British law made it a punishable crime to possess salt not bought from the English factories.
While the Indians were ruled by the British, they were not allowed to posses salt any other than the one produced and procured by the English. The indians were forbidden by law to not own such or process their own salt. People who did this illegally were caught and beaten down for breaking this law.
The Treaty of New Echota aimed to lay down the terms by which the Cherokee Nation in its entirety, would give up their territories and move west into indian territory.
