Dear List, Does anyone know who this Blackledge is? Linda Match: Blackledge Source: CherokeeGene-L@rootsweb.com From: David & Wanda Elliott <jwdre@intellex.com> Subject: [CherokeeGene] Shawnee With the discussion about the adopted Shawnees, I thought this would be of interest. AGREEMENT BETWEEN SHAWNEES AND CHEROKEES, CONCLUDED JUNE 7TH, 1869. APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT JUNE 9TH, 1869. Articles of Agreement, made and entered into at Washington, D.C., this seventh day of June, A.D. 1869, by and between H.D. Reese and William P. Adair, duly authorized delegates representing the Cherokee Nation of Indians, having been duly appointed by the National Council of said Cherokees, . . . . . . the United States may settle any civilized Indians, friendly with the Cherokees and adjacent tribes, within the Cherokee country, on unoccupied lands east of 96 degrees. . . .Whereas, the Shawnee tribe of Indians are civilized and friendly with the Cherokees and adjacent tribes, and desire to settle within the Cherokee country on unoccupied lands east of 96 degrees. It is therefore agreed, by the partties hereto, that such settlement may be made upon the following terms and conditions,. . . . (there follows a long explanation of the money to be paid to the Cherokee Nation) . . . that the said Cherokees will receive the said Shawnees, referring to those now in Kansas, . . . . . including those known as Absentee Shawnees, now residing in Indian Territory. . . . and that the said Shawnees shall be incorporated into and ever after remain a part of the Cherokee Nation, on equal terms in every respect, and with all the privileges and immunities of native citizens of the said Cherokee Nation. . . This was signed by H.D. Reese and Wm. P. Adair; Delegates representing the Cherokee Nation of Indians - Graham Rogers and Charles Tucker, Delegates representing the Shawnee Tribe of Indians - W.R. Irwin, A.N. Blackledge, H.E. McKee, and Jas. B. Abbott. The full text of this agreement can be found in Starr's "History of the Cherokee Indians" Wanda Morris Elliott