The point was not the "other people were also bad back then" the point was that, the Chereokee themselves were bad people back them. Chereokee were oppressing

The point was not the "other people were also bad back then" the point was that, the Chereokee themselves were bad people back them. Chereokee were oppressing the other tribes before the arrival of the Europeans and then fighting along the Europeans in order to dominate other tribes.