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Treaty of New Echota

1835 · 19th century

The Treaty of New Echota was signed on 29 December 1835 at the Cherokee capital, New Echota in Georgia, by US commissioners and a small minority faction of Cherokee led by Major Ridge, John Ridge and Elias Boudinot. It ceded all Cherokee lands east of the Mississippi in return for $5 million and land in Indian Territory. Though rejected by Principal Chief John Ross and most Cherokee, it was ratified by the US Senate in 1836 and led to the Trail of Tears.

Treaty of New Echota
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