[Footnote 142: Commissioner Smith in his letter of October 31, 1804, to the Secretary of War, states that two persons on the part of the United States, to be accompanied by two Cherokee chiefs, had been designated to run the boundaries of this cession. The propriety was then urged on the Cherokees by the commissioners of making a cession of the lands lying between East and West Tennessee. Several days were consumed in urging this proposal, and a majority of the chiefs were probably in favor of it, but Commissioner Smith remarks that a majority, unless it amounts almost to unanimity, is not considered with them sufficient to determine in matters of great interest, particularly in making cessions of lands.] [Footnote 126: United States Statutes at Large, Vol. VII, p. 228.] [Footnote 127: United States Statutes at Large, Vol. I, p. 618.] [Footnote 128: United States Statutes at Large, Vol. II, p. 82.] [Footnote 129: The President's appointment of these commissioners bore date of June 18, 1801.] [Footnote 130: This interview occurred, as shown by the Indian Office records, on the 30th of June, 1801, and was adjourned to meet again on the 3d of July.] [Footnote 131: July 3, 1801. See Indian Office records.] [Footnote 132: July 16, 1801. See Indian Office records.] [Footnote 133: July 17, 1801. See Indian Office records.] [Footnote 134: June 10, 1802. See Indian Office records.] [Footnote 135: February 19, 1803. See Indian Office records.] [Footnote 136: May 30, 1803.] [Footnote 137: "Vann" was a half-breed of considerable ability and shrewdness, and was at this time perhaps the most influential chief among the Cherokees. His home was on the route of the proposed Georgia road, and when the road was constructed he opened a store and house of entertainment for travelers, from which he derived a considerable income.] [Footnote 138: Letter of Secretary of War to governors of Georgia and Tennessee, dated November 21, 1803.] [Footnote 139: April 4, 1804.] [Footnote 140: October 10, 1804. See letter of Daniel Smith to Secretary of War, October 31, 1804.] [Footnote 141: October 31, 1804.] [Footnote 143: December 20, 1811.] [Footnote 144: It is stated in a resolution of the Georgia legislature, passed June 16, 1802, that this line was surveyed by Colonel Hawkins in 1798.] [Footnote 145: The letter of the Cherokee delegation calling attention to this matter is dated January 19, 1824.] [Footnote 146: February 6, 1824.] [Footnote 147: April 15, 1824.] [Footnote 148: April 30,1824.] [Footnote 149: United States Statutes at Large, Vol. VII, p. 228.] TREATY CONCLUDED OCTOBER 25, 1805; PROCLAIMED APRIL 24, 1806.[150] _Held at Tellico, Tenn., between Return J. Meigs and, Daniel Smith, commissioners on behalf of the United States, and certain chiefs and headmen of the Cherokees, representing that nation._ MATERIAL PROVISIONS. 1. All former treaties providing for peace and prevention of crimes are continued in force.