lands, aud deelared that the Gorernment had "arrived at the bunk of the Rubicon," where it must decide if it would or wonld not save the country from the charge of bad faith Many of his cloquent sentences read in the light of the present time likc proplhecics. He says, "in a quarter of a century tho pressure upon the Indians will be much greater from the boundless prairies, whieh must nltimatcly be subdued and in- habited, than it wonld ever have been from the borders of the present Cherokee country" and asks, pertinently, contidence would such an engagement be entitled, done at the very momcut that treaties with Indians are declared Tot to to what be binding, and for the very reason that oxisting treatics aro not strong enough poured in upon Congress, petitions and memorials from relig- ious societies, from little country villages, all imploring the Government to keep its faith to these people to bind the United States." Remonstrances

The Cherokees own newspaper, The Phenix, was filled at this time with the records of the nation's suffering and despair

The State of Georgia has taken a strong stand against us, rights or leave us to our foc. In the latter case she will violate her and the United States nust eitlier defend us and our promise of protection, and we cannot in future depend upon any guarantee to us, cither here or beyoud the Mississippi. If the United States shall withdraw their solemn plodges of protection, utterly disregard their plighted faith, deprive of the riglht of self-government, and wrost from us our land, then, in the deep anguish of our misfortunes, say there is no place of security for us, no confidence left that the United Statcs will be more us we may justly just and faithful toward ns in the barren prairics of the West than when we occupied the 6oil inlerited from the Great Author of our existence."

As a last resort the Cherokces carried their case beforc the Supreme Court, and implored that body of Georgia froun her unjust interference with their rights. to restrain the State