Taykahhuttah
The United States To Tay kah huttah native Cherokee of the Cherokee Nation East of dogwood flat, Chicamauga District-Emigrated to this George Hicks Detachment present residence Tahlequah District (illegible) Nation
Spoliation claim, by the operation of the Troops of the U.S commanded by Gen’l Scott
1838 To Labour done for a citizen of the U.S two months & two weeks for which
he was not paid, not has he since rec’d any compensation @ $10 pr. month $25.00
2 Dinner pots $4.00 Each $8 3 weeding hoes $3 11.00
1837 6 weeks imprisonment on a charge of an assault made on the person of
a citizen of the U.S. which after six weeks imprisonment he was set at liberty
without trial or hearing, the charge being entirely false for which loss of time &
abuses inflicted upon his person without cause he charges $400.00
Personally came before us Tay kah huttah and after being duely sworn saith that he was taken & confined in Walker County Gaol for no offence on his part in the State of Georgia—further state that the above claim is just & true
Sworn & subscribed to before us Tay kah huttah his x mark
J.D. Wofford Special clerks to
D. Carter collect Cherokee claims
Tahlequah District Cherokee Nation
March 21—1842
Personally came before us Wild Cat and after being duely sworn desposeth & saith that he was present when the white persons came to arrest the person of Tay kah huttah on a false charge of having abused or for assaulting a citizen of the U. States & at the time of his arrest was much beaten so that his face was greatly swollen and then confined in Walker County Gaol for no offence that I ever heard of during the winter & spring of 1837—six weeks—afterward set at liberty without any trial
Sworn to & subscribed before us
J.D. Wofford Special Clks to collect
D. Carter Cherokee claims Wild Cat his x mark
Tahlequah Dis. C. Nation
March 21st 1842
