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The Treaty of Holston (or Treaty of the Holston) was a treaty between the United States government and the Cherokee signed on July 2, 1791, and proclaimed on February 7, 1792. It was negotiated and signed by William Blount , governor of the Southwest Territory and superintendent of Indian affairs for the southern district of the United States ...
The 1792 State of the Union Address was delivered by George Washington to Congress on Tuesday, November 6, 1792. It was presented in Philadelphia's Congress Hall . The president commented on continued incursions by Native Americans into frontier settlements.
Treaty of Holston, 2 July 1791 Established boundaries between the United States and the Cherokee. Guaranteed by the United States that the lands of the Cherokee have not been ceded to the United States. Treaty of Philadelphia, 17 February 1792 Supplemented the previous Holston treaty regarding annuities, etc. Treaty of Walnut Hills, 10 April 1792
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Dragging Canoe (ᏥᏳ ᎦᏅᏏᏂ, pronounced Tsiyu Gansini, [a] c. 1738 – February 29, 1792) was a Cherokee red (or war) chief who led a band of Cherokee warriors who resisted colonists and United States settlers in the Upper South.
Named at birth Enola (also rendered Inali or Enoli), Black Fox was born about 1746. [1] [2] He was a brother-in-law of Chickamauga Cherokee leader, Dragging Canoe, and accompanied him on his migrations south to the Lower Towns during the Cherokee–American wars.
At that war's conclusion, the Cherokee signed the Treaty of Long Island-on-the-Holston with the Colony of Virginia in 1761 and the Treaty of Charlestown with South Carolina in 1762. c. 1755: The Cherokee signed the Treaty with South Carolina, ceding the land between the Wateree and Santee rivers. c. 1758–1769
Treaties, including the Treaty of Hopewell (1785) and the Treaty of Holston (1791), recognized Cherokee sovereignty and established agreements with the U.S. government. [7] At the start of the 19th century, the Cherokee controlled about 53,000 square miles (140,000 km 2) of land in Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama. However, the U ...