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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. 1. 2. 3. Person B I»lr/Ur b jryiip B 1.0.1 Ir Bt'o/Ur 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. Orleans Telegraph. 1 & 2. BW,/lIr 1 & 3. B Lliot.1/1 In 2. Bt<ft*t/ltp 1 & 2. BW/lln 1 & 3. 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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 ic. navigators 1 volcano on rnl nature oi Sea is vol 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, 1 Per El'll ry.AT&p 2. P.G.ITc* 3. Dlr.lTo* F. “ WIp.1T.* f & 2. 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