Native Americans: 22 Books on History, Mythology, Culture & Linguistic Studies. James Mooney

401. May 29, 1834.

402. Secretary of War to governor of Georgia, July 8, 1834.

403. May 17, 1834.

404. The Ross delegation was composed of John Ross, R. Taylor, Daniel McCoy, Samuel Gunter, and William Rogers. The Ridge delegation consisted of John Ridge, William A. Davis, Elias Boudinot, A. Smith, S. W. Bell, and J. West.

405. February 11, 1835.

406. Memorandum delivered by Secretary of War to Senator King, of Georgia, February 28, 1835.

407. Memorandum delivered by Secretary of War to Senator King, of Georgia, February 28, 1835.

408. March 16, 1835.

409. September 10, 1835.

410. September 26, 1835.

411. Senate Document 120, Twenty-fifth Congress, second session, p. 124.

412. See proceedings of council.

413. National Intelligencer, May 22, 1838.

414. Schermerhorn to Commissioner of Indian Affairs, December 31, 1835.

415. See report of proceedings of council.

416. National Intelligencer, May 22, 1838.

417. United States Statutes at Large, Vol. VII, p. 488.

418. In addition to these sums, an appropriation of $1,047,067 was made by the act of June 13, 1838, in full of all objects specified in the third supplemental article and for the one year's subsistence provided for in the treaty.

419. Commissioner of Indian Affairs to John Ross, March 9, 1836.

420. Hon. P. M. Butler, in a confidential letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, March 4, 1842, says: "The treaty, as the Department is aware, was sustained by the Senate of the United States by a majority of one vote."

421. United States Statutes at Large, Vol. VII, p. 478 et seq.

422. July 25, 1836.

423. July 30, 1836.

424. The Secretary of War, October 12, 1836, directed General Wool to inform Mr. Ross that the President regarded the proceedings of himself and associates in council as in direct contravention of the plighted faith of their people, and a repetition of them would be considered as indicative of a design to prevent the execution of the treaty even at the hazard of actual hostilities, and they would be promptly repressed.

425. October 17, 1836.

426. Senate confidential document, April 12, 1836, p. 200.

427. National Intelligencer, May 22, 1838.

428. National Intelligencer, May 22, 1838.

429. June 3, 1837.

430. July 15, 1837.

431. September 25, 1837.

432. September 30, 1836.

433. October 25, 1836.

434. Secretary of War to Andrew Jackson, August 21, 1837.

435. October 16, 1837.

436. The amounts adjudicated and paid by this commission, as shown by the records of the Indian Office (see Commissioner of Indian Affairs' letter of March 7, 1844), were as follows:

1.	For improvements	$1,683,192	771/2
2.	Spoliations	416,306	821/2
3.	National debts due to Cherokees	19,058	14
4.	National debts due to citizens of the United States	51,642	87
5.	Reservations	159,324	87
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	Total	2,329,524	86

      (The figures as given here are correctly copied from the commissioner's letter, but there is an obvious error either in the footing or in the items.)

437. January 3, 1837.

438. December 1, 1836.