Cherokee land by 162
Thomas, William H., agent for Cherokee 315
Thompson, R. F., aid acknowledged 130
Tompkins, H., census of Cherokee in 1867 by 351
Topping, Enoch H., commissioner to appraise Indian lands 363
Treaties and purchases of 1777 149
Treaties between the State of Franklin and the Cherokee 151, 152
Treaties of March 22, 1816 197, 198
Treaty and purchase of 1721 144
Treaty and purchase of 1755 145
Treaty and purchase of 1768 146
Treaty and purchase of 1770 146
Treaty and purchase of 1772 146
Treaty and purchase of 1773 148
Treaty and purchase of 1783 151
Treaty between Confederate States and Cherokee 328
Treaty Cherokee propose to remove to Mexico 302
Treaty of Hopewell, proceedings at 152
Treaty of 1756 145
Treaty of 1760 145
Treaty of 1761 146
Treaty of 1775 148
Treaty of November 28, 1785 133, 158
Treaty of July 2, 1791 158
Treaty of February 17, 1792 169
Treaty of June 26, 1794 171
Treaty of October 2, 1798 174
Treaty of October 24, 1804 183
Treaty of October 25, 1805 189
Treaty of October 27, 1805 190
Treaty of January 7, 1806 193
Treaty of September 11, 1807 194
Treaty of September 14, 1816 209
Treaty of July 8, 1817 212
Treaty of February 27, 1819 219
Treaty of May 6, 1828 229
Treaty of February 14, 1833 249
Treaty of December 29, 1835 253
Treaty of 1835, adjudication of 305
Treaty of 1835 declared void by Cherokee 294
Treaty of March 1, 1836, supplementary 257
Treaty of August 6, 1846 298
Treaty of July 19, 1866 334
Treaty of April 27, 1868 340
"Treaty" or "Ridge" party of Cherokee 293
payments to 299
feuds of 301, 302
Troup, Governor, on relations of Cherokee to Georgia 237
Tyler, John M., promises settlement of difficulties with Cherokee 296
V.
Van Buren, Martin, offers a compromise in Cherokee affairs 290
Vashon, George, negotiates a treaty with Cherokee 252
Voorhees, D. W., counsel for Cherokee 345
W.
Waddell, Hugh, negotiates treaty of 1756 with Cherokee and Catawba 145
Wafford's settlement 186, 187
Wales, Samuel A., instructed by Governor Forsyth to establish Cherokee boundary line 269
Walton, George, commissioner to treat with Cherokee 174, 176
Washington, George, in relation to Cherokee 161, 173
Watie, Stand, a Confederate leader in the civil war 298, 325, 328, 333
confiscation act against adherents of 343
Webster, Daniel, denounces policy toward Cherokee 288, 290
Wellborn, Johnson, Georgia commissioner in treating with Cherokee 236
Whitner, Joseph, surveyor of Cherokee boundary line 165, 168
Wilkerson, William N., commissioner to appraise Indian lands 363
Wilkinson, James, commissioner for Cherokee treaty 184
Winchester, James, survey of Cherokee boundary line by 154
commissioner for Cherokee boundary 165
Wise, Henry A., denounces policy toward Cherokee 288, 289
Wistar, Thomas, commissioner to treat with Indians 341
Wool, John E., in command of troops in Cherokee Nation 283
report on Cherokee affairs 286
relieved 289
Worcester vs. Georgia, Supreme Court decision in 264
Y.
Yellow Creek settlement 183
BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY—FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT PL. VIII
MAP OF THE FORMER TERRITORIAL LIMITS OF THE CHEROKEE "NATION OF" INDIANS EXHIBITING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE VARIOUS CESSIONS OF LAND MADE BY THEM TO THE COLONIES AND TO THE UNITED STATES BY TREATY STIPULATIONS, FROM THE BEGINNING OF THEIR RELATIONS WITH THE WHITES TO THE DATE OF THEIR REMOVAL WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
BY C. C. ROYCE. 1894.
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BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY—FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT PL. IX
MAP SHOWING THE TERRITORY ORIGINALLY ASSIGNED TO THE CHEROKEE "NATION OF" INDIANS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI. ALSO THE BOUNDARIES OF THE TERRITORY NOW OCCUPIED OR OWNED BY THEM.
BY C. C. ROYCE. 1894.
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