Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-08-02
HEAL QUARTERs, Eastern Department, !

HEAD QUARTERs, Eastern Department, }
Flint Rirer, July 10, 1926.
SIR-The excessive heat of the weather, added to
the many inconveniences and Interruptions which 1
have daily encountered in the course of my visit TO the
Creek Nation, has deprived me of the pleasure of writ
ing TO your Excellency as often, or as fully as | have
been DESTROYS of doing.
1 have now the honour, without entering into details
that could afford but little interest, TO communicate TO
you the result ofmy conferences with the Indians.
After meeting in this state, the chiefs of the NlcIn
tosh party, ana at Broken Arrow, those of the opposite
party, and hearing their respective statements, with the
evidence Tor and against eash party, | have urged them
to an adjustment Of Differences, 10 which they have nu.
tually assenteG.
The Mcintosh party demanded retaliation for their
fallen Chiefs, with the immediate restoration of proper
ty taken or DESTROYED. Their demands were founded
on the 9Th article o. the treaty of February last-which
promises, on our part, protection to 1.-the cInigratlng
party against the whites and all Others; which party
they tthe followers of Gen. Mclntosh) assume them
selves, exclusively to be.
whether this provisions Of the ! realty was or nas not
INTENDED to protect the Creek Indians against thcmselvs.
or TO protect a coinpatatT,'y s,nali part of them against
the main body OF the Nation, were questions which I
was, happily, not called upon to decide: as, in the event
OF hosiillties having subsidized, my instructions simply
Peq'.red me TO make peace upon just principles, and 10
require the compliments, as well as the opposing party,
To ABSTAIN from acts OF retaliation or violence. The re-
putcd hostile party consists of all The principal Chiefs,
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thief', Head men and Warriors of the Nation-among
whom, l recognised many who were in our service du-
ring the late war, and who, to my certain knowledge,
have been for twenty years past land | think they have
been at all tmes) as friendly to the United States as anv
OF our Indian ~ncighhors could have been known to be.
l met them at Broken Arrow, the.usual place ofhold-
lng the Great Council of the Nation: | could not, there
lore, but view this supposed hostile party as, in fact aud
IN truth, the Creef .Nftion;-and altogether free of the
spirit of hostility ascribed to them. I have received from
them, in Council assembled the most deliberate assu-
rance, OF their determination to be p%eaceable and
friendly towards their absent people, as well as towards
the United States. They regretted the necessity which,
they contend, existed for the strong measures they
adopted against Gen. M'Intosh and others, who they af.
firm, forfeited and lost their lives by having violated a
well known law of the Nation. They have engaged TO
restore all property taken, and to pay for all that has
0een destroyed contrary 10 law-and they have prornis-
ed to allow a reasonable time for those who have Dor
rowed and run off with meney out of their National
i Treasury, TO reimburse the same.
HE Council strongly and unanimously objected TO
The late Treaty, as the offspring of fraud, entered into
contrary to the known law and determined VIII of the
Natlon-and by persons not authorised to treat. They
refused to receive any part of the consideration money
due under the Treaty, or to give any other evidence of
their acquiescenCe in it.
In concIuson-they expressed the hope that their
white friends would pity their deplorable condition, and
would do them the justice to re consider and undo
that which has been wrOngfully done.n have, pursu-
ant 10 my Instructions from the Department of War, en-
dcavored 10 convince the Council. but without success.
OF the iaiiacy OF their objections TO the Treaty, and to
disslpate their delusiyc hopes that il can ever be annull-
ed. have assured them that, III all our Treaties with
the powers of Europe as well as with near fifty Indian
Nations, there has been not ore Instance. 10 my know
ledge, of a Treaty having been revoked or annulled, al
ter being duly ratified, except BY the free consent of all
the parties 10 it, or by war.
YESTERDAY net ia Council, near Joseph MarshalI's
ferry, the Chiefs, of he 1IIntosh party, and com,nuni-
Gated t" them ihe proposition of the Council at Broken
Arrow, TO winch they have acceded. They promis-
ed to return to their homes as soon as they are advised
of the arrival of the United States troops ordered from
Louisiana and Pensacola to the Creek Agency at Chat
tahoochy.
The Chiefs Of both parties have distinctly and so.
Iemnly assured me that they viii remain at peace with
each other; and that they will in no case raise an arm
against the citizens of the United States. Under these
circumstances. it Is my duty TO notify your EXcellency
that there Will be TO occasion for calling into service
any part of the Militia or Volunteers OK the State over
winch you preside.
The certificate of which | herewith inclose a cory,
marked a, added TO the declarations of the Chiefs in
Council, OF whom Joseph Marshall was the principal
and interpreter, prove that your Excellency has been
greatly deceived, IN surprising that the M'Intosh party
ever consented to the survey of the ceded Territory be-
ing commenced before the time set forth in the Treaty
for their removal. This fact giving altogether a new
aspect to the subject OF the proposed survey of the land,
added TO a strong conviction on my mind, that the at
tempt to make tue surveys would be a positive violation
VI '"C lSatl -tNbu NIti5 Dut tAIStlbg GdlSG Ot eE-
element, be certain to produce acts of violence. upon
the persons or property of unofendiug Indians, who We
are bound to protect, it becomes my duty to refnonstratc
against the surveys being commenced until the Indians
shall have removed agreeably TO the treaty. | cannot
doubt that the facts disclosed by the accompanying GER
uficate, with the concurrent testimony Of the Chiefs of
the Council, will induce your Excellency, witbouth hes.
itation, to abandon the project OF surveying the land,
before the month of September, 1926,
This will be particularly gratifying to ne, as il will
relieve me Of the painful duty of acting, not in concert
'cih the venerated authorities of an enlightened and
patriotic member of the United States-to wi.om I stand
pledged by every principle of honour, and under the
solemnity Of an oath, to serve them honestly and faith
fully.
%(Signed) EDMUND p. GAINES,
MJ. GIN. Commanding.
a true COPY f.. G. W. BUTLER,
TO His TX. 6. NJ. TRour,
Gove'nOr Of Georgia.
We certify that we accompanied the express from
Governor 'Irpuu fo Con A'IufoeE rnvo,;,r H.