Article II of the Constitution said that the president should make treaties “with the advice and consent of the Senate,” and that’s exactly what he was trying to do—consult with them ahead of upcoming negotiations with the Creeks, the Cherokees, and the Carolinas about ongoing violence between tribes and white settlers. The Continental Congress was wholly responsible for the conflict; it had effectively stolen large swaths of indigenous land, claiming that the Indians had forfeited their right to it by supporting the British during the Revolution. (In reality, only a handful of tribes had
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