Treaty of New Echota, New Echota, Georgia
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The Treaty of New Echota, signed in 1835 at New Echota, Georgia, was a controversial agreement that ceded all Cherokee lands east of the Mississippi River to the United States and led directly to the forced removal known as the Trail of Tears.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Treaty of New Echota, New Echota, Georgia canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8254824 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Treaty of New Echota, New Echota, Georgia Context triple: [Major Ridge, placeSigned, Treaty of New Echota, New Echota, Georgia]
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De Soto, Georgia
De Soto, Georgia is a small rural city located in southwestern Georgia in the United States.
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Montezuma, Georgia
Montezuma, Georgia is a small city in central Georgia known as the largest municipality in Macon County and part of the broader Americus–Cordele–Vienna combined statistical area.
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Cohutta, Georgia, United States
Cohutta, Georgia, United States, is a small town in Whitfield County best known as the birthplace of actress and television personality Marla Maples.
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D.
Chickamauga, Georgia
Chickamauga, Georgia is a small city in Walker County best known for its proximity to the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, a major American Civil War battlefield site.
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E.
Zebulon, Georgia
Zebulon, Georgia is a small historic city in central Georgia that serves as the administrative and cultural hub of Pike County.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Treaty of New Echota, New Echota, Georgia Target entity description: The Treaty of New Echota, signed in 1835 at New Echota, Georgia, was a controversial agreement that ceded all Cherokee lands east of the Mississippi River to the United States and led directly to the forced removal known as the Trail of Tears.
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A.
De Soto, Georgia
De Soto, Georgia is a small rural city located in southwestern Georgia in the United States.
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B.
Montezuma, Georgia
Montezuma, Georgia is a small city in central Georgia known as the largest municipality in Macon County and part of the broader Americus–Cordele–Vienna combined statistical area.
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C.
Cohutta, Georgia, United States
Cohutta, Georgia, United States, is a small town in Whitfield County best known as the birthplace of actress and television personality Marla Maples.
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D.
Chickamauga, Georgia
Chickamauga, Georgia is a small city in Walker County best known for its proximity to the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, a major American Civil War battlefield site.
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E.
Zebulon, Georgia
Zebulon, Georgia is a small historic city in central Georgia that serves as the administrative and cultural hub of Pike County.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | treaty ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritorialEntity |
Alabama
ⓘ
Cherokee lands east of the Mississippi River ⓘ
linked to:
Cherokee homeland
North Carolina ⓘ South Carolina ⓘ State of Georgia ⓘ
linked to:
Georgia
Tennessee ⓘ |
| authorizedBy |
U.S. Senate
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Senate
|
| causeOf | Trail of Tears ⓘ |
| compensation |
5,000,000 US dollars
ⓘ
land in Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) ⓘ |
| conflict | Cherokee–United States relations ⓘ |
| considered |
controversial in U.S. history
ⓘ
illegitimate by most Cherokee ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupInvolved |
Cherokee Nation
ⓘ
linked to:
Cherokee Nation (historical)
white American settlers ⓘ |
| followedBy | forced Cherokee removal of 1838–1839 ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
forced removal of the Cherokee Nation
ⓘ
loss of Cherokee ancestral homelands ⓘ relocation of Cherokee to Indian Territory ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Jacksonian era ⓘ |
| language |
Cherokee
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| legalBasisFor |
Indian Removal of the Cherokee
ⓘ
linked to:
Trail of Tears
|
| mainSubject |
Cherokee removal
ⓘ
cession of Cherokee lands east of the Mississippi River ⓘ |
| namedAfter | New Echota, Georgia ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Principal Chief John Ross
ⓘ
majority of the Cherokee Nation ⓘ |
| partOf |
United States Indian removal policy
ⓘ
linked to:
Indian Removal policy of the United States
|
| ratificationDate | 1836-05-23 ⓘ |
| ratificationMargin | one vote in the U.S. Senate ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Indian Removal Act of 1830
ⓘ
linked to:
Indian Removal policy of the United States
Worcester v. Georgia ⓘ |
| signatory |
Elias Boudinot
ⓘ
John F. Schermerhorn ⓘ
linked to:
John L. Schermerhorn
John Ridge ⓘ Major Ridge ⓘ Stand Watie ⓘ Treaty Party ⓘ U.S. commissioners ⓘ
linked to:
United States commissioners
United States of America ⓘ |
| signingDate | 1835-12-29 ⓘ |
| signingLocation |
Cherokee Nation (east)
ⓘ
linked to:
Cherokee Nation (historical)
New Echota, Georgia ⓘ |
| stipulated |
relinquishment of all Cherokee lands east of the Mississippi River
ⓘ
removal of Cherokee within two years ⓘ |
| yearSigned | 1835 ⓘ |
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Subject: Treaty of New Echota, New Echota, Georgia Description of subject: The Treaty of New Echota, signed in 1835 at New Echota, Georgia, was a controversial agreement that ceded all Cherokee lands east of the Mississippi River to the United States and led directly to the forced removal known as the Trail of Tears.
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