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The Settlement of the Appalachian Frontier: Treaties Defining the Boundaries Separating English and Native American Territories

The Settlement of the Appalachian Frontier

Sharing information, stories, and ideas for teaching students about the settlement of the Appalachian Frontier. Focusing on the little-known people and history of Southwestern Virginia, Northeast Tennessee, and Eastern Kentucky.

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Location: Nickelsville, Virginia, United States

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Treaties Defining the Boundaries Separating English and Native American Territories

1677 - Treaty of Middle Plantation (defined Pamunkey and Mattoponi reservations and the annual quitrent requirement of "twentie beaver skinns")
1679 - Albany Conference (permitted Iroquois to hunt and travel trough Manahoac lands, blocked Algonquian tribes in Tidewater from Piedmont)
1684 - Albany treaty signed by Lord Howard (blocked English settlement in Iroquois-controlled Piedmont, restricting Northern Virginia occupation to Tidewater area)
1722 - Treaty of Albany (restricted Iroquois to west of the Blue Ridge)
1744 - Treaty of Lancaster (Iroquois sold Virginia their claims of lands "to the setting sun," pushing them out of Shenandoah Valley to west of the Alleghenies)
1748 - Virginia and Pennnsylvania distribute gifts to Ohio River tribes at Logstown (part of competition with French traders)
1752 - Treaty of Logstown (limited Delaware and Shawnee claims south of the Ohio River)
1768 - Treaties of Fort Stanwix and Hard Labor
1770 - Treaty of Lochaber (ceding title to the lands north of the Ohio River to the English)
1775 - Treaty of Sycamore Shoals (limited Cherokee claims in far Southwestern Virginia)
1777 - Treaty of Long Island (limited Cherokee claims in far Southwestern Virginia)