[286] See correspondence between commissioners and Cherokee council. American State Papers, Indian Affairs, Vol. II, pp. 465—473.
[287] October 28, 1823.
[288] January 19, 1824. This memorial is signed by John Ross, George Lowrey, Major Ridge, and Elijah Hicks, as the Cherokee delegation.
[289] January 30, 1824.
[290] February 17, 1824.
[291] February 28, 1824.
[292] Letter of Georgia delegation to Congress, March 10, 1824. Memorial of Georgia legislature to Congress, December 18, 1823.
[293] March 30, 1824.
[294] March 29, 1824.
[295] This Creek war was in large measure, if not wholly, superinduced by the unlawful and unjust aggressions by citizens of that State upon the rights and territory of the Creeks. Foreign emissaries, however, it is true, encouraged and inflamed the just indignation of the Creeks against the Georgians to the point of armed resistance.