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© CHEROKEE PHtEMX, M© IW®SANS’ ADVOCA^EE* PRINTFD UNDER THE PATRONAGE, AND FOR TIIE BENEFIT OF THE CHEROKEE NATION, AND DEVOTED TO THE CAl’SL Of lNIiIANb.«*I • tCT'LlAC'I'i , LLiltE, VOIm. IX. PRINTED .V* PliLV a i JNO. F. WHEELER, At 6a 50 if paid in advance, 63 in si* months, or $3 50 if paid at th. end of the year. To subscribers who oan rea 1 only the Ch*"o!tee language tin price will be 62,00 in advance, or 62,50 to be paid within the year. Every subscription will be considered as continued unless subscribers give notice to (h’ contrary before the commencement of a new year,and all arrearages paid. Any person procuring six subscribers, Un 1 becoming responsible for the payment, shall rceeive a seventh gratis. 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James Campbell, Beaufort, S. C. William Moultrie Reid, Charleston, S. C. Col. Georoe Smith, Statesville, W. T. William M. Combs, Nashville, Ten. ltev. Sennet Roiicp.ts, Powal, Me. Mr. Tiios. U. Gold, (an itinerant Gen tleman.) Jeremiah Austil, Mobile, Ala. Rev. Cyrus Kinosucry, May hew, Choc-i taw Nation. Capt; William Robertson, Augusta, Georgia. Col. J ames Turk, Bellefonte, Ala. {HMHNVVMBMMWIWtliro jaappiu We have been so much struck with the following article, taken from tiio Monthly Extracts from the Corres pondence of the British and Foreign Bible Society, fur the month of Sep tember last, which have just reached us, that we cannot withhold it from our pages. We earnestly hope that 6ome of our female readers, alter pe rusing the article,, will resolve, in re liance pn divine aid, “to go and do likewise.” The article is from St. Petersburg!), the capital o! the Rus sian Empire, and the scene of opera tion is that great and very profligate city.—Phil. Ch. Adv. The influence of Pious IVomen in pro moting a Revival of Religion. One of the most interesting persons among my Christian acquaintance, is IVIi-b. ——; a woman of little stature, but of uncommon sprightlincss and en ergy of mind. It was the peculiar privilege of this devoted Christian to lie brought up by a lady distinguished for becevolencc; who sometimes to*, her as her companion, when she visit ed the abodes of misery and wo; and at other times sent her as the almon er of her bounty, to relieve their dis tresses. By this means she acquired a talent for conversing with the poor in various languages, in a familiar, af fectionate, and instructive manner—a talent which has since proved invalua ble, and which a gracious God lias blessed to the good of many. Those persons who have never made the at tempt can form no conception of the difficulty of conversing in this way: yet those who are beginning to engage in the delightful work should be greatly encouraged, by the assurance, that this, like every other talent, becomes brighter by being used. , About seven years ago, the excel lent Princess M met with Mrs. ; and idler conversing with her a short time, the Princess s.ikl, “Are you not an English woman?” she an swered, “Yes.” “Do you ever go to chapel?” “No.” “Then come a- iong with mo,” said the Princess: “step into my carriage: I am going, and 1 will take you thither.” She con sented : and it may truly be said, that now commenced her happiness. Before this she was an intelligent, industrious, and kind-hearted woman: now she be came a religious one. Her labours were transformed into Christian la bours; and were followed up with an ardour and perseverance, I have nev and when she arime to coinc away, they asked her, with much solicitude, “When will you come to see us again?" --1 «ni happy to say, sue has been lu see them again, and lias provided them with 50 copies of the First Book for Children; and hundreds of persons in that neighborhood are deriving advan tages from her visit: some are learn ing the alphabet; others are reading the Scriptures with which she lias furnished them; and others are listen ing, perhaps for the first time in their existence, to the joyful sound, “Be lieve on tiie Lord Jesus Christ, and thou slialt be saved Is net this cheering? Is not this . ....... ..w. the way to promote a revival? If on- In her visits to j ly one in twenty of the disciples of carried books and j Christ w'ere to evince an equal sob er seen exceeded. the poor she now carried books and ! Christ w'ere to evince an equal — tracts, as well as food and raiment;! cilude for the salvation of sinners, it would soon turn the wilderness into a fruitful field. A 8* >' * From lue iNauo. ai lui ^ .. PRESENT CRISIS IN THE CONDITION OF THE AMERIANCAN INDIANS. NO. XIV.* It is well known, Messrs. Editors, and when she found persons unable to read, which was frequently the case, she made it a point to read to them, and to explain what they could not un derstand. I cdnsiiler her prompt assistar.ee as, in a great measure, instrumental to mv becoming extensively engaged in the circulation of I lie Holy Scriptures. gl 1B uc;il She gave me two of the first Finnish t ba t a j ong series of numbers, on u Bibles that ever passed through my j giug),. subject, is not apt to be read: hands and when there was a great especially if it be of the nature of a demand for the Sacred Volume in that j rga i diplomatic discussion. On tiiis language, she actually sold her watch. aoC ount 1 have felt many misgivings in order toJurnish one hundred Bibles to in calling upon the public to loliow the poor, at reduced prices. This was me from one stage to another of the a noble effort in the cause of God: it negotiations, with the Cherokees; but augured w’ell as to future usefulness; i [ )avc ueeu advised that no part of and the expectations which were ex- Uie preceding numbers could ue o- cited by il have been more than real- milled without injury to the cause, ized.' ' We hear of ladies in England y j v . crc arguing before the Supreme taking a part of a district, and using Court of the United Stales, a s.rnple every effort to put the inhabitants of reference would, in many eases, be it in possession of the word of God.— .sufficient, where 1 bate felt it neces* I rejoice at it: we bless God for it— sar y to make quotations. Yet I think but this zealous woman has taken a any candid lawyer will admit, that, whole city for her sphere, and pcrnui- ;j |, e were pleading the cause of the bulated it alone; and has succeeded , Indians before the highest tribunal in beyond all expectation. In the course our country, lie would be constrained of a few months, she lias sold more 1 by faithfulness to his clients, to dwell than one thousand flee hundred Bibles, muc h longer upon some topics than 1 and Testaments and Psalters; and in | have clone. Let it be remembered, this blessed work she is still actively ; tliat the honest, fair-minded, iuteili- eugaged. gent members of the American com- In labours so abundant, a variety of muuity arc to decide this question; or interesting particulars have come to at least that they may decide iijusl- our knowledge. One of the most ly and properly, ii they will take the striking and important is as follows:— trouble to understand it, and will dts- She furnished a certain poor family ' tinctly and loudly express their opiu- with a Psalter: it was the first sacred ions upon it. book they over possessed, and it was And here let me humbly iutreuttlie hoped that great good would result good people of the United States, to from it. Accordingly, in the course mke this trouble upon themselves, of a week, my friend called to see and not to tiimk it an unreasonable what had become of the newly pur- task. Let each intelligent, reader chased volume. As she entered the i consider imnselt a jury man in the room, she found a person reading it; case; & let him resolve to bi ing in^sucb and after a few observations on the j a verdict as he can heieailer regard excellency of the Scriptures, Mrs. j with complacency. It is not a single took the Psalter and read the : man who is on trial, and wno may psalm which begins with “Blessed is j lose his life by the carelessness ol the the man whose transgression is l’orgiv- jury. Sixty thousand men, women cnand whose sin is covered, unto whom and children, in one part oi the Uni- tlie Lord imputeth not iniquity, and , ( e d States, are now ui constant ex- iu whose spirit there is no gu le.” A pectation of being driven away lroi thin partition separated this family from several others; some of whom, hearing an unusual conversation, came in. Another and another followed, until seventeen persons were sitting or standing around her, listening to the words of eternal life. This was a tine opportunity, and it was not per mitted to pass unimproved. She ex plained to them the nature of divine orgiveness and the only way in which »• can be obtained; showed them how dec ’able it is to possess this blessed ness mid then pressed home the im portant question to their consciences. “Do you possess this blessedness? Do you see your need of it? Do you ear nestly desire it?” At these solemn appeals, one woman began to weep, and walked away. “Stop,” said my warm hearted friend, “stop; remem ber that our Lord Jesus Christ shed tears over the sins of others, and it is no disgrace for you to weep over your own sins. Come back, and bear more about it.” The woman returned; and the subject was continued, until the place became » Bochim, “a place of weepers;’* every one was in tears: A few remarks upon the treaties | ,)ov ‘ 5 * tal <;d. At any rate they will with the Cherokees may not be use- l )rot,£lj ly lead most readers to a di* j ess redly opposite conclusion. Il is a natural inquiry, Have there! Here, then, we have sixteen tien* been any attempts to tr« at with this j V es " . ** ie Cherokees, negotiated nation since the year 1819? There I *™ m l *819, ratified by live have been many; and although the | 1 ‘es'denls, all resting upon the same Statesmen of Georgia now think i P rinc, pics, all consistent with each that the United States ba\e no power othei ’» and 1,11 m)W in force, except to make treaties iiith the Indians. 1 ^ s0 ' ne P f| Hs may have become ob« it is not more than one or tvo years j s0 ‘ el(5 hy subsequent stipulations on since they wer* urging Congress Co I the same subjects. Tiie earlier trea- make appropriations for this object, I tU:s arc r «l»ea‘edly and solemnly re- aml pressing the Executive to pro- f°£ nized f \V later ones. An official cure the Cherokee country, by uego- ,etlcp . Mr - J<^rson curiously nation. In regard to this matter■ | vv *'ouglil into a treaty, so as to foi m n OtlUliltS) (l« tv tliv \ Atom vi v I • j if* . i ly-making power, are of quite recent | ‘nt'oduced for the permanent deleue origin; aud it is supposed that U«e> j 01 }:te Ch«iokees. would not veliemuitiy remonsiute, L lookmlo mlirr treatirs wit th if a treaty should now be made, the j frorn ,! / e 1 De,a ™re treaty of terms of which would compel the 1 ‘ (Iron, which a qv-otntion was i.eioki is to tai.e up then residence «» ».tdh m-mberj to the uuaur the shade of the Hooky Mom.- Cr ®V k l ' e •*!’ ° ,b2 , 6 ' t,!C Si,rne ,nv '- Hius. The scruples about the l.ca-1 oi;,bift . tc, '.': ,!or . v * ,l,p s Menirt ty-iunkhig power seem not to have ! fEuuranty, the same proffer of friend existed till after the Cherokees re .; smp and gooJ ne.ghbcidiood, will ev. fused to treat anymore. U ben i Rr - V ; vl, ! :, ' c So many (rea. chiefs and people had thus refused, i ^‘ s >«cn lurmcd m.h ndtans pre at home and abroad, in their own ter- '° 18l °' Mr ‘. aai....gion-whcn! J ® , 1 , T ,, I P rono,m ° p ? thl ‘ m “'nnumer* u. writing, that nl ’. le ; />• ^nc ol theso treot.rs is the • i " .... .i. ,., r o: i gin.i 1 title of the Indians declared there was not money enough in on. | ^ ^ defective. iitoty u;in at thev had declared national treasury to purchase an ad- •,,, , . -. - 1 ■ ■ j it said Hint Indians have not the now* In none of them is i • . , , i , i„,„ i it said that Indians ditional loot ol land, auu when these; r ir , ■ ■ i • i i. , i , i et ot selt-jfovernrueut, or that tbev declarations were made iaiiIi a itctci- n f rninntion and constancy which left no hope of forming a treaty, then it was discovered, that the government or the United States possessed no power to make a treaty. In my third number I observed, that it is uflit.le importance whether the States* In no case have the In* dians signed away their inheiitanee, or compi omtnJted their independence. 1 hey have never admitted themselves to be tenants at v, ill or tenants for jears. Upon the parchment all their native the treaty are incorporated into the . treaty of Holston. 'fherc is one pro-. ^ h ‘ at lg lhe evidence broug | lt <v vision, however, not thus incorporat* j • . . . „ ®. _ ec a .• , . , r-i i - „j i gainst this mighty mass of treaties?— ccl; viz that the Cheiokees u.a> send ^ abso|i ; (eI , 10thi T[)ft a Deputation of their ch ii. i to Con-, Seurel 0 f War merely says, that press. 1 hough this treaty ol llopc- . ( . * , J . % ° „ ' i.i r\, ,iL,i 1 ll)t? Cherokees were permitted to re- «cll ,vmi made and.r the old|Cc«[W., mai „ 0 „ lo „, Is „ r Ge0 « ia . Bul eialion, .fit is it lore., good forth. „ her0 ls , lis ori i„ 8 j would require that the ChctOKeesi ■should now be allowed a, privilege tantamount to sending a Deputy to Congress at the time that treaty was If we turn from the treaties to the laws of the United Stales, we find the whole system of legislation made made. The follow ins in exaci accordance with the treaties. res sons which have ! iNear| y « !1 those compacts required appropriations of money. When become auiiarcnt in Uie course ot uus , . , ! i if , the appropriations were made the investigation, sutisty me tii.it lue, 1 * 1 i.ivebii 0 di , j ; lieu lies came of course under the ireatv ol iionevveii is suit in toicc. • ... •• .. . 11 , J * .. ,; -c view ol both Houses ol Congress; and 1 In ail bu isonueul treaties, tncre i , . .. * ’ * i. in dinu.ufc! 5 i every such appropriation was of is no intimation, not even the most ex pectation of being driven away trom their country, in such a manner as they apprehend will result in their present misery and speedy extermin ation. Sixty thousand human beings, to whom the faith of the United States has been pledged in the most solemn manner, to be driven a- xoay—and yet the people of the Uni ted States unwilling to hear their sto ry, or even to require silence tiil their story can be heard! 1 am encouraged, Messrs. Editors, to proceed, by the assurance which has reached me from different quar ters, that our community is not cal lous to every feeling of justice and honor, in relation to the Indians; that there is a greater disposition to in quire on this subject than on any oili er now before the public; and that even my numbers, deficient as they are in vivacity, are extensively read with that interest,which the magnitude of the cause, in vll its bearings, may well excite. * This number was mislaid by the editors of the Intelligencer, and hence it appears out of its proper place in the series. luds. Obs. .. 1 course an assent of Congress to the seure, that tti>» lieaty, oi an) ottiu, lreal . had been abroad, aouulled. nr j Bof mos , im| , or . perseueu. i taut articles of treaties were taken 2. In the secom ««*» y * | from previous existing laws of Coa* delphta, n J4, tae U tod blutts , Thus, the 11 tl. article of thd give money “to cviujo lair justice ; Uoaly of HuUu>n is t;ikcn IVom lhe to the Urheroiices, lor rclttiquisliincuts t( . e matle u ith tho (jrecks ot New ot Ends by the treaty of iiopenvll j y 0 ,k, August 7th, 1790, where it and Uie treaty o i bis iu . ; was inserted verbatim from “nn act to both licuties i.ic iiiet.Uonc in pii ; )it , gu j a i e trade and intercourse with ciseiy tt.e same mnntte., which would lh J ||ldinn lribcSf „ wbich wn8 hardly have been the case, .1 one hud . ovcd by President Washington only been abrogated, while the other u as | ixlcci) { , J a boforo< tho foundation ol all subsequent troa-1 This (ll8C0VC1 . y , have j„ s{ mn(Ic? lie ?‘ r.„ ^ . .. , and consider il as decisive evidence d. 1 be first article ol U.e third | Uiat tbe |realJ wi!b (hn Cl , cU uas treaty ol l*iltco, o, is in nsc , , nfiasur0 0 f great dclibftration, md words; “All lorrner treaties which I U|al lbe cniilll>nt nicn of , hat <ln y Iafc provide for the mai.itainaiice of peace boped t0 makc eV cry part of their and preventing ol ciinu s, aic, on t in , )0 jiti cr ,| svslcm harmonize with ev« occasion, recognized and continued in ei , y olbcr j, ar(i force. lhe treaty ol 11 ojvc.w tJ 1 • jf leave hotli Intvs ftiul trcntictf. was vi former treaty, which was direct- & )ook |hc c0ll( | ucl 0 f onr Govern ed wholly to the niamlamancc oj peace mcul (mvart]s the fl dians, we find the and the preventing oj crimes. I professions of Indiun agents to have 4. In the second tieaty negotiated : |, t >n always directed to this one point, by General Jackson, 1 b 17, it is slip-j v j Z ; to satisfy the Indians that tbe ulated, that “the treaties hereto- j government would deal juslly and fore [made] between the ('her- J faithfully by them, would perform okee nation and tho United Stall's, a j| ij s engagements, and would sc are to continue in lull force.” 1 he j cure to them the permanent posses- plirase “//ie treaties'' means the same sion of their country. They were as all treaties." It is not probable that all these documents were before Judge \' hite, constantly urged to become farmers, to educate their children, and forma regular government for themselves) when he arrived at tho conclusion a- aucl this uvouedJy with a view to thdF