Final answer:
The Cherokees resisted white settler incursions through legal avenues and by asserting sovereignty, leading to the Trail of Tears after their forced removal to Indian Territory.
Step-by-step explanation:
How the Cherokees limited the rights of white settlers on their land in Indian Territory is not specifically provided in the options. However, historical context indicates that efforts by the Cherokee to limit white incursion focused on legal resistance and asserting sovereignty, rather than direct measures such as those mentioned in the options. They utilized the U.S. legal system to affirm their rights and attempted to protect their land sovereignty from the state of Georgia and white settlers eager for the rich resources of Cherokee lands.
The Supreme Court affirmed in Worcester v. Georgia that non-Native Americans could not enter tribal lands without the tribe's permission, though this was largely ignored by white settlers and unenforced by President Andrew Jackson. Following the discovery of gold and the subsequent land rush, Georgia intensified its efforts to assert control over Cherokee territory, undermining the Cherokee government, sending the Georgia Guard to harass the Cherokee population, and eventually distributing lands to white settlers via a lottery. This culminated in the Trail of Tears, the forced removal of the Cherokee to the designated Indian Territory, which led to one-quarter of the tribe's population perishing during the journey.