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U -t--. VT f 5—* f My object wa» to visit the site oft
‘T. V'y "V !*• m; f0lc, -. d lom.. fo.rh.1*; whictfp
teuton, -lew.l ? , S.m- remOn.bofV,, ■rtwp.liiW®
Itseoumgeineoi and distress. of doitoinioils %i PocbahoatasT.
mm
Ef» IT
:» pnot} brought o» (he Indi
jcrpjing rger rations in Ohio,
kh*iiHilwrjme&i ^ChriUianJliir
very |
cylobi
► ^. — r, *•
4 RURlOOC^mi
*rV pUMsod with the op
imods W Pocbahoat
r probably,Jbe birth pl*cd#f that,
breted prhiceis.
Tbo town (va» built on the river,
about (wo in ilea below tbe. ground
now occupied by. Riefimo'.jdi that i«,
about turn miles btW the’ bead of
tide tbatcr. The Tr aJ1 cl whereon it
roductW of our Correspondent. —
an Caa^apd this letter of )ir.
r
t, writ ten ilore than twenty ,
ilfcLfiM *ben appeal to his-heart ;
Jjoocsfjy declare, 1 hat he approve*
^io -cuwluot of.the edmimstration
rda these oppressed and haired
Jo: we wish no eomdsunion with
.-ft ,»n<iu: b*. tins no. fedmgsDf sym
pathy, or sense of justice in common
.v~»vith Ui. If the sentiments which Mr.
Wirt §• eloquently expressed, wore
inspired bjr the injuries,' which the
Indian race had then recejved at ourl
bands, $ hat must bo his fellies when
reflecting u pea the wrongs which they
are now male to suffer/
Hamilton Intel.
•nd valuable Pj rm belonging
toa
*“»>*•»» bf tfm'nm. oPWilfam
A ware of the slight manner in which
Lt-SSrf?* ty* vc a ( nra J r> conslruoriti
thew sabitvitlons, I was not at oil dis-
oppomte’j in finding no vestige of the
old to,vq. But as I traversed the
ground over which Pochabontas had
•Q often bounded and frolicked in the
‘Uprightly morning of her youth,
Prom the Hamilton fnlclligrncir.
MR. WIRT AND THE INDIANS
Messrs. Editors,
could not help recalling the priucipal
lea Wires of her history, and heaving a
sigh of mingled pity and veneration to
her memory.
Good Heaven! What on cveulful
life was hers! To speak of nothing
else, the arrival oftho Eoglisb in her
father’s don. mions must have appear
ed (dt indued it turned out (o be) a
most portcutious phenomenon. It is
not ea*y for us to concede the o-
mnzeoiont and constf,; nation which
I #as, not long must have filled her mind and that of
VK» ii> “«P*»r>vill 1 «n Inlclligeut | lTe7,',.uT 0 ,r «r«Y,e first “a7» l .ca'r 0 actl o!
b ,r C r P : r . ,l _ ndn tU ' nc< ! I our countrymen. Their great ship,
2*
feraifcnef,
&Srifcfc\2=s: t ■» .« ,«•»-«*.
:omplexion; Ilnur dreos; their
' M'tf.
towards the Indians; nnd upon there
<eenj pollination of Mr. Win, and the
fpinfeoS, which he enter.jinrd. cun-
cernin: the rights of the Aborigines oi
otjir country.
J Ss /fatr an opportunity of referring
to a 'popular American work, seldom
r ureas; their Ian
sUagt*; their 1 d-rfmrstic animal*; their
cargo of new and glittering wealth;
ami then the thunder and irresislable
lorco of their artillery; the distant
country aimmiivcd by them, far be
. u‘ty, jtortued theif sport* and him
iediheir game; that every rotormeg
day fwad thcmlfe; sole, tlspeacofol,
®>Ub« happy propmtor* of 1ms exfen-
L ~‘ «i*e w»d keaubfitl dooiaio. Make
^hem forgot t*>, if youJean, that fa
tba midst bf dll this innocence, sins*
plicily aad blba-lbo white man came;
aodb' —the animated cliace, the
least, tbe daacs, the song of fearless,
Unugbtless joyywere over; that over
since, they hart been made to drink
of the bitter cop of humiliation, treat
ed like do£»? their lives, their liber
ties, the ipornof Use white mea;lheft
country and the graves of their fath*
er« tom from..them, in cruel succes
sion: uulii, driven fros^ river to river,
from forest to forest, v^nd through a
period of 200 years, rdlcd back, na
tion upon nation, they fin4 themselves
fugitives, vagrants and strangers in
their own country, nnd look forward
to the certain period when their de
scendants will be totally extinguished
by wars, driven at tbe point of the
bayonet into (ho western ocean, or
reduced to a fate still more deplora
ble a »d horrid, the condition sfe« iV ca
Go, administer the cup 0 f oblivion to
recollections and anticipations like
these, and then you will cease to
complain that the Indian refuses to be
civilized. But until then, surely it
is nothing wonderful that a nation
even yet bleeding afresh, from the
memory of anci.-ut wrongj. perpetual
ly agonized by now outrages, and
g.iadcd into desperation and madness
ul the prospect of the certain ruin
iv Inch awaits I hoi r (|p<ri>mUtii>,
should hale the authors of their misc-
ne.s, of their desolation, their destrue
* * » * ' j A
they are of anniversaries, have «nsti
liked ao festival or oader Id Iioumw
of htf memory. Fdr my own part,! ibeir name.'** u
Uiad but little doubt, from thf bis- 1 fte artv gu
4.H« which wetav. of .he hr,, oi-
or c
Fdr
[tonMrj^rv
tempts at colonizing tlieir couutry,
Poclfahontoi* deserves to be cou-
UMt
sidcred as the patron deity of the t*u
terprise. When it is remembered
low long the colony struggled to get
R footing; bow often sickness or fam
ine, neglect at home, mismanagement
here, and tbe lioslililiss of the natives,
brought it to the brink of ruin, through
what a tedious latise of time, it alter
nately languished and revived, mmk
and rose, sometimes hanging like A(D
dison s lamp, “quivering at a point, 1 ’
then suddenly shooting up imo a sick
ly and shortlived ilanie; in one word,
when we recollect how near and bow
often itverged towards total extinc
tion, maugre the patrouage of Poclia-
huntas; there is the strongest reason
to believe that, but for her pulronngc,
the anniversary cannon of the fourth
of July would nover dare resound
'.hroughout the United States.
It is not probable, t.ds sensible and
amiable wouieu, perceiving tfits su
periority ef the Europeans, forosce-
ing tbe probability of her co ’ut j nuiq
ami anxious us well (o softeu tin ir di^
sliuy, us to save the nocdle*s efTusioj
of human blood, desired,-4-y Iter mar
riage with Mr. Roife, to hasteu the
obolition of all distinction hetucen In
dians and white men; o bind llicii
interests and ulfections by the nearest
and most endearing ties, and to make
•i.. n . .«r» u .u lUriiiainves, ms one peo
ple, the children of the suuie groat
r ‘ ' , ‘'.W ’ lTwr / v i
wjiius^hnubrcrd*,^, lsW #
ars mtOrmoduhat^ ^ %
“ ot i,eard # more >—,
full Cherokee fumlies,
-It is new high thoe th*Jbu!T^
“ •ttributed, io whiter , n ***
Tor the nou compliance of thelch
leave their Country, »l»euld
ofon**»8 Country. * 0 j
his right he a’cri*f tf 3j
the agressora, on them
I...:.-, rail, bul 1,1 not ,fe
instead of the guilty.
Tbc P,.Md,nl
ClterokM* who prefer t0Mln ”„" (
present homes, Will “ CC ue ^
£*« rare o„
Oeoeral Uovero^o.,.. VTe^fcl
Ihe tl-Hvoraoce of tbe J.orO, fr*
‘•pecoltar care,-end pro.et.ion, B gT
■Taeksoo has extended to u ,inee hkT
ration to the presidency. •
Henry Clay, of Kentucky hasWe fl _>'i
oammously nominated candidal*
Ottiec of Presidency oi the Unite<U|3_
hy lliu National Ucpubhcau CooveHjJ
held in the Ctty of Baltimore; and John
Sergeciit of Poiumylvania, for tbft ofrie^
PrcoiJcnt.
The fallowing is n 0 ;u the Mqbile R*j^
. ter, November 7.
Choctaio Emigration.—From a}(L
ter addressed by George $. Uaumi!
Esq. to a gcnUeoitiU in thi« *>iij>, u '
oei oatu o! SUtli October, - " • ^
»ve
that n portion of^ emigrants from
ibrst
»• •• w • Meuiv i^i CaM i • % o
family? If suHi were her uisk and | :lblri< ls l be Choctaw nation ir«fr
yotnl he great ivuter, of
osinrs in conversation, a* here pro- {oldest li.di.ni had
It
. sonftd its»;lf for tho liltrodm^ion ui
’lie following lettor from the Biitisli
Spy; which no citizen of the United
States ever read, without feeling a
R secret piide that its author was his
own couiprvioan, and the noble sen-
timcuS expressed none olbei than A-
*, IDtwicnn.
Vou ftsiy b v well assured, tl|t( the
oppnrlinily was not suffered to pass
without avail. Ihadtagnly felt, the
of
never
which the
heard; or
thought, or dreamed—all (bis was so
new; so wonderful, so tremendous,
that 1 d.> seriously suppose, the per
sonal descent of an army of Milton's
celestial angels, robed in light, sport
ing in the bright beams of the 6un and
redoubling their sp endnr, making di-
_ J # »• aw ■» *» \ ( r. aii.i m ijt tfllU ww »»
tion; mould hate their mannen, hate I benevolent views, and I have no doubt: 0,1 ,|,arc h * or tho country *•.
hey were, how poorly we;e they 1 8, g , w ( * tin m tv the General Govern*
. x .. •«, .... , (muni. kl I 1 • tll.AU 1....1 . ^ * a
their colour, their language, their I hut they , }
name, and every thing that belongs backed by the biiiish court?
to them. No; never, until time shall ““ * ‘‘
wear out the history ol their sorrows
aud their sufferings, will thn Indian
be brought «o love, the white nisn. k
to imitate hfa manners.
* * * • To reflect, my S ,
that the authors of all tbest* wrongs
were our own countrymen, our fo»e-
AU. Games had appointed tire
wonder at the r« smtiueul and iiulig-' l'^ 1 '** iftl1 ; crvous mthe n^rihcait*
nation with which.she *<w them m g- <::M *lfaii'»ct, -one ioi the a.lheienuof
looted; no iv under at a bitterness of MusiniJIaimiubt*,—and uim* lot the
the disappointsiuents and vux tmu u * Goi. Foison. Ei^m thb
whicli she expressed to capl. tSiiiMh, 'l ,Sl, > ct it was suppused tiial ri»;„g
in London, aiismg as well Ituni toe u '° Ufusaud cim^iunts would ce
cold reception which she her■self had t'» »l*par* tho pies-ntiatl, bul
met. as from the contemptuous and, : G^mes li.Mks they ,v»ll hardly
ii tli. t oumoor.
dm* In mini.v iviiii iI.a!- wr.i.i 1° (a-uc-s, proiessori or tnc meek, nnd P"'»i m view in wmcti she
or nhviiit tviili il... i )f \!* : UM ,ar | ,e ’ benevolent religion of J?sus! 0!it ,ou "'l that her o. tiou w..s regarded ; 4 ‘ ‘ , u : ‘»v f ' diioaitasr t districts R
1I1J./1; m; it : r i* 01 1 ,ail ^i'vaa impious; it was unmanly; uoori I'nfoitm.aic prineess! Slit; do*" 11 ? ^ . .t.a in.-, 4 ; ;( j number #T
^exciUMiot m 'rTistm Ichi" T' l', 0 " ‘ I a,, d pitiful! Giaciotis Heaven! what I «erved a Inppior fat.*! But I mu wwitfroiit** tin* i«ti wo 'it be aoost
WtBr sarcasms of mv foreign com- Brittm than “lid tl o‘"deb?rka!ioTof H Z^ 5 '! P wr l ,eo l» l « The | cmisuled by these reflet i.ns- li s , *“«*•<«»' wu. Anmit two tugu-
panion, upon our Nrtinnal honour tar ! rhe English among tbe akonrines of 1 “.° ,p,C ,ubal,nanls of these peaceful j that she sees her descend. Is am •».• 8 ^li. a already .*olincicd, aud .i is
nis\eJ—our plighted faith faoArcn.—-au.i ! Virginia S ‘ 9 01 1 plains, what wrung, wlmt injury hail thuii.oslrespectabief..iiii|iesuiVu - irx J ,,cit, j{ h‘“>..-i!wl.eleuuml,e.pro-
our ehir-ctr.ras a Chriatinn cou.mu- ‘ l‘ 00 r Indians’ Where n,e n, P J ^ 10 ll,e Kngliih? My>»a; and that they are not only 8 „. ( v«d-d ior, nW.d t,e on then w,y to
MW’ Indeed mJ.UrK [f. . f soul molts with pity and shame. 'pftrior to the false shame of disavow- ' “kSiUrgh ou llic alississipp*, m ihe
iruiv , mi 1-1 in or' rniMiiietiiw „ ^Tt ' ** ,or the present inhabitants, it i higher as their cm.TS.tur; but- Umt; co « r se °f itucc orfour days
‘ ” *' ’ M * must in* granted that they are com-i they pride themselves, and with rca-1 lathe tvesle ru uistrici the p* os-
ta*vlj iuisutt oltMUlOhS IIUJl^ll Illt’V
« n«r -Girt 41 V>tM 111 tall cniviinU"
ni 1 V fovtly blotted What defence
oo'dJ I makh?—What apology offer?
the fingdV of scorn, lie
—when, with B J m
pointed me to the pooi Indian, reluct-
hsidiag a fuimvii io the scenes
of his yoiitli, nnd the graves ol his
fnthergpk-W
V’ha» tould I say—-when
Im directed my light, to my ruthless
country nen, seizing tint Indians
botuo, and as if to heap insult upon
villainy, appropriating it by L dtery;-
Whai couid l s ty—whon he
he pointed
ine to the Penitentiary, Wherein the
heralds dt Christ’s salvation, are im-
.ifliiciing consideration. The
people here may snv what they i
please; hut, on tin principles oi>!*.>•- 1
nal trtrtii nnd justice, they hu«e no
right to this countiy. They say that iin>c
they have bought h—bought ill’ Yes; eKi'scdiesil
—dfwboin? Of the poor trembling j ;i|1 j
natives who knew that refusal would j
be in vain; nnd who strove to make uj Whether litis have been the case or
merit of necessity by seeming to yield ,,0 L I :,m 100 much a stranger to the
-villi grace, what they knew that they J wsterisir transactions of tins country to
had let the power to retail). Such a
i>r*r(»t*»vij iiiiiutt tiitMuioiii imJWfll 11)4*v nio* oil ino nouoro! aruiinii j - t • ** /" * M/ 1,-1
niso have encroached under tli« guise i secondly, that she herself has g ne { u'dtopaled..
of treaties, w hich they thimsclvcs ■ to n country, where she finds her no-1 c,l,5| *s<- i nt exjstu •<
have previously contrived to renderJ hie wishes realized; where the dis- .P ,0,,| °tcd mam
expedient or necessaiy to the Indi- tinction of colour is no more: hut I ^hiwlsliijs, and
* * .... i«fiedi vir**’-* ' ^ ■
prisoned, os fit rompanions of thieves
and murderers!—For rvliat?—F&
the CRIME! of preaching to that In
dian, the glad tidings, that, it not be
yond the Mississippi, vet certainly
beyond the welling flood of Jordan, the
Great Spirit had prepared for lit in,
jronnd, from which the white
bargain may appease the conscience
uf a gentleman of the green bag,
“worn and hackneyed” in the arts
and frauds of his profession; but in
heaven’s chancery, my ». there
can be little doubt that it has been
long since set aside on the ground of
kuress.
Poor wretches! No wonder that
spirits;
a <>wwi<uj, 5 — — _ — .,—.—— — ........... ..... |
man can nercr drive him!— What could they aie so implacably vindicative a-1 horn in your
decide. Bat it seeais to me that
were 1 a president of the United t
State., I would glory in going to the IT'. jurl i 1 ,. r
fudiaus, throwing my self on my knees J a( j-
before them, and saying to them, “In-1 '
dians, brothers, O! forgive my coun
trymen! Deeply have our forefathers
wronged you; and they have forced
us to continue the wrong. Reflect
brothers; it is not our fault that we
from me.
*>
...^ ... , ... j ^ t , country; but now
1 «y?—Nothing—Except indignantly gainst the white people; no wonder we have no other home; we have no
*» itu JitorsP* tt-lx>r« i* nnAl 1I..1 tl.« ...... -f IV ll CIC olsC to TCSt OUT feet: Will
to heqp the disgrace, where it ought
to be. on the heads of our rulers; and
jrefer to tho fellotring letter, as proof
that some among us felt ns a man
•haul* feel, towards an injured, per
secuted; wringed, but noble races.
This reference afforded to my feel
ings. a seasonable relief, when thus
pressed by ray antagonist. I had rend
the letters of the British Spy, again
and again, when a bov- I had bowed
before the “blind prsae/ier, ” and ad-
mijed tlx story of Pocahontas; but
pever, until that evening—never, un
til after the cold hearted policy, of
Ihis administration towards the IndU
a os, had been futy developed—never
autii lifter I had felt trip biting jeers
" a foreigner, ever ray count f’ 8 • l * on
1 fallen!—degradeJ! sneered at?
wilil then! did the sentiments
ed io that story, come home
heart. I would to God that
1®rs coold, for a moment; cease
ir family feeds, sod contemplate
•tain, which they-are fixing
nor Nstiooal-Escutcben ferev-
mmer, wt
gfyres set
RURlCm.A.
RicwisoifD, Sept. B2.
dear S —
“e jus (.returned mv
inferosliug morning’s ride
an
that the rage of resentment is handed
dawn-from generation to generation:
no wonder that they refuse to associ
ate and mix permanently with their
unjust and cruel invaders and exter
minators; no wonder that in the una-
bating spite and frenzy of conscious
impotence,' they wage an eternal
war; as well as they are able? that
llwy triumph in the rare opportunity
of revenge; that they dance sing and
rejoice, as the victim shrieks and
faiuts amid the flames, when they im
agine all the crimes of their oppress
ors collected on his head, and fancy
the spirits of their injured forefathers
hovering over the scene, smiling with
ferocious delight at the grateful spec
tacle, and feasting on the previous
odour ns it arises from tbe burning
^lootl of the white man.
The people, here, affect to
wooder Indians are so very
unsusceptibi'j civilization, in
other words, iImw* they so obstinately
refuse to adopt the manners of the
white men. Go, - Viranuiq* erase
from the Indian nation, the Ira (’.'ton of
their wrongs; make them fei’*et, if
you can, that once this charging
country wn* theirs; that over thfi.w
field! and through these forests their
( IlMtOKEi: PHCSKIX.
NEW
Et'HOTA JAN 0, 1^32. i - 0 -.ii, i.uiu
.. ! their own long cherished hills, poor
I. . . . . ! as they arc in this section of country
from tin*, intiispu-ition o/ on»* of our - V • , , A unioiry,
, * . . is duly ptiinlul to witness; and would
hand*we were unable to issue our paper 11._ u .t T ’ .
* be m ire so to me, but for the cenvic-
l tion, that their removal is absolutely
tl, P necTssiry for tlitir preservation and
future happiness.”
you not, then permit us to remain?
Can you not forgive even us, innocent
as We urc.' 1 II you can, 0! come to our . aii aeeit
bosom,, lw. inileed, our lirolhen; am! J 1 " - - CKirokw 1-rnlory h» ,..*d Mh a ,. ter occ , lrreJ „ r# ,
•Kb r« us all, tlw«<irvfyi«io 29 , h 0j F " "
i I • « /-/iiiiitxniteit nn tKa /-I A n»il • lb ■ u > .
W« learn from Ihe G^orgi* papers
the Bill far tho survey, at*i! ocrupanr.y of
An accident of a distressing char-
.I e a e k i; • , ~*' w * u * vvtoiier. A severe storm of
commence on the few cl April: It is made : „ • i , , . . . . .
.. . .. , _ 1 , . ram and wind had set in, and just af-
discrotionarv with the Governor when the ! ..lu , i . .
i i tcr comfortable quarters had been
........... - ■ wi oumiuudoie quarters nao ueen
li-ve (hat a inajr-1 " D ; 1 oc, ' u l ,anr y «<H -»>">-»«• 8C( . ur cd, a large tree was blown don a
-at like this, Col- *•“* r-'dynay now «!«■«. •“•"*• !>« j among the ca«.|.s, and t.vo women,
i , n • vnrmtini pi 111' I .tv tli7.#>il tWMfrlilinrc l>&' .• «• 1 m . r
since there is yooui enough
give us a home in your land, anil let
us be children of (lie same affect inn
ate family.” I bcliev
nanimity of sentimeut ...
lowed up by a correspondent’ great-! grounded by Civilized neigl.bors-by j mo{ \ t ; ri oflarg ^ fenwRe*, ware emsh'’
ness of conduct on tho part of the pro-1 who,n * h, T ma >' hc n,at1c ■cq.iamieil with ; ed , 0 insf anl dealh, one girl saJly
pie of the United States, would go! t»»* r ‘° ‘'nkimwn, law, which author-, mangled, aud several children severe-
farther to bury tho tomahawk and I a ,naM 10 hi * P<» or and Hefencriem j | y injured. The darkness of the night,
proiluce a fraternization with the! neighbor’s property, and convert it to bis the severity of the storm.the frightful
Inditins, than all t6e presents, trea-j own nM *> This bit! wa* no doubt passed *
ties nnd missionaries that can be cm- J order to effect the 'speedy -cmoval of
ployed; dashed and defeated as these the Cherokee*” and to co-operate with the
, •«
f $!
Lf
un mo tioeorof tli-Hi ticsccnt;I•*"*** *• •“••*'* •*» ra*v»au)c a* wa*
jIiuoj pohiivul ex-
♦d among the Induus,
nly by asps: tor
. nd ni order to advance
when: indeed, il is pmfeetlv immate- views, '»he l'i'»'*: , f ef tbe Ag**nt
rial 1 whut complexion, an imiian or i «*‘icii ily oj'p ised, and in
an Af:i"uii suu may Imvo burned” on ,. Sl " n -* tnea s ire e«- u t* . ictoil. The
Ihrp'giim. * \ goverunien i list mum* arrangementi
with the C 1 fiefs fur liie removal »f
iml nmigi mts the nve.r nt
Adieu, my dear S-——This tiain of < .
thougbi he* list roved the tone <)( ill) c, S‘ , l iliotu
when I recover them you shall st ,l * lusii^ii *lr. Gaines na*
Once iniire, Ii,c * '"lb » ('ine uni unseen cbst.it Its.
, lie hopes \ it to sjccuu i’» nrcomplish*
the oliject . 1
“ 1 he t eeling,’’ say* Mr. Gaines,
“which m \vv uf them evince in «cpa-
ratinz, nt v«r to return agatn, ff om
v]
latter means nhvnys are, by a claim
of rights on the part of the white ppo-
ple, which the Indians know to be
false ami baseless. Let me not be
told that the Indians are too dark and
fierce to be affected by generodB and
noble sentiments. I t¥fl! not believe
it. Magnanimity can never be lost
on a nation which has produced an
Alknomok, a Logon, and a Pochalion-
i« ■■ *
The repetition of t6e name of this
amiable princess brings me back to
the point from whicli I digressed- I
agents of th*> General Government who
are now in the nation; but we understand
t hey have been greatly disappointed in
their expectations in enrolling, so far; we
are informed there are not more than 300
emigrants of all descriptions; Indians,
Whites, Blacks and Mullattoes; the Pres
ident's message, where he informs con
gress, that '‘it is confidently believed, that
one half, if not two thirds of that tribe*
(Cherokees), will follow the wise exam
ple of their more westerly bretheren,” to
the contrary notwithstanding, What wil;
those man, who hold out that tbe fall Cher-
howling of the poor sufferers, L the
noisy anil extravagant demonstrations
of grief in which the whole camp in
dulged, presented a scene of distress
altogether surpassing description.
The dead were decently interred'
the succeeding day, and the wounded
comfortably provided for.
It is probable that from seven to
eight thousand of the emigrants are
by this time assembled on the west
bank of ttie Mississippi!
Who dow not feel like weeping to see
the breaking up of *uch a body ef people,
whose improvements though in a state
of infancy, bad become decidedly pmgres-
l’he heart oi that man muxt be hard
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