| A. |
| Adair, Andrew, murder of [319] |
| Adair, James, on Cherokee boundaries [141] |
| Adair, John Lynch, commissioner for Cherokee boundary [365] |
| Adair, Washington, murder of [319] |
| Adams, Captain, and acknowledged [130] |
| Adams, John Quincy, on relations of Georgia and Cherokee [239] |
| Alabama, alleges error in surrey of Cherokee boundary [211] |
| Allegan or Allegwi identical with Cherokee [137] |
| American Emigrant Company negotiates for neutral lands [349] |
| Armstrong, F. W., commissioner to extinguish Cherokee title [241] |
| Armstrong, R. H., aid acknowledged [130] |
| Armstrong, William, commissioner to treat with Cherokee [298], [305] |
| plan of, for adjusting Cherokee differences [304] |
| Ashley, James M., commissioner for Cherokee boundary [365] |
| B. |
| Barbour, James, authorized to treat with Cherokee [229] |
| Barnett, William, Cherokee boundary commissioner [207], [208] |
| Bartram, William, remarks on the Cherokee [135], [372] |
| list of Cherokee towns [143] |
| Batt, Capt. Henry, exploring party under [138] |
| Berkeley, William, exploring expedition by [138] |
| Blair, James, Georgia commissioner in treating with Cherokee [236] |
| Blount, William, protest against Hopewell treaty [155] |
| treats with Cherokee [158] |
| instructed to treat with Cherokee [162] |
| Boudinot, E. C., address on condition of Cherokee [285] |
| murder of [293] |
| compensation to heirs of [299] |
| on Cherokee treaty of April 27, 1868 [344] |
| Bridges, J. S., commissioner to appraise Cherokee property [258] |
| Brodie, Paul, aid acknowledged [130] |
| Brown, David, report on Cherokee, with census by [240] |
| Brown, Jacob, purchase from Cherokee [147] |
| Browning, O. H., annuls sale of Cherokee neutral land by Secretary Harlan [349] |
| Burke, Edmund, commissioner to treat with Cherokee [298], [303] |
| Butler, P. M., Cherokee agent [297] |
| commissioner to examine Cherokee feuds [301] |
| Butler, Thomas, commissioner for Cherokee treaty [174] |
| C. |
| Calhoun, John C., treats with Cherokee [219] |
| on Cherokee civilization [373], [374] |
| Campbell, David, surveyor of Cherokee boundary line [165] |
| Campbell, Duncan G., commissioner to extinguish Indian title in Georgia [233] |
| Campbell, William, surveyed line between Virginia and Cherokee lands [156] |
| Carroll, William, commissioner for making and executing Cherokee treaty [253], [283] |
| report on the Cherokee [259] |
| Cass, Lewis, holds Cherokee council at Wapakoneta, Ohio [221] |
| Catawba Indians, treaty of 1756 [145] |
| proposed removal of, to Cherokee country [317] |
| Census, Cherokee, in 1825 [240] |
| in 1835 [289], [377] |
| in 1867 [351] |
| in North Carolina in 1849 [313] |
| in North Carolina in 1869 [314] |
| Census, refugee Indians, in 1862 [331], [332] |
| Chelaque identical with Cherokee [135] |
| Cherokee and Creek boundary disputes [266] |
| Cherokee boundary of 1785, dissatisfaction with [160] |
| Cherokee census, in 1825 [240] |
| in 1835 [289], [377] |
| in 1867 [351] |
| Cherokee cessions to the United States, area of [378] |
| Cherokee citizenship [367] |
| Cherokee Confederate regiment, desertion of [329] |
| Cherokee constitution [374], [375] |
| Cherokee country, boundaries of [205], [354], [365] |
| Cherokee hostilities [170], [173] |
| Cherokee lands, purchase of [210] |
| removal of white settlers from [322], [323] |
| cession and sale of [348] |
| appraisal of, west of 96° [361] |
| Cherokee migration [136] |
| Cherokee Nation, political murders in [297], [303] |
| Cherokee Nation of Indians, by C. C. Royce [121]-[378] |
| Cherokee population [142], [377], [378] |
| Cherokee western outlet [246], [248] |
| Cherokee, the cessions of land by [130], [131] |
| treaties with [133]-[378] |
| known by North Carolina and Virginia settlers [138], [139] |
| treaty relations of, with the United States [152] |
| war with [170] |
| proposed removal of [202] |
| removals of [214]-[218], [222], [228], [254], [258], [260], [292], [341] |
| situation of, west of the Mississippi [221], [292], [293] |
| progress in civilization of [240] |
| adoption of constitution by [241], [295] |
| material prosperity among [260] |
| protest against claims of Georgia [272] |
| proposition of, to become citizens [274] |
| memorials of, in Congress [275], [277], [289] |
| unification of Eastern and Western [294] |
| charge United States with bad faith [296] |
| financial difficulties of [318], [320] |
| new treaty proposed in 1854 by [320] |
| political excitement in 1860 among [324] |
| the Southern Confederacy and [320], [332], [333], [342] |
| treaty of 1868 concluded with Southern [346] |
| treaty of 1866 with loyal [347] |
| jurisdiction of [369] |
| Cherokee and Osage, difficulties between [242] |
| Chester, E. W., instructed as to treaty with Cherokee [263] |
| Chicamauga band, emigration of [150], [151] |
| Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Cherokee, boundary between [205] |
| Chisholm, John D., deputized by Cherokee to treat [212] |
| Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, and Creek, boundary between [205] |
| Clark, William, instructed to end Cherokee hostilities [221], [222] |
| Clay, Henry, sympathy with Cherokee [287] |
| resolution by, regarding title to Texas [355] |
| Clements, C. C., special agent on Cherokee claims [308] |
| Cocke, John, commissioner to extinguish Cherokee title [241] |
| Coffee, John, objection to survey by [207], [208] |
| appointed to assist in Cherokee removal [260] |
| appointed to report on line between Cherokee and Georgia [270] |
| Columbia River, Cherokee contemplate removal to [264] |
| Confederacy, relation of Cherokee to Southern [376] |
| Cooley, Dennis N., commissioner to treat with Cherokee [334], [341] |
| Corwin, K. G., commissioner for Cherokee boundary [365] |
| Cox, John T., commissioner to appraise neutral lands [351] |
| Creek and Cherokee boundary disputes [266] |
| Crockett, David, denounces policy toward Cherokee [288] |
| Cumming, Alexander, treaty with Cherokee [145] |
| Curry, Benjamin F., to appraise Cherokee improvements [283] |
| Cutifachiqui, visit of De Soto to [135] |
| D. |
| Davidson, G. L., commissioner to extinguish Cherokee title [241] |
| Davie, William R., commissioner for Cherokee treaty [184] |
| Davis, William M., report on state of feeling among Cherokee in Georgia [284] |
| Dearborn, Henry, treats with Cherokee [193], [195] |
| Delaware Indians, cession of land in Indiana [137] |
| join Cherokee [356]-[358] |
| De Soto, visit of, to Cherokee [134] |
| visit of, to Cutifachiqui [135] |
| Dobbs, Arthur, grant by [145] |
| Doublehead, Cherokee chief, secret agreement with [191], [192], [193] |
| grant for [192], [193] |
| Doublehead tract, controversy respecting [192] |
| Drennan, John, authorized to pay Cherokee claims [312] |
| Drew, Colonel of Cherokee Confederate regiment [329] |
| Dunlap, R. G., speech on Cherokee affairs [285] |
| E. |
| Earle, Elias, negotiates for iron ore tract of Cherokee Nation [199], [200] |
| Eaton, John H., appointed to negotiate treaty with Cherokee [275] |
| commissioner to settle Cherokee claims [298] |
| Ellicott, Andrew, survey of Cherokee boundary by [163]-[165] |
| Ellsworth, Henry L., commissioner to treat with Cherokee [249] |
| commissioner to report on country assigned to the Indians of the West [251] |
| Everett, Edward, denounces policy toward Cherokee [288] |
| Ewing, Thomas, counsel for Cherokee [345] |
| F. |
| Franklin, treaties with the State of [151], [152] |
| G. |
| Gallagher, W. D., commissioner for Cherokee boundary [365] |
| Georgia, protests of, against Hopewell treaty [155] |
| United States agree to extinguish Indian title in [233] |
| action by, regarding Cherokee [234], [236] |
| view of, as to Indian title [241] |
| Supreme Court decision in Cherokee Nation vs. Georgia [262] |
| Supreme Court decision in Worcester vs. Georgia [264] |
| refusal of, to submit to decision of Supreme Court respecting Cherokee [266] |
| hostility of, to Van Buren's compromise in Cherokee affairs [290] |
| Georgia and United States, measures of, to remove Indians [260] |
| Glasscock, Thomas, and John King protest against treaty of 1785 [155] |
| "Government" or "Ross" party of Cherokee [293], [298], [299] |
| Graham, George, commissioner to treat with Cherokee [197], [198], [205] |
| Grave Creek, West Virginia, mounds [136] |
| Grey, Alexander, commissioner to extinguish Cherokee title [241] |
| Guess, George, inventor of Cherokee alphabet [230] |
| death of [302] |
| Gwin, James W., commissioner to treat with Cherokee [288] |
| H. |
| Hardin, Joseph, survey of Cherokee boundary by [156] |
| Harlan, James, contracts for sale of Cherokee neutral land [340], [349] |
| Harney, W. S., commissioner to treat with Indians [341] |
| Hawkins, Benjamin, commissioner to treat with Cherokee [133], [184] |
| journal of [165]-[169] |
| Haywood, John, on origin and habitat of Cherokee [136] |
| Henderson, Richard, purchase of land from Cherokee by [148] |
| Hood, Robert N., aid acknowledged [130] |
| Hopewell, proceedings at treaty of [152], [153], [155], [158] |
| Houston, Robert, surveyor of Cherokee line in Tennessee [227], [232] |
| Hubley, Edward B., commissioner to settle Cherokee claims [298] |
| Hunter, A. R.S., commissioner to appraise Cherokee property [258] |
| I. |
| Indians, removal of, west of the Mississippi River [214] |
| Intercourse act of 1796 [173] |
| J. |
| Jack, Patrick, grant to [145] |
| Jackson, Andrew, protests against Cherokee boundary of 1816 [206] |
| commissioner for Cherokee treaty [209], [212], [215], [216] |
| refuses to approve Cherokee treaty of 1834 [252] |
| advice to Cherokee [258] |
| on decision in Worcester vs. Georgia [266] |
| urges Cherokee to remove [273] |
| method of, for compelling Cherokee removal [297] |
| Jefferson, Thomas, on, removal of Cherokee [202], [203] |
| Jones, Evan, alleged founder of Pin Society [325] |
| appropriation for [339] |
| Jones, John B., warned to leave Cherokee [324] |
| Jones, R., commissioner to examine Cherokee feuds [301] |
| Johnson, Robert, Indian census in South Carolina in 1715 by [142] |
| Johnston, William, financial relations to Cherokee Indians [315] |
| Joy, James F., contract for Cherokee neutral lands by [340], [350] |
| K. |
| Kansas or Kaw, removal to Indian Territory [360] |
| Kennard, Thomas V., commissioner to appraise Indian lands [363] |
| Kennedy, John, commissioner to treat with Cherokee [288] |
| Keowee Old Town on map by Bowen [141], [142] |
| Kilpatrick, John Clark, surveyor of Cherokee boundary line [165], [168] |
| King, John, and Thomas Glasscock protest against treaty of 1785 [155] |
| Knox, Henry, on violation of treaty of Hopewell [160], [161] |
| treaty with Cherokee executed by [171] |
| Kretschmar, H. R., commissioner to appraise confiscated property of Cherokee [351] |
| L. |
| Lea, John M., aid acknowledged [130] |
| Liddell, James, commissioner to treat with Cherokee [288] |
| Lovely's purchase [245] |
| Lowry, John, commissioner to urge Cherokee to remove [262] |
| Lumpkin, Wilson, surveyor of Cherokee line [227] |
| commissioner to execute Cherokee treaty [283] |
| M. |
| McCulloch, Benjamin, Confederate commander in Cherokee country [326] |
| M'Intosh, Lachlane, agent of Tennessee with Cherokee [179] |
| commissioner to treat with Cherokee [133] |
| McMinn, Joseph, commissioner for Cherokee treaty [212], [216] |
| on Cherokee migration [218], [223]-[225] |
| appointed Cherokee agent [236] |
| Martin, Joseph, commissioner to treat with Cherokee [133] |
| Mason, John, Jr., report on Cherokee affairs [286] |
| Mason, R. B., commissioner to examine Cherokee feuds [301] |
| Maxwell, C. A., aid acknowledged [130] |
| Meigs, Return J., commissioner of survey of Cherokee boundary [181]-[183], [187], [188], [189], [190], [191], [192], [194], [196], [200], [201], [204], [210], [211], [218]-[231], [232], [374] |
| relations of, to the Cherokee [231], [232] |
| death of [236] |
| Merriwether, David, commissioner for Cherokee treaty [209], [212], [216], [235] |
| Merriwether, James, commissioner to extinguish Indian title in Georgia [233], [235] |
| Missourias removed to Indian Territory [364] |
| Mitchell, D P., surveys Cherokee boundary [365] |
| Monroe, James, on relations of Cherokee and Georgia [238], [239] |
| Moore, Alfred, commissioner to treat with Cherokee [176] |
| MoUzon's map, 1771, Cherokee towns on [143] |
| Mullay, J. C., census of Cherokee in North Carolina in 1849 by [313] |
| Munsees join Cherokees [356]-[358] |
| Munson, Spencer, aid acknowledged [130] |
| N. |
| New Echota, Cherokee council at [280] |
| adoption of Cherokee constitution at [374] |
| Neutral land, proposed cession of, by Cherokee [319], [320] |
| Nez Percé removed to Indian Territory [364] |
| North Carolina, protests against Hopewell treaty [155] |
| Cherokee refuse to cede lands in [260] |
| O. |
| Old Settler Cherokee party [293], [375] |
| payments to [299] |
| propose to remove to Mexico [302] |
| claims of, settled [307] |
| O-poth-le-yo-ho-lo loyal to the United States [330], [331] |
| Osage half breed reserves, purchase of [252] |
| Osage and Cherokee, treaty between [222] |
| difficulties between [242] |
| Osage removed to Indian Territory [359] |
| Otoe removed to Indian Territory [364] |
| P. |
| Parker, E. S., commissioner to treat with Indians [341] |
| Parris, Albion K., commissioner to treat with Cherokee [298], [305] |
| Pawnee removed to Indian Territory [360] |
| Phillips, Wm. A., Cherokee commissioner to appraise neutral lands [351] |
| Pickens, Andrew, commissioner to treat with Cherokee as to boundary [133], [165], [180] |
| Pike, Albert, as to Pin Society [325] |
| Cherokee commissioner for Confederate States [326], [327], [328], [329] |
| Pin Society of Cherokee [325] |
| Ponca removed to Indian Territory [364] |
| Price, Hiram, aid acknowledged [130] |
| R. |
| Rector, William, surveyed Cherokee line in Arkansas [222] |
| Ridge, John, with Cherokee delegation at Washington [278], [279] |
| murder of [293] |
| compensation to heirs of [299] |
| "Ridge" party of Cherokee [293] |
| Ridge treaty rejected by Cherokee [280] |
| Robertson, James, commissioner of Cherokee treaty [194] |
| Rogers, James, deputized by Cherokee to treat [212] |
| Ross, Andrew, proposition for Cherokee treaty [274], [275] |
| and others, preliminary treaty concluded with [275] |
| Ross, John, applies for injunction against Georgia [262], [272] |
| alleged attempt to bribe [273] |
| protests against the removal of Cherokee [273], [275] |
| opposition to Andrew Ross's proposition [275] |
| heads Cherokee delegation to Washington in 1835 [278], [279] |
| arrest of [281] |
| opposition to treaty [282] |
| refusal of, to acquiesce in treaty [283] |
| proposes new Cherokee treaty [291] |
| heads delegation to Washington in 1844 [300] |
| advises sale of Fort Gibson in town lots [322] |
| opposes survey and allotment of Cherokee domain [324] |
| relations of, to Southern Confederacy [326]-[332] |
| not recognized as principal chief of Cherokee [343], [344] |
| death of [347] |
| "Ross" or "Government" party of Cherokee [293] |
| Robertson, Charles, deed to, on the Watauga [147] |
| Robertson, General, agent of Tennessee with Cherokee [179] |
| Rutherford, Griffith, march against Cherokee [157] |
| S. |
| Saline or salt plains, treaty provisions regarding [250], [300] |
| Schermerhorn, John F., commissioner to treat with Cherokee [249], [253], [257], [282] |
| commissioner to report on country assigned to Indians of the West [251] |
| appointed to treat with Ridge Cherokee delegation [278], [279] |
| Schoolcraft, H. R., on identity of the Allegan with the Cherokee [137] |
| Scott, Winfield, ordered to command troops in Cherokee country [291] |
| Sells, Elijah, commissioner to treat with Cherokee [334], [341] |
| Sequoyah, or George Guess, death of [302] |
| Shawnee, expelled by Cherokee and Chickasaw [144] |
| join Cherokee [356]-[358] |
| Smith, Daniel, commissioner for treaty with Cherokee [183], [187], [190] |
| Smith, Thomas E., commissioner to appraise Indian lands [363] |
| South Carolina, endeavors of, to extinguish Cherokee title [204], [205] |
| Southern Confederacy and the Cherokee [326]-[333], [342] |
| Sprague, Peleg, denounces policy toward Cherokee [288] |
| Steele, John, commissioner to treat with Cherokee [176] |
| Stevens, E. L., aid acknowledged [130] |
| Stokes, Montfort, commissioner to treat with Cherokee [249] |
| commissioner to report on country assigned to Indians of the West [251] |
| Storrs, Henry R., denounces policy toward Cherokee [288] |
| Strum, G. P., aid acknowledged [130] |
| Stuart, James, agent of Tennessee to treat with Cherokee [179] |
| Supreme Court decision, in Cherokee Nation vs. Georgia [262] |
| in Worcester vs. Georgia [264] |
| Sweatland, S. H., census of Cherokee in North Carolina in 1869 by [314] |
| T. |
| Talootiske, Cherokee, grant of [193] |
| Tatnall, E. F., appointed to assist in Cherokee removal [260] |
| Taylor, Nathaniel G., commissioner to treat with Cherokee [340], [352] |
| Tennessee, commissioners from, to treaty council of Cherokee [179] |
| endeavor of, to treat with Cherokee [201] |
| on validity of Cherokee reservations [232] |
| Tennessee Company, purchase of Cherokee land by [162] |
| Thomas, William H., agent for Cherokee [315] |
| Thompson, R. F., aid acknowledged [130] |
| Tompkins, H., census of Cherokee in 1867 by [351] |
| Topping, Enoch H., commissioner to appraise Indian lands [363] |
| Treaties and purchases of 1777 [149] |
| Treaties between the State of Franklin and the Cherokee [151], [152] |
| Treaties of March 22, 1816 [197], [198] |
| Treaty and purchase of 1721 [144] |
| Treaty and purchase of 1755 [145] |
| Treaty and purchase of 1768 [146] |
| Treaty and purchase of 1770 [146] |
| Treaty and purchase of 1772 [146] |
| Treaty and purchase of 1773 [148] |
| Treaty and purchase of 1783 [151] |
| Treaty between Confederate States and Cherokee [328] |
| Treaty Cherokee propose to remove to Mexico [302] |
| Treaty of Hopewell, proceedings at [152] |
| Treaty of 1756 [145] |
| Treaty of 1760 [145] |
| Treaty of 1761 [146] |
| Treaty of 1775 [148] |
| Treaty of November 28, 1785 [133], [158] |
| Treaty of July 2, 1791 [158] |
| Treaty of February 17, 1792 [169] |
| Treaty of June 26, 1794 [171] |
| Treaty of October 2, 1798 [174] |
| Treaty of October 24, 1804 [183] |
| Treaty of October 25, 1805 [189] |
| Treaty of October 27, 1805 [190] |
| Treaty of January 7, 1806 [193] |
| Treaty of September 11, 1807 [194] |
| Treaty of September 14, 1816 [209] |
| Treaty of July 8, 1817 [212] |
| Treaty of February 27, 1819 [219] |
| Treaty of May 6, 1828 [229] |
| Treaty of February 14, 1833 [249] |
| Treaty of December 29, 1835 [253] |
| Treaty of 1835, adjudication of [305] |
| Treaty of 1835 declared void by Cherokee [294] |
| Treaty of March 1, 1836, supplementary [257] |
| Treaty of August 6, 1846 [298] |
| Treaty of July 19, 1866 [334] |
| Treaty of April 27, 1868 [340] |
| "Treaty" or "Ridge" party of Cherokee [293] |
| payments to [299] |
| feuds of [301], [302] |
| Troup, Governor, on relations of Cherokee to Georgia [237] |
| Tyler, John M., promises settlement of difficulties with Cherokee [296] |
| V. |
| Van Buren, Martin, offers a compromise in Cherokee affairs [290] |
| Vashon, George, negotiates a treaty with Cherokee [252] |
| Voorhees, D. W., counsel for Cherokee [345] |
| W. |
| Waddell, Hugh, negotiates treaty of 1756 with Cherokee and Catawba [145] |
| Wafford's settlement [186], [187] |
| Wales, Samuel A., instructed by Governor Forsyth to establish Cherokee boundary line [269] |
| Walton, George, commissioner to treat with Cherokee [174], [176] |
| Washington, George, in relation to Cherokee [161], [173] |
| Watie, Stand, a Confederate leader in the civil war [298], [325], [328], [333] |
| confiscation act against adherents of [343] |
| Webster, Daniel, denounces policy toward Cherokee [288], [290] |
| Wellborn, Johnson, Georgia commissioner in treating with Cherokee [236] |
| Whitner, Joseph, surveyor of Cherokee boundary line [165], [168] |
| Wilkerson, William N., commissioner to appraise Indian lands [363] |
| Wilkinson, James, commissioner for Cherokee treaty [184] |
| Winchester, James, survey of Cherokee boundary line by [154] |
| commissioner for Cherokee boundary [165] |
| Wise, Henry A., denounces policy toward Cherokee [288], [289] |
| Wistar, Thomas, commissioner to treat with Indians [341] |
| Wool, John E., in command of troops in Cherokee Nation [283] |
| report on Cherokee affairs [286] |
| relieved [289] |
| Worcester vs. Georgia, Supreme Court decision in [264] |
| Y. |
| Yellow Creek settlement [183] |
BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY—FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT PL. VIII
MAP
OF THE FORMER
TERRITORIAL LIMITS
OF THE
CHEROKEE "NATION OF" INDIANS
EXHIBITING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE VARIOUS
CESSIONS
OF LAND MADE BY THEM TO THE
COLONIES AND TO THE UNITED STATES
BY TREATY STIPULATIONS, FROM THE BEGINNING OF THEIR RELATIONS
WITH THE WHITES TO THE DATE OF THEIR REMOVAL
WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
BY
C. C. ROYCE.
1894.
Click on image to enlarge.
BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY—FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT PL. IX
MAP
SHOWING THE
TERRITORY ORIGINALLY ASSIGNED
TO THE CHEROKEE "NATION OF" INDIANS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
ALSO THE BOUNDARIES
OF THE
TERRITORY NOW OCCUPIED OR OWNED BY THEM.
BY
C. C. ROYCE.
1894.