Brother, we give up to our white brothers all the land we could and how spare, and have but little left… and we hope you wont let any people take any more from us without our consent. We are neither Birds nor Fish; we can neither fly in the air nor live under water…. We are made by the same hand and in the same shape as yourselves.
Cherokee chief to George Washington as found in W.W. Abbot, Dorthy Twohig, eds., The Papers of George Washington, Confederation Series, 6 vols. (Charlottesville, 1987-). Quoted in Joseph J. Ellis, His Excellency: George Washington. Alfred A. Knopf. 2004. p.212
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