The settlement and conquest of the lands had been achieved without direct intervention by the Federal Government; though of course it was only the ultimate success of the nation in its contest with the foreign foe that gave the settlement and conquest any value.
Georgia.
As much could not be said for the claims of the other States.

South Carolina's claim was to a mere ribbon of land south of the North Carolina territory, and need not be considered; ceded to the Government about the time the Northwest was organized.

[Footnote: For an account of this cession see Mr.Garrett's excellent paper in the publications of the Tennessee Historical Society.] Georgia asserted that her boundaries extended due west to the Mississippi, and that all between was hers.

But the entire western portion of the territory was actually held by the Spaniards and by the Indian tribes tributary to the Spaniards.

No subjects of Georgia lived on it, or were allowed to live on it.