United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.500181783Journal of the Georgia Commissioners negotiating with the Cherokee Indians at Augusta, including the Treaty of Augusta.The Cherokees ceded their lands between the Savannah and Keowee rivers on the east and the Oconee River on the west, which Georgia wanted for Revolutionary War veterans. The treaty included provisions for surveying a boundary line. A portion of the Cherokee cession was claimed by the Creeks. The journal includes talks from Georgia commissioners sent to the Creek, Chickasaw and Choctaw Indians, who did not attend. The State of Georgia assumed the right under the Articles of Confederation to negotiate with Indian tribes.image/jpegah00888http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/Ad Hoc Collection001-01-025, Indian Claims (Treaties and Spoliations), Governor, RG 1-1-25, Georgia ArchivesCherokee Indians--TreatiesCherokee Indians--Relocation--GeorgiaIndian land transfers--GeorgiaUnited States. Articles of ConfederationTreaty of AugustaText