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and the removal of the Indians was demanded. The trouble of the two governments had grown out of our anomolous position toward the Indians. The Cherokees by their treaties had been treated as independent nations, accorded the privilege of independent government, and even of punishing, as they pleased, white intruders on their land, and yet, the United States claimed the right of eminent domain over their land, and declared the Indian tribes, to be, "dependent domestic nations." The conflict ended in the removal of the Cherokees from the homes they had established, from the land of their forefathers, and from the territory the United States in 2 different treaties had solemnly guaranteed to the tribe. The Indians were to emmegrate to the country west of the Mississippi, where it was deemed the white man would never care to go. The government offered to each warrior, one gun and ammunition, one blanket, one brass kettle, or a beaver trap, and flat bottom boats and provisions were to be furnished on the Tennessee