Jackson, Andrew; McKenney, Thomas L. Intrusions on Cherokee Lands : Message of The President of the United States, Transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 22d ultimo, in relation to intrusions on lands claimed by the Cherokee Tribe of Indians, &c., &c. Washington: U. S. Congress, 1830. First Edition. [12274]
Removed, no wrapper, 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches, 49 clean pp. Good. Pamphlet.
21st Congress, 1st Session, Ho. of Reps. Executive Doc. no. 89.
President Jackson relates that this document communicates "intrusions or alleged intrusions on lands, the possession of which is claimed by the Cherokee tribe of Indians; the number of intrusions, if any, and the reasons why they have not been removed; and, also, any correspondence or information, touching outrages alleged to have been committed by Cherokee Indians, on citizens of Georgia, occupying lands to which the Indian claim has been extinguished, or by citizens of Georgia on Cherokee Indians."
Includes correspondence by and to Colonel Hugh Montgomery, Indian Agent; Colonel Thomas L. McKenney of the Department of Indian Affairs; Joseph McMinn, Esq., Agent for the Cherokees; Hon. James Barbour, Secretary of War; &c.
All signs point to an impending war between the Cherokee Indians and the white Georgians.
An example: Extract of a Letter from Charles Hicks, "If the information is correct, there was a party of twelve white men, well armed, from Frog Town, came to a house, belonging to a village called Curtuka, about fifteen miles from George Saunders', and knocked down the man of the house; and, as they went away, they had collected about fifty head of cattle, and drove them on; and that a party of Cherokees had followed them, and fired over them, and got the cattle again."
Another: Extract from a letter from Turkey and John Bomer, two Chiefs, on Hightower... "And also we wish to inform you that the white people are stealing our horses, cattle, and hogs, every day, and that we can get no satisfaction for it."
