[179] January 10, 1812.

[180] In March, 1812.

[181] May 14, 1812.

[182] March 24, 1814.

[183] February 3, 1815.

[184] A full history of Colonel Earle's attempt to secure a site for the erection of iron works will be found among the records and files of the Office of Indian Affairs.

[185] United States Statutes at Large, Vol. II, p. 381. See also amendment to this act by act of February 18, 1841, United States Statutes at Large, Vol. V, p. 412.

[186] Scott's Laws of North Carolina and Tennessee.

[187] March 26, 1808.

[188] See report of General Knox, Secretary of War, to President Washington, July 7, 1789; Creek treaty of 1790; Cherokee treaty of 1791, etc.