...years ago, under the speciouf declaration of the then victorious party, that the right conceded was "for the benefit and comfort of the Indians, and for the prevention of injuries and oppressions!" The twelfth article of the same treaty is in the following words: "That the Indians...

...America, and of no other sovereign whomsoever. And by article 9 of said treaty it was provided as follows: For the benefit and comfort of the Indians, and for the prevention of injuries and oppressions on the part of the citizens or Indians, the United States in Congress assembled shall...

...grounds. These lands embraced large tracts within the States mentioned. The ninth article provided that, for the benefit and comfort of the Indians, and for the prevention of inju riea or oppressions on tho part of the citizens or Indians, the United States should " have the...

...and of managing all their affairs. In the language of the same article, this right is conceded, " fbr the benefit and comfort of the Indians, and for the prevention of injuries and oppressions on the part of the citizens or the Indians." The 12th article of the same treaty promises...

...their treaties to be under the protection of the United States; they admit i,hai the United States shall have .the sole and exclusive right of regulating the trade with them, and managing all their affairs as they think proper; and the Cherokees in particular were allowed,...

...inju rie* or oppressions™ the part of the citizens or Indians, the United States should "have tho sole and exclusive right of regulating the trade with the Indians and of managing all their affairs in such manner as they think proper." By this treaty the Cherokees were...