ᏣᎳᎩᏱ ᎠᏰᎵ ᎤᎬᏫᏳ ᎫᏫᏍᎫᏫ ᎤᏂᎦᎸᎮ ᏃᎴ ᎪᏪᎵ ᏚᏬᏒᏁ ᎠᎹᏰᎵ ᏭᎾᏓᎶᎩ, ᏃᎴ ᎤᏓᎭᏱᎴ ᏧᏳᎪᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎠᏂᎫᎾᏓᎴᎩ ᏚᎾᏓᏂᎸᏨ, ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᏂᎬᏁᎮ ᎨᏍᏗ ᏱᏚᎾᎳᏏᏕ ᎤᏂᎾᏗᏅᏗ ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᎤᎾᏤᎵᎪ ᎦᏙ, ᎡᏆ ᎤᏂᏍᎦᏅᏨ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗᏍᎨ.
Back on the Nation, Chief Ross fumed and litigated on against America and, of course, denied the legitimacy of the Ridge agreement, rightfully pointing out that the Ridges had no authority to sell even an acre of Nation land to a non-Indian and had in fact committed a capital crime in doing so.