Treaty of New Echota
INDIAN- AFFAIRS. LAWS AN-D TREATIES. V,:-1. II. (TREATIES.) COMPILED AND EDITED .,BY CHARLES J. KAPPLER, LL. M., CLERK TO THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS. WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1904. TREATY ·WITH THE CHEROKEE, 1835. 439 In presence of~ R. B. Mason, major of dragoons, Augustine A. Chouteau, G. Birch, major, U. S. Army, .John Hambly, United States interpreter Francis Lee, captain, Seventh Infantry, to the Creeks, Samuel G. I. DeCamp, surgeon, George Herron, W. Seawdl, lieutenant and aid de camp; Leonard C. McPhail, assistant surgeon, secretary to the commissioners, U.S. Army, Thomas B. Ballard, Robert M. French. ! TREATY WITH THE CHEROKEE, 1835. Articles of a treaty, concluded at New Echota in the State of Georqia _ Dec. 29• 1~-~ on the 2.9th day of Deer. 1835 by General William Carroll and John 7 stat., 478· a z z • • z f z TT • d S d Proclamation May F.. DCnermer,wrn commissioners on tne part (!, tne unite tates an 23, 1836. ' the Chiefs I£ead Men and People of the Oherolcee tribe of Indians. WHEREAS the Cherokees are anxious to make some arrangements Preamble with the Government of the United States whereby the difficulties they have experienced by a residence within the settled parts of the United States under the jurisdiction and laws of the State Governments may be terminated and adjusted; and with a view to reuniting their people in one body and securing a permanent home for themselves and their posterity in the country selected by their forefathers without the ter ritorial limifa of the State sovereignties, and where they can establish and enjoy a government of their choice and perpetuate such a state of society as may be most consonant with their views, habits and condi tion; and as may tend to their individual comfort and their advance ment in civilization.
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