This letter
from John Ross was written on behalf of the Cherokee people to the United States government.A
small contingent of the Cherokee tribe had entered into an agreement with the government to move
to the West in exchange for various protections and provisions.However, Ross knew that this was
not a fair deal, and they would be losing their ancestral lands.
In this
letter, Ross appeals to the president to reject the treaty and allow the Cherokee people to
remain in Georgia.He attempts to extract their feelings of Christian ethics and morality to
instigate the government to do the right thing in nullifying the treaty, but they refuse
to.Unfortunately, their rejection leads to the infamous Trail of Tears and the removal of many
Native Americans to western reservations.
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