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AGENTS.
I William E Ifolley, Maryville, E.
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Williams, Colosse, Now .York.
JSI35TAWS
their apprehension strictly 'a spirit
Nor have they any wtiriMn their Ian
guage lo denote* a spiritual exist
ence .
They anciently regarded the sun
as a god, and ascribed to him the
power of lifo and death and their sue*
‘eess in tvar.
The dwelling of (Ids superior Be-
in* trffty supposed lo be somewhere
on high. The representation of the
Choctaws is that when the Creator
had made die eailli, and its inhabit-
m ts (lifted people,) and had given
lliem iBV’ir civil regulations, here-
turned to his place, and they saw
and heard nothing more of him.
Tlv v do not appear to have ao-
kmm lodged llrat a superintending
Providence diiecled their concerns
ami controlled all events, in pros
perity they exercised no grntjtude to
him for bene (its received, nor in dis-
, tress, did they apply to him for re-
<i,ne drought, they ap-
’ plied tt their rain-makers, who,’ be
ing well paid, would undertake to
•nake rain. When .lie earth was
surelvni ged with water, they would
apply to their fair weather makers 1
I for sunshine; and in sickness, to their
j doctors for cure; without ncknmvl-
j edging or even appearing lo («-« I th..i,.
dependence on the great Holer of
| afl thinare
! They supposed that this ft
Witchpraft forme.ly was .faltered result has shown this lo he (he case; M K< e, from Cork, had been seized
m - v " loctaws, and caused a for, after a pursuit of some days, " ill) similar symptoms, and was la-
great terror and t ie los« of Jui- » \ ’ i ♦ f .
Froi;. the M ssionary Herald.
CHOCTAWS.
I of con lry number and origin
if the Choctaws.
Choctaw country extends
Itlie Toinbigbv river on the cast
l Mississippi river on Ilia west,
loin the Chickasaw nmnirv on
l)rt!i to the settleVueuts of the
of Mississippi on tiie sooth, „„
‘i also ex.end Vi. the wo«t. ”r ’ “ h ow can we think of h.m,
ireme length is ahont 150 miles, ° i "' 1< | m "* , . in,M . v ,l '' t ,,n S- -And
s breadth ..bout 140. Its av- ] " ,ho »>"« repeated
, , . , , 7 ; ‘Before the missionaries came, did
extent is much loss, ein- . ....... ’,
(lie Choctaws talk and think about
great terror and the loss; oT many
lives* Most of the sickness was attri
buted to it. & those supposed lo occa
sion sickness in this manner were oi
led murdered They had a kind of doc
tors who were applie I to and were
believed lo he able to rnanteiuict the
power of the witch and restore the
patient.
From the New York Spectator.
1 lie Indian Bar.— The following
I fit ter comes from a Source of the
highest’ raspeetability, h is; as we
surmised*. In this ease, ns in almost
every other, the whiles were the ag
gressors. Having squatted on the
Indian lands, dud cheatod them out
oflhcii hunting fields, they next pro
ceeded, in the wontonness oi oppres
sion, to rob them of their property
and shoot them like game; and when
they retaliate, ive are called upon lo
shed tears for the poor innocent
while me n But there is none. < ■
mourn for Logan—no, not one. Wt
hone to hear more frequently fiom
til writer.
FROM OUR CORRESPOND
ENT
Vincennes, Ind. June Oth.
wt v „„ 0l) ^ vis j| | 0 your city, a
year or (>vo since, you made me a
a pi opos tfon. which I am
e i u g j ” c' - I- - < 'win iv ii i,-1, , ii in i ea r f u I y or
| prescribed no form of religious wor- " r '*iieot of t(i»l.ing,iviiieh n ns.that
sliip, and made no revelation of bis
will. There appears lo be no ev
idence that they ever offered, sacri
fices or engaged in any worship.—
I hey appear P have been empheli-
eally “without God in llie world.”—
V> nen the emruiry tins been made.
| “Did you ever think of God?” They
“liovv can we think
In* about T 000 000 acres. Their
lory was lormerlv much larger,
ne number of the Choctaws is es--
Itul at about twenty thousanu.—
Lt inroads have been made on
number by sickness and other
bi. thirty.* years ago they
jahly amounted lo thirty tluus
pine of ihc Choelaws have a tra-
God?” the answer universally has
been, they never thought nor talked
upon • such subjects. A few aged
men state, that sni'ce they have
heard the gospel from tie missiona-
aries. they have sometimes altemnt-
cd to acknowledge their dependence
on the Father rtf* mercies, and seek
his favor bv sup Mention, but that
. ihat IW, with tb.t Ci.ick.MW., i ^|r. (|mkj-w Mlhln,
.•limnas, and Creeks, cmigmlcd . , ° P l,, . ve '? 01 do' they
lame emintry far ,0 tlto ,v t „,
-tilled it. liter, prc«»,l lerrilor; I L"’",”" l, f d " n , ce l “' v!l " 1 lh -' r
thtt dite’-nort of a „«.| pro,,!.,,! » ’>'B-ncfrctor, tva, eve pt nc
ader. O l..r. bclStv. Ih.l l.cy ! Tl ^ , f'u "', a '
3 ‘they never did ,prav. would be the
natural eonefesion from their belief,
that tlieir <?^afor, at their forma
tion, required from them po irfud of
homage. -
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Not regarding tlie shperihr Being
ns a lawgiver, tbev had no idea of the
moral turpitude of sin as against God,
and no won’that signifies it; and il
was very difficult to give iliem nny
notion of it. Tlie present 4 genei at ion
Ms difficnli of acquiring'any de- ol ' ^liorlniV* believe flint* the soul,
ite knowledge respecting their' J v,, ' ,,h f a,, ‘ ."twvives, (lie
ditions. Neither they nor the In- bnt they dATint appear to think,
"'J generally have any' of that ae-
pry themselves in rpspotj^ to e-
I'tts and dates which they have
represented as having. "^Vheir
iteriieuts aie very v; gue, an3 those
y^iii would very cheerfully ho taxed
with post age, if I would occasionally
give you no'ico of passing events m
the fir west. The reason u by I
have not earlier complied with my
promise, may be for nd in the fact’,
tint as we western people pursue
the even tenor of our course, half
between (lie Eastern “consolidation.”
(I believe (hat is the word,) and
Southern “nullification,” there is not
winch excitement among us; and,
therefore, hut little food for a lie s-
paper. Just noiv, however, there
are “wars and rumors of- wars,”
more of the latter, I believe, than
the former. Never since tlie days
when 4 Dick Johnson did not kill 'iY-
enmseh. has the military fever raged
to th’* same ex’ent as*at
The fact is. onr martial spirit lies
been bottled on s<> Ion*, that now.
and not hein* able to overtake the ken ashore withoqjl delay, lie ex-
Indians, the miljjia have returned | I’ired in less tlwn Ihenly four hours
home, and At kinson, ? u it Ii the United y Bcr tlie arrival of the boat, and the
Stater troops, have returned to symptoms o his case left no doubt on
ft$jk lslaml.k.,The necessary eon- minds of some of tlie medical
sequence niusjhbe, that, dividing into ,m ‘ n ’'l' 0 sn ' v him, of its identfty
small parlies the whole line of the ! .Asiatic Cholera. It was ii, pvd,
frontier will. Morn this until fall, be , howeier, that this case would be is-
exposod to savage incursions, w liieli j ‘dated, ami furjl^r difl’uhion of tie
can only Ire min died by.puiting the ‘hSease be pre.venled; but upon in-
United Staff s’troops on* horseback,! f l”' ry " 4 ' 9 - discovered ' to have
and employing them, where tlit*y j spread 3ii#nast simultaneously., lo the
ought ever since last summer to have lichee, St Lawrence ai.d*Reeol-
been emplnjed, as Rangers on the f ^‘ cf suburbs, and has since spread so
frontier-instead of passing their ! gcneifliMy, that no part ran be said
lime in idleness at Jefferson Bar-1’ 0 'xonijit from the presence of
■ ai ks. The present eo tost, with- thsea-sfer.. Orr Monday, the Board
out being pi 1 dacliie Af any good, but ! °f 1 L’al;It met. but issued no bullc-
of much f'vil, will cos! tiie Gov-j* ,n * A)u I uesday, ne \reie favored
’einmenl more tliitu it would | iaV( .!"i , h a communication frorfi tlie Si c-
dnne to have k-'pt ; regiment cl' • ‘‘t»*y» yUml) I ended to support the
mounted men on t tie fiomit.i tor tl j opinion llittI ih> Asiatic Cholera exist-
vear. And hod this’beeivdone nft’fM ihe e in town, and we lost no time ip
distm bailee hist summer, we sin. uld 'diffusm* this in the foi m of a handbill.
and In ou'-columns. 0, t Wedn sd -v,’
have avoided all the unpleasant cou-
S'-queimes u liirli have since aiiscn.
The state of 11 1 1 :iois will siiffcr sn-
veiely. Them was but a,short r*rop
l ist year, 'flic cold of Iasi w iutoi
ujiircd what corn iv.,s raised; and
•here is grral scarcity of seed this
•prin.g. Foar thousand men in all
have been railed from their agricul-
Miral concerns, at a time when their
-ci vires were most needed, and ma-
v have left tlieir families in a veiy ;
distressing situation. It is said that |
‘he Indians liave sulfered severely for i
‘be want of food-most of the game !
navin* also been destroyed by (he se-
veriiy of the winter. This, together
with the probable aid derived from
the agents of the British for compa
nies. who, from a spirit of Ava/iro,
dislike ilie continual advancement o;
American r
hunting grounds ol' the Indians, are
prbb bly the principal cause of the
“Indian war.” The State of Indiau-
a is removed from all danger from
disturbances; and the consequence
will piohahjy be, (bat wo shall the
coming year get a Ini go access to our
I population, winch, unde'* other cu-
tlie present, j cumstnuces, would have gone to Illi
nois Oili'march is onward—almost
in a tei.in.et > i, a I ratio. I see you
a lid issued
the Board ol Health mi (,
tlu* following bullet io; - •
Office of the Bo^nm or Health,
• ..Monttieal 13 Ii, June 1832.
Cases ol ( liolera from 10th lo 12th
June inclusive:
Severe ,5]
Milder 43
- - 9 -4
Deaths 00
created out of the ground at a
I’fi in their country called .A’mi/i
lia about four or five gc iC’.ifions
[•■%JThey are divid 'd into elans,
rh embrace the whole trihp. —
Jinb'-is or the same cl in never in-
Imury, so that the husband and
|ealways belong to diflerent elans,
•he children belong to the clan of
| mother.
rligious Traditions and ®pinions.
diflerent individuals are contra
Mory. Since tlieir intercourse
I'lh Ujo whites they have forgotten
pel) that they once knew. They
also very reluctant and perhaps
|hampd # to divulge tlieir traditions
)d opinions.
They obviously^* however, once
l( l some knowledge respecting tlie
’Bnl| recoded ^n Genesis. They,
‘•ain some f^int' idea of a Superior
Ms; H.ut of his nature, mode of ox-
tlencc, and attributes, (heir notions
i rpr y, and, until enlightened by
diristian instruction, are now, ox-
’«nacly vag ie and indefinite. They
no conception of a Being purely
gtnsuitZ. The human soul is not in
in
lint its condition *s at all afiected by
the. conduct of this life.
When n lyetnbor of a family difm! been ^greift v 4jiismnnagemi:itt
poles were set in the ground around] most culpame negligence, some
the grave with hoops and* vines hung
upon them,.to aid the soul in its as
cent. Around these'♦lie surviving
ntembeis of the family assembled at
when a hqlo b ke», (lie corks »re boast, and'jiistly Ion, of (lie number
fly.ng in a I dnitetious. and you. .w on Id , lf U; , W Comnanies .ftcrlrporatcd
imagine th»y whole country was n- |)y ' L 4 igj , (lire | as( u i ll(t;r __
honttohehid waste and dt*pn,,..la fum , rnii | b, | iev# , in all-yet we.
ted oy “Black Hawk ” who,- by the • ■ - ■
way is ns yelloiv as any other gentle
man Indian whom von Tver had pa
raded at (lie expense of* Government
for the gratification of (he good peo
ple of Goftiniri. That there have
boon some murders and des'ruetion aC
property 011 the Ensfern frontier is
adtniftpd : on -all hands. Thai the
Illinois’ tr.opns.,. nbdpr Major Stillman,
as General Jackson would say “inglo
rious! y fled,” fs granted; and it is
suppog >d‘to he an equally admilled
fh'*t, tint'on'(hat occasion, the whiles
were the first to„pornn>it hostilities—
Ibfty liaviri* killed (wo Indiaps and
taken Brnj^ei* prisoner, who was af-
tenvardl’shnf before the Indians At
tached the parly at all That there has
and
sunrise, mid-day, and sunset, for thir
ty days, uttering ay Inarticulate liwt
.distressful cry. At the end of thirty
days the neighbors were assembled,
the poles were pulled, and the mour
ning was ended ..with feasting and
drunkenness. They had a class ol
"nit'll among them denominated bone-
pickers, who used, after the body of
(lie diseased had lath awhile in an
appropriate place, to ass^tnbl* and
piek the flesh from them, and put
1 lie bones i 1 a bone house. They be
gan to bury their dead about forty
years ago.
w*lft*rc. Ml admit; and the Gen. of the
“Re*’lars”eomes in for his full slnie
of the bl^mib. Instead of eafWit* out
(he militia, hfljpe immediately nd-
vaneedvon the Indians, it is generally
believed they would never have been
able to have nvadc head at all. De
lating, however, to call out the mi
litia, it gave thojndians tjme to col
lect and.qrganizn, nml hke defeat of
Stillman's pa rtf giving them fresh
confidence., led to the destruction ol
life which afterwards took place n-
mon* the frontier inhabitjjnts. J’hat
they will meet either the United
States 4 troops, or tlfb militia, in a
fair fight, no one vi’ho knows any
thing of Indian character, habits and.
(node of \varfaie K eveWfeelievffd,ffc the
w i I Ii one-lourth your population, at
the^Jast session• incorporated eight
rail 'cad Companies aside from tlie
act aulhoiizin* the eompletion of
w.hicli our slate is pledged. Ten
years more, and the rank of states
will be New York. P> unsylvani 1, O
bio, Virginia, Indiana, oi l am mi -
taken. '
Ypuys troly:
. I|ra AUTBfW—i———»X«awa——MP—Ml—B———t
Fiom the Mo tr at Gi?uia..i ot -
Cholera -The pf> sence ol
. , to
the A
sialic Ulipjera innljis city remains no
longer doubtful; il hns^u * st foriF
upon us with a rapidity which lias
eo. ried consternation and dismay lo
tlje heart’s of the bravest and (he
Recovered or remaining 71
Bi order
J GUTHRIE SCQTT,
, P . rteeret. iy.
This report conveyed tiiaiin wher
ever i: yyas peiused: (he insiamaoe*
°us announeemeot of 94 errses of Chol
era, in a oily in which a lew hours
before Ibis iheumeut appeared, it
" us doubt ful to 1% L. » 1.^ . • I...
ctiseasc oxisua atmuig us, spii-ad tear
am..11* the most resolute, anil the tic-
queiiey of funerals in (be atteriuon,
shew ect 1 bat the disease w ns i.ot di
minished. Tluiisday exl.ibiteil a
scene of death, and co: sf «* j nation,
which has never been equal!, d we
believe on the Ccntineni of America.
Calaslier bparing^lte Ministers of re
ligion to t he ilifTerrnt parts of the Su-
hmbs, were met at full speed at al
most every cornel*, v omen with (er
ror in tlieir countnngui es. and r. any
o( them wcepi'g, wdic to be seen in
every street, some walking at a rapid
pace, some running; persons bearing
medicines were hastening towards
their respective abodes* cart's with
coffins containing dead bodies, car If
accompanied w ith four or five per
sons, were passing frequently, and.,
every one looked at his neighbor with’
a*> anxiety of expression, that plainly
I h* prated mental agitation, whilst
,11 th >* was talked of But Chnkrq, i.1
cry part of the city. Business
• uicil paralysed, eonntiv merchants
who bail upon e to our maiket fl»'d in
every diicc<ion, and many of our citi
zens left town, and in fine a panic of
& linost indescribable naltire seemed
in have tnkeji'hcld ol tlie whole body
of tlie citizens, ami to have deprived
them of presence of mind to an extent
ol the bravest t _
most resolute of our citizens It' exceeding any thin* of a similar na-
reat- 'lure ivlHeb has perhaps ever been
w itnessod in Montreal.
To add to this conslorlnatmn, the
Board of Health issued no bulletin dn
TI1111 silay, owing to the imprartica-
btflty of procuring returns from the
physicians, w hoso incessant calls k*
di 9truelivencss is, we believe, gt
cr titan it lias been in any part of ICti
rope, or perhaps of India. Every
quarter of the city lias been smitten
almost at the same moment, mid
death is dealing his most fentliil
Gif Sal-
onfidencc, and many .entertained
hopes tha’t it would not cross the At
Inntic. Late ou Sat 111 day night, how
ever, tlm 9t«amboat w voyage\jr arriv
ed froth Quebec, having one person
dead on board, named John Kerr, an
emigrant from Derrynghy, near Bel-
List, Ireland, who had been sudden-
V attacked with every symptom ol
Cholera Before K^rr expired, arfoth
er of the Voyagetir’spasscnger named
avnges in every direction. ..... |.. T o.v , u „ 0 , „ l<JTl
unlay last, no appearance of the ilia- no lime to prepare such documents.
*nse could bo observed. All was* An opinion obtained eurrenev that
the ftoaid of HoaJtft concealed Ihf
reality, which was loo horrible
to bo told, antU in ties state of ex*,
citement, bordeping on despair; the
day eh sod on our distracted citi
zens. During* the night, tw o’vehi
cles. hen ring physicians and ministers,
to every part of the city, continued
to ply with unusual velocity. The
shops of druggists and apothecaries
were kepf' open all night. On Fri-