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Newspaper Page TextCHEI&OKJEE PBMENIX, AN© INDIANS’ ADVOCATE. HUNTED UNDER THE PATRONAGE, AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF TIIE CHEROKEE NATION, AND Dr/.o.» ' ’ : : ” ‘F OK JNMANt' TB. VO^TBINOTT, Editor. XEW ECIIOTA, WEDNESDAY MARCH 4, 1829. VOL. 51. PRINTED WEEKLY BY JNT >. F. WHS31.231, At $2 50 if paid in advance, S3 in six monthor S3 50 if paid at the end of the year. To subscribers who can read only the Cherokee language the price will he $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. Anv person procuring six subscribers, Stud becoming responsible for the payment, ■shall receive a, seventh gratis. Advertisements will-h" inserted ntseven- fv-dve cents per square for the finit inser tion, and thirty-seven a id a half cents for ‘each continuance; longer ones in propor tion. JHJ* *V11 lettersaddrex 1 Mo the Editor, post paid, will iceeive due attention. (!tvy Ji 0 USl JF, C.8.I. reAvr.,a.i r.jjn u v* ihtfBA.i r^4-cS>.t• r.p.iF. .ihuri.Trsy kt.1 d^p o>o.h\i Js4c®.t, T(TZ tEJaC-if DO.I^>jBI v o5.t* TG*Z t»LF Toac-Y TR D0.!*«)J*<®-I, ICT D'tsi vom.i dt.i.v*f.7. tp, yv oej.vsTv.n).!, r-y.it r>,ip O'o.in.i f*4oM. etwyz van .tT»c5ii.i,'Sy, wf«v* Dt-o 0>nnta y>».inT>, Ttrz TEiSJOT’ no" J&etI»odJl. KT.1Z 0,11= Oc?y*Y> 0»SUB* U.IR DOTTicS)!-*-!. toxieation of licentiousness, into nobler emotions. Every object which you view in nature, whether great or small, serves to instruct you. The stars and insects, the fiery meteor and flowing spring, the verdant field and the lofty mountain, all exhibit a Su preme Power, before which you ought to tremble and adore; all preach the doctrine, all inspire the spirit ol devotion and reverence. Regarding;, then, the work of the Lord, let rising o- mjtions of awe and gratitude call forth from your souks such sentiments as these: “Lord, wherever I am, and whatever I dnjoy, may I never forget thee, as the author of nature! May 1 never forget that 1 am thy creature and thy subject! In this magnificent 'amnio of t!».i universe, wh©*'* thou hast placed mo, m .j i ever be thy faithful worshipper, may the rever ence and fear of God he the first sen timent of my heart.”—[Hair. GOD AGENTS FOR THE CIIEUOKEE PHtENIX. The following persons arc authorized to receive subscriptions and payments tor the Cherokee Phoenix. Messrs. Pf.trce &. Williams, No. 20 Market St. Boston, Mass. George M. Tracy, Agent of the A. B. <J. F. M. NVw York. Rev. A. D. Ennr, Canandaigua, N. Y. Thomas Hastings, Utica, N. Y. Poll.aru &. Converse, Richmond, Va. Rev. J ames Campbell, Beaufort, S. C William Moultrie Reid, Charleston, 3. C. Col, George Smith, Statesville, W. T. William M. Combs, Nashville Ten. Rev. Bennet Roberts—PoAval Me. Mr. Thus. R. Gold, (an itinerant Gen tleman.) Jeremiah Austil, Mobile Ala. I'ii rsimumMcnurwi, ■ mumm imb h— w “aEnaiotrs. SEEN IN IIIS WORKS. FROM FENBLON. AH nature shows the infinite skill of its author. I maintain that accident, that is to say, a blind and fortuitous succession of events, could never have produced nil that we sec. It is well to adduce here one of the celebrated comparisons of the ancients. Who would believe that the Iliad of Homer was not composed by (lie effort of a great pool; but that the characters of the alphabet being thrown confusedly together, an acci dental stroke had placed all the let ters precisely in such relative situa tions, as to produce verses so full of harmony and variety,; painting each object with all that was most noble, most graceful, and most touching in its features; in tine, making each per son speak in character, and with such spirit and nature? Let any one rea son with as much subtilfy as he may, he would persuade no man in his sms es that the Iliad had no author but ac cident. Why then should a man, pos sessing his reason, believe with regard to the universe, a work unquestiona bly more wonderful than the Iliad, what his good sense will not allow him p- •. to believe of this poem? Hut let us TIIE GOD OF NATURE. ‘ j take another comparison, which is Lift your views to that immense:^ r0in ^ r<! ? 0I T^ sa2 ' anzu,K •arch of heaven which encompasses you U u c heard in a room behind a cur- above—Behold the sun in all its splen- tain a sweet and harmonious instru- <h>r, rolling over your head by day, and ment, could we believe that accident the moon by night, in mild and serene produced it ? " bo would doubt sori- majesty, surrounded with that host of mi sly whether some skilful hand did' etars which present to the imagination on innumerable multitude of worlds, i Listen to the awful voice of thunder. Listen to the roar of the tempest and the ocean. Survey the wonders that till the earth which you inhabit. Con template a steady and powerful hand, bringing round spring and summer, au tumn and winter, in regular course— decorating this earth with innumera ble inhabitants—pouring forth comfort on all that live—and at the same time overawing the nations with the violence of the elements, when it pleases the Creator to let them forth. After you have viewed yourself, as surrounded with such a scene of wonders—after you have beheld, on every hand, such an interesting display of ma jesty, unit ed with wisdom and goodness, are you not seized with solemn apd se rious awe?—is there not something that whispers within, that to this Cre ator homage and reverence are due, by all the rational beings whom he has made? Admitted to he spectators of his works, placed in the midst of so many great and interesting objects, can you believe that you were brought here for no purpose hut to immerse yourselves in brutal, or, at best, in trifling pleasures, lost to all sense of the wonders you behold; lost to all reverence to that God who gave you being, and who hfts erected this amaz ing fabric, of nature, on which you look onlv with stupid and unmeaning eyes? -—No—let the scene which you behold prompt correspondent feelings. Let hem awaken you from the degrading in- n cw record against us in heaven: sure if we thought thus, we would dismiss them with better report, and not suf fer them to go away empty, or laden with dangerous Intelligence. IIow hap py is it, that every hour should convey up noi only the message, but the fruits of good, and stay with the Ancient of J)ays to speak for us before Iris glori ous throne.” IRTiilAEJS. From the Western Recorder. Mr. Hastings—I present you, in this communication, among other things, the copy of an Indian 's speech —the principal chief of the Sto-'-k- bridr« • nliici. located near Green- Bay, addressed to myself and tvo or three others, who had spent s:\eral months at that place, but were then about to leave it for New-Yori. If you think it would do good, p]«3se to give it a place in the Recorder A brief account, also, of tins set tlement of Indians, perhaps, Mould not he uninteresting. In JS18, a band of about forty in numberoi these Indians, living in Nevv-Stoclbridge, were fitted out to go to White river, in Indiana, for the purpose ofpellling in that place, and thus open lie way for the removal of the remniider of the tribe. Seven or eight lot this number were professedly pidis; and before leaving, they were organized into a church. The chief, filing pi ous, constituted a kind of leader or deacon. As he could read ami speak the English language, he was tuiiiish- ed with some valuable books, pnrtieu-j ( |i e . not touch it? JVere any one to find in a desert island a beautiful statue of marble, he would^say, surely men have been here. I recognise the hand of (he sculptor; 1 admire the delicacy with which he has proportioned the body, making it instinct with beauty, grace, majesty, tenderness, and life. What would this man reply, if any one were to say to him. No, a sculptor did not make this statue. It is made, it is true, in the most exquisite taste, and according to the most perfect rules of symmetry; but it is accident that has produced it. Among all the pieces of marble, one lias happened to take this form of itself. The rains and the wind detached it from the mountain; a violent storm placed it upright upon this pedestal, that was already prepar ed and placed here of itself. It is an Apollo, as perfect ns that of Belvidere; it is a Venus, equal to that of the Mc- dicis; it is a Hercules which resem bles that of Farneso. You may be lieve, it is true, that this figure walks, that it lives, that it thinks, that it is going to speak, but it owes nothing to art, it is only a blind stroke of chance that has formed it so well, and placed it here. Milton has the following remarks upon misspent time:—“Hours have wines and lly up to the Author of time, and carry news of our usage. All our prayers cannot intrhnt one of them ei ther to return or slacken h’s pace. The misspent* ef every minuic is a iar!y Scott’s Family Bible. He was also directed to convene his church and people on the Sabbath, and have religious service. This consisted in singing, prayer, and reading one chap ter in the forenoon, and one in the af ternoon, from Scott’s Bible, with the notes and observations. This I be lieve wn3 their constant practice. But ere they arrived at their place of destination, their lands, which were owned in common with the Delawares and Munsccs, were purchased by the United States commissioners, of the Delawares alone. 'This was to them a sore disappointment. After re maining in an unsettled state three or four years, and making repeated though unsuccessful applications to the general government, for the res toration of their country, or a part of it, they removed to their present place of residence. This they call Satesburgh. It is situated oh Fox river, twenty miles above Green-Bay. Others have since removed from New-Stoekbridgc; making in all in this settlement, between two and three hundred. They have here four or five hundred acres of laud, cleared, fenced, it in a good stale of cultiva tion. Most of them have comforta ble log-houses, raise good crops of corn, potatoes, &e. and are beginning to raise English grain. They have also plenty of cattle, Ac. They have just begun to build framed barns— h ive a saw mill, and are now erect ing a grist-mill. The soil here is fer tile; the climate mild and pleasant, and as healthy as in any part of the United States. Could the Indians be permitted to enjoy this country, un disturbed, and uncorrupted by the whites, they would soon become an industrious, intelligent, virtuous and happy people. The speech I send you, was deliv ered at a religious meeting on Sab bath evening The meeting was un usually solemn and interesting. It was the last I expected to attend be fore leaving them. After speaking some time in his own tongue to his people, in a very affecting and ap propriate manner, be addressed in English those of us who were about to take our departure. While speak- irg of the wretched anil perishing In dians around them, he was so affected, as frequently to pause, to suppress Ls feelings before he could pro ceed. SPEECH. “My Friends—You who arc about to leave us, 1 have a word to say to you. When yoi^corne here we were glad—wo felt rejoiced; and now you are going away, we feel sorry. We think we have been benefited by you. We have been in the wilderness a long time; some of us 10 years; some six years; some less. We were like sheep without a shepherd—scattered in the wilderness, without a leader, or any one to go before us. / “About a hundred years ago, the white men, aud our forefathers in New-England, formed a chain of friend ship; it has been kept good ever sin< c; it has never been broken; has al ways been kept bright. Eighty-three years ago, they formed another kind of friendship; this was spiritual friend ship. The good people from England sent us God’s word—the hihle— that holy hook, when wr lived in Old- Stockhridge,Massachusetts; and whe- we left there, and come to New- Stockbridge, New-Fork, this friend ship continued. They sent us a teach er—a spiritual father, to guide us. and to tell us what to do. lime we enjoyed great many privileges—great many blessings; hut we did not core about them; we made light of them: we despised them. But when we come away here, and God take all these from us—then we begin to think —we think about what we had lost; and then we begin to tty again Some times 1 did not know what we should do. I thought this church would be come extinct. I thought it would I remember when we lived in here in the wilderness. Tell them to pray tiiat the Lord would send us mine teachers. We hope you uiil not for get. us: We shall never forget you; we will pray tty you. And may the Lord bless you.- This is what I have to say. ’ I also send you a copy of a pnmph- let we have just published, relative to the New-York Indians.* An agent is now on his way to Washington, on this business. O that the Patriot, the Philanthropist, and the Christian, would speak out on this subject. II the Lord will, 1 intend to return to Green-Bay, in the spring. J. D. S. *!t appears from this pamphlet, which is in the form of a memorial to the govern* inent of the United States, that tlm In* i .'ans Avhn removed to G ern-Ray from Oneida, are apprehensive of being turned out of possession of a considerable portion ol the lands on width they are located, and which they purchased o‘f the Menominie and \V innebago Indians, by the permission and with the sanction of the genera! gov ernment; a treaty having been recently concluded by Gov. Cass lvitli (lie Mend- minies and Winnebagoes, hv which the United States have obtained the title 1o a great extent of territory, in which a large portion oftlie aboA-e mentioned lands are included, without the consent of the pro* s-'nt possessor, or any recognition oi their previous claim.—Ed. Hee. Neiv-Stoekbridgc, Dr. Backus, presi dent of Hamilton College, come there: lie preached to us: We were brok en—in a poor state. I then thought we should be scattered and die: But he said this church must not become extinct; it must not die; it could not die. lie said it would live. I c ould not beliove it. 1 did not trust God enough. I feel that 1 was wrong— for lie is able to keep us; and nmv I believe he will keep us—for he has heard our prayers. When we had no one to teach us, wc cried unto God, our heavenly Father; we prayed that be would send us one to guide us, to be our spiritual father; and he has answered our prayer. He sent us one last summer, and we were glad to see him; we rejoiced to take him by the hand; and we thanked our heavenly Father for it. He stayed with us some time; and we begin to do bet ter. He then left us. Last spring he come back again- conic to live with us; and a number of others with him. Wc were gald to see you all; we feel you have done us good; we have had many good meetings to gether since you como here; and we hope many of us are trying to »jo bet ter now. But it seems the time has come when some of us must part. “My Friends—I want to say one thing to yoti. If God spare your life, to go through that lo !g ai d danger- mis path, and you get home to your friends again, I want you should tell them how wc live here, and what we are doing. Tell them, many of us poor Indians, here in this wilderness, live like the beasts—live like the brutes. They have no houses—hard ly any clothes—go most naked—some times have nothing to eat—go hun gry a longtime. They are ignorant as the brutes. They have no God— no Christ—no lible—no Sabbath np one to tell them about these tilings Tell your friends, the door is open here —they are white to the han-est. Tel! them wo can look all around us—to the north, and to the south—to tiic east, and to the west—and the fields arc all white to the harvest; but the labourers arc few. Tell them to come and hrln vs; tell them come and teach its. When you get home to your family and friends, we want you should pray for us Tell them t.i pray for us, poor Indium, who live GEORGIA AND TIIE AB0R1GI- NES. [Extract from the memorial of /?» Campbell J Savannah to the Senate of Georgia.] “ The hostile feeling which is enter* tained towards the Indians, is made use ot as another reas n for their re* moval over the Mississippi, it being asserted that they will not he allowed to reside upon their /amis here in peace Upon this permit your memorialist to say that if the Cherokees are to' be removed from their native eouiitry, for fear of hostilities from tLoir pie.«* ent neighbours, who are the inhabit ants ol North Carolina, South Caroli na and Georgia, three oj the old thirteen States, who can pretend to entertain the opinion that they would he mmc secure, or would be allowed to iwo more peaceably, in that Arab com uy spoken of for their residence; aVoun* t y certainly not ; s civilized, as tho Stateshnentioned A. \\ Licit in n few ages mils' los ■ most ol that which she m vv poss sses from her extent & the spare* ness of population? and if the title of the Cherokees to the lands which have never been conquered from them; which they have never reded away; wbirdi they have from time immemo rial occupied; which is fenced in upon ail sides both by laws and trea ies, with those whonow claim it?—ifthr’p • i’b'to these lands he by one of ti e old St tes deemed defective, hr \v aro they to obtain an unquestionable title to any others? Mav not S' me row reading of (he constitution be brought by their new neighbors lo shew that Congress had no power to bargain away the public lands, after the title had been once vested in the Vnhed Stairs? May it not be contended, that though the Indians may relinouish, they cannot take a title, with a.s ranch force as that, because fbry •’nnnof understand English, they s’ odd not lie believed? May not the rmo argument which is now with many conclusive, again he revived on the west of the Mississippi, by t^eir then benevolent neighbors, that they cannot permit them to live peaceably, and that therefore it will be better for ’hem that they should he removed per* b"T>« to the snow-clad Rocky Moun* tains.” Cherokee lands.— \Ve row froni 'be Journal of this place, w’ at pur ports to be a synopsis of i’ ' tesHmo- •IV lately collected in relation to the ancient boundary bclivof.,, tho Creel g and Cherokees. It is designed to prove • bat Georgia, being deceived a.s to 'be exact amount of territory o” nrd by the former. bo R no t received ber jnst measure—In other words; that tlieuor-