Treaty with the Cherokee, 1807

Item

Title
Treaty with the Cherokee, 1807
Original Signatory Tribe(s)
Cherokee
Successor in Interest Tribes
Under review
Date Original
2 December 1807
Has Version
HathiTrust
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Subjects/Keywords
Ratified
mining and mineral rights
Description
the United States shall have full liberty to get ore off their land in the most suitable place.
promise to pay
Description
the United States shall pay the Cherokee nation, the sum of five thousand dollars, so soon as the said treaty shall be ratified, and one thousand bushels of corn
Treaty Type
treaty
Bibliographic Citation
Deloria, Vine, Jr. and Raymond DeMallie. Documents of American Indian Diplomacy: Treaties, Agreements, and Conventions, 1775-1979. 2v. (Norman: Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 1999), 213
ASP-Indian Affairs 1: 753
MODX ID
2981;treaty-with-the-cherokee-1807-22228
2981