[Footnote 111: These instructions were dated March 2, 1798. See American State Papers, Indian Affairs, Vol. I, p. 639] [Footnote 112: Ramsey's Annals of Tennessee, pp. 693, 695.] [Footnote 113: June 20, 1798.] [Footnote 114: Ramsey's Annals of Tennessee, pp. 693, 695.] [Footnote 115: American State Papers, Indian Affairs, Vol. I, p. 640.] [Footnote 116: By act of September 27, 1794, the legislature of the territory southwest of the Ohio authorized the raising of a fund for cutting and clearing a wagon road from Southwest Point to Bledsoe's Lick on the Cumberland. The funds for this purpose were to be raised by a lottery managed by Cols. James White, James Winchester, Stockley Donelson, David Campbell, William Cocke, and Robert Hayes. The Indians not having granted the necessary right of way, its construction was necessarily postponed, but subsequently, by act of the legislature of Tennessee passed November 14, 1801, the Cumberland Road Company was incorporated and required to cut and clear a road from the Indian boundary on the east side of Cumberland Mountain to the fork of the roads leading to Fort Blount and Walton's Ferry.] [Footnote 117: January 15, 1799.] [Footnote 118: See letter of General Pickens to Representative Nott, of South Carolina, January 1, 1800. American State Papers, Public Lands, Vol. I, p. 103.] [Footnote 119: Letter of Secretary of War to Return J. Meigs, in Indian Office records.] [Footnote 120: Dated October 20, 1802.] [Footnote 121: Commissioner Meigs mentions that the accompanying plat and field notes of Mr. Freeman, the surveyor, will give more abundant details regarding this survey. After a careful search, however, no trace has been found among the Indian Office records and files of the plat and field notes in question. There is much difficulty in ascertaining the exact point of departure of "Meigs Line" from Great Iron Mountains. In the report of the Tennessee and North Carolina boundary commissioners in 1821 it is stated to be 31-1/2 miles by the course of the mountain ridge in a general southwesterly course from the crossing of Cataluche Turnpike; 9-1/2 miles in a similar direction from Porter's Gap; 21-1/2 miles in a northeasterly direction from the crossing of Equovetley Path, and 33-1/2 miles in a like course from the crossing of Tennessee River. All of these courses and distances follow the crest of the Great Iron Mountains. It is stated to the author, by General R. N. Hood, of Knoxville, Tenn., that there is a tradition that "Meigs Post" was found some years since about 1-1/2 miles southwest of Indian Gap. A map of the survey of Qualla Boundary, by M. S. Temple, in 1876, shows a portion of the continuation of "Meigs Line" as passing about 1-1/2 miles east of Quallatown. Surveyor Temple mentions it as running "S. 50° E. (formerly S. 52-1/2° E.")]