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EHEHOK^B HIOEXIX ASPIlfBIASS’ ADVOCATE.
PODTRT.
THE LORD’S PLAYER.
Our Father, thronM above
, In wisdom, power and love,
TRy name forever we adore.
Extend thy empire, Lord,
The empire of thy word,
And send thy truth to every shore.
As round thy heavenly throne
Thy holy will is done,
So let it be on earth bolow.
Tlwtt ^MW l k v ifiw?iyrs?/ e ^i- r
Our daily food on us bestow.
fci Jesus*'name we pray,
■' O, taka those sins away,
Which we in sorrow now deplore;
As we our foes forgive,
So let thy rebels live,
To sing thy grace forever more.
And lest again we stray
} In,sin’s destructive way,
From all temptation keep us free;
Then shall we still rejoice,
Shouting, with heart and Voice,
Dominion, glory, power to thee.
y«.
INDIANS.
DOCUMENTS
Relating to the boundary line bet
Cherokees and Creeks.
[Continued.]
Near Sawany, Old Town, 9lh De
cember, 1S29.
I John Rodgers, aged 55 years,
haved resided in the Cherokee Nation
27 years, twenty five years of the same
I have Jived near this place. Soon af
ter ? came to the Nation I married a
daughter of Thomas Cordry, a Chero
kee fimily that lived then on the
.Hightower, river. The next year af
ter I married, my father-in-law pro
posed for his whole family to remove
and settle on the Cliattahoochy river
near Suwany Old Town, where many
of his family connexions were already
living. When the proposition was
made I inquired to know if there was
no danger of our getting on the Creek
lands?. I was answered by the old
man and by those who knew the coun
try best, that there was no danger,
for that the Creek line ran with a trail
or path that passed near the Stone
Mountain, called the Hightower trail.
We removed and settled near this and
have remained here ever since, and I
never heard the Cherokees acknowl
edge any other line but the one I have
mentioned; but l have never been cor
rectly informed- which of the two
paths was meant by the nai^e^^ t|jp
the Appalacliy by the northern side of
the Stony Mountain to the Shallow-
ford on the Cliattahoochy, and the oth
er from the same place by the foot of
t!)? Stony Mountain on the south side,
and to the Standing Peach-tree on the
Chattahoochyboth of these paths
were called Hightower paths, but
which of them was considered thp
line I never knew. In addition to ma-
ry others who 1 have heard speak of
the above line, I particularly heard
from Col. Rhode Early, who \yns an
.old Indian trader,and who informed me
that the Chiefs of the two Nations
had agreed upon the same at a treaty
that was held at Fort Wilkinson about
the year 1802, when Gen. Wilkinson
and Gen. Pickens were Commission
ers. I have,no knowledge of the two
cations ever having pgreed upon a line
west of the Chattahjoochy . river, until
the line was marked from the Bqz-
zard Roost to the mouth of .Will’s
Creek about the year 1822. There
have never been any Creek Indians
living on the Chattahoochy river since I
lived here, higher up the river than
the lower end of Sandtown, which is
six’eeu miles below the Standing
peach tree. I never knew any other
place called Suwany old town but the
ono near this, nor but one called Buz
zard Roost.
Signed,. JOHN RODGERS.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 9.1. Dec. 1829.
^ gued, ISAAC GILBERT, J. P.
Gwinnett Co. Ga.
O’-.d Red Bank Town, Cherokee
Nation, 10th Dec. 1829.
Geoige Still, a half breed Cherokee,
aged about sixty years, has been born
and raised in the Cherokee nation—
when he was,a small boy his father and
mother moved and settled a short time
in the old Hightower town, and then
moved and settled in the pumpkin
patch village on a creek about 10 miles
from the river on the south side—they
lived there one year. They then
went down the country and lived with
tbt Creeks one year, and then they re
turned and lived one year again in the
Pumpkin patch village, then they
moved and settled on the south side of
the river opposite the mouth ot Oo-
stunnahlee and had made one crop,
when Genl. Andrew Pickens of South
.Carolina marched an army into the
Cherokee nation d 0V Y n viyer into
the forks, and crossed the Hightower
just above the forks, and destroyed all
the improvements of several Cherokee
families who had settled there; he re-
— .... -— , . > ..«d all the
villages and improvements wtic^w—
he went--thi? took place it) the time
ofthe'revolutionary war. Where the
Pumpkin patch village of Cherokees
was settled, there had been a settle
ment, a small village of Creeks, but
they were all gone before he went to
the country, and has never know* of
any othor Creeks being settled in the
country since, any wjiere on the wa
ters of Hightower river. He has since
then lived in several different parts of
the nation, until just after the close of
the late Creek War, he moved and
settled at the Standing Peach tree on
the east side of Cliattahoochy river,
and he lived there until about two
years ago. Ail the time lie .lived at
Ihe Standing Peach tree he believed
that divides the waters.that run into
the Hightower river from those run
ning seuthwardly,. leaving all the wa
ters of Tallapoosa to the Creek nation.
He never heard of any correct line
between the two nations until the line
was agreed on and run from Buzzard
Roost to the mouth of Will’s. Creek.
Turkey town on the Coosa river is
the lowest down the river where there
has been eiiy Cherokee settlements
that he knew of, they settled that
he was living on Cherokee land, the
Cherokees told him so—the Creeks
were.living at Sandtown on Creek
.land which is about 15 miles below
the Standing Peach tree—he always
understood,after he went to the Cliat-
tahoochy to live, that the Cherokees
owned the land, to the High Shoals of
Appalaeby and by the Stone Mountain
—he never knew of any line between
the two nations west of Chattahoochy,
until the line was run from Buzzard
Roost to Will’s Creek—he never heard
of bat one place called Suwannali old
town, and blit one'place called Buz
zard Roost. The said George Still
declares the foregoing statement to be
just and true to the best, of his kcmvl
edge and recollection, and has hercun
to .subscribed his name, the date above
written. . , .
Signed, GEORGE STILL.
Robt. D. Harris.
Old Red Bank, Cherokee Nation
South side Hightower, 10th Dec
1829.
Jno. Wright, a whiteman married
to a Cherokee, wife, states that he
came into this nation when a boy—he
does not know his age correctly, but
he thinks he ivaa abmit in-i*'-
anout tony seven or eight years, all of
which time he has lived on the waters
of Hightower, and the last twenty five
years lie has lived on the south side of
the river. The second year after he
came into the country he lived in the
Hightower town or village,—this was
about forty-five years since. At that
time there was a respectable village
at the place; old Catagiskee and old
Tarrapiutwo principal Chiefs of the
nation lived then in the Hightower vil-
Inge,—the. Red Bank villago was then
settled oh both sides of the rivei', and
a few Cherokees lived at Eallatuna on
the south side of Hightower. At the
time I came, first to Hightower village
there were the remains of .an improve
ment of a few Creek families,, who I
was informed had lived there before I
came to the country, but they were
gone before I knew the place, they
were said to have been a hunting par
ty. 1 never heard of any other Creek
Indians on the waters of Hightower to
this day, except a few Creek men
who came here and married Cherokee
wives. About the close of (lie revolu
tionary war, Gen. Andrew Pickens of
South Carolina, and old Gen. Clark of
Georgia, inarched an army into the
Cherokee nation and penetrated (he
country as low down the Hightower
as the Oostinalee into the latter river.
I was then a boy and tlien in the High
tower village, t|ie inhabitants of which
ran and left their town, hut they did
not cross the river at that place nor
attack the Hightower village—Me re
collects the Cherokees were settled
in the Suwanny town on the Chatta
hoochy about tliirtyrfivc years since as
near as lie can recollect (lie time—a-
bout the time h,e settled on the south
side of Hightower near where he now
lives, the subject of the line between
the Creeks and Cherokees, was fre
quently mentioned amongst the Chero
kees, and he recollects that they, the
Cherokees, claimed the land on Appa-
latehy as low down as the High Shoals,
and from thence to run out by the
Stone Mountain and the Buzzard
Roost on the Chattahoochy, and from
there to run westwardly with a ridge
IIIUI nuvrr 7
place on both sides of the river about
betoxrt^e juil^?oir a ofightower and
Oostanali, is the Turnip mountain
town settled on both sides of the Coo
sa river, that place has been settled
about thirty years since. The village
of Two runs, about ten miles above
the fork of the river, Hightower and
Oostinalee were settled thirty years
since. The old Hightower town on
the south side of the river twenty
miles above the junction of the rivers
was settled when I first came to the
country forty reven or eight years
since. The Six’s village about thir
ty eight miles above the junction of
the rivers was settled on both sides of
the river about 30 fears since. The
Red Bank village about six miles a-
bove the Six’s, was settled on both
sides of the river; this place was set
tled about two years after he came to
the country. Hickory log village,
two miles above Red B.aiik, has been
settled on both sides of the river a-
bout, SO years since. Thp Long
Swamp village about 12 miles above
Hickory log was settled on both sides
about 35 years since—besides the vil
lages before mentioned, there are
numbers of Cherokee families settled
qnd living all through the country out
from the river, on the south side of the
Hightower as far Up and down as the
villages are settled. Many years ago,
a man,by the,name of Blackburn was
descending the Coosa liver with, a
quantity of whiskey* as I have been in
formed. and at Turkey town the Indi
ans took his whiskey from him—this I
knew by report. He has no recollec
tion of ever hearing that the, Creek
nation claimed the lands on the High
tower and Coosa rivers where the
Cherokees" were settled. The fore
going statement contains nothing but
the truth according to the best of my
knowledge and recollection... 0it-en
under my hand the date above writ
ten. his
-> ■ mess. mark.
Root. D. Harris.
Sworn to and suoscribed before me,
this 14th day.of Dec. 1829.
WALTER ADAIR, Judge C. C.
upper circuit, Cherokee Nation.
days of our Pilgrim fathers—the days
of the heroes of our Independence—
the days of Washington and eur other
illustrious patriots, have passed—nev
er—never to return. The hare
thought of such a measure would have
sickened the minds of those who then
guided our affairs. The proposition
to expel the Indians from .their native
soil would have been spurned with in
dignation.' Our future orators on the
fourth of July may dwell, if they
please, on military victories, and pn
n».\al dories, but who, on that day.,
will venture to sprak of moral- virtue,
of political honesty, as an ornament of
our country? What American will
not henceforth instinctively shudder
at the very name of govermental faith
and public justice?
To Nevv-England there is still left
one topic of consolation; —her sons,
with one exception, have borne their
testimony against the oppression and
robbery of the Indians. She may
still reply to the reproaches of other
nations—and .reply with consciousness
of innocence, ‘Thou canst not say
For the Cos+ncil-
JOHN REAMER,
CHUJMO*
BEAN STICK,
•OFT-SHELL-TUfcTLE,
WALKING STICKS
The following persons are candidates Aft I
the General Council in Ahmohee District|
For the Committee.
LEWIS ROSS,
THOMAS FOREMAN.
1 For the Conncil. i
GOING SNAKE, T
DOO-SD-WO LAH-DAUs
JAMES FOREMAN,
JOHN WATTS,
Maj. JAMES MARTIN,
GEORGE BUTLER.
, Of the Candidates in Cooseewaytee. Wti
have been requested to insert the followin'*!
names for the Council.
JOHN FIELDS, .
JESSE HALF BREED,
WATIR.
INDIAN QUESTION.
Our readers will perceive from an
other part of our paper, that the In
dian Question has been decided in the
Senate. The speakers , against the
Indians were Messrs. White of Ten
nessee, Forsyth ol Georgia, Adams of
Mississippi, and McKinley of Alabam-
a. Messrs. White and Forsyth each
addressed the'Senate twice, during
the debate. Messrs. Frelinghuysen
ol N. Jersey, Sprague of Maine, and
Robbins of Rhode Island, advocated
the rights of the Indians, and the exe
cution of the treaties with them, in
good tailh. I he former made two
speeches, during the debate. The
cause ot just ice and of honour was ably
detciuied but in vain. The glory is
departed. Our disgrace is written in
characters which neither time nor re
pentance can efface. If the House
ot Representatives concur with the
Senate, the world will know just what
confidence to place jn treaties with
Ilia United Stales. • Carthaginian fi
delity., -Funic faith,’ will henceforth
cease to be a proverb—and our coun-
tiy will succeed to the inheritance^ pf
that name ol reproach and ignominy
which the lapse of so many centuries
has not been able to detach from the
lucUon of Hapnibal. Would that dis
place were all! But sbeh an exam
ple -in high places,’ will send a dead
ly influence through the whole land.
Wlien honesty, when justice, when
magnanimity, all give place to expe
diency and to sordid interest, in the
councils of a nation, they cannot long
maintain their ground in the intercourse
of individuals.
And it is not only the future influ
ence of the measure which ©ught to
fill the country with alarm. We re
gard the vote in the Senate as a cri-
teriott of public sentiment. It shows
how far we have floated down the
itream of political depravity. The
Xu
I
did it.’ And when the judgements of
heaven come down on our country—
and come they will—she may hope
that her remonstrances will spring up
in remembrance, and that the des
troying angel will sheath his sword on
her borders.—Con. Obs.
The Indian Question will probably
be brought up in tht House next
[week. A debate of great warmth
and energy is confidently expected.
The manner in which this question
was disposed of in the Senate has on
ly deepened a sense of responsibility
with those who are now called upon
to make the highest efforts to save
our national faith from utter ruin.
Those who are determined to sustain
the unjnst proceedings of Georgia,
will be met face to lace, and breast
to breast; no twisting, or turning, or
evasive movements will he allowed;
they will be compelled to declare
whether the one hundred and sixty
treaties w hich we have made with
the Indians mem any thing, or wheth
er they are a mere farce-, whether
the highest enactments of this Gov
ernment are,a binding teality, or a hy
pocritical jest. We are periectly
willing to see those men reduced to
this alternative. If this nation is in
capable of being bound by treaties,
kfciy l ’^rhhg" sacretl ‘in (Tiglffed VaIth,‘
let us not deepen our crimes and in
famy by concealment. Let the tale
of our guilt and degradation be told at
once; let it he proclaimed amkist the
scoffs and execrations of foreign
courts; let us stand btlore the world
and in the light of heaven lor just
w hat we are—a nation whose profes
sions are a mockery, and whose vow's
are a Wa.^-Jlvxer. Spec. JWay 8.
f ' / • t
A Correspondent, Judging from (he
tenor of our remarks on the Indian
Question, accuses us of hostility to the
present Administration. Indeed!—has
it come to this!—that tos the man who
conscientiously dissent from the o-
pinious entertained by the Executive,
is to be regarded in the light ©fan ene
my? Is universal and unqualified as
sent the only terms upon which he can
escape from the charge of enmity?
'lhe bare assertion of''this is the high
est insult that can be o^ered to any
geperous, high minded Administration.
1 hat ti ienchhip is worthless which
does not discriminate between what is
right and what is wrong: it is equally
destitute of all ( compliment to the
man who receives it, and of all evi
dence ol worth in the man who bo
stons it. Smiles bestowed upon our
fuults are more to be dreaded thp
censures upon our merits—-the first
will lead us to ruin, the last will only
le;;d us to stricter scrutiny into the
motives and tendency of our actions.
Visit- we plotting the destruction of
this administration, and the ruin of the
country, we would fill the lips of meii
with a blind indiscriminate eulogy o-
vei its every act, and we would look
to flatteiy and adulation for effects
which can never be produced by the
most active and unrelenting hatred.
Ilian* is more than one in power who
may with propriety say-^“8ave me
from my friends, and 1 will take caro
of my enemies.”—lb.
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The following persons are Candidates
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For the Committee.
.DAVID VANN,
OLD FIELDS.
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