Primary Sources: Letter to Congress from Cherokee Chief John Ross - Formative Staff | Library

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What was the main reason why Chief Ross believed the Treaty of Echota was not enforceable?

D2.His.16.6-8

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D2.His.12.6-8

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"They are not chiefs, headmen or any sort of appointed representative, and have no authority to give away our rights, our possessions and our ancestral land."
"All of this is stipulated by a document which only falsely assumes the much-honored and much-respected title of "treaty." We are overwhelmed and our hearts are truly sickened, for we have been robbed of membership in the human family!"
"The delegation proceeded to the city of Washington for the purpose of negotiating a treaty with the authorities of the United States."
"Surely you must see that it is deeply unfair to bind a whole nation on the basis of the acts of a few unauthorized individuals."

D2.His.4.6-8