Chapter M

McCulloch, Benjamin, Confederate commander in Cherokee country 326
M'Intosh, Lachlane, agent of Tennessee with Cherokee 179
commissioner to treat with Cherokee 133
McMinn, Joseph, commissioner for Cherokee treaty 212, 216
on Cherokee migration 218, 223-225
appointed Cherokee agent 236
Martin, Joseph, commissioner to treat with Cherokee 133
Mason, John, Jr., report on Cherokee affairs 286
Mason, R. B., commissioner to examine Cherokee feuds 301
Maxwell, C. A., aid acknowledged 130
Meigs, Return J., commissioner of survey of Cherokee boundary 181-183,
187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 194, 196, 200, 201, 204, 210,
211, 218-231, 232, 374
relations of, to the Cherokee 231, 232
death of 236
Merriwether, David, commissioner for Cherokee treaty 209, 212, 216,
235
Merriwether, James, commissioner to extinguish Indian title in Georgia
233, 235
Missourias removed to Indian Territory 364
Mitchell, D P., surveys Cherokee boundary 365
Monroe, James, on relations of Cherokee and Georgia 238, 239
Moore, Alfred, commissioner to treat with Cherokee 176
MoUzon's map, 1771, Cherokee towns on 143
Mullay, J. C., census of Cherokee in North Carolina in 1849 by 313
Munsee join Cherokee 356-358
Munson, Spencer, aid acknowledged 130

N.

New Echota, Cherokee council at 280
adoption of Cherokee constitution at 374
Neutral land, proposed cession of, by Cherokee 319, 320
Nez Percé removed to Indian Territory 364
North Carolina, protests against Hopewell treaty 155
Cherokee refuse to cede lands in 260

O.

Old Settler Cherokee party 293, 375
payments to 299
propose to remove to Mexico 302
claims of, settled 307
O-poth-le-yo-ho-lo loyal to the United States 330, 331
Osage half breed reserves, purchase of 252
Osage and Cherokee, treaty between 222
difficulties between 242
Osage removed to Indian Territory 359
Otoe removed to Indian Territory 364

P.

Parker, E. S., commissioner to treat with Indians 341
Parris, Albion K., commissioner to treat with Cherokee 298, 305
Pawnee removed to Indian Territory 360
Phillips, Wm. A., Cherokee commissioner to appraise neutral lands 351
Pickens, Andrew, commissioner to treat with Cherokee as to boundary
133, 165, 180
Pike, Albert, as to Pin Society 325
Cherokee commissioner for Confederate States 326, 327, 328, 329
Pin Society of Cherokee 325
Ponca removed to Indian Territory 364
Price, Hiram, aid acknowledged 130

R.

Rector, William, surveyed Cherokee line in Arkansas 222
Ridge, John, with Cherokee delegation at Washington 278, 279
murder of 293
compensation to heirs of 299
"Ridge" party of Cherokee 293
Ridge treaty rejected by Cherokee 280
Robertson, James, commissioner of Cherokee treaty 194
Rogers, James, deputized by Cherokee to treat 212
Ross, Andrew, proposition for Cherokee treaty 274, 275
and others, preliminary treaty concluded with 275
Ross, John, applies for injunction against Georgia 262, 272
alleged attempt to bribe 273
protests against the removal of Cherokee 273, 275
opposition to Andrew Ross's proposition 275
heads Cherokee delegation to Washington in 1835 278, 279
arrest of 281
opposition to treaty 282
refusal of, to acquiesce in treaty 283
proposes new Cherokee treaty 291
heads delegation to Washington in 1844 300
advises sale of Fort Gibson in town lots 322
opposes survey and allotment of Cherokee domain 324
relations of, to Southern Confederacy 326-332
not recognized as principal chief of Cherokee 343, 344
death of 347
"Ross" or "Government" party of Cherokee 293
Robertson, Charles, deed to, on the Watauga 147
Robertson, General, agent of Tennessee with Cherokee 179
Rutherford, Griffith, march against Cherokee 157

S.

Saline or salt plains, treaty provisions regarding 250, 300
Schermerhorn, John F., commissioner to treat with Cherokee 249, 253,
257, 282
commissioner to report on country assigned to Indians of the West
251
appointed to treat with Ridge Cherokee delegation 278, 279
Schoolcraft, H. R., on identity of the Allegan with the Cherokee 137
Scott, Winfield, ordered to command troops in Cherokee country 291
Sells, Elijah, commissioner to treat with Cherokee 334, 341
Sequoyah, or George Guess, death of 302
Shawnee, expelled by Cherokee and Chickasaw 144
join Cherokee 356-358
Smith, Daniel, commissioner for treaty with Cherokee 183, 187, 190
Smith, Thomas E., commissioner to appraise Indian lands 363
South Carolina, endeavors of, to extinguish Cherokee title 204, 205
Southern Confederacy and the Cherokee 326-333, 342
Sprague, Peleg, denounces policy toward Cherokee 288
Steele, John, commissioner to treat with Cherokee 176
Stevens, E. L., aid acknowledged 130
Stokes, Montfort, commissioner to treat with Cherokee 249
commissioner to report on country assigned to Indians of the West
251
Storrs, Henry R., denounces policy toward Cherokee 288
Strum, G. P., aid acknowledged 130
Stuart, James, agent of Tennessee to treat with Cherokee 179
Supreme Court decision, in Cherokee Nation <i>vs.</i> Georgia 262
in Worcester <i>vs.</i> Georgia 264
Sweatland, S. H., census of Cherokee in North Carolina in 1869 by 314

T.

Talootiske, Cherokee, grant of 193
Tatnall, E. F., appointed to assist in Cherokee removal 260
Taylor, Nathaniel G., commissioner to treat with Cherokee 340, 352
Tennessee, commissioners from, to treaty council of Cherokee 179
endeavor of, to treat with Cherokee 201
on validity of Cherokee reservations 232
Tennessee Company, purchase of Cherokee land by 162
Thomas, William H., agent for Cherokee 315
Thompson, R. F., aid acknowledged 130
Tompkins, H., census of Cherokee in 1867 by 351
Topping, Enoch H., commissioner to appraise Indian lands 363
Treaties and purchases of 1777 149
Treaties between the State of Franklin and the Cherokee 151, 152
Treaties of March 22, 1816 197, 198
Treaty and purchase of 1721 144
Treaty and purchase of 1755 145
Treaty and purchase of 1768 146
Treaty and purchase of 1770 146
Treaty and purchase of 1772 146
Treaty and purchase of 1773 148
Treaty and purchase of 1783 151
Treaty between Confederate States and Cherokee 328
Treaty Cherokee propose to remove to Mexico 302
Treaty of Hopewell, proceedings at 152
Treaty of 1756 145
Treaty of 1760 145
Treaty of 1761 146
Treaty of 1775 148
Treaty of November 28, 1785 133, 158
Treaty of July 2, 1791 158
Treaty of February 17, 1792 169
Treaty of June 26, 1794 171
Treaty of October 2, 1798 174
Treaty of October 24, 1804 183
Treaty of October 25, 1805 189
Treaty of October 27, 1805 190
Treaty of January 7, 1806 193
Treaty of September 11, 1807 194
Treaty of September 14, 1816 209
Treaty of July 8, 1817 212
Treaty of February 27, 1819 219
Treaty of May 6, 1828 229
Treaty of February 14, 1833 249
Treaty of December 29, 1835 253
Treaty of 1835, adjudication of 305
Treaty of 1835 declared void by Cherokee 294
Treaty of March 1, 1836, supplementary 257
Treaty of August 6, 1846 298
Treaty of July 19, 1866 334
Treaty of April 27, 1868 340
"Treaty" or "Ridge" party of Cherokee 293
payments to 299
feuds of 301, 302
Troup, Governor, on relations of Cherokee to Georgia 237
Tyler, John M., promises settlement of difficulties with Cherokee 296