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K i > -5 ; ii *il a
c * *i • •< | . ii iwdiilely suuui
® • ‘'I paid a- a J.ierokee laud under
t a treaty ot 1S1 I, ami lliat the Geo.
G r.v.i iirtidiit would aul have him to
cU; ii it because ha had taken it upon
Creek lands.
ELISHA WINN.
Georgia, Gvvt n\t.tt County.
it vVniiauis being sworn, saitb
CHERaKEE PBiOEiVIX AXD I\ T DIALS’ ADVOCATE.
buzzard Roost, (ho point from whence! whu h was uoitny hue west, would oe
iiio temporary lino between the two [ continued
iriots now starts. And lurllmr
de 11 one at sailli, (hat one John Woodall
was permitted by the Clierokees
j twoj continued on me west side of the mg t h at' t he eread So hj l w ill 1 1^- r* V ’ ,I ' WU1 is, e ^eoigia.iromiei; hiit
r (his Chattalioociiy, as tlie dividin'' lino i ny them and bless them in t) #»• m l ja * have learned, verbally, that one inui-
ootlali between the two Nations. 1 am in- lion^e Is fa Vs I i l ? " 0W ! aM ‘ va f WH«I, and mmUm*
! es 10 formed t^at jtpgers yet lives near the lire reliance tinon their ' V0U,ltJc!(l - . A gentleman passed this a
erect a null fee. on the west side ol bawnnnh old town; if he was inlei ro- above u, .• • 1 § reat 1 ather i few days since, v 1 ‘ ,-
the Chattahoociiy, immediately below i gated his answer might throw some the peoplein thuThiir Tv “ff" of j , Geo »S'a, came di
(ne 1 each 1 ree, and that Roily ole In- Irght on the subject. t rinl TK - r. i . i* . ^ 0 IRI 7 m S *’®niains ol sc
tosii ai mo head ol a party of Creek | 11. LUCKEE. the ilmvop^nd ri!!.;! f* 1 ’ * nt< f rest il ‘! ,,le,Us ,lia <- had b
I,
th r »r so notimo prior to the treaty
o l >17, vitii the Chorokecs, he was
1* V1 ig at the ling Mountain (now) in
the County aforesaid—and that lie
has understood from those who had
become citizens ol’the Cherokee Na
tion oy in rrhgc, that the dividing
Indi ans as this deponent understood,
came up r.au destroyed said Woodall s
crop and null, and this deponent has
often aeon the ruins of the same.
J. M. C. MON i'GOMERY.
Ilis Ex- Jolm Forsyth.
[To be continued]
J* roin flic Christian Advocate & Journal.
IMFOJtTAN T FROM 1IIE CllOC-
! taw nation.
Laurenckville, 23 Jan. i82U- To the Treasurer of the Missionary Society
Sir.—At the request of Col Wales, J , H * lll<! Methodist Episcopal Church,
in could, uiity vviiii instructions rcceiv-; Choctaw nation, March 20, 1830.
lin<* between the Creek and Cliuro-; cd by him trom your Excellency sortie : J^car brother:—1 led it a duly to
.■sssr ^
directly past the sinok-
several ofthe improve-
thu, , In ehrctlim,, a„,l nevcoouM roll oou.il*, n-ilh . C u«rd ofcohout
!Z°‘T ier Ch>m »l>“ * j «<">»<> oudeoviriSsZ
, the Indians who had been eonecnied;
l that Mr. Ross and Major Ridge did
! not In,cnd }° be taken; that they were
j guarded with about (linty men each
; and were about to stockade round
then houses; that the intrudeish;M
settled in the houses lately abandoned
Christian community,
lour brother,
Alexander Talley.
GEORGIA AND THE CHERO-
KEES.
A mom: the laws tvhirli tlw> T. »«ie.
was living a snort distance below 8a-! .
Wi. nn,ih old town outlie west side of ltr '™!’ nv . er \ 1 he . Cherokee Indians i CRm, \
Gkoucia, Owisvr.TT Coi'vtv. « •«*«•«* ««*> ‘ “t. ‘ i S"V'™' i , sclm S .O' codio* lo Ibo U. would lie a rahjort of
•Qoorgo M. boio^ .won., I ““‘“S »8«'» » l i 1 "' J . L„ rt ' a, ';j & a '«• ‘ h « «» of Georgia, tlio j tivreii (he .vl, ills „„d the l,„ I Ts ^
sain, that Porker C,!i.u. ,vi,o r,i, place on lo do*. I hove »tee I lelt 1 .•>' « 1 <- wr.hoa.iou. of whole or n„ y pari of .aid lerritorj, he .vhitu. daimin. Iliom.insta. ich « m
l)i->rried with a Che-okoe and iv!lo i :i i L visited the nation m Hie neigh- a11 ol us ’ as to the iniluenee ol such . shall be conhncd in the Penitentiary Government lias mid fm- ii,,,,-' i
X*,. UviuH.W. al t^o'botet ““‘.‘'^i^r'tLrr. ‘fr 5 qaicJsi" ZS) Wi » 0l V ™
•“hroced vbrwiaiuiv. Am; Shuuld. H..r.for. ru.,i /„ >ml ,„,„y
bic,_ and arc a strong inducement to
squatters to sette down i'> J l ' ir \
- * -— -- ..... For ii»«. piend that lie did noft
_ , commenced and run as is contended On lh« euuctment ol the late : their lands, he would for th‘° - l - *•« ('Know the will of the Government on
) ‘ Kj :± n — i.— .1.-i law of iWississi .ni ..vi^.idina ;i || her j expression of .h :nc penitentiary, for j the subject, for I furnished him with a
trail, and that it was reported that tin*! ° iUva,la “ Old Town on the Hightow- ,u,vo ,u ,,,u uxivm 01 ner, dia.>'lfJoa-'| not less than four years. Or should | sopy of your order for suspending pro-
object of his reinovil was to »ct oil* cr . From " hat I have seen in the i Omits ,Q i-.t. | v ufrfe, and twelve months | he question the right of 0 chief to bar- ceedings against tile people settled on
fl ill C 1 1 1 — • > - nn I inn I um i... I ■>,... .1 i„ l,„f.' . 1 III nl isollineiil. I nr an v rhiel ni- ennl :«in l HI' away, for a St rimr nf bonds nil 1 lu> I lint t oi-ri( n*> mi.i ■ I n 1 1
the Chartahnoehv river and Mow ,li^ ; residni^ m that neighborhood, do no( | circumstance tending in any degree lo . kee caution his neighbor against re-
Old trail that was s-iid to he the divid- P reteilti to original Into ! f a,<a apprchtnsioiis will no doubt ; cciving the bribes ofthe crafty white
in; li.m between the Creek and Cher-i bcUveca llle l 'vc nations of Indians, gratelully received by our distant, man, designed to cheat them out of
commenced and run as is contended ,llcild s- On (he enactment of tin ,K “ : " 1 - 1 .......
. - I j by Georgia, to wit: beginning at the'! 11 " Nl isbissippi extending al
! t ! Suwanah Old Town on the Hightow- a ' vs * 0 ^ le L-xtcnl ol her char,
.pier. From what I iiavo seen in the i lunils 'Qt'.UvilVe, aiid twelve ini
Creek I and 11110*1 ("herokcoT'ivI ' nalio "’ 1 11,11 induct! ^e'isVature 0; ,m i'» isonment, tor any chief or captain [er »way, for a string of heads, all the
GEORGE M. GRIS 1 ' * ' l/i’Jo g.a extending the evil jurisdic-| l ° execute the iatrs o' the nation, the lanus .belonging to the Cherokee Na
O BDiUi lAs . iv.M»B Cou .NT t .
Jacob H Brooks swears, tlrat
tio.i of I lie state over the nation, has sbonk upon the leelings of the red pio-! lion, he must atone for it by a con-
e | had Cue effect designed by Georgia.! I ,!cwas v,oicnl *. borne fled from their : tinement a. hard laW lor four years.
nation resiieetin-r their boundary, and point one or more special agents to go: . , . , , . .
muon tea,'c in. j, r 1 ’ it... I, winch they were placed, and ihe nc-! upon lie
a vr.vs, unti ISM. understood that into the nation and explain lo the ln-l V . . 1
, . c 1 1 11 i- 1 eessuy ot determining their lulure; nnd treat
the line commenced at Sawanah tdd dtans (which I believe has never yet J ° I
that territory, until a decision was had
on the title; and it was published in
the Cherokee Phoenix several weeks
since.
Col. Hunter, one of the assessors,
on his return from Creek-path, caUHA
at the,office a lew evenings since, ami
handed 111c the enclosed" certificate*
given by a gentleman who had j st
„ . J passed the scene of the action. From
situation in 1 herself a load of infamy that will lie : this certificate, it would seem that the
C IS GROK EE IMICENI X.
NEW ECItOTAt MAYS, lH'.'.O.
and treachery a crime.
town on the Chattahoochy river, and j been done) fully lire intentions and |C(HI ‘ su ' . . . j •■.,.icncan Sipcilalot
ran on (0 a creek called Alabkulseb, i wishes of that Government in relation | lllc 6 1 mst a national conned
(S E. dividing line) thence down said > to tlieir removal a..d pertrtanent set- u ,,s 4J . om ^' Kt . ol !. Iu u SYia count 1 |
creek to the ilizhtower river nearSix tloinent beyond the Mississippi, a ma- o uul11 • 11 . Ie u . s ‘V , u '
os dd town on said river, thence down ! jorily of the Indians would be now j ,,0 ' e . 1 \ 1,s p «"* luc lhu vvt '* h !
said river to the inoutb of Will's creek, willing to leave the Nation and settle ais ' lt | ’ ^ a " ullll,u,us ' ” ,u ® ! CONGRESS,
and this deponent further saiilr, lie has ; in Arkansas ; and by proposing t0 1 , M - e sonV 1 ^ ' ^ *' "‘ U ‘ 101 j The discussion on the great Indian
understood that in the year i82l. nn ! them a treaty u)ion the plan or terms j o,1 fftil, m-pvinusU 10 pnioi-irwr question is progressing in the Senate
ai’r.mgernent was made between the j suggested by your Excellency, to wit: i ’I ^ ® 1 »*--» —> ■ 1 ■ »•-
Chit
tii.nr dividing liije
t 0 C0T1 (IlCilCt? U a I'VIIIL H*tJ Ul tiV'O | .V liny IIIIK UIV.VMO «..v. ..mm* u m ..w ^ . .. j 1 . j # . • 1
lower down o.i the Chattahoochy riv- | intermarried with the liulnuis, ihe 1 ‘ ^ ^ “.arriors' VesEne'tt their i On the lG'hand ITlhMr. Sprague address
er Boost, and j right to chum Ilnur reserve^nn^be- | , -1 the Senate, at length a JnsUhebil. and
! (lore the chief of the nation. hi reply lo Jlr- Forsyth. On lln* 18.li
her so long ns cruelty is odiou3„ i conduct and very dress of the Indians,
unent was made between t he j suggested by your Excel ency , 0 tv. :, thfe busl| ^ oJ lhe ^ ouncili tl * | Mr. McKinley concluded his reply to Mr
of Ihe two t‘ue.3, by nine.. . pio. oling lo. .he rt.nuval 0 uc ' a * chiei oi the eastern district, Col. Ful- j Frclmgliuysen 13th till, wl.on Mr. Forsyll.
'Vlding lute was removed, so ns were disposed to remove, and giantmg, ■ , . . B(Jl ,|hern : als0 commenced in reply to Mr. Freling-
niei.ee „ a point BRy mite .u.bo I. airbr.*U,.„ cl .vhi,,, who h nru *““*•• " ud ^ 1 ^.“ “.T S i b„yso„. Hn„i,l nu, o„„)lud»„„tiHh= ,5,b.
of Will’s ! com-- citizens of the State
no white iit in ' might he imniedinlely effected for the i
last line was i whole of the territory in their posses-
run, and that lie never lias understood i sion within the limits oi Georgia
that the Iasi line was ratified or ro
fr on ihence to Ihe mouth
creek, that there was
i:: company when the
cognized by the Government of the
United Slates —And further this
d-ipi .1 -'ii saitii that one John Woodall,
bv permission of the Clierokees, eul-
tivited a farm and built a mill on the
w»‘st side of the Chattahoochy l iver,
■a short distance below the line com
mencing Ironi the Buzzard Ro'-st, and ,
that Holly Mclntosii at tun head ol a
d s -oyed tlio mill and crop of said
Woodall.
JACOB R. BROOKS.
Georgia, Dekalb County.
W.M. B WAFFORD.
To His Ex. John Forsyth.
In the afloi'iioon ofthe lGlh the 1 Mr. Adams of Mississippi had the lloor.
council w as organized and the chief
delivered an address in w liich he pre-
tVe slatrd in our last, that among ili :
documents contained in the report of the
Secretary of war on the improvement and
eondilion ofthe Indians, which did justice
1 hem,were the jotters of Messrs. C. Kings-
huvyand S. AW orcptter. We-ontiUrd lo
sented liie council with a full viov. ot
| the liiiii. ulues ui which they were in-
NEton County Jan. 2d, 1829 ; voiced, and the necessity ofdetcrmin-
8ir—In compliance with the rc-j iug on their future course. The de-
quest of Mr. 8. A. Wales I transmit to bate continued to a late hour, when
your Excellency all tiiu information I ! the votes were taken, and it was found j ,Tlont!on l!,at Mr> ' Io1h1 f J ' Allen,siM-agem
am i;1 possession of relative to the old j that tin; council determined on the | *" Cliicka«aw--,-has also don* ample
boundary linn between the (Geek and | emigration of ihe nation, if ihe United , i ust l< ‘^ * Extracts of his letter shall he in-
jmkee Indians. In the fall of 1018 ! States would meet their proposition j ‘ ’ " '
ri. , , ... w.as called on by Mr. Wilson Lump-1 villi the liberality iiroposed by the
1 - • - 1- • • kn u. 8. Fomm ssioner, lo a; com-■ triends ot such a course.
pauy him as surveyor in running &.j On he 17th the propositions of the
marking the lilies of liie pureuse rb- ■ nation were prepared and signed, and
ceully obtained fiom the Creek Indians, I on the 18th Mr. David VV. llaily left
(bounded on lhu south by the High-1 the council ground, as express for the
James M. C. Montgomery suit Ii on 1 tower path or trail, and on the north I city of Washington, bearing the propo-
ath 1 hat he was Superintendent ot j by a line running from liie head ol the i sitious‘of the nr
sorted in our nest.
nation.
Artificers in the service ol ilia United. Apalaehic lo Saivauali old town on t he When .the council was opened by
Slates in ihe year 1814, mid stationed | Chattahoochy. The two last named , the chief and 1 In* subject proposed,
a! (be Standing Peach Free 0:1 the points having been disignated as a di-1 during most ol + lime he spoke, and
Chat! ahoochy river, lor the purpose vidi ig line between tlio (.'reeks and j for some time mule other speakers
of tMectiiig public boats to transport , Clierokees so in lho last treaties 1 addressed the council, the voice of
prov.-s’ions down thn Chattahoo by riv-1 made with them. Mr. Lumpkin and j bitter lamentation and weeping was as llic agent, Col. Montgomery, was in
er; that while in service al said place,! myself bad a wish to know what di- heard from some of the females who formed of the
fa : understood from Indians in that vi-! reel ion it was understood by the I11-: were present.
cinitv, who vere chiefly or entirely 1 dians the line dividing the two nations j In t lie conclusion of almost every
Clierokees. that the land on both sides j would run from the 8.twannh old town, j sitting, a native by inn was sung, and
of said river belonged to the Creeks. To obtain this information, we an- 1 the chief offered up a prayer to the
From an article copied from the New
York Advocate and .Journal which the ren
der will find in our paper, we have the ir *
pleasant intelligence ofthe deteinunalion
of the Choctaws to emigrate. We can no!
com ucn<! them for taking such a step, just
at tlirs lirtie—hut we presume they suppose
they ar'- compelled by circumstances.—
What has now become of tlie Choctaw
Chiefs, who have been deterring their peo
ple ffoirt enrolling?
It is Known to our renders that r.s soon
And th s deponent fun her sailh. that
S'omeyears prior to 1811 lie had ob
tained ,1 decree of the Cherokee na
tion against a certain Cawdry, who
w.1s then at the bead of an Indian fam
ily—that he was informed by the
(Cherokee Indians that said Cawdry
tun his properly to I lie Standing Pearli
Tree On enquiring whether the
land there was Creek or Cherokee,
this deponent was informed by seve
ral wno were leading men iu the
Cherokee nation, that it belonged to
the Creeks, and that any claim or ti
tle Ihe Cherokees had to the landd
thort. was by permission of the Creeks
and that it was common for tho two
tribe* (being connected with each oth
er by marriage ) t* occupy each oth
ers land And this denonent further
sailh. fbnt the Standing Petr>*li Tree
Vi from ten to twelve miles below the
ap-j me cmei oiiereu up a prayer
plied to a Mr. John Rogers who had great spirit, the whole congregation
a Cherokee wife, and who lived on j prostrating themselves before ibe
Ihe ChaltuhooHiy River near the ; Lord. These were seasons of deep
mouth of Sawanah creek; havingi and solemn interest, aud constantly re
found him to be a man of some inlelli- minded me of tht days of David and
gence and respectability of character, j other pious kings of Isrcal.
and who had also been for some years From tho union and brotherly affec-
an inhabitant of the Cherokee Nation I tion, together with the deep and sol-
w« thought it most likely lo obtain | omn spirit of devotion which uniformly
correct information from him. In rc- pervaded tlio council, and continues
ply to our enquiries on that subject, to prevail fn its dispersion, I am strong-
lie stated that the lino from the Sa-! Iv inclined to believe that should (lie
wanah old town would run westward- U. States give them a liberal treaty,
ly, but whether he named any parti- , and should’Mississippi suspend the op-
cular point on the Hightower or Coosa eration of her laws, that the work of
River, I do not now recollect, but
gave it ns his opinions from his knowl
edge and understanding of the Country,
that the Irnd which was then run from
the head of the Apulachin to <he Sa-
wrt'inh old (own, lying on the west side
of tile Chattahoochy, the course of were not al the council.. They np-
God in the nation will experience no
essential injury by their removal.—
But either of the above expectations
fading, inay ruin the nation.
On in) retiiriT from the council I
have heard from some natives who
murder of Gliuivoj ee| anil
the difficulties with the intruders, lie de
spatched the sub-agent to 1 Lo frontier, for
liie purpose ol ascertaining facts, and pre
venting further blood shed. This was
right. But the sub-agent had hardly left
the agency when Col. Montegomery, it
so r ms,forwarded a report ofthe transactions
to the Secretary of war—from what he
“hail learned vrrbillij.” In this he did
the Clierokees a piece of great injustice.
Did he not know that mere rumor is not to
be relied upon, at such times and under
such circumstances, much less to he made
,a foundation for i grave official report?
Why did lie not wail until his authorized
agent returned? The want of impartiali
ty in the Colonel is manifest from the
following letter—let the readei compare it
with the report ofthe sob-agent on (lie
subject, which we have already published,
and he will be satisfied.
II. Montgomery to the Secretary of
IVar.
was of the most terrific kind, especial-
: ly to tlio women and children, and that
• tlieir treatment of some females, who
| were at the time in poculiar cii tm*
stances, was bjirbnrous in tlr- ex
treme. But all this docs nol'juN'ify
the whites iu tho murder of a poor In
dian, who knevy no belter than to do
what he was told to do by his stipe- -
riors.
I have the honor to be, &e.
H MONTGOMERY.
Hon. John H Eaton.
&rcrctc;ri! of War, Washington City.
The following is the certificate. It i£
made 110 with iaLc-hocds. f brahan Birdi
well may congratulate himself that “a ter
being duly sworn” was left out, for he
would most certainly have perjured him-*
self. Answers t«> ihe following question j’
from these who will tell the truth would
place 1 Lis certifier and those who have
certified .lo his veracity in a sticking poind).
Did major Ridge command the compa r, ?
Was the company composed of sixty
dians? Were they all armed? Wa : Ma
jor Bidgc dressed in the manner he >< h 0
described? Was David Vann w ih e
company. Did this Indiaji company 1
shout &c? Did they behave barbarous., !
We commend the agent for sending suob
a piece of information lo the war Depart
ment.
Certificate of Jlbralum Rirdwefl.
ilubama, Jackson Countn, February 0
1830.
I, Abrnl1nnB1rdwo.il, of snid Slnte
and county do hereby certify, having
been into tho Slnto of'Geurgia, and <>»
my retarn homo through the Cherokee
nation, and on and within the territory
claimed by Georgin as Creek land;
and on Thursday, the 4th present in
stant, had my attention attracted by
the burning of houses, and by a com
pany of Clierokees, tinder the com
mand of Major Ridge, a Cherokoc
Chief; on inquiry ot Ridge, tliro’ Mr.
David Vaun, another leading charae*
ter of the nation, I tvas informed that
Major Ridge was authorized by John
Ross, principal Chief ofthe Cherokee
nation, to the burning and otherwisd
destroying the houses, &e. occupied,
by the intruders, saying that tliay
were a parcel of scoundrels and
rogues, and that the Government
would not injure them for thus treat
ing them. These acts were commit
ted on Cedar Creek and Beaver Da'm
settlement. The property thus wan
tonly destroyed, was, as I was inform
ed, valued by the asssessors, and paid
for by the Government of the United
States. After leaving Vann's on Ihe
5th. I saw about four miles on the
route homo, a woman on a carl who,
! was inform- d bad had a child < qly
Cherokee Agency, ISlhFeb. 18S0.
Sir: The sub-agent has not yet re-j four days before. Coming on three -§