Ratified treaty no. 84, Documents relating to the negotiations of the treaty of September 20, 1816, with the Chickasaw Indians
Date
September 20, 1816
Publisher
Washington, D.C.: National Archives, National Archives and Records Service
Summary
1. Instructions: a. June 4, 1816 (2 letters, IA, LS, vol. C, p. 369-370) b. July 5, 1816 (2 letters, same. p. 395-406)
2. Talk by Sec. of War to Chickasaw delegation, June 6, 1816. (IA, LS, vol. C, p. 371-374)
3. Sec. of War to U. S. Ind. Agts. for Cherokee, Choctaw, and Creeks (tribes affected by this treaty), June 15, 1816, giving directions. (IA, LS, vol. C, p. 380-381)
4. Sec. of War to Return J. Meigs, June 15, 1816, directing him to urge Cherokee to send delegation to negotiate treaty. (Cherokee Agency, LR, 1816)
5. Sec. of War to Wm. Cocke, U. S. Ind. Agt., June 26, 1816, including directions re the negotiations. (IA, LS, vol. C, p. 386-388)
6. Wm. Cocke to Sec. of War, report dated Sept. 22, 1816, re the negotiation of the treaty. (8 p.)*
Note: Correspondence re treaty appears in American State Papers: Indian Affairs, 2:100-123.