Excerpt from Memorial of a Delegation of the Cherokee Nation, January 15, 1838: Remonstrating Against the Instrument of Writing (Treaty) Of December, 1835 Resolved by the chiefs, committee, and council of the Cherokee na tion west of the Mississippi river in council assembled, That the course adopted by the general council of the Cherokee nation east, in regard to the instrument aforesaid, is hereby approved; and, inasmuch as said 1n strument' is equally objectionable to 11s, and Will, in its enforcement also affect our best interests and happiness. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.