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Once they reached Oklahoma in 1839, the surviving Cherokee settled, cleared the land and began to farm as they began to rebuild the Cherokee Nation in 1939.  In May, the Western Cherokee invited new arrivals to meet and make a united Cherokee government with trade, art and farming.  In July, the Cherokee Act of Union brought the Eastern and Western Cherokee nations together. In September of 1839, a Cherokee constitution was adopted, and Talequah, Oklahoma became the capital city of the Cherokee.  After the Cherokee settled in Oklahoma, white settlers continued to settle on their land, and continued to harass them.  The United States government did not attempt to help.  By 1900, the Cherokee owned almost no land in Oklahoma.