Augusta Conference [1]

Augusta Conference

by Wiley J. Williams, 2006

In response to orders from King George III [2], the leaders of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia met with representatives of the southern Indians (Creek, Cherokee [3], Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Catawba [4]) at Augusta, Ga., on 5 Nov. 1763. Present were 25 Indian chiefs and 700 warriors, 3 colonial governors, the lieutenant governor of Virginia, and John Stuart [5], the superintendent of Indian affairs in the Southern District. After six days of oratory, eating, drinking, and distributing presents from the king, the group signed a "Treaty of Perfect and Perpetual Peace and Friendship." The document provided for the mutual forgiveness of all past offenses and injuries; the establishment of satisfactory trade relations; the punishment, by each party, of offenders of its own race for crimes against members of the other race; and the fixing of boundaries of a reservation of about 15 square miles for the Catawba Indians [4].

Reference:

William S. Powell, North Carolina through Four Centuries (1989).

Additional Resources:

Minutes of the Southern Congress at Augusta, Georgia; North Carolina; Cherokee Indian Nation; Catawba Indian Nation; Et Al. October 01, 1763 - November 21, 1763, Volume 11, Pages 156-207, DocSouth, UNC: http://docsouth.unc.edu/csr/index.html/document/csr11-0084 [6]

The New Gerogia Encyclopedia: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-955 [7]

Subjects:

American Revolution (1763-1789) [8]

American Indians [9]

Events [10]

UNC Press [11]

Authors:

Williams, Wiley J. [12]

From:

Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press. [13]

1 January 2006 | Williams, Wiley J.