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"Another law was enacted, declaring that no Cherokee should be bound by any contract, entered into with a white man, nor should he be liable to be sued in such contract. "A proclamation was also issued, prohibiting the digging of gold in the Indian Lands, and the United States' Troops were, at first, ordered to cooperate in carrying into affect this law, by arresting the gold diggers and destroying their huts. "This movement on the part of the United States' Troops, was under the authority vested in the President, by the Indian intercourse act, of 1802; but this law also prohibited any encroachment on the Indian territory, and any further acquiescence in the validity of that law, would be inconsistent with the pretensions of Georgia. A communication, dated October 29, 1830, was accordingly addressed by the Governor to the President of the United States, requiring the with-drawal of the United States Troops from the Indian Territory, on the ground that the enforcement of the provisions of the law, under which they acted was inconsistent with the rights of Georgia; that the legislature was then assembled for