Fill in the blank a small group of cherokees were unhappy living in georgia. they were known as the treaty party. the treaty party signed a giving away the cherokees land in in exchange for in the west and million dollars. a majority of the cherokees did not want to move. their leader, was upset with the treaty. he presented congress with a petition signed by 17,000 cherokees that were against the move and argued that the leaders who signed the treaty did not represent the majority of the cherokee.