Letter, 1832 June 17, Etowah, [Cherokee Nation], to Wilson Lumpkin, Governor [of Georgia], Milledgeville, Georgia / John Coffee Coffee, John, 1782-1836 Cherokee Indians--Treaties Cherokee Indians--Government relations This is a letter dated June 17, 1832 from General John Coffee at Etowah to Wilson Lumpkin, Governor of Georgia (1831-1835). Coffee reports that the Cherokee delegation has returned from Washington and will hold a general council in a few days which he will attend. He says that Major (James M.C. ?) Montgomery reported to him that John Ridge, upon his return home, said that there was no alternative left for the Cherokees except to treat with the United States. Coffee also reports on a meeting with some Cherokee Chiefs, including Going Snake, Thomas Foreman, and John Walker, the latter of whom was opposed by the other chiefs but garnered the most support from the people who attended the meeting. Coffee says that he himself had been told that the Indians would be willing to treat in return for land reserves in the state. He closes the letter by recounting the Surveyors' complaints that the Indians were defacing their markers, and he promises to send a detachment the following week to cause them to desist. Document ID: tcc714. Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Athens, Ga. : Digital Library of Georgia Hargrett Library 2001 Official reports Text http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/zlna/id:tcc714 4 pages/leaves text/html image/jpeg image/x-djvu Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 01, folder 46, document 19. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents. 1832-06-17 Georgia This work is the property of the University of Georgia Libraries. It may be used freely by individuals for research, teaching, and personal use as long as this statement of availability is included in the text. Cite as: [title of item], Telamon Cuyler, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia