While reading John Ross, “Memorial and Protest of the Cherokee Nation” it is easy to say that the Cherokees were not content about their expulsion. Since the 1820s, the state of Georgia had been working to eject the Cherokee, who occupied valuable land where gold had been recently discovered. At first the Cherokee were cautious about the United States Government since they had yet to fulfil any of their passed agreements. Through letters, the president of the United States promises that “those who remain may be assured of our patronage, our aid, and good neighborhood” yet soon after the discovery of gold the Cherokees were arrested, abused, and even killed. The Cherokee nation was not to be fooled for they knew that the cause of their expulsion