Excerpt from "Memorial and Protest of the Cherokee Nation"
Excerpt from “Letter from John Ross, principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation of Indians,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/8a52ffbcb512c9a89a5cece9ceed79b6
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