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Monday, March 26, 1821. BY MYRON BARTLET. Volume 1 JVo. 22. "^Xhe Telegraph is published weekly lt Macon, Ga.—Office on Cherry Street, near ic Public Square. TERMS. IS ADVANCE. irr All applications for Subscription must be ac- orananicd with tbe money, or the paper will in no 'be sent. dec. sulphate of quinine. UST received and forsaleb^ & COLLINS. 12. STONE &■ COIT, 0 Hare just received, by Boat Nancy, Barrels best Rye Gin 20 do AppleBrandy -in do Si. Croix Sugar $ do Canal Flour 4 tlercs Rice 6000 lbs. Castings 2000 do Grindstones—For sale low for cash or r 0 ttT 1 February 27 19 FLUKER & COLLINS fAVE removed their DRUG STORE to one of J the tenements in McDonald’s building, on Mul- tv street, where they will keep constantly on hand, A General Assortment of DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS, burgeons’ Instruments, Glass Ware, Dye Stuffs, &c. ” k ah of which will be sold on accommodating 10—jan ’’ EWE DR. BUCHANAN AS located himself in Macon; where he may be found as a PRACTITIONER of MEDI- jan 31 14 MACON CLOTHING STORE. L. FITCH if CO. MERCHANT TAILORS, ’ EF.P constantly for sale, at their store on Mul berry street, A General Assortment DRY GOODS AND READY MADE CLOTHING; jrhich will be sold as low as can be bought in Savan- j or Augusta; and they solicit the patronage of their mcr friends and customers and the public at large. TAILORING Tied on as usual. Having the latest New York frashionsand Workmen, Customers may depend on laving their work done in the best manner and most ‘’notable style, with neatness and despatch. We return our thanks for past favors, and solicit tbe Hironaee of the public for the future. N. B. On hand, 200 pieces of PAPER HANGINGS tf different patterns, which will be sold low. 17 Old debts mutt be paid. December 5 STONE if COIT HAVE just received, from Boston aud New York, and are now opening, A LARGE ASSORMENT or SEASONABLE GOODS, AMONO WHICH, ARE THE FOLLOWING! Super Broadcloths and Cassimerep Blue, black and mixed Satinctts Blue, mixed and white Plains Olive Fustians Duffle and point Blankets Red and white Flannels Plaid and camblet Cloaks Brown and bleached Shirtings Domestic Plaids and Checks good assortment of Calicoes and Bombazets Cambric, checked, Jaconet and book Muslins Mull, figured and sprigged Muslins Coarse and fine Cambrics Brown and colored Cambrics Imitation and buff Cravats Silk and cotton Handkerchiefs Fancy grean Scarfs and Shawls Gros de Naples and pink green Handkerchiefs Black Sarsnet, and Levantine Silks White and green Florence Silks Cassimere and worsted Shawls Striped Batiste, and Angola Tippets Canton and Italian Crupes Figured and Nankin Crapes Russian and Scotch Diaper Ladies’ kid Gloves Ladies’ black borseskin Gloves Gentlemen’s beaver and horseskin Gloves Leghorn and straw Bonnets Cotton and worsted Hosiery Tuck and flounce Robes English Ginghams, Ribbands Ready-made Vests, Shell and horn Combs Fashionable beaver Hats Fashionable roram Hats Black and drab wool Hats Gentlemen’s common and fine Shoes Ladies’ Morocco and pruncilc Shoes Boys, misses and children’s Shoes Nails, Salt, Castings, and cotton Bagging Cutlery, Crockery, and Glass Ware They will also receive, by the first Boats, a large assortment of GROCERIES—all of which will be sold for cash only. WANTED Five hundred bales of COTTON, for which casli will be paid. nov 7 GARDEN SEED. THIRTY-FIVE BOXES OF SHAKERS' GARDEN SEED, JUST RECEIVED BT ELLIS, SHOTWELL & CO. CONTAINING life Onion Red Cabbage fellow Onion Early Yorkshire Cabbage Bed Onion Flat Turnip flood Beet Rutabaga ly Turnip Beet Sage F>rrot Squash Pepper Double Peppergrass Curled Endive Turkey Rlicubarb Solid Celery Curled Parsley Asparagus rsnip ng Cucumber /Cucumber r »t»rmclon lln'kmelon l|wh summer Squash "rooknerlifUimner Squash Nastnrtion ■okneek winter Squash Early June Peas -He Head Lettuce Early Golden Hotspur irkly Curumber ipeekjed Lettuce aperiiil Lettuce "Ckfcrt Lettuce 'tk Lettuce ‘kaon Radish *Het Radish White Marrowfat Green Dwarf Marrow- > fat Peas J Strawberry Dwarf Early Six Week Dwarf ) Beans J Mustard Early Turnip Radisli Vegetable Oyster nkead Cabbage Round Spinnage Ido. ^ratll; Savoy Cabbage „„ tFkith will be sold in small | fb*! jZ s ‘ ngle Paper—'warranted fresh. Early Prickly Spinnage. all boxes suitable for iamb GARDEN SEEDS. FRESH assortment of GARDEN SEEDS, r .— J'W received and for sale by l" n 10 FLUKER & COLLINS. Mlinervj and Mantua Making, Hut door abort Mr. Corbett's on, Mulberry Street, near the Court house. MRS. E. LEVINGSTON, kroDr/,ffin„ Grom quest,) JESPECTFULLY informs tbe Ladies of Maoon Sat.i.r vicinity, that shehaiarrivcdhere, imme- l... < «ew York, and intends carrying on thee- Lr. hu,lac “iniU various branches, with all otthelateit ttecu^h • herself that her work will be Esheh. m “ e * )est or derand most approved manner, (iod arrangements in New York to be sup- lh. l./? “® "'west end most seasonable fashions. ldRlr 0U *> t ? l ‘ h her the fashions for the Spring fill a»?. n l er l. ,<,r 1 lB t». Bonnets and Headdresses, and paddies ve on bani * “l* 1 ** 0 Bonnets and led kLsF^ORN HATS Cleaned, cut and trim- lr«tt»na!!i. n * w .’ 0r ders from the country prompt- O JUST RECEIVED, „ , . By boat Rising Stales, Bwels Irish Potatoes £ 5° Sugar r i, l * u P*rfine Flour 6 tons Iron* WbUke * ?? dozen Hoes WrS 7 '!* ben Rye Gin ■ Shot and Lead—For Sale low for Cash, by !Alln*n ... STONE & COIT. hr bv indebted to the firm of Stone }f Coif.ci- 1 ‘ vrbK^?' 5 r , Account, are requested to settle tho — out delay. . jan 24 CONGRESS. Wew Clothing Stove, AND HAT WAREHOUSE P JUDSON & CO. on Mulberry street, near J. • B. Wick If Co. have just received and will keep constantly on hand, a general assortment of Fine and coarse CLOTHING, European and Domestic DRY GOODS, Consisting of Blue, Black, Olive, Claret and Drab BROADCLOTHS, CASSIMERES, VESTINGS, and all other articles usually kept by Merchant Tai lors. TAILORING. All orders in the Tailoring line will be thankfully received and punctually attended to. Having receiv ed Workmen from New-York, with the latest fash ions, they will be enabled to do their work with neat ness and despatch, and hope by strict attention to bu siness to merit a share of public patronage. N. B. They will receive quarterly tho latest New-York Fashions. HATS. They have also on hand, a general assortment of Imitation Beaver, Fine and Common Roram and Wool HATS, and expect shortly a quantity of Fine Beaver Hats. Having experienced the _ inconveniences of having Hats brought out in a finished state, they will advisedly have their Hats principally finished in this place. As this branch will lie conducted by a professed finisher from New. York, they will be enabled to offer their Hats inafash ionable and saleable condition, Wholesale and Retail, as low as they can be bought in Savannahor Augusta. Merchants and others arc invited to call and exam, ine for themselves. Merchants having Hats on hand in an unsaleable condition, can if they wish have them blocked and dressed in a condition to be saleable. OLD HATS dressed over on the shortest notice. A liberal price allowed on second band Hats and Clothing in exchange for new. SHELL COMBS. SO dozen superior Brazilian SHELL COMBS, for sale low as above. 13 jan 24 RPKINNE if CO. HAVING recommenced the FAC. TORAGE and COMMISSION BU SINF.SS In the City of Augusta, re spectfully tender their services to the public as General Commission Merchants. Their charges are governed by the present low prices of Cotton. Instead of 2S cents for tbe first month's storage, they will ask 12 1-2 cents, and for selling 25 cents per bale, being one half of the present prices charged at the other Warehouses in this place. All Cotton they may receive will be fully insured against losses by fire, without the owners of it being charged anything for such insurance. By this ar rangement, should every bale of Colton they may have in their possession, be destroyed by fire, it will be promptly paid for at the current price of the day the accident should happen. , Augusta. Aqgtut 29 . 3nt 1 TO THE PUBLIC. IHE subscribers having purchased the Store late- > ^ly occupied by BIr. A. E. Stratton, together STOCK qf GOODS. now offer theqi.on as liberal terms as they can be had at any store in the County. The former customers of Mr. Stratton, and the public generally, are most res pectfully solicited to call, with this assurance,: that no exertions an our part shall be wanting to render them every satisfaction. A good supply of GROCERIES will be kept con. stantly on hand. Additions to the present stock are daily expected. Uberel Discounts will always be made on.all per- chases for Cotton or Cash. TAYLOR, MURDOCK &. CO Hillsborough, Jasper County, Jan. 1,1827. COMMISSION BUSINESS. THE subscribers having formed a connexion in the COMMISSION LINE, will attend to all business addressed to cither of them, hereaf ter, under the firm of Hill & Stone PARIS HILL. J. & S. STONE. Savannah, October SO, 1826 2 factorage. THE subscribers continue to trans- FACTORAGE and COMMIS- I SION BUSINESS in SAVANNAH. , ■ J produce consigned to them, will bo *> without T* ure J? *K»iwt fire, after It goat ip to lottos will bevi»h* lr e owncr ' Storage on 'iL' this place. In addition to the Countiesin which r“ week ^ ht and *j"df cents per bale for the ■ ■ ■ - lit ifitrem,";:. , x **“*» for each succeeding weeks ! th *rgedfoni.! mon, u’ tw «nty-five cents only will f Wc«edh.g month" WeIVeand * ** C * ntl iTenbe,, T .- BUTLER & CO TRUE subscriber continues the Practice of Late in ik this place. In addition to the Counties in whicl be has heretofore practiced, he will atteiid the Sup*' rior Courts in the Counties of Let, Muscogee, Troup and Coweta. jan g }tf JOHN P. BOOTH. BLANKS FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE- UNITED STATES AND GEORGIA. House of Representatives, March 3, 1827. The Select Committee, to whom were referred a Message of the President of the United States, of tbe 5th ultimo, with accompanying documents, and a Message of the 8th ultimo, with accompanying documents; also, a Report and Resolutions of the Legislature of Georgia, with accompanying docu ments; also, a Joint Resolution to indemnify tbe Creek Indians for tbe Land lying between the Cha- tahouebie river and the dividing line between Geor gia and Alabama; also, a Message of the President, with accompanying dooaments, of 2d March; have had those subjects under consideration, and beg leave to.report as follows: Tho civilized nations of Europe, who, at dif ferent periods, discovered and settled the vari ous portions of the American continent, found ed, principally, on the right of discovery, o claim to tho sovereignty over the regions so discovered. This claim of sovereignty does not oppear, at least in the case of tho English government, to have extended, in itself, beyond an exclusion of the claims of other nations.— The committee are not aware, that the Eng lish government, or its representatives, the co lonial governments, ever assumed in virtue of this claim of soveteignty, to exercise tho pow er of internal legislation over the persons who composed tho various Indian tribes, within the regions to which the claim of sovereignty ex tended. These tribes were, on the contrary, considered and treated as separate, and, to a certain degree, independent nations. A friend ly intercourse with tliem was kept by means of conferences and councils; boundaries, the right to establish and maintain military posts, and occasionally the right of passage, were matter of stipulation, by formal conventions, entered into between the crown or colonics on tho one hand, and tho chiefs and warriors of the tribes on the other. When the provisions of these treaties wero broken by the Indian tribes, or when, in any other way, a state of hostility a- rose, wars ensued, as between separato civiliz ed countries, and thoso wars were concluded by treaty. No doubt, in the most early periods of our history, and in reference to tho rem nants of tribes, which had ceased to have a separate existence, transactions may have oc curred, which imply a different principle of ac tion, on the part of tho British or colonial gov ernments; bat it is believed, that no attempt was ever made by those governments, or any of them, to incor|)orate the Indian tribes into the body politic, or to carry the rights of sov ereignty farther, than to exclude tho sovereign ty of other free states, and to regulate, at dis cretion, tho intercourse with tho tribes thus subjected. In like manner, the European governments claimed, in virtue of discovery, a right in the soil, occupied by the Indian tribes. It is not necessary, nor perhaps possible, to define the precise extent to which this claim was carried, in all instances. It is well known, however, that it was a claim of a right of pre-emption re siding in the government. By various public and legislative acts, individuals were disqualifi ed from acquiring a title to the Indian lands, by direct purchase of the Indians; and the gov ernment recognized a right of occupancy in the Indians, while it claimed to itself the ex clusive prerogative of extinguishing. This well known fact has received tho sanction of judicial decisions, (8th Wheaton,) in tho case ot Johnson and Graham’s Lessee vs. M'Intosh. Such was the state of things before tho Revo lution. In tho event of tho war of independence, tho rights of the British government dovolved up on the United States. But a grave question n- rose, whetlier, in reference to tho Indian tribos within the limits of any state, the right of ex clusive sovereignty and exclusive pre-emption, formerly vested in the crown, passed, in virtue of the declaration of independence, to the con federation of states, or to tho individual states, respectively within tho limits of which each tribe was situated. On the one hand, it was contended, that tho right to tho unoccupied lands, and, what was considered tho same thing, the land occupied by tho Indians, having ori ginally resided in that government which was common to all the colonies, and having been conquered from that government, it tho joint expense and efforts of all the colonies, passed to tho confederation; on the other hand, it was urged, that each state, becoming independent, succeeded, within its own limits, to all tho rights formerly vested in the crown. Tho controversies growing out of this differ ence of opinion, were of the most serious cha racter. Thoy wore one chief cause, which re tarded the adoption of the articles of confedera tion; and, under the confederation, thoy form ed the subject of someof tho most embarrassing questions which wero presented to tho consul eration of the continental congress. had been made; In the year 1788, Geor gia offered to congress a cession of land com mencing on the Chatahouchie river, at her southern boundary, running up that river one hundred and fifty miles, thence due west to the Mississippi—a tract comprehending the lower half of the present states of Alabama and Mis sissippi. Several conditions were attached to this cession: among others that a guarantee to Georgia of the remainder of the unoccupied lands which she claimed to the west. These conditions were not satisfactory to congress, and the cession was not accepted. In 1795, tho legislature of Goorgia pro ceeded to make extensive sales of the unoccu- E ied lands on her wostern frontier. Great em- arrassmonts arose, relative to tho titles ac quired under these sales; and at length, in 1802, a compromise was entered into between Georgia and the United States, in virtue of which, and on conditions mutually acceptable, Georgia ‘ceded to tho United Statos all her right and title, westward of a certain line; and the. United States ceded to Georgia all the claim, and right, and title, of the United States, to the jurisdiction and soil of the territory cast of the said lino; assuming, at tho snme time, tho obligation of extinguishing the Indian title to all the lands east of said line, as soon as it could ho done “peaceably and on reasonable terms." Thoso articles of cession were con cluded between commissioners of tho United States and those of Georgia, on tho 24th A- pril, 1802. At this time the Oconee river formed tho eastern boundary of the Creek In dians, and tho quantity of land occupied by them in Georgia amounted to 19,578,890 a- crcs. In pursuance of the compact of 1802, and but a few months after its conclusion, a treaty was made between the United States and the Creeks, by which a portion of tho land was ceded by the Indians; and a still larger portion, by another treaty, concluded in 1805. By those two treaties, there wore ceded to tho U- nited States, for the benefit of Georgia, two millions seven hundred and thirteen thousand eight hundred and ninety acres of land. In the course of the late war, a part of the Creeks wero excited to hostilities against the United States. Having been vanquished by tho valor and conduct of general Jackson aud his troops, a treaty was concluded, by which a considerable cession of lands was made to Georgia, and tho integrity of all their re maining lands was guaranteed to the Creeks.— By a treaty concluded in 1818, another ces sion was made of two large tracts of land; and, by the treaty oi 1821, yet another cession was made, by which the Flint and Chatahouchie became tho onstern boundary of the Creeks. By tho three last mentioned cessions, eleven million seven hundred and thirty-five thousand five hundred and ninety acres of land were ac quired by Georgia; making, together with thoso obtained, under tho two first cessions, an aggregate of fourteen million seven hundred forty-eight thousand six hundred and ninety a- cres, boing two-thirds of all the lands possess ed by the Creeks in the state of Georgia, at the dato of tho convention of 1802. At tho same date, tho Cherokces wero in poS' session of seven million ono hundred and fifty two thousand ono hundred and ten acres af land within the chartered conventional limits of the state of Georgia. Two treaties have been held by tho United States with tho Cher* okees, in pursuance of the compact of 1802, by which nino hundred and ninety-fivo thou sand three hundred and ton acres havo been acquired to Georgia. In 1822, a sum of thirty thousand dollars was appropriated, to defray the expense of holding further treaties with the Creeks and Cherokocs, for the purpose of fulfilling tho compact jvitli Georgia, and a treaty having beon concluded with the Creeks the preceding year, it was deemed expedient, by the presi dent, to make tho next effort with tho Chcro- keos. This was accordingly done, by the ap- S ointment of Messrs. D. G. Campbell and ames Merriwethor, as commissioners, on the part of tho United States. They repaired to tho Chorokco country, in October, 1823, and, after strenuous efforts to prevail upon the Cho- rokces to enter into a treaty of cession, thoy received a positive refusal. Tho objection made by tho Cherokecs appear to have arisen from exaggerated accounts of the hardships en dured by thoir countrymen, who had emigrat ed beyond tho Mississippi, from their advance ment in the arts of civilized life, and tho conse quently increased value which they set upon their lands. refusal was given by the Creeks as had been before received from the Cherokees. “So long," says Colonel Campbell, in his letter to the Secretary of War of the 8th January, 1825, “as the negotiation was conducted with the council generally, no answer was received, o- , titer than a prompt rejection of every proposi tion that was submitted." M'Intosh acted at first as speaker of the nation in giving these talks, and joined the other chiefs in council in refusing to accede. The commissioners re* present, however, that they ascertained that the wishes of a largo majority of the chiefs within the Georgia limits, with M'Intosh at their head, were in favor of the cession, and they state that a treaty could have been obtain ed, signed by a full representation of chiefs from all tho towns within the limits of Georgia. Not feeling authorized to concludo u treaty, with a portion of the chiefs, the commissioners adjourned the council on the 18th December; and Colonel Campbell was appointed to repair to Washington, to endeavor to procure from the President permission, “to convene tho Chiefs within tho limits of Georgia, to negoti ate with them exclusively, if thought proper, or inclusive of a deputation of Chiefs from tho upper towns, if such a deputation should pre sent themselves; and evince a desire to nego tiate to a further extent." On tho arrival of Mr. Campbell, ho address- ed a letter to the secretary of war, asking the sanction of the president for a treaty “to bo signed by the chiefs within tho limits of Geor gia, provided such treaty bo accompanied by the assent of tho other chiefs, that tho land to bo abandoned by the emigrating party, shall be immediately subject to the disposition of the government." To this proposal, the president, Mr. Mon roe, declined accoding, but authorized a renew al of negotiations with tho whole nation. (See document No. 72, p. 38, vol. 4, 2d session, 18th Congress.) A meeting of the chiefs was accordingly summoned for tho 7th February at Indian Springs, within tho limits of Georgia.— On tho 10th of the month, the commissioners met tho chiefs and warriors, and explained their object. On tho evening of tho same day, the commissioners held a separate coun cil with a part of the chiefs and warriors of nine of the towns, chiefly within the limits of Georgia. On the morning of the 1 Ith, at the public council, Opothloyoholo, tho speaker of the nation, (M'Intosh having been deprived of that office at tho Broken Arrow) replied to the talk of the commissioners, on behalf of Big Warrior, the head chief of the nation, and told them that no treaty could then bo matte for tho cession of lands, and invited the commissioners to a meeting at Broken Arrow, to bo held three months afterwards, nt tho expense of tho nation. He declared this to bo the only an swer ho was authorized t6 give, and that ho should go homo the next day. On tho follow ing night, tho chiefs and warriors of the Cus- setas and Soowoogaloos left their encampment and went homo, by orders of tho Big Warrior, communicated by Opotheyoholo, as is stated by the latter. On the 12tb, a treaty was sign ed by tho M'Intosh party. During its execu tion, Opothoyoholo repeated his protest on the part of the Big Warrior, and according to tho statement of Hambly, tho interpreter, warned M'Intosh of his danger in breaking tho law. A largo number of signatures is appended to tho treaty, but it is alleged, both by the nation al council convoncd tho following autumn, and by tho Indian agent, in a letter written tho day after tho signature of the. treaty, that they are, with tho exception of M'Intosh, and por- haps two others, chiefs of low rank, or not chiefs at all. M'Intosh himself is stated to have been but the fifth in rank in the nation. Among tho documents accompanying the re port, will be found a list of chiefs present, who refused to sign; a list of such signers as are chiefs; and a description of all the other sign ors rando in public couucil, by tho head chiefs of the nation. It is apprehended by the com mittee, that tho inspection of theso documents can leave no doubt that tho treaty was signed not merely by a small and unauthorized party of tho Creek nation, but by a minority of the chiefs who attended tho council. Had tho M'Intosh party approached eveu to a moiety of tho nation, the circumstances that thoy acted in compliance with tho earnest wishes of tho United States and of its commissioners, and that they were sure to receive the countenance of the wholo neighboring population of Geor gia, would have given them the ascendancy, in any conflict with tho other portion of the na tion, tho reverse of which is known to bo tho magnitude to bo settled by any positive deci sion in favor of either party. They were practically obviated, by successive acts of ses sion, on tho part of tho states, laying claim to extensive tracts of unoccupied western lands. Tho conditions on which these sessions wero made, by tho different states, wero not uniform, nor did congress, in accepting theso cessions, admit that without them the confederacy would havo possessed ho title to the unoccupied lands. It was a settlement, by compromise, between conflicting parties, whose interests wero too important to admit of any other inode of ad justment. Georgia was the only state, having largo claims to unoc.cupicd land on her western fron tier, which did hot, either before or shortly af ter tho adoption of tho federal constitution, make such a cession to the United States. Re solutions wero reportedly adopted by tho old congress, recommending to her a cession.on thesamo principles on which tho cenions of ; Ihe other states, and partied* ty Virginia, l ci) of-the Crqqlis, "At this council, the same It appears that the Cherokees, in order to fortify themselves in their resolution to with hold all further cessions, sought to engage the co-oporation in the sarao policy of their loss civilized neighbors, tho Creeks. Overtures, made to tho Cherokecs by M'Intosh, who was allied to them by marriage, in order to per suade tho Cherokees to a cession, wero reject ed; and communications wero had by the Che rokecs with tho Crooks, by way of counteract ing the influence of M'lutosh. In tho spring and autumn following tho unsuccessful attempts to treat with the Cherokees, councils wore held in the Creek nation, at which a law was passed, or, as stated by the chiefs in councils to general Gaines, a law originally passed on tho Oakmnlgeo was revived, making it capital for any person in authority among tho Creeks to cede away their lands without the consent of tho nation. This law, os enacted or revived, was published at tho timo in a newspaper in Alabama. Such was tho state of-things, when, on tho 1st of December, 1 <i24, the same gentlemen, authorized os United .States' commissioners and in pursuaaco of tho snmo object, met the chiefs of tho Crook nation at Thic-eath-cUa, or Broken Ariro w, the seat of the national coun- _a .L- e I:} .v: On the day following tho signature of tho treaty, Colouel Crowell, the agent, addressed a letter to the Secretary of War, as follows: "Indian Springs, February 13, 1825. “The honorable John C. Calhoun, V Secretary of War. “Sra—In compliaoco with instructions received from Colonel Campbell, while in Washington City, ^notified tbe chiefs of this nation to meet the United States’ commissioners at this place on the 7th instant, for the purpose of treating with them for their lands. “Your letter of the Uthi enclosing a copy of the instructions to the commissioners, did not reach uie until the Gth. On the arrival of the commissioner;, I Informed them I was ready to obey their orders on all points touching the negotiation, and cheerfully c oo perate with them in effecting the object of their mis sion. “Yesterday; a treaty was signed by tplnlosh and his party alone. Being folly convicted that this trea ty is in direct opposition to the letter and spirit ot the Instructions, which I have a copy of, I feel it to ha my bounden duty, as the agent of the government, to apprise you of It, that you may adopt such measures as you may deem expedient, as to the ratification; for, If ratified, It may produce a horrid state of things a- moag these Unfortunate Indians. It i» proper tq re mark, that, with the exception of M'Intosh, and per- jiaps two others, the signatures to this treaty are cither chiefs of a low grade, or not chiefs at nil; which you can perceive by comparing them to thoscW other treaties, and to the receipts for the annuity; nrul thew signers are from eight towns only, when there ore fif ty*!* in tho nation.