This Day in Georgia History: December 29, 1835

On this day in 1835, the Treaty of New Echota was signed. The treaty ceded Cherokee land to the U.S. in exchange for five million dollars. The treaty was negotiated by Cherokee leader, Major Ridge, who only spoke for a small fraction of the Cherokee nation. The rejection of the treaty by the Cherokee Nation would lead to the forced removal of the Cherokee Nation from Georgia.

Read a letter from John Ross, principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, denouncing the Treat of New Echota in the Digital Library of Georgia