[159] United States Statutes at Large, Vol. VII, p. 101.
[160] United States Statutes at Large, Vol. VII, p. 103.
[161] United States Statutes at Large, Vol. VII, p. 101.
[162] May, 1807.
[163] Message of President Jefferson to U. S. Senate, March 29, 1808, and letter of R. J. Meigs, September 28, 1807. American State Papers, Indian Affairs, Vol. I, p. 753.
[164] United States Statutes at Large, Vol. VII.
[165] President Jefferson to U.S. Senate, March 29, 1808. American State Papers, Indian Affairs, Vol. I, p. 753.
[166] February 21, 1806. Indian Office records.
[167] On the return home of the Cherokee delegation that visited Washington in 1801, "The Glass," a noted Cherokee chief, represented to his people that the Secretary of War had said, "One Joseph Martin has a claim on the Long Island of Holston River." This the Secretary of War denied, in a letter dated November 20, 1801, to Col. R.J. Meigs.
[168] April 1. Indian Office records.