About Cherokee phoenix. (New Echota [Ga.]) 1828-1829 | View Entire Issue (July 23, 1828)
VOL. 7, EDITED BY ELIAS BOUDINOTT. PRINTED WEEKLY BY ISAAC H. HARRIS, FOR THE CHEROKEE NATION. 0 At $250 if paid in advance, $8 in six months, or $3850 if paid at the end of the . year. e g ¥ - Tosubscribers who can read only the Cherokee language the price will be $2,00 in advance, or $2,50 to be paid within the year. g ; : ‘Every subscription will be considered as continued unless subscribers give notice to the contrary before the commencement of a new year, i ~ Any person procuring six subscribers, .and becoming responsible for the payment, shall receive a seventh gratis. Advertisements will be inserted at seven ty-five cents per square for the first inser-- tion, and thirty-seven and a half cents for each continuance; longer ones in propor tion. SAN letters addressed to the Editor, post paid, will receive due attention. 7 AGENTS FOR THE CHEROKEE PHENIX. The following persons are authorized to receive subscriptions and payments for the Cherokee Pheenix. Hesry Hivw, Esg. Treasurer of the A. B. C. F. M. Boston, Mass, Guorce M. Tracy, Agent of the A. B. €. F. M. New York. Rev. A. D. Eppv, Canandaigua, N. Y. Tromas Hasrines, Utica, N. Y. Porrarp & Coxverse, Richmond, Va. Rev. James Carprery, Begrqfqyt,hs,,_,gl.” o v~ J¥iLLisy MovLrtrit Rerp, Charleston, | 98 Col. GEorcE SwmitH, Statesville, W, T. Wirriam M. Comss, Nashville 'Ten. Rev. Benver Roeerts—Powal Me. My, Tros. R. Gowp, (anitinerant Gen tleman.) CHEROKEE TREATY. Articles of A Convention, conclud ed at the City of Washington, this sixth day of May, in the year-of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty | eight, between James Barbour, Secre- | tary of War being especielly author- | ized therefor by the President of the United States, and the undersigned, ] Chiefs and Head men of the Cherokee Nation of Indians West of Mississippi, they being duly authorized and em powered by their Nation. < Whereas, it being the anxious de sire of the Government of the United | States to secure to the Cherokee Na tion of Indians, as well those now liv- l ing within the limits of the Territory of Arkansas, as those of their friends ’ and brothers who reside in states | East of the Mississippi, and who may wish to join their brothers of the west, a permanent home, and which shall, under the solemn guarantee of the United States, be, and remain, theirs forever, a home that shall never inall future times, be embarassed by hav ing extended around it the lines, or placed over it the jurisdiction of a Territory or State, nor be pressed up on by the extention, in any way, of a ny of the limits of any existing Terri tory or State; and whereas, the pres ent location of the Cherokees in Ar kansas being unfavorable to their pre sent repose and tending, as the past de monstrates, to their future degradation and misery; and the Cherokees being | anxious to avoid such consequences, | and yet not questioning their right to | their lands in Arkansas as secured to them by treaty, and restingl']a}so upon | the pledge given them by the Presid ent of the United States, and the Sec retary of war of March, 1818, and Sth October 1821, in regard to the outlet | to the west, and as may be seen on re fering to the records of the War De partment, still being anxious to- se care a permanent home, and te free | themselves, and their posterity, {rom an embarrassing connexion with the Territory of ‘Arkansas, and guard themselves from such connexions in future; and whereas, it being import ant, not to the Cherokees only, but al so to the Choctaws, and in regard to the question which may be agitated in future respecting the location of the latter, as well as the former, within the limits of the Territory or State of Arkansas, as the case may be, and their removal therefrom; and to avoid the cost whieh may attend negotiations to rid the Territory or State of Ark ansas whenever it may become a State, of either, or bothof those Tribes, the parties hereto do hereby conclude the following Articles, viz: Art. 1. The Western boundary of Arkansas shall be, and the same is, | hereby defined, viz: A line shall be run, Commencing on Red River, at | the point where the eastern Choctaw line strikes said river, and run due north with said line to the River Ar kansas, thence in a direct line to the South West corner of Missouri. Art. 2. The United States agree to possess the Cherokees, and guaran tie it to them forever, and that guar antie is hereby solemmly pledged, of seven millions of acres of land to be bounded as follows, viz. Commencing at that point on Arkansas river, where the eastern Choctaw boundary line strikes said River, and running thence with the western line of Arkansas, as defined in the foregoing Article, tothe south west corner of Missouri, and thence “with the western boundary line of Missouri, till it crosses the waters of Neasho, generally called Grand River, thence due west to a point from which a due South course will strike the present north west corner of Arkansas Territory, thence | contimuing du South, onand with the present western boundary line of the Territory to the main branch of Ark ansas River, thence down said River toits junction with the Canadian Riv er, and thence up and between the said Rivers Arkansas and Canadian, to a point at which a line running North and South from River to River, will give the aforesaid seven Millions of acres. In addition to the | seven Millions of acres thus provided | for, and bounded, the United States | further guarantie to the Cherokee i Nation a perpetual outlet west, and | a free and unmolested use of all the i Country lying west of the western boundary of the above deseribed lim its, and as far west as the sovereignty of the United States, and their right of soil extend. Art. 3. The United States agree | to have the lines of the above cession -run without delay, say not later than the first of October next, and to re move, immediately after the running of the Eastern line from the Arkansas | River to the South west corner of Missouri, all white persons from the west to the east of said line, and also others should there be any there, who may be unacceptable to the Chero kees, so that no obstacles arising out of the presence of a white population, or a population of any other sort, shall exist to annoy the Cherokees—and al so to keep all such from the west of said line in future. Art. 4. The United States more over agree to appoint suitable per sons, whosgi?ntyvi_t_ shall ‘be in con junction with the Agent, to value all such improvements as the Cherokees may abandon in their removal from their pi'esegfixptnés,tfi. the Distriet of - Country as ceded in the second Arti “cle of this agreement, and to pay for the same immediately after the assess ‘ment is made, and the amount ascer- Aained. Itis farther agreed, that {he property and improvements connected with tllg"'xgenc'y,v shall be sold under the direction of the Agent, ‘a,lfii,the proceeds of the same applied to aid Ao the erection, in the country to which the Cherokees are going, of a grist and saw mill, for thei;, use. The aforesaid property and improvements NEW ECHOTA, Wfifingémr JULY 2, 1828. are thus defined: Commencing at the Arkansas River opposite William Stinnetts, & runing dneflf;rth one mile, thence due East toa point from which a due South line to the Arkansas Riv er would inciude the Chalybeate, or mineral Spring, attached to, or near the present residence of the A gent, and thence up said River (Arkansas) to the place of beginning. Art. 5. It is further agreed, that the United States, in consideration of the inconvenience and trouble attend ing the removal, and on account of the reduced value of a great portion of the lands herein ceded to the Chero kees, as compared with that of those in Arkansas which were made theirs by the Treaty of 1817, and convention of 1819, will pay to the Cherokees, immediately after their removal which shall be within fourteen months of the date of this agreement sthe sum of Ffty Thousand Dollars; ‘also an annui ty, for three years, of Two Thousand Dollars, towards defraying the cost and trouble which may attend upon going after and recovering their stock r which may stray into the Territory in - quest of the pastures from which they may be driven—alsv, Eight Thousand seven hundred and sixty Dollars, for spoilations committed on them (the Cherokees,) which sum will be in full of all demands of the kind up to this date, as well those against the Osages, as those against the Citizens of the United States—this being the amount of the claims for said spoilations, as rendered by-the Cherokees, and which are believed to be correctly and fair ly stated. Also, One Thousand T'wo hundred dollars for the use of Thomas Graves, a Cherokee Chief, for losses sustained in his property, and for per sonal suffering endured by him when confined as prisoner, on a criminal, dred Dollars for the use of George Guess, another Cherokee, for the’ great benefit he has conferred upon “the Cherokee people, in the beneficial - results which they are now experienc (ing from the use of the Alphabet dis ~covered by him, to whum also, in con sideration of his relinquishing a valua ' ble saline, the privilege is hereby giv (en to locate and occupy another sa line on Lee’s Creek. 1t is further a greed by the United States, to pay ’Two Thousand dollars, annually, to i the Cherokees, for ten years, to be lexpended under the direction of the President of the United States in the | education of their children, in their own country in letters and mechanic arts; also, One Thousand Dollars to wards the purchase of a printing press and types, to aid the Cherokees in the progress of education, and to bene fit, and enlighten them as a people, in their own, and our language. It is a greed further, that the expense incur red other than that paid by the Unit ed States in the erection of the build ings and improvements, so far as that may have been paid by the benevo lent society who have been, and yet are, engaged in instructing the Chero kee children; shall be paid to the so ciety, it being the understanding that the amount shall be expended in the erection of other buildings and im provements, for like purpeses in the country herein ceded to the Chero kees. 'The United States relinquish their claim due by the Cherokees' to | the late United States’ Factory, pro vided the same does not exceed three thousand five hundred dollars. - Art. 6. It is moreover agreed, by the United States, whenever (he Che- | rokees may desire it, to give them a set of plain laws, suitable to their con dition—also, when they may wish to | lay off their lands, and own them indi vidually, a surveyor shall be sent to make the surveys at the cost of the United States. X ity Art. 7. The Chiefs and Head men of the Cherokee Nation, aforesaid, for and in consideration of the forego- | ing stipulations and provisions, do hereby agree, in the name and be half of their Nation, to give up, and they do hereby surrender, to the Uni ted States, and agree to leave the same within fourtecn months, as here-_i in before stipulated, all the lands to which they are entitled in Arkansas, and which were secured to them by the Treaty of Bth January 1827, and the convention of the 27th February, 1829. ' , Art. 8. The. Cherokee Nation, West of the Mississippi having by this agreement, freed themselves from the harrassing and ruinous effects consequent upon a location amidst a white population, and secured to themselves and their posterity, under the solemn sanction of the guaran tee of the United States, as contain ed in this agreement, a large ex tent of unembarrassed country; and that their Brothers yet remaining in the States may be induced to join them and enjoy the repose and bles sings of such a state in future, it is further agreed, on the part of the U nited States, that to each Head of a Cherokee family now residing within the Chartered limits of Georgia, or of either of the States, Kast of the Mis sissippi, who may desive to remove West, shall be given, on enrolling himself for emigration, a good Rifle, a Blanket, and Kettle, and five pounds of Tobacco; (and to each member of his family one Blanket,) also a just compensation for the property he may abandon, to be assessed by persons to be appointed by the President of the United States. The cost of the emi gration of all such shall be borne by the United States, and good and suita ble ways opened, and provisions pro cured for their comfort, accommoda tion, and support, by the way, and provisions for twelve months afier their arrival at the Agency; and to cach person, or head of a fami )‘ | o o ety With i ooe “persenas] shall be paid immediately on his ar- | riving at the Agency and reporting 1 himself and his family, or followers, -as emigrants & permanent setlers, in addition to the above, provided ke and they shall have emigrated from within the Chartered limits of the State of Geor gia, the sum of Fifty Dollars, and this sum in proportion to any greater or less number that may accompany him from within the aforesaid Chartered limits of the State of Georgia. Art. 9. Itis understood and agreed by the parties to this Convention, that a tract of land, iwo miles wide and six miles long, shall be, and the same is hereby, reserved for the use and benefit of the United States, for the accommodation of the Military foree which is now, or which may hereafter be, stationed at Fort Gibson, on the Neasho, or Grand River, to commence on said River half a mile below the aforesaid Fort, and to run thence a | due East iwo miles, thence North wardly six miles, to a point which shall be two miles distant from the ‘River aforesaid, thence due West to the said River, and down it to the place of beginning. And the Chero ‘kees agree that the United Siates shall have and possess the right of es tablishing a road through their coun try for the purpose of having a free and unmolested way to and from said Eory.© Y & 4 “Art. 10. Tt is agreed that Captain Rogers, in consideration of his having lost a horse in the service of the Uni ted States, and for services rendered by him to the United States, shall be paid in full for the above, and all oth er claims for losses and services, the sum g’s five hundred dollars. Art. 11. This Treaty to be binding onthe contracting parties, so soon as it is ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. ‘Doue at the place, and on the day il I . % L & and year above written. R ~ ,+JAMES BARBOUR. (L.s.) ~ Cpiers or THE DELEGATION. » %LAEK POXE o ) .~ THOMAS GRAVES, (v.s.) GEORGE GUESS, (L. s.) TOMAS MAW, {r-%5.) NQ., 21. GEORGE MARVIS, (v.s.) JOLIN LOONY, (L. 8) JOHN ROGERS, (L.s.y J. W. FLOWEY, (v. s.) WiTNEssEs, Tros. L. M'Kennky, ; Jamus Rocers, Interpreter. D. Kvrrz, Taomas MURRAY, o D. Brown, Secy. Ch. Del. Picrye Pierya, F. W. Duvar, U. 8. JAgent. | From the Traveller & Monthly Gazetteer.- : THE PUBLIC PRESS. | This mighty instrument has such .| an overpowering influence on the mor | als, the politics, and national charac | ter of this country, that it is devoutiy | wished it may ever be wielded by men iof pure hearts, sterling patriotism, | and extensively cultivated minds—« ‘| minds exalted above sordid interest, personal animositi‘es,&"gdnidz or geos graphical predilections. b Itis a power ofvd&t»;‘eslflits, of good { or ill to the present age and seems, un~ der Providence, to hold the final des tiny of this government. . As a medium of communication the Press constitutes a new era in the an nals of the world; and if it-Were a great discovery to ascertain the eir culation of the vital fluid through the natural body, it has been a vastly | greater effort of human improvement to give as by the press, rapid accelee ration of thought through the moral and body politic of an immense empire. This seems more than human, a Divine impulse, wafting ideas on the wings of the wind; addressing individ uaily the inhabitants of a country dis persed over its extensive regions by their firesides, where are avoided the - o alerhlien acisivg from the political excitement of col lected mobs at the Campus Marfius; from ¢ the stormy wave of {he mul titude,” overwhelming law, justice, and reason. . : It addresses them thus singly, af fording an oppertunity for cool delibe~ ration on the subjects proposed, with the probability of the usual result, a safe conclusion. The diffusion of political knowledge (is but a part of the object of a public Journal. It is pro-motive of a taste for literature and knowledge in gene« ral; is an indispensable medium of in tercouse, whose annual expense com pared to its value, is next to nothing, It is a Herald from all quarters of the glebe: and without the regular peru sal of which, a person in the present advanced state of knowledge. is inca pable of taking part in the most ordin ary subjects of conversation. As the Press, this great National Palladium and blessing, by means of extending information, is liable to a buse; it is well understood, that al most unrestrained as it is in this coun try by legislative statutes it should come under a formidable, rigid cen~ sorship, ¢ THE MORAL SENSE,” and every violation of such asacred canon, receive its merited scorn and detesta tion. Euiraordinary Production.—We have been informed of a production of a sin gle grain of Wheat, so extraordinary as to be incredible, if it were not vouched for by the most respectable witnesses. In the field of John Steele, Esq. of Richmond county, on the low groands of Little River, there grew remote from any other wheat, a bunch of one hundred and ninety-one stalks, from a _single grain of wheat. On these stalks 154 heads, the largest measuring 6 1-2 inches, and the aver age length of the heads 3 1-2 inches; the total length of all the heads was 46 feet or 552 inches. - The bunch of wheat when standing, was upwards of 4 feet high, of the Maryland. white flint kind. Unfortunately it took the rust, so that it did not mature tfxe crains, a common thing in that neigh bourhood this season, on bottom:land ~ Fayetieville Observer. y ᏣᎳᎩ ᏧᎴᎯᏌᏅᎯ ᎯᎠ ᏂᎦᎥᏧᎬᏩᎶᏗ. ᏬᎾᎪᏖᏆᏍᏗ ᎢᎪᎯᏛ ᏌᏉ ᏧᏂᎴᏴᏁᏗ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ. ᏴᏫᏁᎬ ᏗᏂᏬᏂᏘᏍᎩ ᏦᎢᏁ ᎠᏰᏢ ᎤᏮᎫᏴᏘ ᏑᏎᏍᏗ, ᎢᏳᏃ ᎤᎢᎬᏪᏅᏛ ᎠᎾᎫᏱᏍᎨᏍᏗ. ᎢᏳᏃ ᏑᏖᏢ ᎢᏯᏅᎪ ᎢᏴ ᎠᎾᎫᏱᏍᎨᏍᏗ, ᏦᎢ ᎠᎨᎸ ᎤᎾᎫᏴᏗ ᎨᏎᏍᏘ. ᎠᏕᏗᏘᏱᏍᎬᏃ ᎢᏴ ᎩᎳ ᎠᎾᎫᏱᏍᎬᏍᏗ; ᏅᎩᏁᎢ ᎠᏰᏢ ᎤᎾᎫᏴᏗ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ.,. ᏣᎳᎩᏃ ᎤᏩᏒ ᏗᏂᏬᏂᏗᏍᎩ, ᏔᎵᏢᏉ ᎠᏕᎸ ᎤᏬᏮᎫᏴᏘ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᏑᏕᏘᏴᏛ, ᎢᏳᏃ ᎢᎬᏪᏅᏛ ᎠᎾ” ᎫᏱᏍᎨᏍᏗ. ᏦᎢᏁᏃ ᎠᏰᏢ ᎩᎳ ᎣᏂ ᎤᏕᏘᏴᎯ” ᏌᏘᏗᏒ ᎠᎾᎫᏱᏍᏑᏍᏗ.
