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4t this moment his. wife^^khildren
are lying on the ground, anaaKrant of
food. His heart is in pain l^them;
but lie perceives that the Great Spir
it will try his firmness in doing what is
tight.
Father! innocent men of our nation
are killed one after another, though of
our best families; but none of your peo
ple who have committed these mur
ders have been pnnished. We recol
lect that you did promise to punish
those who should kill our people; and
we ask, was it intended that your peo
ple should kill the Senecas, and not
only remain unpunished, but be protec
ted from the next of kin. 9
Fathers! these to us are great
things. We know that you are very
strong. We have heard that you are
wise; but we shall wait to hear your
answer to this, that we may know that
you areJust. v —Dr. Boudinot.
give the right of suffrage to our peo
ple, as they shall be prepared, by
education, to vote and act; and allow
after the Territory is organized, a
NEW ECHOTA:
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11 j 1828.
INDIAN EMIGRATION.
We publish the following letter to slioiv
under what terms the Chickasaws have a-
greed to remove to the west of the Missis
sippi.
Council Room, Oct. 9,1837.
Chickasaw Nation.
Brother: We have opened our ears
Wide to your talk; we have not lost a
word of it. We came together to
meet you as an old friend, and to
shake hands with you. We were
happy, and our hearts grew big, when
we heard you had come to our coun
try. We have always thought of you
as our friend; we have confidence in
you; we have listened more close, be
cause we think so much of you. We
know well you would not deceive us,
and we believe you know what is best
for us and for our children.'
Brother: Do not you forsake us.—
Our friends, as you told us, are few;
\ve have none to spare; we know that.
Brother, you think it will be better
for us to take your advice. It lias
truly made deep impressions on our
hearts. Without making a long talk,
as you are to leave us in the morning,
we will state our terms for an ex
change of country. We have no ob
jection to our country: if we could be
let alone, We might do well; but we
are great sufferers; every thing seems
against us, and we will agree to al
most any thing that can make our con
dition better. We believe if the Go-
verninent of the United States is hon
est towards us, and wish us to be a
people, and not outcasts always; that
we may yet do better. We will now
fell you what we will do.
Brother: You would not wish us to
move away, and into a country where
tve could not live, and as well as we
live here. Then, as you have point
ed us out a country on the north of
the State of Missouri, and between
the Missouri and Mississippi rivers
and speak well of it, we agree, first
and foremost, to go and look at it, and
*ny other country that we may choose.
When twelve of our people, three
from each district, have examined it
assisted by a scientific doctor, to see
to ouivhealth, and by three good white
men, to be selected by ourselves, and
three of your men of science from
Washington, or elsewhere; we say,
When we have examined it, if we like
it, if its soil is good and well wooded,
if water is plenty and good, we will
agree to exchange, acre for acre: pro
vided you, on your part, will mark out
the country, and divide it into counties,
and leave a place in the centre for a
seat of Government; and then drive
every body off of it, and guaranty it to
us for ever, and as soon as may be,
divide it for us into farms, and give us
a parchment for them to be recorded,
with a right to sell to our brothers,
with the consent of our Father the
President of the United States: and
provided, also, that, in addition, you
examine our houses, and mills, and
fences, and our workshops here, also,
our orchards, and build and put up and
plant as good there, at such places
within the territory as we may choose;
also, provided, you count our stocks
here, and put an equal number, and of
each kind, within their respective ow
ner’)? limit# there; also, provided, you
establish schools in all the counties,
efficient, for the education of our chil
dren, and to teach our girls how to
spin and manage household affairs; and
provided, also, you send a sufficient
force there to ensure our protection
and organize our people into compa
nies like your militia, to be- commis-
eloned by our Father, the President
of the United States; and provided,
that you establish a government over
ns in all respects'like one of your Ter
ritories* Michigan, for example, and
Delegate, like your Territories enjoy,
in Congress; and provided, there be
allowed to some of our people, reser
vations, not exceeding twenty, to be
surveyed and given to them on parch
ment, to sell, if they please, like the
white man.
Brother: Grant us these- terms,
better our condition as a people, give
us the privileges of men, and, if the
country you point us to, or any other
we may find, turns out to be accepta
ble to us, we will treat for exchange
upon the above basis. We ask, also,
for a millright, a ml three blacksmiths;
they will be needed by us.
Brother; We are willing to go, next
May, in steam boats, from Memphis
to St. Louis, and thence over the line,
and examine the country thoroughly,
and, on the following Spring, then we
shall know all the seasons, and how
the climate is. Should you think pro
per to take us at our offer, provide the
means, and let us know in time, by
the first of April next. The cost is
to be yours, and every thing, and each
of our people who may go, must have
a fine rifle, and horn, and powder, and
lead, and plenty of things for an out
fit, in provisions, and tobacco, and
blankets, and the like.
Brother: Should our offer not be
accepted, then we are done. We
hope to be let alone where we are,
and that your people will he made to
We learn from a letter addressed to a
Gentleman of this place, by Mr. D. Brown
who acted as Secretary to the Arkansas
Cherokee Delegation/that a treaty of ex
change of lands with the United States,
was likely to take place. The United
States proposes to give the Arkansas Cher-
okees, (we suppose for the lands now in
their possession) seven millions of acres be
yond the limits of Arkansas, and further^
more, - offers inducements for the Cherokees
in Georgia, to join their brethren in the
West.
creased, oil account of the breach of
negociations, which were declared
concluded, to eighty millions of rubles,
and Russia obtains besides the above
mentioned of Erivan and Nakhilche-
van, the Mount Cerarat, with its rich
salt mines.”
We are correctly informed that Bear’s
Paw, a notice of whose trial we gave in one
of our late numbers, has been acquited.
treat us like men and Christians, and
not like dogs. We tell you now, we
want to make our children men and
women, and to raise them high as yours
in privileges. We will have induce
ments then to do so—now, we have
not. Brother, understand nothing is
done, unless the country we go to look
at suits, and not then, unless all we
require is agreed to on your part.
Brother: We shake hands with you,
and our hearts go with you.
Tisho Mingo, his x mark.
Wm. M’Gilvery, his x mark.
Levi Colbert, his x mark.
Committee of the Nation.
Stimoluct, his x mark.
Pus-ta-la-tubbee, his x mark.
Ma-taash-to, his x mark.
Witness, Pitman Colbert, Sec'y.
To Col. Tii. L. M’Kenney.
Congress has ere this risen, and after va
rious motions and. amendments offered in
both houses, relating to the Indians, it ap
pears nothing more has been done, than to
appropriate money for the purpose of hold
ing treaties with some of the tribes. Our
readers know that the Cherokees are in r
eluded. We may then expect to see Com
missioners sent by pur father the President
of the United States. What their propo
sitions will be appear evident to us, and
the answer to these propositions cannot be
mistaken by those who have properly learnt
the feelings of our people on the subject of
emigration. We calculate on a unanimous
refusal ofthe Cherokees to accede to the
proposals of 1 he United States Commission
ers. We care not, for ourselves, how often
applications of removal are made to us, if
at the same time we are left at liberty to
choose for ourselves and to decide according
to our best judgment. But it is very com
mon that whenever Indians refuse to ac
cept of the propositions of Commissioners
they are denounced as obstinate, and as ol-
feringcontempt to their great Father.—
We hope our Chiefs, in their next negotia
tions, will be permitted to act according to
the dictates of their consciences, and to
make such a decision as the good of the
Cherokees may require.
Another Steam-Boat burnt. -Wc have
to perform the painful task of record
ing another, in addition to the list of
Steam Boats destroyed on our rivers.
The Florida was totally destroyed by
fire early on Monday morning last,
whilst lying at Rutherford's Lauding,
near Portland, on the Alabama, to
gether with her cargo, consisting of
between six and seven hundred bales
of,cotton, destined for Mobile.—In
less than two minutes from the time
the alarm of fire was given, every
person had left the boat except a ne
gro woman, who could not be persua
ded to jump overboard, remained and
perished. In five minutes she pre
sented a solid body of fire from stem
to stern. The boat was worth $25,-
000, and three-fourths Owned by her
enterprising and industrious command
er, Capt. John Duncan; the other
fourth by Mr. Crochefon—-and we are
sorry to hear not a dollar insured.—
Besides the cargo, valued at $25,000,
about $13,000 in Bank notes were
burnt, $10,000 of which we under
stand, was money received at the Ca-
liawba Land Office, and destined for
deposit in the Branch Bank on account
of the United States, and upwards of
$1000 belonging to the boat.—Mobile
Register.
about five miles from the city of Cra-J
cow, in a small town named Wielicza,
which is entirely undermined, the cav|
ities reaching to a considerable extei
beyond its limits. The length of the
great mine is 6,000 its breadth 2000]
its great depth 800; but the veins
salt are not limited to this extent, tlu
depth and length of them being yet unj
known. In descending to the bottom
the visitors are surprised to find a sub
terraneous commonwealth, of man]
families, who have their peculiar law
and polity. Here are likewise pub
lic roads and carriages, horses beinj
employed. These horses, when onci
arrived at the place of their destina
tion, never more sec the light of tliel
sun. - Many ofthe people seem buriedl
alive in this strange abyss, having been
born there, and never stirring out.—
Cithers are not denied opportunities!
of breathing the fresh air in the fiehl*,"
and enjoying the surrounding pros-'
pects. In several parts of the minei
huge columns are left standing, to sup
port the rock; and these are fancifulijl
ornatnertted. But the most curious
object is a statue, which is consider
ed, by these immured inhabitants, as|
the actual transmutation of Lot’s wife
into a pillar of salt. The windings of!
this mine are so numerous and intri
cate, that the wprliraen have fre-i
quently lost their way; and several,
whose lights have beeaextinguished,!
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The following is a letter from the Choc
taw Chiefs, to Col. Thos. L. M’Kenney.
Choctaw Agency,
October 17, 1827.
Beloved Brother: We rejoice
to have taken you by the hand, and
that the Great Spirit above has given
you health and strength to perform a
long and tedious road. Our hearts are
proud: wc have attentively listened to
your talk, and, after much thinking
and consultation, vve are sorry we
cannot agree to your proposition of
yesterday. It was the talk of a friend.
We are thankful for your advice, but
more than sorry that we have been u-
nanimous in declining to accept it.—It
always gives us paiu to disagree to a
friend’s talk. We are poor and blind
people, and need much advice and
indulgence. You gave us much good
advice. If you had the power to do
every thing, and it had not to go into
other hands, it might be different.—
We have confidence in you. We
hope to part friends, as we met
friends; and, although we do not a-
gree to your proposition for an ex
change of country, we would have no
objection, if our Great Father would
permit, although not with any view
to exchange our country, to let six of
our people go with our older brothers,
the Chickasaws, and return home by
the way of the Arkansas. We make
this proposal because you suggested it
in council.
We now wish you a plain straight
path home, and that health and happi
ness may attend you.
Your friends and brothers,
David Folsom,
Tapena Homme, his x mark,
Greenwood Leflore, &c. &c.
FOREIGN.
Since our last, London papers have
been received here to April 16th, Liv
erpool to the 17th, and Havre to the
15th.—New Y. Ob.
Failure of the Greek F,xpedition to
Scio.—Constantinople dates to the
19th of March state, that the squad
ron under the command of Tahir Pa
cha, with 150 troops, arrived on the
11th of March in the channel of Scio,
where it surprised three Greek ves
sels, two of which were taken, and
the third sunk. On the 12th, acting,
in concert with the troops, brought to
Chesme by the Pacha of Smyrna, it
effected a landing on the island, deliv
ered the garrison of the castle, and
forced the Greeks, with Fabvier, to
flight. The Greeks are said to be in
a state of anarchy for want of pay
The island was evacuated without
much bloodshed.
Another version of the story is giv
en under date of Leghorn, March 15,
in a letter from Col. Fabvier to Count
Capo d’latria, which states that a ter
rible storm had obliged the Greek
ships to leave their stations off Scio,
INDIANS IN NEW-YORK.
Extract from a lettter of Mr. Harris to the
Corresponding Secretary.
The letter, from which these extracts are
made, is dated “ Seneca, February 6,
1828.” <
Cataraugus.-The Lords Supper was
administered to the little church at
Cattaraugus, on the 1st. Sab. in Jan.
when seven adults were admitted to
full communion. One other would have
been received, had she not been pre
vented from attending by sickness.—
It is the mother of the little blind boy,
of whom mention was made in a for
mer communication, (vol. xxiii. p.
385.) That boy has since gone into
eternity. A little before his death,
he called his father and all his friends
around his bed, and told them he
should soon leave them. “But,” said
he, “weep not for me; I go to my
heavenly Father’s house, nty Saviour’s
arras;—there I hope to see you. But
of one thing 1 am certain, that if you
do not continue to repent of sin and
follow the commands of the Lord Je
sus Christ, this separation, which will
soon take place, will be forever.”
The church at that station consists
in all of twenty-one, members. Mr.
Thayer has opened his school with
considerable embarrassment, owing to
the inadequacy of the promised sup
plies from the Indians. The parents
of some have been compelled to with
draw their childreff, as they are una
ble to support them. The school con
tains at present twenty scholars.
Seneca.—There is one circumstance
of recent occurrence at this station,
miners, to whom it gives employment,!
is computed at between four and,flip
hundred; but the whole amount of the
men employed in it, is about 700. A-
bout 600,000 quintals of salt are dug
annually in the mines of Cracow.
Clarke,
Striking instance of Integrity.—A'
bout six years ago a merchant became
bankrupt. A statement of his affairs
being laid before his creditors, shew
ed that the effects would yield 12s.
in the pound, which was ultimately
realized, and paid to all concerned.—
In 1823, the gentleman left Leith for
Van Deimen’s Land, where he wa?
more successful than he had been in
this country. A gentleman in this
place lately received a letter from
him inclosing bills sufficient to pay the
old deficit of 8s. in the pound, with in-j
terest from the time of his failure, be
sides an additional sum of 301. to pay
any contingent expenses that may have
arisen. What makes this the mQre.
praiseworthy is the fact that he re
ceived a full and free discharge be-®
fore leaving this country. It is inf |(|
contemplation to present him with a |
piece of silver plate, to show that, if' f
the debtor has been honest, the ere- ;
ditors have been grateful.—Scotsman. ,)
and that the Turks took advantage of I j g no j_ a little gratifying to us,
this opportunity to throw 1,500 men and the f r j ends 0 f t h e mission here,
into fort, who, in conjunction with the and ^ we doubt not, will be equally so
garrison, had made a sally, taken the The chiefs and peop i e have re .
batteries defended by the Sciotes, and so i ved on building a small but com-
spiked the guns. Order was. howev- | mo di OU s and neat chapel for the wor
The Legislature of Mexico have,
at the recommendation of the govern
ment, granted a pension of $180 per
month to the widow of Lieut. David
H. Porter, and in case of her death,
to his children, which sura is equiva
lent to the whole of his pay and emol
uments. A motion was afterwards
made to grant all the pay and emolu
ments of the other seamen who fell in
the same action, to their widows,
children and mothers, which motion
was referred to a committee.
er, soon restored by Col. Fabvier,
who came up with the regular troops
and drove the Turks, back into the
fort, with the'loss of many-killed and
wounded. When the storm abated,
the Greek ships resumed their sta
tions off the harbor. Miaulis has driv
en back the Turkish squadron from
Mytelene to the Dardanelles. On his
way back to Scio, he captured a mer
chantman with provisions and ammu
nition for the Turks.
It is said that Tripolizza has been
burnt by the Egyptian troops.
Russia and Turkey.—Though the
Russians were not yet known to have
crossed the Pruth, there appeared to
be every prospect that this step would
soon be taken.
Russia and Persia.—A treaty of
peace between Russia and Persia, was
signed on thfe 22d of February. On
the arrival of this intelligence at St.
Petersbtirgh, a salute of 121 guns was
fired, and a solemn Te Deum was
performed. The Prussian State Gaz
ette of April 8, after giving, under
the head of St. Petersburg!), 29th
March, the Supplement and the re
ceipt ofthe Emperor adds—“As far
as the stipulations of the defensive trea
ty of peace are yet known, the indem
nity’to bb paid- by "the Schah is in
ship of Jehovah, which will cost them,
when finished, 1,700 dollars. This is
done altogether by subscription among
themselves. The»contract has been al
ready made with the mechanics, who
engagq to finish it by the first Sep
tember next. The house is to be 41
feet by 51, one story high, with an
arched ceiling, a vestibule, a small
tower, cupolah, bell, &c. It is also
to be well painted within and without,
and will contain 400 persons. They
pay a thousand dollars in cash, and the
rest in lumber from one of the mills.
We devontly thank the God of mis
sions, that this people are disposed to
contribute thus willingly to the erec
tion of a house of worship, although of
humble structure, to which, we sin
cerely hope, they and their children,
to the last of their race, will be dis
posed to repair, as did Israel of old
“to the place which the Lord chose
to set his name there.” The chapel
is to be situated within a few rods of
the mission house.
The school, contains- near sixty
scholars—all apparently happy and
contented.—Mis. Her.
SALT MINES OF ClfACOW IN BO
LAND.
These celebrated excavations are
We have heard of many instances fw
wherein fright, it is said, has producedi
very strange effects upon the human
system. The following account we
give upon the authority of a highly re
spectable medical gentleman resident x j
in London. At the time of a funeral ;
of his late Royal Highness, the Duke
of York, a gentleman well known for
his antiquarian researches, whose
name we withhold, descended into the
Royal cemetery at Windsor, after the
interment had taken place, and busily
engaged himself in copying inscrip
tions from various coffins. While thus
engaged, and absorbed in thought, he
heard the door of the cemetery close
with an appalling sound, the taper fell
from his hand, and he remained petri
fied by the knowledge of his awful
situation, entombed with the dead.r—
He had not power to pick up the taper,
which was soon extinguished by the
noisom damp, and he imagined that
the cemetery would not be re-opened
until another royal interment should
take place; and thus he must soon,
from the effects of famine, be nuni-
bered with the dead.—He swboned,
and remained insensible for sorhe time.
At length recovering himself, he rose
upon his knees, placed his hands upon
a mouldering coffin, and* to use his
own words, “felt strength to pray”’
A recollection thert darted across his
mind, that he had heard the workmen
say that about noon they should revis
it the cemetery, and take away some
plumes &c. which they left there.—
This somewhat calmed his spirits,—
Soon after twelve o’clock he heard
the doors turn upon their grating
hinges, he called FoV- assistance, and
was soon conveyed tfo the regions of
day. His clothes were damp, and a
horrible dew hung Oil his hair, which
in the course of a few Jiours turned
from black to grey, and soon after to
white. The pain which he felt in the
scapula during the period of his incar
ceration, he described to oUr inform-'
iant to he dreadful. This is, perhapi