1791

Treaty of Holston and Cherokee land cessions

Tennessee; Cherokee Nation

Under pressure from settlement and war, Cherokee leaders agreed to a new boundary and cessions. Continued settler intrusion undermined the security the treaty was supposed to establish.

Dates preserve the source’s precision. This entry is part of a selected historical record; its qualifications and sources are retained below.

Context / qualification

The book’s stated annuity amount needs checking against the treaty; no amount is repeated here.

Sources

• Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States (2014), chapter 5
• Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States (2014), chapter 5

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