The ink had scarcely dried on the parchment at Saluda Old Town when it became clear that the two sides who had signed the treaty carried distinctly different understandings of what it meant. To Governor Glen and the Colonial government the document marked a clear transfer of territory and sovereignty over vast tracts of Cherokee…
In the summer of 1755, amid the escalating French and Indian War in the northern colonies, South Carolina’s Royal Governor, James Glen, worked urgently to secure Cherokee neutrality or alliance against French influence. The Cherokee, facing pressure from encroaching European settlers and rival tribes, sought reliable supplies of guns, ammunition, and trade goods. Both sides…
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