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losses sustained by the nation in violation of treaty stipulations, present strong claimed onthe justice of the people & government of the United Sta"[[wishes?]]"tes, which it is hoped | losses sustained by the nation in violation of treaty stipulations, present strong claimed onthe justice of the people & government of the United Sta"[[wishes?]]"tes, which it is hoped | ||
will in the end be respected. The tenure of the soil on which they Cherokees now stand, & the relation is which shall hereafter "[[unclear]]" between them and the United States are questions ofthe first magnitude, therefore to be understood & to be clearly defined by a general compact, for the security and protection of the nation's permanent welfare & happiness. He concludes by reminding that the truth is self evident that a house divided against itself understood & that United they stand, divided they full. | will in the end be respected. The tenure of the soil on which they Cherokees now stand, & the relation is which shall hereafter "[[unclear]]" between them and the United States are questions ofthe first magnitude, therefore to be understood & to be clearly defined by a general compact, for the security and protection of the nation's permanent welfare & happiness. He concludes by reminding that the truth is self evident that a house divided against itself understood & that United they stand, divided they full. | ||
June 11.__ | June 11.__ John Brown, John Lovney& John Roger, Chiefs of the Cherokee Councill West, send John Rofs & his Chief & Council a paper bearing this date & addressed to them by their Council at " Jakuttokuh, to the following eff ct:- The National Council cannot act understandingly upon the propositions of their brothers emigrants from the eastern Cherokee Nation: they think the subject too ambiguously preconted to enable them to understand the real views and "[[wishes?]]" aimed at: they respectfully desire their chiefs to request the eastern chiefs to state in writing what they really wish & desire & to do so adplain & simple a manner as possible, that no misconstruction may arise. The Council will then act upon it, according to the request of their Chiefs & if possible, to the satisfaction of their brothers. --The western Chiefs desire a reply from the eastern chiefs as soon as convenient. | ||
June ne 13. A declaration is infused at the Council Ground at Ja, Ka, to,ka, which sets forth that --The people of the Cherokee Nation East ofthe Mississippi have been captured & eje Ted from the land of their fathers by the strong arm of the United States' military power, and fuced to remove that ofthe Mississippi: that previous to the commencement of the emigration measures were adopted in general council of the whole nation on the 2nd of July & 1st of August 1838, wherein the sentiments, rights & intetests of the Cherokee people were fully expressed & asserted: that under those proceedings the removal took place, and the late emigrants arrived & settled amongst the former ones, on lands which had been allotted by the United States to the Cherokee Nation in place of those taken from them east of Mississippi: that the re-union of the people & a code of laws for future government are essential to the peace and welfare of the whole Nation: that the eastern and western Chetokees have agreed to become | June ne 13. A declaration is infused at the Council Ground at Ja, Ka, to,ka, which sets forth that --The people of the Cherokee Nation East ofthe Mississippi have been captured & eje Ted from the land of their fathers by the strong arm of the United States' military power, and fuced to remove that ofthe Mississippi: that previous to the commencement of the emigration measures were adopted in general council of the whole nation on the 2nd of July & 1st of August 1838, wherein the sentiments, rights & intetests of the Cherokee people were fully expressed & asserted: that under those proceedings the removal took place, and the late emigrants arrived & settled amongst the former ones, on lands which had been allotted by the United States to the Cherokee Nation in place of those taken from them east of Mississippi: that the re-union of the people & a code of laws for future government are essential to the peace and welfare of the whole Nation: that the eastern and western Chetokees have agreed to become | ||
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1839 June 10, continued losses sustained by the nation in violation of treaty stipulations, present strong claimed onthe justice of the people & government of the United Sta"wishes?"tes, which it is hoped
will in the end be respected. The tenure of the soil on which they Cherokees now stand, & the relation is which shall hereafter "unclear" between them and the United States are questions ofthe first magnitude, therefore to be understood & to be clearly defined by a general compact, for the security and protection of the nation's permanent welfare & happiness. He concludes by reminding that the truth is self evident that a house divided against itself understood & that United they stand, divided they full.
June 11.__ John Brown, John Lovney& John Roger, Chiefs of the Cherokee Councill West, send John Rofs & his Chief & Council a paper bearing this date & addressed to them by their Council at " Jakuttokuh, to the following eff ct:- The National Council cannot act understandingly upon the propositions of their brothers emigrants from the eastern Cherokee Nation: they think the subject too ambiguously preconted to enable them to understand the real views and "wishes?" aimed at: they respectfully desire their chiefs to request the eastern chiefs to state in writing what they really wish & desire & to do so adplain & simple a manner as possible, that no misconstruction may arise. The Council will then act upon it, according to the request of their Chiefs & if possible, to the satisfaction of their brothers. --The western Chiefs desire a reply from the eastern chiefs as soon as convenient. June ne 13. A declaration is infused at the Council Ground at Ja, Ka, to,ka, which sets forth that --The people of the Cherokee Nation East ofthe Mississippi have been captured & eje Ted from the land of their fathers by the strong arm of the United States' military power, and fuced to remove that ofthe Mississippi: that previous to the commencement of the emigration measures were adopted in general council of the whole nation on the 2nd of July & 1st of August 1838, wherein the sentiments, rights & intetests of the Cherokee people were fully expressed & asserted: that under those proceedings the removal took place, and the late emigrants arrived & settled amongst the former ones, on lands which had been allotted by the United States to the Cherokee Nation in place of those taken from them east of Mississippi: that the re-union of the people & a code of laws for future government are essential to the peace and welfare of the whole Nation: that the eastern and western Chetokees have agreed to become