How had the Cherokees attempted to adopt "the white man's way  in order to avoid removal from their native lands? In spite of their efforts, why was Andrew Jackson in favor of Indian removal? Did he accurately reflect white attitudes toward and assumptions about the Indians? On December 29, 1835 a Cherokee treaty council signed away the Cherokee's tribal land and agreed to the tribe's being moved to the west of the Mississippi. What methods did the United States government use to obtain the treaty? Discuss the paradox of how a nation such as the United States, founded on democratic principles of government, could justify signing such a fraudulent treaty. The Cherokees attempted to adopt the white man's way in order to avoid removal from their native lands. In Sequoya, the Indians had had a list of written characters so that the men in their tribes could learn how to read and write. "The Cherokees had adopted the white man's way -his clothing, his constitutional form of government, even his religion  (Brown, 282). But learning the white man's way of life was all for nothing. The men who traveled over the sea years ago only had one intention, and it was to get all of the Cherokee's property. To get the Cherokee consent, "In exchange for their 35,000 dollars square miles the tribe was to receive five million dollars and another track of land beyond the Mississippi River  (Brown, 282). The Cherokees thought that adopting the white man's way would keep the government from taking their land. In spite of the Cherokees' efforts, Andrew Jackson was in favor of the Indian removal. The Indians thought that Andrew Jackson had their interest at heart until he signed the treaty of 1819. Jackson thought that the Cherokees' land is more valuable and the Georgians can build settlement there. According to Dee Brown, "To add to the pressures on the Cherokees, gold was discovered near Dahlonega in heart of their country  (283). For