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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 ...
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.
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
1792 February 17 Treaty of Philadelphia: Additional article to the Treaty with the Cherokee 7 Stat. 42: Cherokee: 1792 April 23 Philadelphia Agreement: Agreement with the Five Nations of Indians Five Nations (Seneca, Oneida, Tuscarora, Cayuga, Onondaga) 1794 June 26 Treaty of Holston: Treaty with the Cherokee 7 Stat. 43: Cherokee: 1794 November 11
The new treaty extended the area for White settlement as far south as the Little Tennessee River, along which the main Overhill Cherokee towns were located. [9] The Cherokee did not formally relinquish their claim to this territory to the U.S. until the July 1791 Treaty of Holston [ 10 ] and even then, hostilities continued in the area for ...
Treaties that were either written and opened for signature in the year 1792, or entered into force in 1792. 1787; 1788; ... Treaty of Seringapatam; T. Treaty of Holston;
By ceasing to follow the Holston river to the treaty line point some land south of the river was included in the Path Grant. Until March 1775 deed date, land south of the Holston river in the vicinity was unsettled and was Cherokee. The most immediate land that comes to view on the map today is The Long Island of The Holston River.
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 ...