| with United States. | in Kansas, ceded in trust to | | | be sold by the United States | | | for the benefit of the | | | Cherokees. | 39 | do |Tract known as "Cherokee Strip,"|Yellow. | | in Kansas, ceded in trust to | | | be sold for the benefit of the| | | Cherokees by the United | | | States. | 40 | do |Tract sold to Osages. |Green. 41 | do |Tract sold to Kansas or Kaws. |Red. 42 | do |Tract sold to Pawnees. |Red. 43 | do |Tract sold to Poncas. |Red. 44 | do |Tract sold to Nez Percés. |Yellow. 45 | do |Tract sold to Otoes and |Yellow. | | Missourias. | 46 |Present country of the |This is the country now actually|Red. | Cherokees east of 96° | occupied and to be permanently| | W. longitude. | retained by the Cherokees. | 47 |Present country of the |This is the remnant of the |Blue. | Cherokees west of 96° | country dedicated by the treaty| | W. longitude. | of July 19, 1866, to the | | | location of other friendly | | | tribes. The Cherokees retain | | | their title to and control over| | | it until actual purchase by and| | | location of other tribes | | | thereon. | ------+-------------------------+--------------------------------+----- The arrangement of the historical text has seemed to the writer to be that best suited to the object in view. As will be observed, an abstract of the salient provisions of each treaty is given, beginning with the first treaty concluded between the Cherokee Nation and the United States of America. In each instance, immediately following this abstract, will be found the historical data covering the period and the events leading to its negotiation, as well as those of the subsequent period intimately connected with the results of such treaty. TREATIES WITH THE CHEROKEES. TREATY CONCLUDED NOVEMBER 28, 1785.[2] _At Hopewell, on the Keowee River, in South Carolina, between Benjamin Hawkins, Andrew Pickens, Joseph Martin, and Lachlane M'Intosh, Commissioners Plenipotentiary of the United States, and the Headmen and Warriors of all the Cherokees._ MATERIAL PROVISIONS.