Cherokee Neutrality

• January 29, 1861: Arkansas Governor Henry Rector to Cherokee Principal Chief John Ross

February 22, 1861: Reply of Chief John Ross to Governor Henry Rector


• May 9, 1861: Representatives of Boonsborough AR to Cherokee Chief John Ross

May 18, 1861: Reply of Chief John Ross to Boonsborough AR


• May 14, 1861: Confederate Secretary of War L.P. Walker to David Hubbard, Superintendent of Indian Affairs
June 2, 1861: Report of David Hubbard to Secretary L.P. Walker


• May 15, 1861: Arkansas Lt.Col. J.R. Kannady, commanding officer at Ft. Smith AR to Cherokee Chief
  John Ross

May 17, 1861: Reply of Chief John Ross to Lt.Col. J.R. Kannady


• May 17, 1861:Cherokee Chief John Ross Proclamation for Neutrality to the Cherokee Nation
  


• June 12, 1861: Confederate Brig.Gen. Ben McCulloch to Cherokee Chief John Ross

June 17, 1861: Reply of Chief John Ross to Brig.Gen Ben McCulloch


• June 12, 1861: David Hubbard, Confederate Commissioner of Indian Affairs, to Cherokee Chief John Ross

June 17, 1861: Reply of Chief John Ross to Commissioner David Hubbard


• August 21, 1861: Resolution of the Cherokee Nation, in general meeting, accepting Chief John Ross's Proclamation of Neutrality

• October 9, 1861: Request for ratification of the treaty between the Cherokee Nation and the Confederate States of America -- from Cherokee Chief John Ross to the Cherokee National Committee and National Council

October 28, 1861: Declaration of the Alliance of the Cherokee Nation with the Confederate States of America by the Cherokee National Committee, National Council, and Chief John Ross.