The Cherokees were happy and prosperous under.... the government of the united states, and from the helping hand extended over them, they made rapid advances in civilization, morals and in the arts and sciences. Little did they anticipate, that when taught to think and feel as the American citizen, and to have with him a common interest, they were ... forced to return to the savage life, and to seek a new home in the wilds of the far west, and that without their consent.....
