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from the Cherokee country. A detachment of troops, or [unclear] standing army, raised by the State authorities, was accordingly despatched in the mouth of January, 1831, to drive off these persons, composed partly of Cherokees, and partly of white intruders upon their territory."
from the Cherokee country. A detachment of troops, [[strikeout: of]] or local standing army, raised by the State authorities, was accordingly despatched in the mouth of January, 1831, to drive off these persons, composed partly of Cherokees, and partly of white intruders upon their territory." The local standing army here alluded to, is the same force which has made itself notorious as the Georgia Guard. The object for which they were professed to have been raised, "was accomplished without any serious opposition, but the guard thought it necessary in the execution of their duty, to act as the police of the Indian country & with their excited prejudices against the Cherokees, forces rendered their residence on their own territory inconvenient & even intolerable.  
The local standing army here alluded to, is the same force which has made itself notorious as the Georgia Guard.  
"By the law, which authorized the appointment of a commissioner & guard, powers were given to them which enabled them to drive from the Cherokee tribe, all the white men to whom they had been in the habit of resorting, for advice & instruction.
The object for which they were [unclear] to have been raised, "was accomplished without any serious opposition, but the guard thought it necessary in the execution of their duty, to act as the police of the Indian country and with their excited prejudices against the cherokees [from?] rendered their residence on their own [unclear] and even intolerable.  
"By the law, which authorized the appointment of a commissioner and guard, powers were given to them which enabled them to drive from the Cherokee tribe, all the white men to whom they had been in the habit of resorting, for advice and instruction.

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from the Cherokee country. A detachment of troops, strikeout: of or local standing army, raised by the State authorities, was accordingly despatched in the mouth of January, 1831, to drive off these persons, composed partly of Cherokees, and partly of white intruders upon their territory." The local standing army here alluded to, is the same force which has made itself notorious as the Georgia Guard. The object for which they were professed to have been raised, "was accomplished without any serious opposition, but the guard thought it necessary in the execution of their duty, to act as the police of the Indian country & with their excited prejudices against the Cherokees, forces rendered their residence on their own territory inconvenient & even intolerable. "By the law, which authorized the appointment of a commissioner & guard, powers were given to them which enabled them to drive from the Cherokee tribe, all the white men to whom they had been in the habit of resorting, for advice & instruction.