whole country east of the Blue
ridge, with tin- Watauga ai 'I ( "uni Ucrhi m I settlements, was given over
to the white-. The general boundary followed the dividing ridge
between Cumberland river and the more southern waters of the Ten-
nessee eastward to the junction of the two forks of Holston, near the
present Kingsport, Tennessee, thence southward to the Blue ridge
and southwestward to a point not far from the present Atlanta.
Georgia, thence westward to the Coosa river and northwestward to a
creek running into Tennessee river a< the western line of Alabama.
thence northward with the Tennessee river to the beginning. The
lands south and west of these lines were recognized as belonging to the
Creeks and Chickasaw. Hostilities were to cease and the Cherokee
were taken under the protection of the United States. Theproceed-
ings ended with the distribution of a few presents. 1
While the Hopewell treaty defined the relations of the Cherokee to
the general government and furnished a safe basis for future negotia-
tion, it yet failed to bring complete peace and security. Thousands
of intruders were still settled on Indian lands, and minor aggressions
and reprisals were continually occurring. The Creeks and the north-
ern tribes were still hostile and remained so for some years later, and
their warriors, cooperating with those of the implacable Chickamauga
towns, continued to annoy the exposed settlements, particularly on the
Cumberland. The British had withdrawn from the South, but the
Spaniards and French, who claimed the lower Mississippi and the
Gulf region and had their trading posts in west Tennessee, took every
opportunity to encourage the spirit of hostility to the Americans. '
But the