Native Americans: 22 Books on History, Mythology, Culture & Linguistic Studies. James Mooney

439. This census showed a distribution of the Cherokee population, according to State boundaries, as follows:

States.	Cherokees.	Slaves.	Whites intermarried with Cherokees.
In Georgia	8,946	776	68
In North Carolina	3,644	37	22
In Tennessee	2,528	480	79
In Alabama	1,424	299	32
Total	16,542	1,592	201

440. Secretary of War to Col. William Lindsay, May 8, 1837.

441. March 26, 1838.

442. Speech in reply to Mr. Halsey, of Georgia, January 2, 1838.

443. May 22, 1838.

444. National Intelligencer, June 8, 1838.

445. Secretary of War to James K. Polk, Speaker of the House of Representatives, January 8, 1838.

446. General Macomb to General Scott, April 6, 1838.

447. May 10, 1838.

448. May 18, 1838.

449. Annual report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs, November 25, 1838.

450. Proposal was accepted July 25; emigration to begin September 1 and end before October 20, 1838.

451. The number, according to the rolls of John Ross, who removed under his direction, was 13,149. According to the rolls of Captain Stevenson, the agent who received them on their arrival West, there were only 11,504, and, according to Captain Page, the disbursing officer, there were 11,721. Mr. Ross received on his settlement with Captain Page subsequent to the removal, $486,939.50¹/₄, which made a total payment to Ross by the Government on account of Cherokee removals of $1,263,338.38. (Letter of Commissioner Indian Affairs, June 15, 1842). See, also, Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Commissioner of Land Office, January 9, 1839.

452. Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Secretary of War, September 12, 1839.

453. April 21, 1840.

454. Report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs for 1839.

455. Letter of John Ross to General Arbuckle, June 24, 1839.

456. June 22, 1839.

457. Agent Stokes to Secretary of War, June 24, 1839.

458. July 5, 1839.

459. August 9, 1839.

460. August 27, 1839.

461. August 23, 1839.

462. July 7, 1839.

463. July 10, 1839.

464. August 21, 1839.

465. September 4, 1839, et seq.

466. November 9, 1839.

467. January 22, 1840.

468. April 21, 1840.

469. Coody, in an interview with the Secretary of War, persisted in considering the murders of Boudinot and the Ridges as justifiable. General Arbuckle's letter of notification bore date April 21, 1840.

470. Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Maj. William Armstrong, August 26, 1840.

471. September 22, 1841.

472. March 4, 1842.

473. September 9, 1842.

474. November 8, 1842.

475. United States Statute at Large, Vol. IX, p. 871.

476. May 6, 1844.

477. May 30, 1844.

478. Letter of Secretary of War to Commissioners Jones and Butler, October 18, 1844.

479. October 18, 1844.

480. Letter of General Jones to Commissioner of Indian Affairs, November 17, 1844.