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Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma

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Although the Treaty of Hopewell (1785) defined the boundaries of the Cherokee Nation and the U.S., Congress during the Confederation period was unable to keep white squatters off Cherokee lands. With violence escalating between Cherokees and settlers, particularly those of the "State of Franklin" (now Tennessee), Congress in Sept. of 1788 issued a proclamation forbidding white intrustion on Cherokee land.

From the description of A talk from the head men warriers of the Cherokey Nation at a meeting held at Ustinare ... : addressed to the Honorable Richard Winn Esquire, superintendent for the Southern Department in answer to a talk sent by him dated the 12th Octor. 1788, 1788 Nov. 20. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 36526242

On October 25, 1805, at Tellico, the Cherokees ceded lands in Tennessee and Kentucky to the federal government, but reserved specified tracts for the use of the Nation.

The reserved tracts included one opposite South West Point, one at the foot of Cumberland Mountain, and one on the north bank of the Tennessee River.

From the description of Letter : Washington, [D.C.], to George Graham, Dept. of War, 1816 Mar. 22. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 36524918

Encompassing 800,000 acres north of the boundary of the Cherokee Nation along the southwest border of Missouri, the Neutral Lands had been granted to the Cherokees by the Treaty of 1835. In exchange, the U.S. deducted $500,000 from the fund accruing to the Cherokee Nation.

Faced with a mounting public debt and interested in unloading a useless and unproductive property, the Cherokee Council voted unanimously to retrocede the land to the United States. The efforts of the 1852 Cherokee Washington delegation to negotiate the Neutral Lands' sale were ended when the secretary of the interior, Alexander H.H. Stuart, refused to consider the matter.

From the description of Letter : Washington City, to Luke Lea, Comr. Indn. Affairs, 1852 June 17. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 36495963

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Cherokee Indians

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Oklahoma. History. 1865-1898

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