of the French
Broad." and is commonly spoken of as the "treaty of Holston."
The Cherokee, however, were dissatisfied with the arrangement,
and before the end of the year a delegation of six principal chiefs
appeared at Philadelphia, then the seat of government, without any
previous announcement of their coming, declaring that when they had
1 n summoned by Governor Blount to a conference they were not
aware that it was to persuade them to sell lands; that they had
resisted the proposition for days, and only yielded when compelled
by the persistent and threatening demands of the governor; that the
consideration was entirely too small; and that they had no faith that
the whites would respect the new boundary, as they were in fact
already settling beyond it. Finally, as the treaty had been signed,
they asked that these intrudersbe removed. As their presentation of
the case seemed a just one and it was desirable that they should carry
home with them a favorable impression of the government's attitude
toward them, a supplementary article was added, increasing- the
annuity to eight thousand five hundred dollars. On account of renewed
Indian hostilities in Ohio valley and the desire of the government to
keep the good will of the Cherokee long enough to obtain their help
against the northern tribes, the new line was not surveyed until 17'.*7.'
As illustrating Indian custom it may be noted that one of the prin-
cipal signers of the original treaty was among the protesting delegates,
but having in the meantime changed his name, it appears on the
supplementary paragraph as "Iskagua. or Clear Sky, formerly
Nenetooyah, or Bloody Fellow.'"' As he had been one