John Stuart, British Superintendent of Indian Affairs, negotiated this treaty between governors from southern colonies and native people from the Cherokee, Creek, Catawba, Chickasaw, and Choctaw Nations. The treaty defined a southern boundary with the Cherokee and established a 225-square mile reservation for the Catawbas in present-day York County. This and subsequent treaties such as the Treaty of Hard Labor Creek failed to keep European settlers from encroaching on Indian lands.
