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CHEROKEE PIIOEJVIX AND INDIANS’ ADVOCATE
since practised by that people, among
whom, as the readers of this work
during the last five months have seen,
there has been the largo and solemn
assembly for worshipping the only
true God and hearing his Gospel; a-
inong whom, at a single meeting and
in'a single day, hundreds have anx
iously asked, IVliat shall / do to be
saved? among whom churches are
gathered, and devoted disciples of the
Lord Jesus Christ are found in all
parts of the nation, adorning the doc
trine of Golf their Saviour, and some
of whom arc engaged with much
zeal and effect in beseeching all n-
round'them to become reconciled to
Go(f.
This progress of the Indians in
knowledge, this giving up of ancient
heathenish customs, and especially
their increasing attention to the
preaching of the Gospel, are truly en
couraging at this critical period of
their history. Nor is this advance
confined to the Choctaws. The num
ber added to the churches’; taking the
Indian missions generally, has been
greater during the past year, than
during any previous one. From some
no reports have been received; but to
those which have been reported, the
number added, during the past year
is not less than 170; and not less than
#0 arc now regarded as candidates.
Indian General Council.—The
Cherokee Nation furnish a remarka
ble instance of the power of Chris
tianity to civilize a rude and untutor
ed nation. The introduction of the
gospel among them has been attended
with the happiest effects. It remains
to be seen, whether our General
Government will allow a tyrannical
rule to be exercised over them, and
them to be compelled to forsake their
own territory, the land of their fa
thers 1 sepulchres. The Cherokee
Phoenix, of O; loher' 21, a weekly
news-paper edited by a Cherokee,
contains a well-written State Paper,
“the Message of the Principal Chief
[Governor] ot the Choroke Nation,
submitted before the National Com
mittee and Council, i-i joint Commi‘-
ten of the whole, October ft, 1829.”
The sty! j of this document would not
from them* rights which they have al
ways possessed and exercised, and
which have been from time to time
secured and guarantied by the faith of
the U. States.”
INDIAN AFFAIRS.
We know not in what terms to ex
press our detestation of the princi
ples of an Editor, who can treat the
questions of pure justice and humani
ty, now agitated respecting the In
dians, as mere party matters. An
honest and honorable man would
sooner lose his right Hand than do it.
Yet not only is the subject thus treat
ed in many newspapers, but there is
great danger that the whole business
will assume a party aspect in Con
gress!
Journal of Humanity.
srsw isaa-iOTic
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10;h, 1829.
Taloney, Dec. 5th, 1826.
Mr Elias BoueTnott,
Sir—I wish you to insert in the
Phoenix a few lines concerning a
white man that was whipped at Ele-
jiiy for horse stealing. Myself being
foreman of the Jury, sentenced him to
receive fifty stripes on the bareback,
vvhich was fifty less Ilian what is com
mon in our country for such offence.
The thief, since he was whipped,
has made oath that he was arrested
and whipped with large hickory
switches. We acted agreeably to
the laws of our country in punishing
the man. Since his making oath in the
state of Georgia, the ofiieers of that
state sent armed men to take all the
Indians that were concerned in whip
ping him. I understood that they
were op their way, and went to the
Long Swamp to meet them,
met me there. 1 ther£ gave them
my bond and security for my appear
ance at court at Gainsv.ille in Mall
County. I inclose the thief s affida
vit to you, and wish you to take a
copy of it and insert it also, and send
me hack the original by the the hear
er. There was also another company
observed an advertisement stating
that a vault had been erected for the
deposit Of the dead, for a certain pe
riod, to guard against resurrection
men. On Sunday afternoon, the first
body was deposited in that vault. A
few hours afterwards, the person
having the care of it returned for the
purpose of getting something which he
had Ibrgfottem While he was open
ing the,outer door , he heard a noise
inside, and ho supposed it was caused
by the person who had just been in
terred. Though his hair stood erect
with affright, his humanity prompted
him to sate the unfortunate impris
oned being, and he unlocked the in
ner door, which is of iron. Me then
ensconsed himself behind the outer
door, and called to supposed ghost
within, to push open the door,
and thus liberate himself. The con
fined person did so—and on his making
his appearance, he proved to be, not
the dead man who had been buried,
but a real living being, who, from
some casue, bad remained in the
vault when it was closed, and who,
liacfil uot been for the fortunate cir
cumstance of the sexton returning to
get what he had forgot; would, very
likely, have perished in his gloomy
prison house.
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among them, that came by the way of-
He unworthy the pen of a Governor <)f .\makiloley. When ihey came nearl
one of our States. It claims the
“right, as a distinct people,” which
the Cherokecs possess, “of assemb-
Ii.ng, in General' Council of the Na
tion, to promote (heir own interest
and happiness;” and they say that this
their “prerogative so to act, has been
recogniz'd by the Government of the
United States, under whose fostering
care," 1 ' say they, “ire have merged from
the darkness of ignorance and supers/!- j
fion, to cur present degree of .advance-]
ment in ci riUzcd iinproi)cniCiit. u *--This
Message denies the claim of the au
thorities of Georgia to certain speci
fied hands, believed to belong to the
Creeks: and a course of agumeut is a-
dqpted in this Indian document,
which stales well-known facts of the
legal right of the Creeks, acknowl
edge!! by our public, documents, to
the lands claimed" by.Georgia. Whilst
we would give full credit to Oie tal
ent and good sense displayed in this
paper, wo are not less pleased with
the moderation and firmness of this
people, in their determination to ap
peal to the justice of our General
Government.
These arc the Indians, who acknowl
edge the blessing whioli the United
Slates have been the medium of con
veying to tliem; and shall it he ever
e’Aid, after having done them such
irtcalcul&ble gflod, that we have des
poiled' tlteiH of their lands, driven
them from their home,
lliein into a howling wilderness, de
plorably “destitute of wood"nml wa
ter?” We will not believe that our
General Government will adopt such
a course, till undisputed testimony
shall say it is so. Tne following par-
the Journal of Cotn-
Thd benefit of dogs in a civilized land.
On the Gth instant, Mrs. Eunice
I^oxtcr was riding in the south part of
the town* of Shelby, in a two horse
waggon, and when passing by a cer-
tain]jliouse, a dog suddenly sprung out
at the horses, which caused them to
take fright, and run. Mrs. Dexter
was soon thrown forward between the
forepart of the waggon and one of Her
liriYbs was caught between the wliip-
pletree and another appendage of the
waggon, hy which she was violently
dragged' sethe distance. As soon*as
They ! i[ 1(i horses were stopped by an ipdivi-
dual in the high way, Mrs. Dexter
was instantly disentangled from the
waggon. But her limb was shock
ingly mangled, and in other pai
the frame she was fatally wounded;
and after a groan or two, expired on
the spot. She was in the 36th year
i of her age, and has left two or three
with this horse tliief, and his father} children to lament the loss of an af
fectionate mother.
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the Village they lay out until dark,
and then went" into the fields and stole
potatoes" and pumpkins. They also
Tobacco.-*-A Doctor says: “I have
( been a Professor in the University
stole six or seven horses, and tlien re-1 twenty-three years, and can say, as a
Since, that fifteen in : Physician, that I never observed so
many pallid faces, and so many marks
of declining' health: nor never knew
so many hectic habits and consump
tive affections, as of lute years: and I
trace this- alarming inroad on your
young constitutions principally to the
pernicious custom of smoking Cigars.”
“I am entirely convinced, that smo
king ami chewing injuvis ultimately
the hearing,- smell, taste and
teeth.”
tnrned home,
number, with the said thief, well
armed, came by (lie way of Stamp
Creek Village, and there made pre
tence they were "buying hogs. They
bought none however, but made free
kill and barbecue ohc without
leave. They also made free to go
into houses,, and take such things as
tlnv stood in need of to cat, and said
that they had orders from, the Gover
nor, and that he would.pay for the
things that they took. Your friend,
GEORGE SAUNDERS.
GEORGIA—Habersham Co.
Murder.—A quarrel" having taken
place between a man named Winslow
Uozzens and another of (lie name of
John Saunders, oyslermen, near India
Came personally before me, A. j Bridge, in' this town, on Monday
II. Clayton, Judge of the Supreme
Courts of the western Circuit of said
State, Jesse Stancell, who, being du
ly sworn, deposelh and sailb, that, on
the nineteenth day of September, in
the present year, eighteen hundred
ami twenty nine, at a certain place
called Ellijay, in that part of the nn-
located Territory oi" the Cherokee
nation attached to and belonging to the
County of Mall by act of the Legis
lature for criminal jurisdiction, lie,
deponent, was arrest,ed by certain
Indians of said nation, by the names of j don,
Isle
evening last, the former loaded a gun
and- proceeded towards the bridge,
saying he was- going to shoot ducks.
Meeting Saunders, Cozzcnsdischarg
ed (he gun at his head—which wound
ed him so that he died’ yesterday.
The perpetrator lias been arrested
and committed to prison.—Providence
Pat.
from
ngrapii is
ntore'e.
The present
Government was
form of Cherokee j
adopted about two I
years since. It is purely republican, j
—elective—and guarded hy a free j
Constitution. Having lived under it
happily for two years, the people are
not disposed to renounce it, notwith
standing lbs Legislature of Georgia
his enacted that after the 1st of Juno
1839, all the laws and usages of the
Nation shall be nail and void. “As
long as tliev are conscious,” says the
Cherokee Phoenix, “of the justice of
their cause, and the unjust proceed
ings of the State, they cannot tamely
egrcc to have their rights wrested
and forced j Joliu Sanders, George Sanders,
Harry* Downing, Riddle Crier, Old
Hog, Overseer, John Love, Martin
Smith, Pretty Woman, Young Duck, j
John Potatoe, Pat ridge and Dick Ga- j
roy, and by the said Indians was de- ,
tained in close custody for the space |
of thirty hours-, and, after such de- i
tent ion and imprisonment, which was
done forcibly, and contrary to the
will and consent of deponent, and
without any legal authority, stlipped,
tied up to a tree, and inflicted un the
hare back of deponent with large
hickory switches fifty lashes, to the
! great effusion of his blood, the lacera
tion of his hack and sides, leaving
[deep wounds, gashes and bruises on
!the same; all which was contrary
to the laws of said State, and with
out any provocation or justifiable
cause.
six months—Four seamen, belonging
to tbe ship Royal Sovereign, of Lon-
were lately taken off from the
of Desolation, where the’
been driven on shore in a shal
Their only subsistence was oiv
sea elephant, a few fish and hi
and a species of wild cabbage, the on
ly vegetable to be found t
There was not eveu a shrub <
whole island. They found a vol
with the fava of which they “
a
ing her. Former
never mentioned
Island, hut the cenc
Islands in the South
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navigators 1
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From the Albany Daily Advertiser.
Buried Mire. — Our readers have
F‘
STRAYED
ober la«t, on old sorrel horse, '
poor, large shoulders with a large seai
one, occasioned from n burn, other m
not recollected. Any person who
inform me where he is, will oblige
1NO. F. WHEELER.
Nov 18, 1829.
ACTIVE VOICE
of the Cherokee Verb h-yis I steak.
Subjunctive Mood.
[ Continued.}
First Future tense.
singular.
ifl intend to speak or will speak, '
if thou intend to speak, &c.
if he intend to speak,&c.
if he r. intend to speak, <fce.
DUAL.
if wc thou and I intend to speak, <$t.
if we: he and I intend to speak &e.
if ye (two) intend to speak, &c.
PLURAL.
if we: you (all) and I intend to speak, &c^
if we: they and I intend to speak, &c.
if you (three or more) intend to speak, &e.
if they intend to speak, &c.
if they f. intend to speak, &c.
Second Future tense.
SINGULAR.
if I shall or will speak by that time,
if thou slialt or wilt speak by that time,
if be shall or will speak by that time,
if lie shall or will speak by that time.
DUAL.
if wet thou & I shall will speak hy that time,
p if wc: he and I shall or will speak by that time,
it you (two) shall or will speak by that time,
plural.
if we: you (all) & I shall or will speak by that
[time,
il we: they & 1 shall or will speak by that time/
if you (all) shall or will speak by that time,
it they shall or will speak hy that time,
it they f. shall or will speak by'lhat time..
Approximate tense.
SINGULAR.
if I be about to speak,
if thou art about to speak,
if he is about to speak,
if he is about to speak. "
dual. ,
if we: thou and 1 arc about to speak,
it we: he and I are about to speak,
if you (two) are about to speak. .*•
PLURAL.
if we: you and I are about to speak,
if we: they and-1- arc about to speak,
if you: (throe Or more) are about to speak,
it they are about to speak,
if they are about to speak.
* This variation of the third person is marked k. the initial’ of the word
Familiar, which is used to distinguish this form of the personal prefix. The
terms present and absent, have been employed for this purpose. But they do
not appear to convey the precise idea of the difference; as both forms, are
often used without regard to the presence or absence of the party spoken of.
Perhaps (lie true impression on the mind of the speaker, suggesting the choice
@f the loi in jn» ®/iir in the singular and rmi./iip in the plural, the correspond
ing lonn in the other moods and tenses, may he, a feeling of intimacy with the
person spoken of; arising from relationship, close connexion or other similar
circuitistaYiees; and that this form is intended to express a less degree of for
mality’ or stiangencss than the otuer. If, however uny of your correspon
dents will suggest a moi’c appropriate term; the writer will feel pleasure iu
adopting it'.
PASSIVE VOICE.
Indicative Mood.
Primary Present tense.
SINGULAR.
I ain spoken to,
thou art spoken to.
lie is spoken to,
he is spoken to.
DUAL.
we: thou and I arc spoken to.,
wc: lie and I are spoken to,
you (two) arc spoken to.
PLURAL.
we: fou and I are spoken to,
wc: (Hey and l are spoken to,
you (three or more are spoken (o,
they arc spoken to,
they are spoken to.
Immediate Perfect tense.
SINGULAR.
I havojust been spoken to,
thou hast just been spoken ta,
lie has just been spoken to,
lie has just been spoken to.
DUAL.
fliou and I have just been spoken to,
lie and I have just been spoken to,
you have just been spoken to.
PLURAL.
you and I have jost been spoken to,
they and I have just been spoken to.,
you (all) have just been spoken to,
they have just been spoken to,
they have just been spoken to.
Primary Perfect tense. 4
singular.
I have been spoken to,
theu hast been Bpokcn to,
he has been spoken to,
he has been spoken to.
DUAL.
i thou and I have beeu spoken to,
i lie and I have been spoken to,
L you (two) have been spoken to,
plural.
yon and I have been spoken to,
they and I have been spoken to.,
you (all) have been spoken to,
they have been spoken to,
they have been spoken to.
Primary First Future tense.
SINGULAR.
I will be spoken to,
thou wilt be spoken to,
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