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Spanish Treaty
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However, even though they had many victories, Dragging Canoe could see that his group
of Chickamauga Cherokees would need to send part of their people to join other
Cherokees in Spanish Territory if they were going to survive.
In 1775, Don Francesco Crusart complained to the Spanish Governor of the Louisiana Territory
about newly arrived Cherokees near present day St. Genevieve, Missouri.
Remember, at this time, Spain claimed all land west of the Mississippi River as Spanish Territory.
In 1794, the Spanish Governor of the Louisiana Territory, Don Esteban Rodríguez Miró, signed
a formal land grant for the Cherokees which included all land in the 1794 Girardeau County
of the Louisiana Territory of Spain. This area later became Lawrence County
and eventually was split up into 56 different counties, now located in both Missouri and Arkansas.
After the death of Dragging Canoe in 1792 and the signing of this land grant, in 1794,
a great multitude of Cherokees moved to live with friends, relatives and clansmen
in the future states of Missouri and Arkansas.  A large percentage of newly arrived
Cherokees chose to live around present day counties of St. Genevieve, St. Francis,
Madison, Perry, Wayne, Butler, Cape Girardeau and others along the
Mississippi River in Missouri and Arkansas.  By 1800, most of southern Missouri and Arkansas
north of the Arkansas River was heavy with Cherokee settlements.
​The major earthquake of 1811 changed the focus of their settlements. 
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    • Old Glory Days Parade
    • Fourth of July Weekend
    • Tribal Headquarters Improvements
    • Council Meetings
    • Darkening of the Sun
  • History
    • Children Massacre at Ywahoo Falls
    • Wampum Belt
    • Leaving our homeland
    • Spanish Treaty
    • Natural Disasters
    • Forced Removal
    • States against Indians
    • New Hope
    • Legal Genocide
    • Federal Recognition
    • Bringing the Children Home
    • Historical Cherokee marriage
    • In Ancient Times I
    • The Early Times II
    • The Colonial Period III
    • Sequoyah IV
    • The Cherokee Removal V
    • The Cherokee Today VI
  • Stories
    • How the Deer Got His Horns
    • WHY THE DEER’S TEETH ARE BLUNT
    • What Became Of The Rabbit
    • The Legend of the Cherokee Rose
    • Origin of the Bear
    • Why The Mink Smells
    • Life Lesson for All Cherokee
    • How the Partridge Got His Whistle
    • How The Redbird Got His Color
    • The First Fire
    • The Cherokee Legend of the First Strawberry
    • The Sixth Sun Has Risen
    • Young Harold Mayo and the Witch Woman
    • ORIGIN OF DISEASE AND MEDICINE
    • THE LEGEND OF THE FIRST WOMEN
    • How the Rabbit stole the Otter's coat
    • How the Honey Bee got their Stinger
    • BOY AND THE RATTLESNAKE STORY
    • LEGEND OF THE TLANUHWA AND THE UHKTENA
    • Yahula
    • Bears Race with Turtle
    • Why the Owl has a Spotted Coat
    • Why the Trees Lose Their Leaves
    • Why Rabbit Has A Short Tail
    • Why the Opossum’s Tail is Bare
  • Culture
    • Cherokee Adoption, past and present
    • Roles of extended family
    • Cherokee Clan System
    • Sacred Colors
    • Entering the Circle
    • Fall Cultivation
    • Dances
    • Straight Dancing
    • The Stomp Dance
  • Artist Showcase
  • Council Minutes