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Federal court records: Latimer v. Poteet, Meigs Post

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  • 1 SUPREME COURT fJWy Lattimer <r. Poteet. Clinch." Here is another recognition of this line as the northern boundary of the Indian lands ; and consequently, the line established by the Holston * 1 treaty. *And the Tellico treaty calls again, after striking Hawkins's -• line, by running near Nine Mile creek, and along Chilhowee mountain, to run with it to the top of the Great Iron mountain. From this point, the new treaty line varies from a direct course, and continues " southeasterly to where the most south easterly branch of Little river crosses the divisional line to Tugalo river." It is only necessary to compare the course and objects here designated with the south-eastern calls of the Holston treaty line, to see, that the Tellico line ipoludes a large tract of country not included by the Holston line. The Holston line, after striking the Tugalo river, runs north-east to the Occunna mountain, and over the same, along the South Carolina Indian boundary, continuing a north-easterly direction, until it strikes the North Carolina boundary ; thence north to a point which shall intersect a line to be extended from the river Clinch, that shall pass the Holston at the ridge; the Tellico line runs south-easterly, until it strikes the divisional line to Tugalo river. The Holston line calls to run along this divisional line, northeasterly ; so that from this point these lines diverge until the Holston line shall reach the point of connection with the line drawn from the Clinch. These boundaries, from the point of intersection on the top of the Great Iron mountain, to the point of intersection on the South Carolina Indian boundary, include a large tract of country. And this tract, with the one designated by Hawkins's line, the Tennessee Nine Mile creek, and the Clinch, <fco, constituted the territory purchased by the Tellico treaty. This recognition of Hawkins's line as the Indian boundary, wus in 1798, only eight years after the boundary was established by the treaty of Holston, and one year after the line is declared to have been run and marked. The facts in regard to this line were recent, and of course, fresh in the recollection, of the contracting parties. It was a matter about which they could not be mistaken. They say the Holston line was not run and marked until the latter part of the year 1797, and the United Stares purchase the Indian lands up to Hawkins's line. It is true, this line is not, in terms, said to be the boundary established by the Holston treaty, but in the most solemn form, it is recognised to be the boundary of the Indian lands, by purchasing those lands up to it ; and by tracing it as the boundary, beyond the purchase on Nine Mile creek, to the top of the Great Iron mountain. It could then be no other than the Holston treaty line, for in that part of the country, there was no other Indian boundary, before the treaty of Tellico. Whatever doubt may have existed as to Hawkins's line being the true Indian boundary, independently of this treaty, there would seem to be no ground for doubt, under the recognitions of that line, in this treaty. It is contended, that the Holston line should run from the Clinch, crossing the Holston river at its mouth, and continue on, in the same direction, -, until it shall strike the North Carolina boundary. *This would not Holston treaty, in forming the treaty of Tellico ; but it would also disregard the language of the former treaty. It calls for a line running north, from North Carolina boundary, to a point that shall intersect a line drawn from the Clinch, crossing the Holston at the ridge. This call to run north,
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