We are overwhelmed! Our hearts are sickened, our utterance is paralyzed, when we reflect on the condition in which we are placed, by the audacious practices of unprincipled men.
– John Ross
Cherokee chief in response to passage of 1835 Treaty of New Echota. Signed by U.S. and minority Cherokee political faction, the Treaty Party, it provided legal basis for Trail of Tears, the forcible removal of Cherokee Nation from Georgia. It also cost three men their lives.