Today in Chickamauga History - August 7
1827, August 7: ARKANSAS TERRITORIAL PAPERS VOL XX – Page 511 - THE SECRETARY OF WAR TO GOVERNOR IZARD - (NA:OIA, Lets. Sent, Bk. 4] -
DEPARTMENT OF WAR, 7 th August, 1827
To His EXCELLENCY GEORGE IZARD, Little Rock, Arks Ty
SIR, I have had the honor to receive your letter of the 6 th Ultimo.83 The prospect of a Successful negotiation with the Cherokees for Cession of the lands owned by them in the Arkansas Territory, appears to be, from your letter, too remote to justify the Department appears to be, from your letter, too remote to justify the Department in authorizing you to take any steps for that purpose, I therefore decline for the present to give you any instructions on the subject
decline for the present to give you any instructions on the subject – The proposed deputation of Cherokees, will, of course, not be permitted to come on as it will be attended with considerable expense, without a sufficient probability of any adequate advantage resulting a without
sufficient probability of any adequate advantage resulting therefrom to the Govt
I have &c. &c.
JAMES BARBOUR
83 NA (OIA, Lets. Recd., Ark., printed, Ark. Hist. Assoc. Pubs., I, 447-448)
enclosing copy of a letter on the subject of the Creek lands in Arkansas, and suggesting the possibility of negotiating with the Indians for their lands; and suggesting the possibility of negotiating with the Indians for their lands; and stating that the Cherokees had passed a law decreeing death for any of leaders who entered into negotiations with the United States
1838, August 7: DRANE’s party arrives at the Cherokee Nation West (Chickamauga) with only 722 persons remaining. About 100 persons escaped before the party arrived at Bellefonte, Alabama, and another 3900 while the party was stopped there, though many of the latter are recaptured. Seventy-six more escape Waterloo.