1. Why do the Cherokees object to the actions taken by Georgia? Upon what rights do they
insist? What are their primary arguments against removal? 
 2. The Cherokee appeal refers to “our friends and benefactors.” Who might these have been?
What sections of the United States might have contained the greatest number of indian
sympathizers? 
 3. What does this document reveal of Cherokee nations with other indians? What might have
caused them to have tense relations with other tribes? Who were the “wandering savages” that
lived west of the Mississippi and why were they especially to be feared? 
 4. Evaluate the appeal made by the Cherokees in the final paragraph if this document. Why was
it ultimately ineffective at preventing their expulsion? What does this document predict or imply
about the future well-being of the Cherokee people?