A TREATY Held with the Catawba and Cherokee Indians - 1756

Robert Dinwiddie’s A Treaty Held with the Catawba and Cherokee Indians is a foundational document of early American diplomacy and colonial frontier history.

Recorded during a crucial moment in the struggle for control of North America, this official account details the negotiations between the British colonial government of Virginia and the Catawba and Cherokee Nations, whose alliances were vital amid the growing conflict of the French and Indian War. Dinwiddie, then Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, preserves the ceremonies, speeches, and mutual pledges of peace and alliance, offering rare insight into the fragile balance between European ambition and Native sovereignty.

Part political record, part ethnographic chronicle, A Treaty Held with the Catawba and Cherokee Indians stands as a testament to the diplomatic skill, tension, and cultural complexity that shaped relations between colonists and Indigenous nations on the eve of revolution.

Complete and unabridged edition of the 1756 treaty proceedings

Authentic record of colonial–Indigenous diplomacy and political negotiation

A key primary source for the study of Native American history, British colonial policy, and frontier relations

Essential reading for historians of the French and Indian War, early America, and cross-cultural exchange