EDITORIAL: This document is written in 1798 about a treaty in which only Chickamauga signed. This is about the Cumberland and Duck Rivers so there are NO cherokee in this part of Tennessee in 1798, only Lower Town Chickamauga defending the 1785 Treaty lands.
Instructions To Proceed to Knoxville To Finish Treaty With Cherokees
http://wardepartmentpapers.org/s/home/item/61706
Instructions to negotiate treaty with Cherokee Indians. Secondary options for desirable land trade listed. Cherokees to be guaranteed payment in farm goods or money. United States to become sovereign over Indian nation.
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