what was the reasons for the white man not giving back the land from the cherokees when gold rush was over

The reasons for the white man not giving back the land from the Cherokees when gold rush was over:

At first Gold was discovered in Georgia a land that belonged to the Cherokees. The land was acquired as a lottery. The law in Georgia was only the whites can own a land.

Then started the gold rush and they minted all the gold of it till only gold dust was left over. As per the law the whites wanted to rule the land hence did not give to the Cherokees. The when gold was discovered in California they shifted there.