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of the Commissioners of the United States,
appointed to hold conferences with the several
Nations of Indians South of the Ohio
Commenced by Colo Hawkins one of the Commrs
On the 18th July He received from the Secy of
War the following letter at Tookaubatchee
dated War Dept, 18 June 1801.
Sir
The president of the United States
having appointed you a commissioner,
jointly with William R Davie and James
Wilkinson Esquires to hold conferences with
several of the Indian Nations, South of Ohio,
you are requested to repair to South West
point in the state of Tennessee by the
first day of August next there to meet your
colleagues, the first named of whom will
be the bearer of your commissions & Instructions

Title Journal of the commissioners of the United States appointed to hold conferences with the several nations of Indians south of the Ohio

Creator Hawkins, Benjamin, 1754-1816

Date 1802

Place Georgia, Southern States, Tennessee

Language English

Subjects Cherokee Indians, Chickasaw Indians, Choctaw Indians, Creek Indians, Indians of North America, United States

Description Formerly known as Ayer MS 912.5.

Summary Contemporary copy made by Andrew Pickens of the journal kept by the U.S. commissioners, 1801-1802, prior to and during treaty negotiations with the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Creek tribes. Journal contains daily entries, together with correspondence, minutes, and texts of treaties. Correspondence includes commissioners' appointments and instructions from the Secretary of War, Henry Dearborn; invitations and further correspondence of Dearborn and the commissioners with the tribes; commissioners' progress reports to Dearborn; and letters to Thomas Jefferson and the governors of Tennessee and Georgia (John Sevier and Josiah Tattnall). Minutes of treaty councils include the addresses of James Wilkinson and responses by tribal chiefs (Doublehead, Esau Haujo, etc.). Also contains treaties concluded with the Chickasaws and Choctaws. Volume ends with June 11, 1802, minutes of Creek negotiations, prior to the conclusion of a treaty with that tribe.

Biographical/Historical Note In May, 1800, Congress authorized $15,000 to conclude treaties with the Indian tribes south of the Ohio River. Secretary of War Henry Dearborn's instructions to his commissioners, William Davie (replaced by Andrew Pickens), Benjamin Hawkins, and James Wilkinson, contained requests for roads (with roadside inns and ferries) through Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Choctaw lands and land cessions from the Creeks. The commissioners were unsuccessful in persuading the Cherokees to grant a road, but concluded treaties with the Chickasaws (Chickasaw Bluffs, Tenn., Oct. 24, 1801) and the Choctaws (Fort Adams, Tenn., Dec. 17, 1801) allowing roads, but not inns or ferries. At Fort Wilkinson, Ga., in June, 1802, the Creeks ceded two tracts of land in exchange for perpetual annuities, goods, debt payments, and chiefs' salaries.

Extent [136], 21, [23] p., bound ; 21 cm

Format Diaries, Manuscripts, American, Records and correspondence, Treaties

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection, Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

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Call Number VAULT Ayer MS 3180

BibID 991328678805867

Size 1855px × 2276px 12.09 MB

IIIF Resource Type Canvas

File Created 06/14/2024

Filename 991328678805867_Ayer_MS_3180_00003-1.tif

Unique Identifier NL12CR3U

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