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'H<m fcan ■&*+■$•
be like 4anibt ’«
ttoffliiiafloiJ a* i race ou -earth,' and
wh#rs 4|#ct«
g^to aW» arc
t*speoi(fUf fo# tHfeir preparation fur
cH! jgremstifig, inherUan<3*-i& b«?J» v *
’ ■*' \ •*. «...
m*i/Jwatj. ..' •• ".} .^r
‘ illirm i ' I—BBggjggB
entu: will a mother for
hild? Iffcu teeve us
%*• „.Wr »ou u*
ad often do that
putit mto tit*
rot hers, to send
fen they go to
ECHOTA-
HE MISSION*
■vfc.oWgafc** *a $ Batrty time t« iuh
tic* the arrest of She He*. Johri Tlionip-
ready , end did. not dxt|iw thffm five
‘*oiiwte«: ’IVt tol.if him *|»©
MtfajjjjKi ufc- thr lii« liffis*?; $t»f
(loo^j jie u'alked r l»afye m
•ajur Daivson e about j v* j
. Mr. Sanders, who it-, difl
K.pHlE IX. ; v turned-V ilh him from’ Carraek (»si
: .-•■-■ ■ ' XU—
eyenindhas bce#1o seejj&m this^at
tfeinobn.
far flea'
-Vaad^fe
.uTedJy r tff|
JIjfe GheriAbes wii
4s all I c n tell you
Thejr s| &nt the dyy, sAtfae fetter states,
Georgia Guard* A fear par- •** and lodged th< re tjapt oight
removal of the Choctaws be
toad the,great, river, ihust oecefsari-
ly break up the missionary establish
ment araqog them, and occasion a con
siderable pecuniary loss to the mis
sion; and it is un event much to be do*
plored. It is now, .however, inevita
ble; and the American people are
bound, by, every consideration of equi
ty and mercy, to see that the blessings
of education and of the gospel attend
these poor natives of the forest in
their exile. , :
How evident it.ia, in, view of the
facta above stated, that our missionary
efforts among thed# have. not. been in
vein. Yet, for eight or nine years
al ter the commencement of the mis
sion, these efforts seemed to bp al-
ti««tariFiWafing'to this affair may tnr 4f.
(Cresting. • k«<? ?V V . ■ -j...
it appears Mr.r Thompson hid 'ffeflfot ed. twro VtnSv priup
the other a Oh'
,Or»th^ njoiAing Hr. Thornfftoh was inarch-
"*' "ill-, company with five of the GuUrji, £'
'one a whitVmiiifv and r ^ ot
his family to Brainetd previously, Before i4^°thqr a Gherolt
1 -- ed on the charge
who had Vsen’hrrest-
Itggfng gold. Mr.
the expiration of the teh Hays all# red him ; <?d-en the ehetge digging golff. Mn
by Col. Sanford upon the authority #f a ‘ Thompson had-begad of-the Col.'the ia-
letter from <he Governor of Georgia.which ! vo f ofridinghis hor\p, and g°ve, as the
those who have it in-charge.
uim^ies which w,ill -be qecessjpry MS «n.
qKUfttk.in,
flf'*
ijH distribution, of the an
ifat^n M*. Batjj»s;sp
they have universally signed a protest **
famst'lti* mrainre. .’?/*' -lLv-vJI
Hi
•ct.
be-- counselled
Hi
lid nuike
concesn.c
•riesT He
hlackji«i
.ipw
ought, ra
is Jfljii
was permitted
-eccusioiially, because , it
•mastei
ticalV’fot
' Ft)litenem.-—‘i G itdin P« t« inipotisibfe for me f,o walk,
i (Editor, too we bt^liev ) in Coitnec- j Thfc'Cbl. Appeared aa ;
us a notice that one ot oar j andpwtfniwss, and gave in _ r
pa per-sent to 1 his iJifice was’ not taken out fin ai» argumentative form,
and requesting-thatit sat; nV ciscontinu- i nis, ttiy fellolv sufferer in militu
ed. All this Was proper- We accordingly i dage, was also co;i.milled, bull
erased iht. name from our subscription! unable to give Security, hii|
book. The v ry n . Kl ,u u * u " 1
we published sometime since. 1'he ! reason of asking that \svor, his indisposi-
health of Mrs/I'hompson, Ik other ctrcunr- i’ 00, * Thf Col. weWl/and said he
stances made a change of residence, 7 ! n the would not depa -t Irirtn \iis riile, and that , .
view of Mr. T.; necessary; while at the if Mr. Thompson w as noWe to walk, he bro «ght us the Phoenix from
tame time he intended to pursue fils m s-i ouldhavexhe privilege if riding in the '^ r ^bS «« a cent alula half postage,
sionary labours, in (Watching Irani place waggon.‘ Aft^r walking a few t N< »W we aoulit whether this is nghtr-fHe
to place. He had cdtomentftd his tourdoi miles, therefore, he was |emitted to get 0 «id‘t to have gmn us time. But these
into.the waggon,‘~in 9jhi<> he rode most
ofthe way except wheiVapproachihg or
.1. however,^"through the kind intercession
this P. Mas* C °l- w «s taken for his appe
By the kind urrangemenl of
tb«t'pUrpose,k had just arrived at the sta
tion in Hightower with au interpreter; to
preach to the "people there on (he iOiiow- 1 leaving their Slopping pi res, whhn he waf
most fruitless," Ftw wett*
error of 4h«ir ways top
;the way of
cd fVoin the
G d. But all this time
th# ljOrtV’ was in a course of \irepar-
. . a» j.rvjtui vt^ IT! 17
3pirit walk..poured oat. The foyWt
became vocal with prayeVand praise,
and,converts were multipled. Near
ing day when he w*s arrested. In relating •; squired Jo walk. Havhg t>tti a tly 're-
;he rircumsiaiiccs 6i bis ari’. st w e < annot covered from a recent in isposition, the se-
do betffrr than Co pub! sh an extract.;»f a vere>exercise of walkim and riding in a
letter from Miss Fuller, the teacher of the j roukh and uncomfortahl waggon brought
convert'1 school at that si alien, to M r. Worcester. , onanacute hea>»oK , nd otherwise ten*
Highto wer June 43, .lbdt. \ oMteA.Km'wVt-y weak,/ In this e . ,:it,oh
.i lie was brought to JVfr. Li
Rev. 8 , Ji. Worcester, JS'tw Kawm,
llr.a •» ...H» m Ul| 11JI
to comiiiUnic. te to you . u nonce
of *ir. L' l i u ia jii s second aj i'est,
togetlier with lire cii cumsunces Hindi
led to it, sb far as tlicy have *come
ly all of the two hundred natives, who ‘ ,V; "1 ^ ouie
were received itf the church in 1829,; hn . J, . . tve,u, 'g
h»vf sioU firm lkr*|h Ik. C U "“
trials, to which the nntion of the Choc
taws has recently been subjected.
■on. and also
Hr), inquired for Vlr. Tnouip-
especling my situaiion
rnvrs .uwir, u OTU and made a single remark respecting
In common with the great body of i„ y. • . • o
,u..£_ i-., the loneliness ol it. Mr. I’nouioson
are days of reform.
For the Cherokee Phoenix,
Mr. Editor: ■
Mr. William Rogers, a CherJ
was soon cofldui ied within
miles ot my spiritual charge—11
of the way l made out to hhIIci
How Jong ) will br- suffered J
tend, to my circuit is Very
for Sitcordingjip (be decision
their countrymen, they keenly feel
the loss of their native country; and
when they regard only their temporal
hompson
| was absent; of course, f (old him so.
He th»*n remarked that,, as be found
me hert, situated as I am, lie should
av*« lor (h<- night,
indispovltiop "^irtcr-a^efl. Aftrr h
! whdrione ofth* Guard cam* wi!b th>“r
. chains for th* oirvogr of (astening the
i paison.'-ri for hr n : g!»t. M •. Thompson
r^quesiro that is h< was unwril he ought
he permitted to lie down before the chain
was put on him This request was grant
ed, alter which a chain was put around
one of his anehk A short time after this
the < of., who lad taken a different route,
arrived, throufh whose orders, we pre
sume, the chain wa i taken off. The fol-
lowihg morhinjt they pursued their jour-
affd ow ykat dav arrived at Camp
prisoner* were conducted
ch they were . snugly
hompson had remained
in jail But a few minutes, when the com-
Of.hat heinous criin*- have tbe
missionaries been guilty that thay^'"■■Clacton a\ the last superior
should !>e published tq the world ‘as ^ guilty of a second off t .,
a'spt of liars and rebels againat ‘the soon as I crossed Chattehooehe
powers that he?’ . Oongrcss befetf.ei ^b^lhc.Col. declared that if I
last they were reported te bom heu
,h», 1.,-m^V^^iU- Curther said ' -You can go or'slltj ^ __
them, that ‘God is not ashamed to lie \ 88 y°. u ‘ f y° u ®» a y JH>u shall be | mander of the place, Col. Sanford, sent
called their God;” and Ihey long (o ' *V ot< j c,et '" My reply was, T must ( 0 v him and after a short interview told
□pany them, who shall [**' » a,d b «» a *,Mm ^ — * count
gain repeated his promise oforni***. '
He Ihen remarked that they
have"those accompany
repeat to them, from Sabbath to Sab
bath, and from day to Jay, the glad
aI.k „ — :ui.v.ii.iuvtM
and of such t glorious and unchanging
-Father. ~
•Some ofthe missionaries, who speak
the f'hoctkw language, will Be ready
ilext auiumu to acgoaipany the tbou
A a rid a of >-m1grant Choctaws on their
tion.
considered it their privilege to occu
py theie places, spoke of being some- >
wbat troubled for forage for their
horses, and intimated that what was ,
note growing on these places belonged ;
to them—that nothing of list yearns j
growth would he required, but only
the present; for said he, we enhsider
long journey up the Arkansas. And ; th^m as intrusions upon our state.
Wifi not those Christian people, who However much 1 might have felt dis
cannot go oh such a self-denying errand j posed to remonstrate. I had riot suffi-
of "ferry, and whose homes are secui I r5en , ri)mman d 0 f my feelings at the
ed to them so that they ^re not oblig
ed t.o go, as their brethren of th'e
Choctaws a re-will not those who are
moment to permit me to do it. Sup
posing it must be so if.My. Thompson
a A did not return before the appointed
•b . mmently favoured ol God, have and not being certain that he
compassion oil those who, in GotB+nh .H,
Col Nelson what
scfotable provWence, are so greatly
afflicted? Will they not contribute
port of-the House he should occupy?
‘One room ifrifiTbe sufficient, there
liberally of their substanc© to ®upply are only tmi of u y was his answer—
. a._^-j L i . Providentially, ho^cvfr, Mr. Thomp
son arrived in about an hour after
Col. Nelrfon’s call 4le felt jt to he
the Choctaws with the continued bles
sings, of a preached gospel and of.
Christian schools? School-books have
beeu prepared. at»d te- souse, extent! |,i 8 p l a in dirty, not positively to yield
printed, in theTJhoctaw, ienguege, hy-i t hc possession Sf tins house into Col.
the missionaries of the American i Nelson's hands, and' acc
Boa rd of Foreign Missions. Portions
of the Holy Scriptures have afso been
given to the Choctaws in their own
language, through the press; and lar
ger portions are to be put imthediate-
Jy to the press. The Choctaw* must
not he desqrted, and their p(ea for
Christian iiiktitutious ard privileges
must be liberally, answered. Let
every man see. that he himself actual-
de-
spatch'd a messenger to htm, early
this morning ; wtih a letter of w hudi
the following is a copy.
HiaiiTOWBR Mission, )
June 23. (
Col. Charles H Nelson,
Sw,^I have been informed that
you design to occppy the Missipn
house this evening with a detachment
of the Geoigia Guard In segarj^ to
fy docs something for his red broth- 1 this subject. I cart only say, th’at We
yen Vthe wefjern wilderness. Let j have not the accommodation desirable
every woman see, that she does some*
thing for her red sisters, about to be
weeping outcasts from home, and to
be tom aivfty from those tender asso-
orations, which, to the female heart
in every eonditirin of life, are so dear.
Le hirAry child be taught to feel for
the *ni>or Indian childred, who will
hav tOjgo many, hundred miles on foot,
and . Jeep 9W? t%4 cold ground,, and cry
many and Aiime because they
are hung#?, and their fathers and
mothers cannot get tljem any food;
and let them do something, to send
aehoql-books and the Holy Scriptures
to *be Choctaw children, in their new
country towards the setting A in.
And
let the Indians he continual!? remem
bered in our prayers, that God ton?
#J>pct»r for their delivcrarte e from ex-
yvberevor he pleased.
Thus was M r ,; Thompson taken forty or
fifty uiilrs from the place where he intend
ed tQtpreaeh th* Gospel to the Cherokees,
locked up 'fn jail, and then discharged
with the privilege of walking.home, & wjth
out an apologf from thnsg who had him
in captivity. We have been thus- psrtic
alar because we think.the public and the
honor of thegtate of Georgia g]re concern
ed. We have endeavoured to relate'the
material/Acts as we obtained then in con
versation fro ip Mr. Thompson himself*-'
_ longer than t
cs and published V* the-consmuuily as ‘Aftur my return h» Roald ar
being guilty of * 'pious fraud.’ Honioreover state t
it seems they are guilty of a ‘ higU j that he did ijo(. sup
•msdetiieanor,” and deserving ol noth- i aries uould bo all
i g less,than to be torn from their ; a,| d preach in the territory of0,
families and spiritual charge by n I provided they were to reinorr
military force, dragged about in chains,, reaidcnre, for,it was the d«ten
tormented, imprisoned, coiiO* inncd ; policy of the state to expH^fmi
ttnd confined in the penitentiary of{ charter all white persons ;vlio
Georgia *at hard labof lor a term not l® obey her Ip)?* and purSiiri a
less than Jour years!’ Is it. not be- A ^~ :z • *
cause they will ieil the-truth and re
fuse to take an oath in the name qf
God to oppress the Cherokees?
detrimental to her interest.
Ifi the Jbove statements II
iho t propei tQ-pass over rrrHtitj
in silence. It ean be no gratiii
Monday May 29th I was arrested, (o ilie public to hemforraeri ol
jumicuiarx relating to ike
Ulenl ol the Guard while I ass!
at TWq. ruifs by a detachment of the
,’tieorgia Guard in a warlike- mariner, ..... UUU1U ,
'and instead of heiug conducted itumh- ;\ltetu—the Conduct c‘ the <
diately and directly to the nearest *ifi- purtK ufart y .their conve^^tiou
bunal of justice- in Geoigiav I was e$t tor my car . All I can 4 a
marched off in a contrary *?!*•«>»ion] in jcpiutuuaimeptal itriin
emu conducted in a circuitous route of; fain iurge't, all
about 110 miles to H^ad quarters, at ' mor^. v
which place we arrived on Saturday *’ jv.hv u..
evening Mie 3d of Juno. I was inline- ’r 1 , ' , . w e need
diately ordeied inro prism .and kc»>t ■ iS¥**V,7 v,r *»h Wffard-to
in close confinement until the Wcdy-.. SO u»Aot tL'ir l- I'' afepls of . ‘® eor «!
csday morning following, when I was d8 0 v , V 18 f
brought forth from my ghiomy'.“ d !^ ,h -^.’•
n^add is,
ijot
reniomberfi
*3
and conducted to Laurencev}|le, the i-
stt.'oy the n(iasions in that
part ('I
county seat af Gwinnett,, alio.ut S9- d
miles Jroa> Capsp Gilmer. Me arm ^ ^^
a1 Laufunceville on Friday-about WakSl*®* ^*** *2*
was .hroiiuht be- iS.®' 1 h b ? 9i,, ^ s - «ven in the i
mi ml in -r'Jf bec ll ^ aiK J' Wu f immortal "Wnl
Intruders.—This , class, of white peoplu,
w* undprsland, arc "becoming very num
erous on a the Alabama side. A friend
directly from Croek Path informs u» that i vvalk.
it is supposed jj^era are not less than 150 “
families in that little Valley. Most of
these intrpdcjfs, in point of Character,
belong to the same class with the Ponpy
Club on the, peorgik ssde., They we/c
once removed W theii- crops of corn cut
down by order -of the President Jackson,
but having, Wf apprehend, received new horse aply fpurtetn miles, T wl)
toft’s^. k ivnii, M & , bouru t
Ml dollars ,vitb oOkitu Uy&lir » .d.im- .“7a”I-!.?
appear at the Superior Gourbjn'Sep
teroher next;—Lwas then setVat-,iib f„„.i ... - ■- ^ > *i
erty about 6$ mf|e8 from piy ’'circuit j' e J r8(>l, . ac< l ,ja » ,l, <‘d wit
vyilhouf my jiorae and nnabfc ' BW »«• os ktr.ftv® that sh« n
... . g- catedfiep it
claim good news to iht* red aian.l
to flte ftaiq her persecut mr
lrcun^taii* es klf,ftvt» thot she , n
; Q ; b«fed no soi.iII share u» the defes
the Asbury mission.
During this military (our «ud con-, w
fincment of twelve day* my sufferings ! ; l:e !5 !Uc l t0 the protection
both , in body and soul were by no •he.-Cbe.fnljeei
means inconsiderable, but not with-
M
iADi
(rtbr
fwh
D«r
■ h>i
are to Receive iiftml
Georgia Guard, we had a spr,
durin-vthis late expedition.
i._t. I.,
stffriding piy spirit also rejnjfied in God 1 ,ato 'Xpedition. Mt
niy Savior. '<* *; David Vano; Johi>. West, Tb
I was permitted to ridp jut ®rta! c °h w Adair, All
i r.; •> . rl.il- MnC... ...J I... vr.vsr- _
he de tvMcGoy*aiid Jos
, Aid
Valin ifvere I
light on the subject since', be periniu them l‘was taken from me and; I ivas com-! f®* 1 ®* 1 for dbtliihg, to be plain, si
to continue, their ravages or the richts pelled tq wajk until my feet became Af;whum were insulted .and evil.
continue, their ravages on the rights
end property of the devoted Cherokees.
Over that portion ofthe nation the laws
o! the state- have' not been extended, and
the land when purchased're?orts tq thq
United StatA mat reason WiU the 'X 88 after ^ 8 , i? U ? ed of
. .. •• - the wa? to tiSinn flilmsi-
government'adduce far net
tit Sties and laws ofthe
for the entertainment, of yoursdlf and
company, and for this, and other tea-
sons, you will excuse me in saying
that if your design is effected, it wifi
he without my consent.
Permit me to add, that if an inter
view with me oh this' or. any other
subject is desited,* it may" b'e obtained
at this place, at any time duririg the i •Hxcd*p*rty,>kho
course of.this day.
I atm,. Sir, very respectful!?, yoar
obedient Servant. ’ ‘ *■ ’ ' «
JOHN THOMPSON..
- Both Mr. Thompson aha myself
were expecting that it would result
in his arrest, therefore we were
prepared to see armed men, (which
we did)- and to hear one of ‘ them shy.
"‘yotimay con*idery ourselfl prison
nfprciug the
r -'
VVheri intruders in such large bodies ara'
permitted tetyespass on the Indiali l%nds
difficulties of some sort mast he the cclrite-'
quence. The reader kaowa the casw of
Chuwoyee. Our friend*(void Creek' path*
states that there was'quite p disturbance
1h*re,
of theip-
Between the Cherokees, aal wj
The formed having pbaishedon
traders folr hog stealHtg' Were threatened
With- *n invasion ftem Iffielattejr; and thers
was a shaW<0f gutis off^t;Qh ^hla, ihe eiti
ps, qnder which
er, Sir,”
Was all
.and
very sore,, and, such was my affliction i tr ^ a,ed in vaffous ways aii^.then
otherwise that I was in great pain. '' er <)r * ater 8et at liberty .' 4 i- '
otherwise
and aliout to give eut v
ordered into the bag]
great pain,
I wan then
and
waggon,
oor with some prison «n4 •Rffdlel^rrtirt^jJ^le/iuifGjf^
lankets for my ^ddtog,, and they . wa 0**2* \
rere by np means, either very elesn AWJtt wvu
. pGilmer.l
* suppose, te alarni othprs
as well, as to^puniah me before- the
time, I was chained four ^niglrG in
succession, & compelled to lie en tho
floor with
l
were oy np means either very elpttt
noT pieasant. _ . .V ,. W
During my copfineineut at Cam)
Gilmer^ g,-filthy w prjpj« .with some
blankets spread on a aph
floor was niy portion.dp?'
With Cot Sanford, the Gdiresnor’s
agent, I.had but one interview, until
tfio morning, I was .started*^
■se
tocau DUiDsas dxspxe pez
PK Dyti&Atb. hA Met?* BRJir:
o»,^Prti* Jcraw^ivo-A.’ jyj
w* o'r'o-T^Ai D|p T*jpR-4^- *:
tctr Mrfo-T oa*f. Gtsyz ay^aiioi
tbv 09^ Jywhici.
u-Wak> A. •> .. LAu *
w
r.Xd
| 0-J
hi
liberty.'
JAMES I TROTH
ao^vgf TW Tl*o*<ft~i ayyne
*#(ejnmheia ''•Sjffw riwau, tt
^t??#f*n, .t## mhAjt/'ip. t«£z -AfWu
Mfrz iKAta A r#.i tsFaJ,' kei
a#p„ tf# far <?<&f av a a sm
*rnaa<*. &g*kz i# «dH
•V* TtfS* ftAGcJrt*. b^Z'Uotrs* fdbJSVAi
DAXPC'* 1C
tsPoesru Tfl^r. t
ert
A “Notist*
Msntgouwy will be found Ih another port
ol our paper. It appears the Government ^
is really about to make the experiment pfjpression. say
paying Hje th'* individuals of} the vvQrlcjf
th-- Chefobet." iiUtion. Wljat success ^He ’ Ghcrnkees were go
measure will meet With is best known to j that they vvefe “
^ „„ Lau»
rendeviHp, this wa*Mttiugn; d4*v» op^^ ^
asked.m^, a great many irrelevant aeusp** g*?#*
qU l 8t fc S_ ~^ e ^ erred $eri6u * ►R«<W>*zo- D*r opjbxWj
coinplnints, and gave me a severe G*y os#*# dhiv. waAiOjvo-lyfc*
athre oo politjcfl M(1 divine sub* »Lvi *G<»y" V?
He made an apology * for dp- «0P**u,i? . agkg0<vyAni t&r\*w ||
of a^>4> AisfK.'U,! TCf-x' fiwfjsf
if wa* the orde
lured that the
; backward, 3 riiid jr>y..i«;
ipable of * %9 $*2 y &
’’<*» >.»pirKcry(;o-, o-^xW-
yVtf-a yw D4hi : A