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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
Indian Land Cessions in the United States, 1784 to 1894
Date: July 29, 1848
Where or how concluded: Act of Congress.
Reference: Statutes at Large, Volume IX, page 264.
Tribe: Catawba
Description of cession or reservation: Provides for removal of Catawba Indians W. of the Mississippi as soon as a home shall be obtained for them.
Appropriation made for Cherokees in North Carolina to be used in their removal W. of the Mississippi whenever they assent.
Historical data and remarks: Negotiations with the Cherokee failed to obtain their consent to furnish the Catawba a reserve without payment of its value, for which purpose there were no funds available.
Never carried into effect, except in the cases of a few individuals who consented to and did remove.
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