June 21 1839 Documenting The Cherokee Nation’s Genocidal Coup de Taut against The Chickamauga Nation Condoned by The United States.
The Illegal Assassinations, Genocide, Coup de Taut, and Theft of the Chickamauga Treaty Rights from the 1835 – 7 Stat. 478, 1835 – 7 Stat. 474, 1833 7 Stat 414, 1828 – 7 Stat. 311, and the December 31, 1838, Land Patent, and the complicit refusal to uphold the Treaties by the United States Government.
From the Cherokee Registry
https://cherokeeregistry.com/the-emigration-from-georgia-trail-of-tears/
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[EDITORIAL]: Throughout this document the Chickamauga and Chickamauga Nation are referred to as the Arkansas Cherokee, the Western Cherokee or Old Settlers. These terms were used not only by the East Cherokee but the United States government as well. The United States was too lazy to correct their actions and behavior, all the while the East Cherokee used these names to claim the power, authority, honor, and dignity of The Chickamauga Nation and their traditional customs and beliefs associated with the Mound Building Culture and the Southeast Ceremonial Religious Complex. The Cherokee had NO Claims to the Mound Building Culture or the Southeast Ceremonial Religious Complex because they are Canadian, Great Lakes, Erie people who were expelled from the Iroquoian Confederacy after the end of the Beaver Wars and eventually immigrated into the Southeast sometime after the mid-1670s and whose Chief, Charles Hicks says they assassinated Lower Town Chiefs and Priest when they arrived in 1705 – 1715.
“Takattokah Council Ground. June 21, 1839.
Sir: We deem it our duty to address you on this occasion, for the purpose of communicating the result of this general council. You are aware that the objects for which it was convened were to effect a union of the eastern and western Cherokees and to take measures for remodeling their government and laws so as to meet the exigencies of both branches of the Cherokee family, and to provide equally for the tranquility and permanent welfare of the whole people.
[EDITORIAL]: Ross admits the purpose of the meeting and discussions was “for remodeling their government” to meet the “exigencies” off both branches of the Cherokee family. First, how dare the East Cherokee under John Ross demand anything from the Treaty holders of the government and the lands? This is insanity. Second, there is no such thing as a Chickamauga being part of the Cherokee family. The Chickamauga are ethnically, culturally, socially, traditionally, and religiously different from the Canadian, Great Lakes, Erie people who did not enter the Southeast until the mid-1670s at the earliest. This challenge to The Chickamauga Nation’s legitimacy is intentional and is intended to prepare the East Cherokee to accept violence and to intimidate The Chickamauga Nation into accepting the impending violence as their fault.
But we regret to say that the reasonable propositions submitted to the consideration of the representatives of our western brethren have not been received by them in a manner compatible with the wishes of the whole people.
[EDITORIAL]: There was never going to be a government for the “whole” people. There was only going to be a government of The Chickamauga Nation that the Cherokee could live under since they were the first to be offered to sign the Treaty of New Echota and they refused, then the offer was extended to the Chickamauga of the Treaty Party and they accepted. The deceptive and devious language of John Ross toward The Chickamauga Nation continues in 2022 by the Cherokee at the Tri-Council Meeting of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma Inc, the United Keetoowah Band of CHerokees of Oklahoma, and the Eastern Band of CHerokees of North Carolina Inc when The Chickamauga Nation is referred to as the "Enemy of the Cherokee People.".
They require the unconditional submission of the whole body of the people, alto have lately arrived, to laws and regulations, in the making of which they have had no voice. The attempt of a small minority to enforce tiller will over a great majority contrary to their wishes appears to us to be a course so repugnant to reason and propriety, that it cannot fail to disturb the peace of the community, and to (operate injuriously to the best interests of the nation.
[EDITORIAL]: What is repugnant is that the Cherokee could go live anywhere else in Indian Territory, but they chose to live within the boundaries of the Treaty which gave the authority to The Chickamauga Nation to create their own government as they see fit to govern over themselves and their lands. The issue is not with The Chickamauga Nation, it is against the United States and the Cherokee are using creating a proxy war with the United State by going to war against The Chickamauga Nation. This is also the second time they mention they have more people within Treaty lands. This is intentionally an form of intimidation preparing the East Cherokee to accept the actions of John Ross against the rightful Treaty holders, The Chickamauga Nation.
We are not without hopes, however, that everything will yet he amicably settled. The sense of the people who form a branch of this general council, has been expressed on the subject. They deem it essential lo the welfare of the nation that the desired union should be formed, and equal and wholesome laws established, by which the general prosperity and happiness of the country may be promoted;
[EDITORIAL]: The Laws of The Chickamauga Nation had already been established to govern over the people within the lands. These are traditional laws, not colonial laws which the East Cherokee would prefer, but none the less, the Laws already existed for the protection of the people. The Chickamauga Nation already considered there to be a unifying factor in their government since to that time, they had not expelled the East Cherokee for their treasonous behavior.
and to carry their wishes into effect, they have called a national convention of the eastern and western Cherokees, to meet at Illinois Camp Ground, on Monday. July 1, 1839.
[EDITORIAL]: This is Treason. What is about to happen, is the take down of a duly elected government put in place under Treaty by The Chickamauga Nation. The main signatories of the New Echota Treaty are to be genocidally exterminated by John Ross.
Under these circumstances, we feel it due to the interests of the late emigrants, as well as to all concerned, to request, through your official authority, that no disbursements of moneys due to those whom we represent, nor any other business of a public character affecting their rights be made or transacted by the agent of the Government with any other Cherokee authority than the undersigned, until a reunion of the people shall he effected.
[EDITORIAL]: John Ross, as the Cherokee have done for centuries, withheld the monies due The Chickamauga Nation in retaliation until he got his way and became the “Principal Chief” as is witnessed in the way he signed this letter. This is the first time he uses that title West of the Mississippi.
We have the honor to be, sir, very respectfully your friends and brothers,
John Ross, Principal Chief,
Richard Taylor, President National Com
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George W. Gunter, George Hicks, Thomas Foreman, Hair Conrad, George Hicks, William Proctor, James Hawkins, James D. Wofford, George Still, Old Field, Nah-hoolah, Chu-noo-lu-hus-kee, Culsallehee.
Governor M. Stokes, United States Agent.
Three men had been mainly instrumental in making the treaty of 1835. They were Major Ridge, a full blood Cherokee of the Deer clan, horn at Hiwassee in 1771. When still a young man he adopted the manner of living of the white man, mastered their language and became a well educated man.
This course was at that time very unpopular, as the great mass of the Cherokee were still full bloods and very jealous of their old customs and any full blood that would attempt in any was to take up the ways of the backwoods provincials was certain to incur the scorn of his tribesmen. But by sheer force of character, integrity and worth he gradually forced himself to a high place in the nation. He had been president of the committee and was a major at the Cherokee allies of the Americans in the Creek war of 1814. His son, John Ridge, aged about forty years, had been educated in Cornwall, Connecticut, and had returned to the Cherokee nation in 1822. He was a close observer, a brilliant and convincing orator. The third of this trio was Elias Boudinot, born in 1804. He was the son of Oowatie, the interpretation of whose name was the ancient or revered. Oowatie was a full brother of Major Ridge. Killakeena or Buck (male deer) Oowatie or as they were later known as Watie, while on his way to school at Cornwall, where he attended with his cousin John Ridge, met in Philadelphia, Elias Boudinot of New Jersey, a signer of the national constitution and one of the most prominent men of his day. On account of some favor that he conferred, the boy Buck Watie adopted the name of his benefactor. Boudinot like his uncle and cousin had early ascended to high places in the councils of the nation and the three men seeing the hopeless condition of their exploited people in the east had made the treaty of 1835 that secured to the Cherokee Nation a splendid home in the west. Men of keen discernment, eloquent and fearless they were publicists to be dreaded.
Before daylight on the morning of Saturday, June 22, 1830 the home of John Ridge, near the northwest corner of Arkansas, was surrounded, entered and he was dragged into the yard where two men held his arms while others of their party stabbed hint repeatedly and then severed his jugular vein. A few hours later during the same morning while his father, Major Ridge, was traveling southward along the Cherokee Nation-Arkansas line road, he was fired on by an ambushed party and killed. This was some twenty-live or thirty miles from the scene of the murder of the son. At about the same time as the killing of Major Ridge, Elias Boudinot was shingling a new house near his residence and within two miles of the residence of Chief John Ross. Three Cherokees appeared and requested medicine of a sick child of one of the party. Mr. Boudinot had studied medicine so that he could give gratuitous services and medicines to the needy. He started with them to get the required treatment when one of the three stepping behind struck him in the spine with a bowie knife and his groan was the signal for the others to dispatch Uri with tomahawks. The place of his death was about thirty miles from the murder of Major Ridge and fifty miles from the assassination of John Ridge. Immediately after his death, Mrs. Boudinot sent word by Rufus McWilliams to Stand Watie and Watie sent his slave, Mike, to inform John Adair Bell, and in this manner those two escaped mobs that hunted them. Three days later a party that was hunting Stan Wade, searched the house of Rev. Samuel A. Worcester in their quest.
[EDITORIAL]: One Week before the “Illinois Camp Ground” Council meeting, a perfectly, almost simultaneously timed group of assassinations took place at the hands of John Ross. This actually sent the leadership of The Chickamauga Nation into hiding and began the official time of hiding for the Chickamauga which extended until the 1980s and 1990s.
Chief Ross notified General Arbuckle on the twenty-second of the killing of Elias Boudinot and that Mrs. Boudinot had informed him that Stan Watie had determined on raising a company of men for the purpose of taking Ross’ life. He further wrote “I trust that you will deem it expedient forthwith to interpose and prevent the effusion of innocent blood, by executing your authority, in order that an unbiased investigation might he had in the matter.”‘ General Arbuckle invited Chief Ross to the post at Fort Gibson if he still thought that there was any danger, he also invited Chiefs Brown. Looney and Rogers to come to the post by the twenty-fifth so that they might concert action to avoid civil strife.’ Chief Ross on the twenty-third asked that a detachment of troops be sent to protect him.
[EDITORIAL]: John Ross hired 500 armed men to protect him as Light Horsemen and stand watch over the Illinois Camp Ground meeting. General Arbuckle knew he too would be assassinated if he did not provide protection to John Ross and the Cherokee who had just carried out a Coup-de-taut against the rightful government of The Chickamauga Nation.