Cherokee Phoenix

LATE INDIAN TREATIES.- Several Treaties with the Indians have lately been ratified by the Senate, by

Published February, 25, 1829

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LATE INDIAN TREATIES.- Several Treaties with the Indians have lately been ratified by the Senate, by which important cessions of land have been obtained. For a tract on the Mississippi, Ouisconsin, 'c. the United States, are to pay $20,000 in goods; for another, bordering on Lake Michigan, a perpetual annuity of $2,000 and an additional one of $1,000 for 20 years besides a present payment of $30,000 in goods, and $10,000 in goods, and $5,000 in specie in 1839, 'c. One thousand dollars per annum is to be expended for the purposes of education.