Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-06-21
sMlLLEDCEVILLE, Geo. June !.
REPLY.
Creek-Agencu. esth Nm /

Creek-Agency, 2Sth Nay, 1916
On the Gath | wrote to YOU in renlv ).
yours Of the s8th ut, ard since have had
the pleasure to receive yours of the 10Th
! had received from Bow.Legs dire,t =
complaint of an outrage committed " bv
the people of Georgia who Lad gone iuia
East Florida, driven off his cattle and
destroyed his property" have sent this
complaint to the Governor of Georsia
who will readily cooperate with the Of.
fcers of the General Government. "a
cause justice to be done the injured. il
the complaint is true. The laws Of the
United States provide completely for
the protection of the Indian rights, and
those interested with their execution
have the power Of doing it. All thatis
wanted is proof against the transges.
sors.
The Indians Of Aulotchewau, who
without provocatien murdered and rlun-
dered a number of the subjects of Spain
on St. Johns, have engendered such
Ideally fued between the parties, that
lit will lie long before the descendants Of
the injured can forget and forgive.
iSpain, from her internal commotions, has
mot found it convenient to settle
peace between them, aud these people,
lit is probable are mistaken for Ceorgians.
The Indians of this Agency, as we'll as
these in the Floridas, have long known
they are to apply through their Chiefs
to me for redress OF their grievances.
The government: of the Creeks is not
an !ephemeral one. Its last mOdifcs.
ltien is of more than ten years standing
lit was the work and choice of the nation,
/ and has a check on the conduct Of tie
ISeminoles.
In 1899 a gentleman arrived where
you are from England, who had been an
officer On half pay. he came in tie
Fox sloop ofwar, furnished by the ad.
mral on the Jamaica station by ordsroF
the admiralty, IS to facilitate to him a
passage to his nation the Creeks
This gentleman after attempting in yarl.
Gus ways with the seminoles, to usuP
| the government of tie Greeks without
success created himself Director gene.
lral Of Muscogee, declared war against
spain, murdered some OF her subjects q
| took St. Marks. He ordered me with
|mJ assistants in the plan of civilization
lout of the Greek Nation.
l communicated his proceedipsst'
1.-THE national councils swho had been
previously acquainted with him, ana an,
Iwho replied to him, +" that he had a tltls
among them which he well mentea
Cap,pe, tun, ,lox,an 1.-THE Prince Oh
LARS and TO other" This director
General of Muscogee, after playing
farce for two years, experienced ira
lgic scene, which deprived him oil BIS u.
|berty. He was put in irons by Greer %. o.
the Council whose government he a.
tempted to usurp, ard sent to the w,
lvernor General of Louisiana to a ans. 6,
flor his crimes. His Seminoles ohls'
were glad to retire with impumty' n
tier this it was unanimously deternilisJJ
in a Nation Council Of Distinguish
Chiefs from every town. and a dspu'sa' ass
of Choctaws, C.ickasaws and CherGAs I'D
that the warriors should be classeo d..
HELD in readiness to execute 1He o.u ss
Of the Executive council, and that , y.
Agent for Indian affairs should have , I'
Ipcwer of executing the treaty sul I;ts
ltions of the Greeks with their ~, .aa
lneighbors. Tookaubatche and CoSt OWED
alternately as the occasion req eaat Of
was appointed the permanent ss.tt I'm;
their national councils, where n nj Ths,
affairs alone could be transacted, IN II.
have now two speakers" h a,"nrr.
ICouncils meets at Cowetau, lns'I' over
gee Hopoie, as Speaker for the .'V and
lSreeks. is Speaker for the nation T a..
when they meet at IookaqoaIs"eC Creeks
ltunnugsee Thlucco OF the upper j,
lis Sneaker for the Nation.--oo"srehsss a.
head quarters for the present. zone tho
.apt for Indian affairs can e0"
ICouncil. .;cs,ed in
|vour own words the pretention1s, S .. {a lave
Three chiefs. They answer .tion be.
1 l Col. Nichols communicate upa.
fore us-that Hopoith Niece ' re the
Ichau Niece and Hopoie NIECE w. know
|soyereigns Of this nation. We have
|nothing about them as SUCH such oor talks.
loften invited them to attene onl and
The, never would come ,1 lGISAI[ u4;ap'
IHopohieth Micca ~ aS''