The Cherokee-Phoenix

IN 1821, SEQUOYAH, A NATIVE CHEROKEE,
INVENTED AN ALPHABET. THE FIRST NEWS-
PAPER IN THE INDIAN LANGUAGE, "THE
CHEROKEE-PHOENIX WAS PUBLISHED IN NEW
ECHOTA BY ELIAS BOUDINOT, AN EDUCATED
CHEROKEE, WHOSE WIFE, FORMERLY HARRIET
GOLD OF CORNWALL, CONNECTICUT IS BURIED
IN THE TRIBAL CEMETERY HERE.

IN 1802, THE UNITED STATES AGREED
TO EXTINGUISH THE INDIAN TITLE TO THE
LANDS ADJACENT TO GEORGIA IN RETURN
FOR THE CESSION OF GEORGIA TERRITORY
NOW COMPRISING THE STATES OF ALABAMA
AND MISSISSIPPI. A TREATY WAS
NEGOTIATED DECEMBER 29, 1835, AT NEW
ECHOTA WHEREBY THE ENTIRE CHEROKEE
TERRITORY WAS CEDED TO THE UNITED
STATES FOR FIVE MILLION DOLLARS AND
A JOINT INTEREST IN LANDS IN OKLAHOMA
AND KANSAS OCCUPIED BY THE WESTERN
CHEROKEES. THE REMOVAL WAS COMPLETED
IN 1838.