- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- Articles of a treaty between the United States [and] the Cherokee [Nation], 1807 Dec. 2, Chickama[u]ga
- Publisher:
- Manuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, MS2033 Penelope Johnson Allen, box 1, folder 41, document pa0205.
- Date of Original:
- 1807-12-02
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Treaties
- Location:
- United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434
- Medium:
- legal documents
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This document is a copy of a treaty made between the Cherokee headmen and the U.S. government through their commissioner Return J. Meigs at Chickamauga, December 2, 1807. The first article of the treaty allows for the sale of six square miles north of Chickamauga Creek by the Cherokees to the U.S. for the purpose of mining iron. The second article states that the U.S. shall agree to pay the sum of five thousand dollars and one thousand bushels of corn upon ratification of the treaty. The treaty further states that if the U.S. should fail to find iron ore within the ceded land, they shall be able to get the ore in another place.
Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. - Local Identifier:
- pa0205
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0205
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0205#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0205/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], MS2033 Penelope Johnson Allen, Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 4 pages/leaves
- Holding Institution:
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Articles of a treaty between the united States of america, by their Commissioner Return J Meigs who were apointed [appointed] to hold a conference With the cherokee for the purpose of purchasing a tract of land, a Site for Iron works at the mouth of chickamaga creek in the South side of Tennessee ---
1st
Whereas it has been represented to the Chiefs & warriours [warriors] of said nation, that such a Site would be desirable both for the united States & the cherokee nation, & to them mutual advantage the chiefs & warriours [warriors] have agreed to, and sold to the united States, Six miles Square at the mouth of chickamaga creek, on the South side of tennessee river - & to be laid off in a Square tract so as to include the creek to the best advantage for said Site
2nd
and it is further agreed that the united States shall pay to the cherokee Indians the sum of five thousand dollars, so soon as the Said treaty shall be ratified, and one thousand bushels of corn
Page: [2]
Provided nevertheless that the Iron ore should fail within Said limits ceeded [ceded] - the united States their [there] and in that case, Shall have full liberty to get ore off there land in the most suitable place
In testimony whereof the undersigned commisoner [commissioner] & the chiefs and warriours [warriors] of the Cherokee nation have set there hands & seals Done at Highwassee this
2nd day of December in the year of our lord one thousand Eight hundred and Seven --
Witness Present
[Signed] Elias Earle
[Signed] N Kennedy
[Signed] John Harrison
[Signed] Charles Gates
[Signed] Timothy Meigs
[Signed] John Adair
[Signed] archy Coodey
[Signed] Richard Taylor } Interpreters
[Signed] Return J Meigs Seal
[Signed] Glass -- X
[Signed] John Lowrey -- X
[Signed] [unclear text: Quotaguskee ] -- X
[Signed] Wittica -- X
[Signed] [unclear text: Us-kee-lee-hee ] -- X
[Signed] John Watts -- X
[Signed] Cumberland -- X
[Signed] Big Cabbin -- X
[Signed] Te la ga thee -- X
[Signed] Oka-illa otta -- X
Page: [3]
[Signed] the Crawling Snake X
[Signed] John Brown -- X
[Signed] Sleeping Rabbitt X
[Signed] Eustanalley -- X
[Signed] John Bogs -- X
[Signed] Lat [unclear text: Cowee ] -- X
[Signed] Sech a to wee -- X
[Signed] John Speares -- X
[Signed] John Bag -- X
[Signed] Conitouy -- X
[Signed] John Walker X
Page: [4]
Copy of Treaty at Chickamaga
2nd Decr. [December] 1807