The Cherokee NationTransaction Publishers - 272 páginas This volume, presents the succession of treaties between 1785 and 1868 that reduced the holdings of the Cherokee Nation east of the Mississippi and culminated in their removal to Indian territory. Each document is accompanied by a detailed description of its antecedent conditions, the negotiations that led up to it, and its consequences. The events described here ended more than a century ago, but the motives and actions of the participants and the effects of the compromises and decisions they made are sadly familiar. The story presented here needs to be understood by everyone concerned with the survival of diverse ways of life and the quality of the relationships among peoples. The impersonal style of Royce's presentation enhances the poignancy of the Cherokee experience. Repeated declarations of peace and perpetual friendship contrast with repeated violations of treaties approved by Congress and the impotence of a people to defend their ancestral lands. The Cherokee "trail of broken treaties" has left us with a heritage of guilt and frustration that we have yet to overcome. The Native American Library, in which this volume appears, has been initiated by the National Anthropological Archives of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, to publish original works by Indians and reprints selected by the tribes involved. Royce's work, which was included in the Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, is republished at the request of the Governing Body of the Cherokee Nation. The original text is prefaced by an evaluation of Royce and his work by Richard Mack Bettis and contains several illustrations not included in the earlier edition. |
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... thence northeast to the ridge dividing the waters falling into the Cumberland from those falling into the Tennessee ; thence eastwardly along said ridge to a northeast line to be run , which shall strike Cumberland River 40 miles above ...
... thence westward they claimed the country as far as the Ohio , and thence to the headwaters of the Chattahoochee and Alabama . One tradition which he alleges existed among them asserts their migration from the west to the upper waters of ...
... thence up the South Edisto to its source the boundary pursued a southwesterly course , striking the Savannah River in the vicinity of the mouth of Stevens Creek , and proceeding thence northwardly along the Savannah . On the borders of ...
... thence extending in a direct course north by east to Chiswell's mine on the east bank of the Kenhawa River , and thence down that stream to its junction with the Ohio . " 4 This treaty was made in pursuance of appeals from the Indians ...
... thence along the Blue Ridge to the Virginia line and west along such line to the Holston River ; thence down the Holston River to the begin . ning , including all the waters of the Watauga , part of the waters of the Holston , and the ...
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Treaty of October 2 1798 | 46 |
Treaty of October 24 1804 | 55 |
Treaties of October 25 and 27 1805 | 61 |
Introduction | ix |
Introduction | 1 |
Treaty of November 28 1785 | 5 |
Treaty of July 2 1791 | 30 |
Treaty of February 17 1792 | 41 |
Treaty of June 261794 | 43 |
Treaty of October 2 1798 | 46 |
Treaty of October 24 1804 | 55 |
Treaty of January 7 1806 | 65 |
Treaty of September 11 1807 | 66 |
Treaties of March 22 1816 | 69 |
Treaty of September 14 1816 | 81 |
Treaty of July 8 1817 | 84 |
Treaty of February 27 1819 | 91 |
Treaty of May 6 1828 | 101 |
Treaty of February 14 1833 | 121 |
Treaty of December 291835 | 125 |
Photo section | 139 |
Treaty of August 6 1846 | 176 |
Treaty of July 19 1866 | 212 |
Treaty of April 27 1868 | 218 |
General Remarks | 249 |
Biographical Notes | 257 |
Maps | 259 |
Index | 265 |
Contents | v |
Preface | vii |
Treaties of October 25 and 27 1805 | 61 |
Treaty of January 7 1806 | 65 |
Treaty of September 11 1807 | 66 |
Treaties of March 22 1816 | 69 |
Treaty of September 14 1816 | 81 |
Treaty of July 8 1817 | 84 |
Treaty of February 27 1819 | 91 |
Treaty of May 6 1828 | 101 |
Treaty of February 14 1833 | 121 |
Treaty of December 291835 | 125 |
Photo section | 139 |
Treaty of August 6 1846 | 176 |
Treaty of July 19 1866 | 212 |
Treaty of April 27 1868 | 218 |
General Remarks | 249 |
Biographical Notes | 257 |
Maps | 259 |
Index | 265 |
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The Five Civilized Tribes: Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Seminole Vista previa limitada - 1989 |