 After a scandal in the late 1780s, another developed in the 1790s.In what was referred to as the Yazoo land scandal of January 1795, the state of Georgia sold 22 million acres of its western lands to four land companies, although this territory was occupied by the Chickasaw and other tribes, and there were other European nations with some sovereignty in the area.This was the second Yazoo land sale, which generated outrage when the details were publicized.