Cherokee Nation; Ross, John; Taylor, R.; Harris, C. A.; et al. Cherokee Delegation : Memorial of the Cherokee Delegation, Submitting the memorial and protest of the Cherokee people to Congress. Washington: US Congress, 1838. First Edition. [12330]
Removed, no wrapper, 9 x 5 1/2 inches, 7 pp. Good. Pamphlet.
25th Congress, 2nd Session; House of Representatives, Doc. No. 316.
The Cherokee memorial is the first 3 pages, in which fears are expressed regarding the US military forces amongst them, the New Echota Treaty of 1835 is rejected, and an appeal is made to be heard regarding their grievances.
The response is blunt: you are ordered to remove to the West, and vacate your lands as quickly as possible, the Treaty is in force.
"Do not deceive yourselves into belief, in the false hope held out to you, that longer time will be given. The treaty will be executed, without change or alteration, and another day beyond the time named cannot or will not be allowed to you. Your own safety, your own interests, require that you should abandon all idea of change, and set at once about the settlement of your affairs, and make your arrangements for speedy emigration. Rely no longer on the specious promises of delegations at Washington; they have known for more than a year that no exertion or artifice of theirs could effect the slightest change in your position...The Government has distinctly informed Mr. Ross that no alteration whatever would be made, and that the Cherokees must abide by the terms of the treaty of 1835..." - p. 5.
