Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-01-23

tersect the first waters of Elk river;
thence carried to the Great Cumberland
Mountain, in which the waters of Elk
river have their source; then along the
margin of said mountain, until it shall
intersect lands heretofore ceded to the
United States, at the said Tennessee
ridge.
By two treaties, one dated on the Sth
of July, 1917, the other on the 27th of
February, 1919, the Cherokee Nation
ceded to the United States all their
lands lying east and north of certain
line described in the treaty: beginning
on the Tennessee river, at the point
where the Cherokee boundary with
Madison County, in the Alabama terri
tory, joins the same; thence along the
main channel of said river, to the mouth
of the Hiwassee; then along its main
channel, to the first hill which closes
in on said river. about two miles above
Hiwassee Old Town; thence along the
ridge which divides the waters of Hi
wassee and Little Tellico, to the Ten
nessee river at Talassee; thence along
the main channel, to the conjunction
of the Cowee and Nanteyalee; thence
along the ridge in the fork of said river,
to the top of the Blue Ridge; thence
along the Blue Ridge, to the Unaka
turnpike road; thence by a straight
line to the nearest main source of the
Chestotee; thence along its main chan
mel to the Catahouchee; and thence to
the Creek boundary; it being under
stood that all the islands in the Chesto-
tee, and the parts of the Tennessee and
Hiwassee, with the exception of Jolly's
Island, in the Tennessee, near the mouth
Of the Hiwassee, which constitute
portion of the present boundary, belong
to the Cherokee nation; and tits further
understood, that the reservations con-
tained in the second article of the treaty
of Tellico. signed the Goth of October,
1905; and tract equal to twelve miles
square, to be located at the point form,
ed by the intersection of the boundary
line Of Madison County, already men.
toned, and the north bank of the Ten
nessee river, thence along the said line,
and up the said river, twelve miles, are
ceded to the United States, in trust for
the Cherokee nation, to be sold by the
United States, and the proceeds vested
in the stock of the United States the
interest.to be applied for diffusing the
benefits of education amongst the Cher
okees; and also the rights vested in the
Unaka Turnpike Company, by the
Cherokee nation, are not to be affected
by this treaty. This cession in full
satisfaction of all claims which the
United States had on account of the
cession to part of the nation, who
have emigrated, or might thereafter
emigrate, to the Arkansaw, and this
treaty is final adjustment of that of
the Sth of July, 1917.
The Cherokee hunting grounds had
been so long exposed to those enemies
of animal existence, powder and ball,
the obvious, but sometimes overlooked
cause of the decrease of game, of In
dian manufactures, and of Indian
population, that they no longer afforded
plentiful subsistence for the owners.
Those who were still addicted to the
chase, resolved to remove to country
on White river, where their employ.
mont would be rendered more profit
able, by the greater plenty of game
which they found there. Deputies from
the Lower Towns were sent to the Gov
ernment of the United States, to make
known their desire to continue the
hunter life, and also the scantiness Of
game where they lived; and under these
circumstances, their wish to remove
across the Mississippi river, on some
vacant land of the United States; and
they desired, as part of the Cherokee
nation, for division to be made of
their country, SO as to include all the
waters of the Hiwassee to the Upper
Towns. The President permitted those
who wished to remove, to send an ex.
ploring party to reconnoitre the coun-
try on the waters of the Arkansaw or
White rivers; the higher up the better,
as they will be the longer unapproached
by our settlements, which will begin at
the mouths of these rivers. The regu-
lar districts of the Government of the
United States were already laid off to
the st. Francis. When these parties,
said the President, shall have found q
tract of country suiting the emigrants,
and not claimed by other Indians, we
will arrange with them, and give in ex-
change that, for just portion of the
country they have, and to part of
which, proportioned to their mum bers,
they have right.
Every aid towards their removal, and
what will be necessary for them to
have, will then be freely administered
to them, and when established in their
new settlements, we shall still consider
them as our children, give them the
benefit of exchanging their peltries for
what they will want of our factories,
and always hold them firmly by the
hand. They explored the country ac-
cordipgly, on the west side of the Miss
issippi, and made choice of the country
on the Arkansaw and White rivers,
and settled themselves down on the
United States lands, to which no other