This elaborate paper by Mr. Royce is a narrative in detail of the official relations of the Cherokees with the colonial and federal governments, from their first treaty with South Carolina, in 1721, down to the treaty of April 27, 1868.--"As early as 1798 Barton compared the Cheroki language with that of the Iroquois and stated his belief that there was a connection between them. ... Mr. Hale was the first to give formal expression to his belief in the affinity of the Cheroki to Iroquois. Recently extensive Cheroki vocabularies have come into possession of the Bureau of Ethnology, and a careful comparison of them with ample Iroquois material has been made by Mr Hewitt. The result is convincing proof of the relationship of the two languages." _J. W. Powell, Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, page 77._ See Note, Appendix: E. ALSO IN _S. G. Drake, The Aboriginal Races of North America, book 4, chapter 13-16._ See, above: ALLEGHANS. See, also, for an account of the Cherokee War of 1759-1761, SOUTH CAROLINA: A. D. 1759-1761; and for "Lord Dunmore's War," OHIO (VALLEY): A. D. 1774. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Cheyennes, or Sheyennes. See above; ALGONQUIAN FAMILY {84} AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Chibchas. The most northerly group of the tribes of the Andes "are the Cundinamarca of the table lands of Bogota. At the time of the conquest the watershed of the Magdalena was occupied by the Chibcha, or, as they were called by the Spaniards, Muyscas. At that time the Chibcha were the most powerful of all the autochthonous tribes, had a long history behind them, were well advanced toward civilization, to which numerous antiquities bear witness. The Chibcha of to-day no longer speak the well-developed and musical language of their forefathers. It became extinct about 1730, and it can now only be inferred from existing dialects of it; these are the languages of the Turiero, a tribe dwelling north of Bogota, and of the Itoco Indians who live in the neighborhood of the celebrated Emerald mines of Muzo." _The Standard Natural History (J. S. Kingsley, editor) volume 6, page 215_. "As potters and goldsmiths they [the Chibcha] ranked among the finest on the continent." _D. G. Brinton, Races and Peoples, page 272._ See, also, COLOMBIAN STATES: A. D. 1536-1731. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Chicasas. See below: MUSKHOGEAN FAMILY; also, LOUISIANA: A. D. 1719-1750. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Chichimecs. See MEXICO: A. D. 1325-1502. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Chimakuan Family.