Convention with the Cherokee

The Convention with the Cherokee was an 1816 treaty between Cherokee tribal leadership and the United States government. Signed in March 1816, the treaty was ratified by the United States Senate on April 8, 1816.^[1] The treaty was a successful attempt by the Cherokee to reclaim land ceded in present-day Alabama by the Muscogee under the Treaty of Fort Jackson following the defeat of the Red Sticks in the Andrew Jackson-led Creek War.^[2] This agreement (temporarily) forestalled the release of some of the Creek-ceded land to the White, monied public at "public sale" through the United States General Land Office.^[2] Jackson used the treaty as an opportunity to attack fellow presidential aspirant William H. Crawford to southern voters.^[2]