Further purchase of Cherokee lands 210 Treaty of July 8, 1817 212 Material provisions 212 Historical data 214 Policy of removing Indian tribes to the west of the Mississippi River 214 Further cession of territory by the Cherokees 216 Treaty of February 27, 1819 219 Material provisions 219 Historical data 221 Cherokees west of the Mississippi--their wants and condition 221 Disputes among Cherokees concerning emigration 222 Public sentiment in Tennessee and Georgia concerning Cherokee removal 223 Treaty concluded for further cession of land 225 Status of certain Cherokees 228 Treaty of May 6, 1828 229 Material provisions 229 Historical data 231 Return J. Meigs and the Cherokees 231 Tennessee denies validity of Cherokee reservations 232 United States agree to extinguish Indian title in Georgia 233 Treaty of May 6, 1828--Continued. Cherokee progress in civilization 240 Failure of negotiations for further cession of lands 241 Cherokee Nation adopts a constitution 241 Cherokee affairs west of the Mississippi 242 Treaty of February 14, 1833 249 Material provisions 249 Historical data 251 Conflicting land claims of Creeks and Cherokees west of the Mississippi 251 Purchase of Osage half-breed reserves 252 President Jackson refuses to approve treaty of 1834 252 Treaty of December 29, 1835 253 Material provisions 253 Treaty of March 1, 1836 (supplementary articles) 257 Material provisions 257 Historical data 258 Zealous measures for removal of Eastern Cherokees 258 General Carroll's report on the condition of the Cherokees 259 Failure of Colonel Lowry's mission 262