Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-03-06


and whether any OF The officers or agents
have in any manner diverted the funds
thereof To Improper purposes-or have
made use OF unIine means To force their
paper into circulation; and whether thev
have within the last Is months promptly
met all demands for Specir-aud mhe,her
any of the officers or agents have been
guilty ct fraudulent or usurious practices
as suci-and whether any of them have
used or now use any OF their fluids for
fraudulent or oppressive purposcs--'Ihat
The SAID committee have power TO send
Tor persons and papers, and report their
proceedings herein Ia the Legislature
with all convenient speed. Ia.
Cory Of a letter from Ger. ID. Il. MitcksV
dgenf Jor Indian AGars, to the E3ec,,fi.e
Of Georgia, dated
Mc0hT EEGo. 18th Feb 1919.
SlR-N!ien last addressed YOU, | had
but barely time 10 communicate The gaet
that had executed Treaty with lle
Creeks for a cession of land TO the United
States for the benefit Of Georgia. have
now the honor ofenclosing a copy of TIA,
treaty. 1t was nay desire TO make tl,e
Ocmulgee instead of the u, co, tou, hat
che, The boundary of the upper tract
"h DNSa CtfutshUlS were uSeU lnr tlaf
purpose but | could not succeed. In
deed j, required my utmost exertions 70
effect what has been done. They ha,a
lost SO much Territory by the late war
that they listen TO propositions for addi''
1lonal cessiOns with some reluctance
When the great value of those tracts. tie
lower Ill uniting cur settlements with
those which will be made on that acaui,-
ed by the Treaty of Fort Jackson. Eastof
ChatahOchie, aud which will al rance our
frontier TO the line of East Florida: and
The other from It's extent and fertiljty
L trust the terms will be thought mode,
rate.
1t also affords me much pleasure 70
have 1t III my power to assure YOU that
The great body ofthe nation are perfectly
friendly: q ardeBtly desire the expulsion
or annihialion of all those denominatcd
Rcd Sticks now sheltered among the Sc.
mlnoies in East Florida. When inform.
ed the warriors who were lately assem-
bled al The Agency (at least 1907 thai
had recel7ed assurances that there wonld
now be no impeachment to their CROSSING
The Spanish line under authority of the
United States, they were immediately ad-
dressed by M'lntosh who is at their head
and when he had finished, The result was,
an instantaneous and unanimous deterni
nation TO present themselves TO the com
mandIng officer for enrolment. A Iist Of
their officers was immediately made cut.
and they are TO meet on the 18th instant.
when they will be mustered by Colonel
Brearly OF the 9TH infantry, who has in
formed me that he has received General
GaiDes's order for that purpose. and 10
lacliifaie their march 10 Fort Scott TO
join the army.
Knowing as | do the sentiments and
disposition of the friendly Indians IN re-
lation to the present war, YOU NAV easily
conceive the surprlze with which read
Gen. GaInes's letter TO Your Excellency
published IN the Journal of the 9th of
last month, wherein he states, The lille
coincidence lie has IN the expectation of
any considerable aid from them. Truth
and justice 10 those Indians authorizes the
assurance have already given yonr Ex-
ceiiency and II Is moreover my opinion,
that they are not only jealous, bui are
much less expensive than any other de-
scriptlon of force, and are peculiarly well
calculated for the service i'm which If is
proposed TO employ them.
That General Gaines would Willingly
mlsrepresent facts, with The deliberate
design ofdeceiving your Exccllency. or
misleading the public sentiment. cannot
presume but that he has had reliance up.
on reports or communications of some
sort, unworthy ofhis confidence. is TO me
perfectly clear, otherwise he never could
have written the concluding paragraph
OF the letter alluded TO. For lie pubiica
ton of that letter am indebted for the OBJ
portuniiy ii las afforded NE Of coD,mnni
eating to your ExcelieHcy all the facts
witlinmy knowledge, relative to the trans.
action TO which he alIudes, and which | I
had not previously done from conyic. I
ton, that HE case came exclusively undd
the cogRlzanre Of the General Govern.
ment.
In December last pablic duty called m,
out TO lie CbaialIochIe, aud OF passing
the Agency understood that some Afr
can negroes had been brought TO lis Vi. l
emily on their way TO the Alabama Ter
r!oTy. On my return, which was some
time about the middle of December. II
was called upon by gentleman who
came highly recommended to me. and
whom have no doubt merited the seni
ments expressed OF him, and informedf
me, that he had authority TO remove teE
negroes then in the vicinity, and at firk
proposed doing so, but finally declined IT. I
and OH his departureI returned 10 GeorF
gIa, and Immediately thereafter, say on
the 25tI' Of The same month, wrote 10 ibe
Secretary Of the Treasury OF Tie Uuitcd
States statement OF the case, of which
informed Col. BrearIy, then comnsndiD;
the military district; and directed thai
the negroes should be detained until seer.
rily was given to take them out of The
United States, or until the government
should direct what disposition should bs
made of them. In this situation they rel
NAMED until the 2Stb Of last moniII,wherE
two gentlemen called at ihe Agency and {
offered TO give bond to take them out o.