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He is one of the people who pretended to represent the Cherokee people and signed the Treaty of New Echota. He was assassinated for this in June 1839 under Cherokee law; the Law of the Snake.

Because of his actions the Cherokee People refused to sign anything or deal with the US Government for almost 100 years.

NOTE: The US Supreme Court ruled that Elias Boudinot did not represent the Cherokee, nor have the authority to bind them by treaty.

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