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^nsadKEB phoSnix and! iifUiAirS’ advocate*
SpidU^o yuutseives that not a hatr °1
•an emigrant’s head shall be harino i.
Let this be done, and then, perhaps,
tvill it be decided whether the docu
ments, now in «ny office, and upon
Which [ based my remarks which are
so oirensive to you, be false or true.
That the public may see that I had
grduhds for 'the remark I made, I
have had copied, and sent to the
press a few papers'which show that I
Pnct a
l Wio'/'to be driven from e^orts
promote the welfare ot the Chc.ro-
nation liy any rera irks you may
produce, or ent ourage to be made
■through the Phoenix. I know you well;
and y-onr people. 1 think as highly of
your - people as you do; and wish them
pr'osfierify ns earnestly.They are a no
ble race; & l have laboured lor them,
and yet do so, diligently. I ihav err,
V)t if / (to not, and 1 do not think I
‘mistake your situation, you may.
When it is too late, feel, that I am
your friend —
THO. L. M’KENNEY.
Washington Oct. 8 1829.
It inav be proper to observe that we
•Jtave, at all times, as much as duty, an !
faithfulness (o the cause of Indians would
permit us, avoided personal collisions, and
have never suffered ourselves to make any
person “obnoxious.’* This being the
.case, we have no concessions to make, es
pecially as the gentleman who prefers the
charges too manifestly exhibits the spirit
jvli ch he reprobates in others. Wc have
no personal hostility towards him, nor do
We wish to persecute him because he hap*
p-nsto think differently—we have blamed
birn for making gross misrepresentations
in regard to the Cherokecs—for making
•jss'-erimna which cannot be sustained by
fad s and for repeating these misrepresen
tations ini various ways when we have re
peatedly denied th*-m and called for proof.
At no time have wc charged him with
falsehood, but have made allowances by
' supposing that he was misinformed, or mis
led by his “secret” agents. Is it a crime
for vrs to speak in our defence, and to cor*
xed misstatements of an injui ions tenden-
dency? Poes Col. M’fvOnney suppose,
fcVoauv’ we are. red, we must keep si-
Ji , and overlook the slanders.that are
heaped noon our people? Must we re.
frain Com correcting misrepresentations
though they are made by persons pro
fessing the sincerest friendship? 'V e seek,
Jkrulti and justice, and must be allowed to
Apeak in very plain ferm c ot those who
Would pervert therrp .Wth the motives
of Col. M’Kennev wc have noth'ng to do
^-they inly be good—’h- may b" a “real
fri ndd—he may he a “wise counsellor;”
but after all wV must beg leave to judge
4br. ourselves, and choose our own friend®.
As to the question, “what is best, under
All circumstances, for the Vherokees to do,”
•we presume many friends of Indians, ma;,
And do, think differently; and all may he
conscientious. But is it proper for those who
differ from us, to resort to unfair measures
to Show that they are correct? We care
joot what they think if they will give us
fliir due and deal justly with us. Let us
have the privilege of judging and acting
for ourselves—of saying to hat is best under
fill circumstances for us to do. The Cher-
okees have fully and plainly expressed
Ahemselves on this subject—they have said,
not that there are no difficulties here,
but all things considered, it is best for
them to remain where they are. '1 hat
.right has Col. M’K. to contradict them?
'What right has he to say that they are
.willing to remove, when they say they arc
not?
The reader will judge, to how much
pivility the writer of the foregoing commu
nication is entitled, after perusing the
'third paragraph. He has given us good
a ivice but a very bad example. Do we
indeed know that “the great body of the
Cherokces want to go west?” And does
pur influence deter these, trom making
*erms? The charge preferred here is a
Serious one—no less than a deliberate false
hood. Has Col. M’Kenncy made the ase
^ertion with proper reflection? Is he able
to prove it with suitable evidence? Wc
joall upon him to conic out—let him pub
lish the documents in his possession. We
positively and unhesitatingly deny!what
jls here asserted by hiiii, and say, tee
do know that the great body of the Chero-
kees do not wish to go west. Of this ive
are as certain as that we hold our pen. Col.
M’Kenney ought also to know this fact—
sufficient has been said aud published to
convince any reasonable man, not under
the influence of prejudioe, that the people
of this nation are opposed to a removal.
Will it be said that We have uniformly mis
represented the feelings of the Cherokees
«4bat the letters we hue published, from
different parts of the nation, speaking the
language of the people generaly, were
fprgedfor the purpose of effect? it so,
then any thing may be sserted and be
lieved. We should like to know also, how
a very few individuals can govern a ma
jority—how the/ can keep the people in
drcail so I hat a man must not declare him
self an emigrant? Such power is unknown
in this nation—if there is any power, it is in
the people and not ia the c.nofs. Again—
Will Col. M’Kenney show us the emigrant
who has been harmed for opinion’s
sake? Where is the man who has been
persecuted by the Chiefs? Let the read •
er peruse the resolutions on improvements,
published in our last. What 19 the penal
ty there for enrolling? Death? No.
Stripes? No. Notlidig more than this—
the emigrant is declared not a citizen of
the nation as soon as lie enrffls, winch is
perfectly right, for n > man would still
wish to be a citrzhVi of this country he for
ever leaves. If threats have been made
by the Chiefs against emigrants, why have
they not been executed? And if they
have not been executed, why should the
people be afraid of men, whose words arc
worth nothing? Thai i^e Cherokee rulers
are not a set of tyrants, tile following fact
conclusively proves, and is to the point. A
prominent character among the Arkansas
emigrants had a lawsuit with one of the
olffirs of the nation, in one o:;«he circuit
Courts. The Court decided in favor of the
emigrant. The officer appealed to the
Supreme Court, which has just closed.—
After investigating the case, let it be re
membered, in the view of those who “deter
their people from making terms,”* the de
cision of the Circuit Court was coniirmed,
and judgement was given against tlie offi
cer. What will Col. M’Kenney say to
this? But it is useless to pursue the sub
ject further—if the officers ofthe Govern
ment will credit the reports of the enemies
of this people, they may credit every thing’
Nevertheless we content ourselves with the
belief that the truth will hereafter be
known,—It will be known whether indeed
we have been imposing upon the public.—
We hope the measure proposed by Col.
M’Kenriey, to ascertain the fact, will be
followed—we have no fears on that score—
whenever the Cherokee people shall speak
every man for himself; t tie assertions, so
confidently made in the foregoing commu
nication, will be most triumphantly refut-
We publish in our iirsi and fourth pages,
documents relating to the boundary line
between the Cherokee and Creek nations.
W hethev they are to th" piirpose of not, the
candid public will judge. Since these docu
ments h»ve been ire type, we havtf seen of
ficial communication from the War D -
partrrlenf, by which we learn, that the in
truder-on the disputed land are ordered
to remove before the 15th of next, month,
after winch a military force will be em
ployed to er pel them. We have in our
possession a long communication on the
subject, from (he Secretary of War to Gov
ernor Forsyth, which wc shall publish in
our next.
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COMMIT 1 EE. ~
Friday, Oct. 30.
tt was resolved by the Committee,
that it is expedient to send a dele
gation of live men to Washington City
the ensuing winter, for the purpose of
making known to the representatives
of the United Stales, the feelings of
the nation on subjects which arc of vi
tal importance. The Council agreed
to the resolution.
Saturday, Oct. 31.
A Bill was adopted regulating the
elections for members to the General
Council, jjhd establishing precincts in
the several Districts for holdiug the
elections’.
The following resolution was pass
ed:
Resolved by the Committee and Coun
cil in General Council convened, That
the lait' imposing a poll tax on the
citizens of this nation, also the law
imposing a tax on citizen merchants,
he, and the same is hereby suspended,
until the General Council shall deem
it expedient to remand such suspen
sion.
Adjourned to meet 9 o’clock to
morrow.
Monday, Nov. 2.
On motion of Mr. Gunter, the
Mouse passed a resolution, appointing
Friday as the day of adjournment.
On uiolion of Mr. (iunter, a Bill
was passed, making it unlawful for a
husband to dispose of the property of
his wife without her consent.
Tuesday, Nov. 3.
David Vann moved that the Dele
gation be required to refund to the
nation, a part of the money expended
in returning home from Washington.
For the motion—1. Against the mo
tion—14. *
Petitions were presented by Path-
killer, Blythe and Moses Fields.
A resolution was received from the
lower Mouse, adding several precincts
to those already established.
The Committc agreed to the grant
given by the Council to Geo. Hicks,
Chisholm Sc Co. '
Thomas Gann & Crying Wolf bid
in a petition for a road and ferry. The
petition was rejected.
A resolution 1 was adopted by the
Committee, requiring the Treasurer
of the nation to dispose of all the pub
lic gun-poivder now on hand, or which
may hereafter belong to the nation.
Bark & co. laid in a petition for
the removal of a turnpike gate, which
was rejected.
Petitions were presented by R.
Thornton, Alexander Kell, A. Camp
bell, Samuel Gunter, G. W. Gunter,
Horace Broom, Feather & Watie
D. Hildebrand, James Speers and
Jesse M l CVtn.
Wednesday, Nov. 4.
A communication from the Princi
pal Chief, staling that circumstances
will riot allow him to go with the del
egation to Washington, & recommend
ing the Assisi ant Principal Chief to
go in his plaee, was received and
read.
An appropriation of One Hundred
Dollars was made for the benefit of
the editor of the Cherokee Phoenix.
Stephen Foreman was appointed
assistant editor of the Cherokev Phoe
uix, to take charge under the direc
tion of the principal editbr, of the
C herokee department.
The Committee made an appropri
ation for the pay and expenses of the
delegation.
A petition was laid in by Ilosea
Morgan, a Catawba Indian, asking for
(he privilege to live in the nation.
The petition of Betsey HufFacre,
praying for a Bill of divorce from her
husband, Michael Huffacro, was con
sidered and rejected.
Thursday, Nov. 5.
A petition wafe rendered in by M.
Houston, praying for the privilege of
working minerals ar.d a salt spring in
the nation. The petition was reject
ed
The Principal Chief nominated
Messrs William Hicks. Lewis Ross.
Hi. hard Taylor. Joseph Vann and
William S Coodev, to accompany
1 ho Assistantt Principal Chief, as a
delegation to the General Govern
ment.
COUNCIL
Thursday Oct. 29
The house met agreeably to ad
journment .
Oil motion of Mr. Parris, the bill
for the punishment of slanders was
taken up for consideration. After a
considerable discussion, on motion < f
Mr. Reece, it \yak laid on the table.
The petition of Pathkilier, proving
for a privilege to establish a ferry oil
the Tennessee river, and to cut a
road from the contemplated ferry on
said river, at a place called Blue
Spring, and to intersect the road pe
titioned for by John Blythe and Moses
FiHdfe, was received. A protest of
Moses Fields was also received and
read. The council agreed to the
petition of Pathkilier, and granted
the right to cut a road and establish
the ferry, provided the ferry shall be
located one mile and a half above the
Blue Spring aforesaid:
Friday Oct. 30.
A petition of Te-sah-da-skee, Ne-
gah-wee and Dah-yee-slcee, in behalf
of a company, praying for the right of
establishing a Turnpike gate, with a
right of collecting toll, on tho road
lending from the Federal road at
Coosewaytee, by Salequohye, Pine-
log, and Thomas Pet it t’s to High
tower, was received read and Agreed
to, and submitted to the Committee
for concurrence.
On motion of the Bark of Chattooga,
a bill was adopted, laying a tax of
fifty dollars per year on all distiller
ies In the nation.
A resolution from the Committee
declaring ,it expedient tq send five
men arid the Principal Chief to Wash
ington city, as a Delegation the en
suing winter, was received, read and
agreed to.
Saturday Oct 31.
A petition from tho Feather and
Watic, for the company, praying ioi
the privilege to establish a turnpike
gate on the road leading from New
Lchota, Oougillogy, to Hightower
promising to abandon the ferry grant
ed .hern, whi h has proved to be of
no profit, by reason of a good lord,
was received, read and agreed
to.
A resolution Horn the Committee
as amended, by the suggestion of the
Principal Chief, on the subject ol’cit
izens selling their improvements to
emigrants for purposes of speculation
&c. was received and agreed to.
A resolution ol the Committee sus
pending the poll tax, and the law im
posing tax bu citizen merchants was
received, read and agreed to.
Monday, Nov. 2.
A resolution from the Committee,
on the subject of ( lections, and desig
naling the precincts for holding the
elections for inch) be rs oi the General
Council 1 , was taken up for cousideia-
tiori. After some discussion it was
passed.
A resolution from tho Committee,
appointing Friday next as the' day of
adjournment was received and ogi d
to.
A message from the Principal Chief
was received, enclosing a letter from
Co!. H. Montgomery, U. S. Agent,
was read.
A resolution from the Committee
ou the subject of separate property of
husband and wife was agreed to.
Tuesday, Nov. 3.
On motion of Ne-galetvbe, three
precincts were added to the number
designated by the Cbmmiltee, for
bolding elections in Coosewaytee.
On motion of Ob-le-nah-wnh, one
precinct was added to those already
established in Hightower.
A petition was presented from John
R- Blythe, for the privilege of open
ing a road.
Bark ahd Company laid in a peti
tion for the privilege of removing a
turnpike.
Leave of absence was granted to
the Clerk to write an important doc
ument for the General Council.
IVedticnhy Nov. 4
A communication from the Princi
pal Chief, recommending the assist
ant Principal Chief to attend the Del
egation to Washington Cily, was re
ceived, with a resolution from the
Committee, agreeing to it.
Pet if ions were laid in by John and
David Hildebrand, James Spears and
M’Lone.
The Council agreed to the appro*
prop-nation made by (lie Committee
of one hundred dollars, for the benefit
of the Editor of the Cherokee Phoe
nix.
Thursday Nov. 5.
The resolution of the Committee;
providing for the compensation of the
Delegation, was passed.
The resolution of the Committee,
appointing S f hen Foreman assistant
editor of the Cheibkce Phoenix, was
passed.
Friday Nov. 6.
A message of the Principal Chief
calling a session of the Council to con
vene on Saturday after the adjourn
ment of this evening, was received.
Called Session.
Saturday, N> v. 7.
Tlie Council met at 9 o’clock.
Jos. Vann laid in a petition, for a
permission to dig for salt water, be
tween the Tellicoand Tennessee riv
ers.
The grant given to Geo. Ilicks,
Chisholm & Co. to establish a ferry
was returned by the Principal Chief
with his objections. It was again
passed by two thirds of both houses.
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NOTICE
I S hereby given that the several ?!:?.• «»
of lb''Federal road will be let out
to th" lowest bidder, at my house, on Mon
day Ifie l-,l of December; ncx.t, apo'eahlyi
to a la‘;o resolution of the General Com cil,
l do hereby noti'y all who ir.ay be c<.n*
corned, that those who have business u tb
tbe treasurer, are requiied to attend on thfy
days pi escribed by law, that is Wedness-
duys and Thursdays.
JOHN MARTIN Treas’r.
New Eehota 10th Nov. 1829
vCA.TJTIO’N'.
I FOREWARN q!l persons from trading:
for three rir.tes of Hand, given by me to ;
Robert Vann, sometime in the month of
March last, each for two hundred dollars,
first due in I8d0, second in 1831, and th(J
third in 1832, as I do not intend to pajr
them unless compelled by law.
john Campbell.,.
Oct. 28,1929. 29 9
OF THE CHEROKEE NATlO$
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