nent home for themsclves and their posterily in the country selected by their forefathers without the territorial limits of the State sovereignties,and where they a goverument of their choice, and perpetuate such a state of society condition, and as may tend to their individual confort and can establish and enjoy as may be most consonant with their views, habits, and their advanceinent in eivilization."

By this treaty the Cherokees gave up a country "larger than the three States of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connec ticut combined, and received therefor five millions of dollars and seven millions of acres of land west of the Mississippi." This the Unitod States "guarantced, and sccured to be convey ed in patent," and defined it by exact boundaries; and, "in ud dition to the seven millions of acres of land thus provided for and bounded," the United States did "further guarantee to the Cherokee nation a perpetual outlet west, and a free and un- molested nse of all the country west of the western bonndary of said scven millions of acres, as far west as the sovercignty of the United States and their riglits of soil extend."

The fifth Article of this ireaty is, "The UIited States here- by covenant and agree that the lands ceded to the Cherokee nation in the foregoing article shall in no futnre time, withont their consent, be inclnded within the territorial limits or dietion of any State or Territory."

In the sixth Article is tis pronmise: "The United States juris agree to protect the Cherokce nation from domestic strife and foreign encmics, and against intestine wars between the sev eral tribes."

Even after this treaty was nade a great part of the nation refused to sanction it, saying that it did not represent their wish; they would never carry it out; hundreds refased to re ccive any longer cither money or supplics from the United States agents, lest they should be considered to have thereby committed themselves to the treaty.