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mm. CHEROKEE IcT^FO^. PH<EJtfIX. VOL. I. NEW ECIIOTA, WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 24, 1828. NO. 30. EDITED BY ELIAS B0UDIN0TT. PRINTED WEEKLY JiY ISAAC II. HARRIS, FOR THE CHEROKEE NATION, At $2 50 if paid in advance, $3 in six months, or #3 50 if paid at the end of the year. To subscribers who can read only the Cherokee language the price will be $2,00 in advance, or $2,50 to be paid within the year. Every subscription will be considered as continued unless subscribers give notice to the contrary before the commencement of a new year. . 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. ECPAll letters addressed to the Editor, post paid, will receive due attention. o w y s <r j) u o- a a d h-s ; jr.CvG VOAVXde.I TAJJT’ V-V* JhtfBAa K4,aa. BOi/lE UhCJIiAoSy KTyi D45P CPO.in.l Iv4«Ll, TGTZ TEiSSO-f * * * * 5 D0'.%<*) TGTZ Y>V»P ToSO-A TB D0.T^) S)Kc®.I, KT O>0JBJ: Iv4oC.t. D*.J*o5EZ TH y W oy/iT D.pp o>e.iiM Qivyz O'G.R AhC5InI*y, VST'-V* l)?^t OJeJBa I*4cXJr Y’S.lBf’, Tcrz tf.juo-j” DO' KTAZ D^P yIV <&Ii O'ScIB^" ILIR D0Ji^>(>BIv(A;A. AGENTS FOR THE CHEROKEE PHOENIX. The following persons are authorized to receive subscriptions and payments for the Cherokee Phoenix. Henry Htll, Esq, Treosurer of the A. B. C. F. M. Boston, Mass. GnoRcn M. Tract, Agent ofthe A. B. C. F. M. New York. Rev. A. D. Eddy, Canandaigua, N. Y. Thomas Hastings, Utica, N. Y. Pollard & Convers*:, Richmond, Va. Rev. James Campbell, Beaufort, S. C. William Moultrie Reid, Charleston, S. C. Co1.*George Smim, Statesville, W. T. William M. Co.mmI, Nashville 'Pen. Rev. Bennet Roberts—Powal Mo. Mr. Thos. R. Gold, (an itinerant Gen tleman.) Jeremiah Austil, Mobile Ala. and that it will be a difficult task foi you to restrain them. Consider well upon this point, and if you should find it impossible, to prevent your young warriors from joining one side or the other, will it not be lor your interest and the happiness of your whole Na tion, that your young men should join our warriors as we mean in future to be one people? If a number of your young warriors join our array they shall be well fed, and shall be well rewarded with mo ney or presents'as shall "be agreed up on. You are to understand dearly that this proposal is made for your • onsidc- • ration and free decision—that if you approve ypu will accept it—that if you do not approve, you will decline it. The proposal is unde to you from a belief that you cannot keep your young men from joining one side or the other. If they join the bad Indians, tli -y then make themselves our enemus and much misery will be the conse quence. If they join our army, the friendship between the United States and the Cherokees will be i emented as firm and as durable as the mourn tains and we shall alw ays be one peo ple. Take this matter into vour conside ration until to-morrow and then let me know vour mind thereon. The sooner w<? finish our business the better, as I have heard the ice has broken up a*t New York, and you may if you please go to that place and embark for your ow n country. February 9. 1702. Bloody fellow to the Sec r etary of B ar. Brother—ft is now three days since s we received your talk. You desired us to consider well upon the matter, which we have done and are now going to reply to you. We were sent as Ambassadors from . our country, in order to adjust every* ] thing between the United States and , the (Jheroktees and we now see plain- ! ly that we have accomplished all we j could desire, and we now ,an return I home with confidence anil assure our [concluded.] WASHINGTON \ND THE CHERO KEES. Communications between the Secretary ' of War aud the aforesaid Cherokee Chiefs. Brothers of the Cherokee Chiefs, at tend!—You have heard from the mouth of General Washington, the great chief of the United States; the kindness which is intended for you and all the red people, and how it is proposed that in future our interests should be the same. But, Brothers, in order to perfect this good work, the wise people on both sides must endeavor to prevent the young men from committing any rash actions. The great Chief General Washing ton lias informed you how the bad In dians north of the Ohio have been murdering the men, women and chil dren of the people of Kentucky; that those bad Indians not only refused to accept the peace offered by General \ Washington, but they renewed their murders with greater violence than • ever. ' r That they have beaten some troops which were sent to protect the frontier people, and that the United States are determined to punish with great se verity, those bad Indians, unless they will be quipt. Now, Brothers, it is very probable, the bad Indians will send messages to the Cherokees and by lies endeavor to obtain your assistance. , General Washington who always speaks the words of truth has told you. that we do not want the land of these bad Indians, and therefore whatever they say upon that head do not believe them, and above all prevent your rash young men from joining them. We know however that the glory of a young man is to be engaged in a war, people that full justice shall be ad ministered to them. We have had the happiness of see ing our father General Washington, and of hscaring' his talk from his Own mouth, and will now assure ourselves under his protection of being a flourish ing Nation evermore. We are persuaded that all lie has said to us is truth, and as we are am bassadors for our Nation we arc desi rous of explaining it to all our people, so that they may lay hold of it as we do. We received the talk of General Washington and also yours three days ago, and we hold <hem fast to our hearts. But as ambassadors, we can not answer for cut” Nation, until we first consult them—this we shall do immediately upon our arrival home and let you know. We therefore here act not only as representatives of our own Nation, hut of the Creeks, the Chiekasavvs and Cho taws. We wish also to consult them upon the war ufith the Northern Indians, and all of us join, arm in arm, as one people, with the whiles, to crush (he Northern Indians, who we consider as acting wrong and that they are unjustly waging war {igainst the United States. Were we at home, we should speak more plainly upon this subject. But. although our hearts are good and (rue to the United States, we wish not to pledge ourselves farther than our au thority—although vve shall use our en deavors to comply fully with your re quest. Mr. Shaw, who you arc-going to send with us, whom we eall the Long Sword, shall be present at our delibe rations on this point, and as soon as wc come to any conclusion thereon, be shall write to you through Governor Blount. All this comes from our Hearts, free of all deception. Kingfisher—You are the man ap pointed to do our business by our great father the President of live United States—we have received both you talks, which give us the greatest sat isfaction. We are perfectly happy in finding the business, aboit which we were sent, to well accomplished.— We would only therefore suggest the propriety of running the Boundary line as speedily as possible, in order that those persons who have intruded on the Cherokee lands may be compelled to remove soon. We cannot help mentioning one person that has given us a great deal of trouble—his name is Davidson—he is a magistrate^ and lives on the banks of the Svvannovv river. We must farther add, that we re quest a letter may be written by the Secretary of War for the perusal of the whole nation containing a positive promise that all persons intruding on our lands shall he turned off, in older that their minds may be fully satisfied. Personally appeared before me Jbhn Ban lay. Mayor of the City of Phila delphia, James Carey, Interpreter!to the Cherokee Nation of Indians who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that lie is well acquainted with £n- glish and Cherokee languages, and that the interpretations which he the de ponent has given at the respective conferences held between the Presi- dent»of the United States, the Secreta ry for the department of War, and the Cherokee Indian Chiefs now in this City, were true and faithful transla tions from the English into the Chero kee, and fiM»m the Cherokee into the English languages to the best of bis knowledge and abilities, and further this deponent swears, that as he has* been appointed the Interpreter of the United States to the Cherokee Indi ans, that he ever will to the best of, bis abilities translate every thing which he may hereafter be required to trans late between the said parties, and that he will exert himself upon all oc casions to promote and Keep up a friendly understanding and harmony between the said parties and further this deponent saith not. (Signed) JAMES CAREY. Sworn before me the 16th Februa ry, 1702. (Signed) JOHN BARCLAY, Mayor. Personally appeared before me John Barclay, Mayor of the City of Phila delphia, George Miller or Suvvegey, one of the Cherokee Indians, who be ing duly ijwoiii deposeth,and saith that he is well acquainted with the English and Cherokee languages, and that he the deponent was present at the seve ral conferences between the President ot the United States, the Secretary for the department of War and the Cherokee Indian Chiefs now in this City, at which conferences James Car rey served as Interpreter and that the several translations made by said James Carey at the respective confer ences from the English into the Cher okee, and from the Cherokee into the English languages were made by him the said James Carey faithfully and agreeably to the spirit and significa tions of the respective languages to the best of the knowledge and under standing of him, the deponent and fur ther saith not. (Signed) JOHN BARCLAY, Mayor. City of Philadelphia, ss. I Leonard Shaw do solemnly swear, that I will support the Constitution of the United States, and that I will well and truly serve the United States in the office of Deputy Agent tx> the Cherokee Indians and that I will not be concerned either directly or indi rectly in the Indian trade. (Signed) LEONARD D. SHAW. Sworn before me the 16 February, 1792. J (Signed) JOHN BARCLAY, Mayor. The foregoing are all genuine copies, excepting the speech of the President of tlie United States, which is the ori ginal and sighed with his own hand. H. KNOX, Sec'y of Whir. From the Bachelors’ Journal. THE STRANGE COMBAT It was during the last war of this country with Great Britain, that cir cumstances led me to be a passenger on loard of one of our large merchant- mea, in which I had embarded with whit little property I possessed. Our seas were at that time covered with small privateers, belonging to both belligerents, who did more mischief to the commerce of both nations than the several public armed vessels of ei ther. Wc had been sailing for two days with a good breeze, though now and then a lull, and then vve sagged heavi ly along through a fog, almost as dense as the waters which bore us. We were not far from our port, and the captain was willing to crowd sail night and day, as the risk of capture was superior to that of shipwreck, or dis aster from a crippling of our spars Our ship was of about 400 tons, hea vily laden, and not a swift sailer.— Her captain was a man of shrewd judgment, of inflexibility of purpose, rather given to taciturnity. He was of a slight figure, gentlemanly to his e- quals, decided and prompt to those under him in his orders, and in execu tion of their fulfilment. Ilis keen dark eyes and naval officer gait, showed a kind of courage, which one would caH daring, if they had watch ed his countenance on particular oc casions. After skimming through the mist for two days, (of which I have spoken) I happened to be oil deck with our cap tain. I was in conversation with him, as to the probability cf reaching our port free from the enemy’s cruisers. He replied with his usual brevity ‘‘the fog and carrying sail, alone will save us; I am a made man if we escape; if not I am ruined.” lie said this in the same tone of voice that would give a common order—he looked up and said, sternly, there is a fog eater. At this moment the sun seemed to flash upon our deck, and the fog rose from the sea like the hoisting of a curtain at the Theatre—a smart breeze took us back, and before an order was given, we saw directly before, under our lee, a little black looking, sharp built schooner, whose decks were loaded with men,/‘I know her,” ejaculated our captain; the next .thing there came a ball dancing across our bows, in imitation of a, distracted porpoise. Our captain took the helm from a sail or, and gave orders to lay to.—Anoth er shot came within a few feel of the captain’s head, and passed through the mainsail, which he seemed to re gard as little as he would the flap ping of the wings of a sea-gull. But his countenance grew dark and terri ic—he had not a gun on board. Th privateer braced sharp on the wind and at the second tack came within musket shot; a boat came, and we were ordered under the pigmy’s lee, in the style of an admiral in ilie Brit ish Navy. In the mean time the wind had freshened, and the captain had privately given orders to have every sail in readiness for inslant setting. The boat left us, and we bore down apparently fulfiling the command which had been given us. To secure and pack my papers was but the work of a moment, for an anticipation of the event of capture had placed me on my guard in this particular.— Wjjen I returned on deck vve were al most within hail of the stranger, un der a flowing sail; which in order to bring us to a proper lull' under the lee of the privateer, would seeming ly require to be taken in. The cap tain was still at the helm, and he was intent, apparently, upon coming as near the stern of the opposite vessel as was possible. At this moment he gave the word “square away,” which bro’t our bows on the centre of the vessel of the enemy; “luff” said its captain: at the same moment* the flash of a gun and its ball were both seen and heard from the port holes of our airtsra gonist—it raked us “fore and alt,” - cutting every thing before it, another moment and the bow of our heavy ves sel struck the quarter of our priva teer with a tremendous crash—anoth er moment and she passed over her, and nothing was to be seen of our capturer but a few floating barrels, some spars, and human beings who had escaped for a few moments the yawning deep. Never shall I forget the horrible cry which came from the vessel as our own was passing over it: it was allied to nothing human; it was of such shrill distress, that a maniac’s imagination alone could grasp its dreadfulness. In a few days vve reached our port; and even to the present hour I cannot forget the going down of the privateer, over which our vessel boomed as if but a floating stick of timber was in its path. VARIOUS KINDS OF INTEMP ERANCE. Doctor D. M. Reese, a respecta ble physician of New York, in a work recently published, considers intem perance as prolific mother of human miseries, and is of opinion that if man kind were universally temperate in ail respects, cassualty and old age would be the chief passports to the grave.— He notices several species of Intem perance: Intemperate Drinking, In temperate Eating, Imtemperate Slee ping, Intemperance in Clothing, In temperate Labor, depraved Appetites, &c.—/lamp. Gaz. Intemperance in Clothing.—Dr. R. points out the ill effects on health of tight lacing, and remarks that almost every professional man has witnessed the fatal results of this abomination. He dissected the bodies of two young females, who had died of disease caused by tight lacing, and found “the adhesion of parts and the derangement of structure truly frightful.” He adds, “the ingenuity of the ladies, per haps, could not be exerted than in con triving some method of preventing such havoc as is annually occasioned among them from tight lacing and thin dressing.” Eating Opium and Snuff.—Dr. R. states, as a fact well known to the faculty, that hundreds of females in our large cities are in the daily use of taking opium. /‘This is neither more nor less than a fashionable way of get ting drunk, and ought to be frowned upon by every husband and father.” Dr. R. says he has known two in stances of death from eating snuff] “a habit which is perhaps increasing a- mong the ladies.of our country with a rapidity only equalled by the ravages of ardent spirits, and which is no less ruinous to health and destructive lo life.” “This practice has its origin in using the Scotch snuff as a tooth powder, a fondness is soon acquired for it, and hundreds among us, especially among our females, get drunk upon it every day of their lives.” The ef fects are paleness of countenance, tor por of body, stupor of mind, disease of a stomach, lungs, &c. Drinking malt liquor to excess.— In Great Britain diseases are increased in number and fatality by Ihe large quantity of malt liquors drank in their community. Sudden deaths are fre quent among those who drink habitu ally and excessively of those liquors. Cold Water.—Dr. R. says “fhat death seldom occurs from drinking water, except in constitutions previ ously impaired by some of the other species of intemperance.” Drinking Ardent Spirits.—This is the worst kind of intemperance, and in criminalty, the magnitudes of its e- vils, outweighs all the rest. Dr. R. proposes the following expedients for removing these evils: “Would it not he productive of sal utary effocts, if in collecting the in terments, when it could he disfuicjly ascertained that this vice had pro duced death; that in publishing the re* port, whether weekly, monthly,