282 CHEROKEE NATION OF INDIANS. 
as desired to remain in their homes and become citizens of the United 
States. 
As a compromise of this demand, it was agreed by the United States 
commissioner to allow pre-emptions of 160 acres each, not exceeding 
400 in number, in the States of North Carolina, Tennessee, and Ala- 
bama, to such heads of Cherokee families only as were qualified to 
become useful members of society. None were to be entitled to this 
privilege unless their applications were recommended by a committee 
of their own people (a majority of which committee should be composed 
of those members of the tribe who were themselves enrolled for removal) 
and approved by the United States commissioners. The latter also 
proposed to make the reservations dependent upon the approval of the 
legislatures of the States within which they might be respectively 
located, but to this proposition a strenuous objection was offered by the 
Indians. 
The articles as agreed upon were reported by the Cherokee committee 
to their people, and were approved, transcribed, and signed on the 29th. 
The council adjourned on the 30th, after designating a committee to 
proceed to Washington and urge the ratification of the treaty, clothed 
with power to assent to any alterations made necessary by the action 
of the President or Senate.! 
Commissioner Schermerhorn reports conclusion of a treaty.—Immedi- 
ately following the adjournment of the council, Commissioner Schemer- 
horn wrote the Secretary of War, saying: ‘I have the extreme pleasure 
to announce to you that yesterday I concluded a treaty. * * * Ross 
after this treaty is prostrate. The power of the nation is taken from 
him, as well as the money, and the treaty will give general satisfac- 
tion.” ? 
Supplemental treaty coneluded.—Several provisons of the treaty met 
with the disapproval of the President, in order to meet which supple- 
mentary articles of agreement were concluded under date of March 1, 
1836,3 wherein it was stipulated that all pre-emption rights provided 
for should be declared void; also that, in lieu of the same and to cover 
expenses of remoyal and payment of claims against citizens of the 
United States, the sum of $600,000 should be allowed them in addition 
to the five millions allowed for cession of territory. And, furthermore, 
that the $100,000 stipulated to be expended for the poorer class of 
Cherokees who should remove west should be placed to the credit of 
the generai national fund.* 
Opposition of the Ross party.—Whilst these events were happening, 
and strenuous efforts were being made to encourage among Senators a 

'See report of proceedings of council. 
2 National Intelligencer, May 22, 1838. 
3 United States Statutes at Large, Vol. VII, p. 482. 
4In addition to these sums, an appropriation of $1,047,067 was made by the act of 
June 13, 1838, in full of all objects specified in the third supplemental article and for 
the one year’s sub-istence provided for in the treaty. 
