Today in Chickamauga History - May 23
1792, May 23: Blount Warning To The Cherokees - The address of Governor Blount to the chiefs and others of the Cherokees in which he cites a long list of depredations by the Indians on innocent whites – Notable People: Bloody Fellow, Nontuaka, Old Prince, Jobber’s Son, Breath of Nickajack, John Watts – Notable Location four Lower Towns - What has happened since the treaty has appeared in a very bad light to the white people. With difficulty I have restrained those whose relations have been killed or scalped or made prisoners, and those whose horses have been stolen, from falling on the Indians, without regard to age or sex, and taking instantly what they termed satisfaction. - http://wardepartmentpapers.org/s/home/item/42997
1836, May 23: President Andrew Jackson proclaims the Treaty of New Echota to the American people.