United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.1194341818-05-20/1818-05-27Cherokee Council minutes from May 20 to May 27, 1818 wherein several issues related to a recent treaty (Treaty of the Cherokee Agency, July 8, 1817) are discussed. The Cherokees request provisions such as guns, blankets, and kettles that were promised to them in the treaty, and there is a discussion about the census that is planned for June. An address made by the president to General Talentisky (Talohtiske ?) and others of the Arkansas Delegation to Washington concerning Cherokee removal and land in Arkansas is read to the Council. Also, a question and answer session regarding the recent treaty and specifically concerning reservations is held, wherein Cherokee leaders Walter Adair and Thomas Foreman raise issues.Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries in 2000, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.text/htmlimage/jpegch059engManuscript held by the The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, State Library Cherokee Collection, box 3, folder 2, document ch059.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Cherokee Indians--TreatiesCherokee Indians--CensusCherokee Council minutes, 1818 May 20 [to] 27, Cherokee AgencyText