In this condition they soon became an element of much irritation in the body politic of the tribe. The Cherokee authorities urged that they should be furnished with rations and transportation to their brethren in the West, whither they were now willing to remove, but the Secretary of War instructed Agent Meigs[268] that emigration to the Arkansas under the patronage of the Government had ceased, and that those Cherokees who had enrolled themselves for removal but had not yet gone, as well as all others thereafter determining to go, must do so at their own expense. [Footnote 242: United States Statutes at Large, Vol. VII, p. 195.] [Footnote 243: May 8, 1818.] [Footnote 244: Secretary of War to Reuben Lewis, United States Indian agent, May 16, 1818.] [Footnote 245: May 16 to 24, inclusive.] [Footnote 246: July 22.] [Footnote 247: United States Statutes at Large, Vol. VII, p. 156.] [Footnote 248: Letter of Secretary of War to Capt. William Bradford, September 9, 1818.] [Footnote 249: Secretary of War to Agent Lewis, July 22, 1819.] [Footnote 250: Field notes and diagram on file in Indian Office.] [Footnote 251: October 6, 1818.] [Footnote 252: July 29, 1818.] [Footnote 254: December 29, 1818.] [Footnote 253: November 13, 1818.] [Footnote 255: November 29, 1818.] [Footnote 256: December 19, 1818.] [Footnote 257: February, 1819.] [Footnote 258: February 11, 1819.] [Footnote 259: Cherokee delegation to Secretary of War, February 17, 1819.] [Footnote 260: United States Statutes at Large, Vol. VII, p. 195.] [Footnote 261: March 6, 1819.] [Footnote 262: March 11, 1819.] [Footnote 263: March 12, 1819.] [Footnote 264: Mr. Houston began his survey at the point where the first hill closes in on Hiwassee River, which he found to be 2-1/2 miles above Hiwassee Old Town. He also states in his report that he found no ridge dividing the waters of Hiwassee from those of Little River. This line from the Hiwassee River to the Tennessee River at Talassee was 46 miles and 300 poles in length. It was begun May 28 and completed June 12, 1819. The line from the junction of Cowee and Nauteyalee Rivers to the Blue Ridge was begun June 12 and completed June 18, 1819, and was 36 miles long. His report, with accompanying map, was communicated to the Secretary of War with letter dated July 30, 1819. A copy of the field notes may be found in American State Papers, Indian Affairs, Vol. II, pp. 192 and 193.] [Footnote 265: July 24, 1820.] [Footnote 266: Secretary of War to Agent Meigs, August 14, 1820.] [Footnote 267: February 9. See letter of Return J. Meigs to Secretary of War.] [Footnote 268: June 15, 1820.] TREATY CONCLUDED MAY 6, 1828.--PROCLAIMED MAY 28, 1828.[269] _Held at Washington City, D. C., between James Barbour, Secretary of War, specially authorized therefor by the President of the United States, and the chiefs and headmen of the Cherokee Nation west of the Mississippi._ MATERIAL PROVISIONS.