...independent states, so long as self government and sovereign and independent authority are left in the administration of the state." At the present day,...one state may be considered as holding its right of self government under the guarantee and protection of one or more allies. The Cherokee nation, then,...

...independent States, so long as eelf-government and sovereign and independent authority are teft in the administration of the State." At the present day,...Cherokee nation, then, is a distinct community, occupying fts own territory, with boundaries accurately described, in which the laws of Georgia can have no force,...

...the agency of the General Government, of necessity, must cease. Ibid. SEC. 547. The Cherokee Nation is a distinct community, occupying its own territory,...with boundaries accurately described, in which the law of Georgia can have no force, and which the citizens of Georgia have no right to enter but with...

...independent states, so long as »elf government and sovereign and independent authority is left in the administration of the state. " At the present day, more than one state may he considered as holding its right of self government under the guarantee and protection of one or...