Miscellaneous documents relating to Indian affairs [1846-1884] 1846-1884.

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Miscellaneous documents relating to Indian affairs [1846-1884] 1846-1884.

Various legal documents and correspondence relating to statutes and treaties of the Cherokee Nation.

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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 Natio...

Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma.

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