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4th; Is there any difference in the portion of rights proposed by different nations to laws in a state of nature? Answer, "All mankind have an equal right to the things that haven't yet fallen into the possession of any one: and these things belong to the first possessor 5th & last When therefore can a nation take lawful possession of a Country? Answer "When a nation finds a Country uninhabited & without a master, it may lawfully take possession of it and after it has successfully made know it will in this respect, it cannot be deprived of it by another." If then the right of the Cherokees to their country is to depend on the laws of Nations, the promises of the Committee are not supported. In vain will the nation disposed to assert rights by force appeal to this law. The Cherokees were settled -