John Ross: Address to a General Council of the Cherokee Nation - Milestone Documents

John Ross: Address to a General Council of the Cherokee Nation

( 1839 ) Commentary by Tim Alan Garrison, Portland State University and Kristin Teigen, Independent Scholar
  • “In recognising and embracing each other as Countrymen, friends and relations, Let us kindle our social fire and take measures for cementing our reunion as a nation, by establishing the basis for a government suited to the condition and wants of the whole people; whereby, wholesome laws may be enacted and administered for the security and protection of property, life and other sacred rights, of the community.” -
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