Among the protests offered by members of the, Cherokee nation and their allies during the 1830s, few were as effective as those remonstrances that pointed out that many Cherokees' determination to retain their homeland was justified under American law, particularly the U. S. Constitution. That point was clear on 22 June 1836, when a group of Cherokees protested the federal government's continuing efforts to pressure them to move to Indian country: The Cherokee delegation have thus considered it their duty to exhibit before your honorable body a brief view of the Cherokee case, by a short statement of facts. A detailed narrative would form a history too voluminous to be presented, in, a memorial and protest. They have therefore, contented themselves with, a brief recital, and will add, that in reviewing the past, they have done it alone for the purpose of showing what glaring oppressions...