Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1825-09-10

E q. w. BUTLER,
lid de camp.
Fhnt River, July lOth, 1925.
SIR,
The excessive hea, OF the weather,
added 10 The many Inconvenience and
in erruptions which have daily encoun-
tered, in the course of my visit to The
Greek nation, has deprived me oil the
pleasure OF writing TO your ExceIiency
as Often and as FULLY as have been de-
sirous of dong | nave now the honor,
without entering mo detail, that could
afford but little interest, TO communicate
to you the result oil my conferences with
The Indians. Alter meeting III this state
the chiefs of The M'Intosh party, and at
Broken Arrow those OF the opposite par
y, and t.arlng their respective state
menls, WIN the evidence for and against
each party, have urged them to an adj
Justment oil differences; 10 which they
have mutually ssaented.
The Mcintosh party demanded retail.
stlua Tor their fallen chiefs, with The im-
mediate restoration oil property taken or
destroyed: their demands were founded
on the 9Th article OF The treaty OF Febru-
AIRY last, which promises, on our part,
protection to " theIr migrating party"
against the whites and all others; winch
party, they, (the followers oil General
Mclntosh,) assume themselves to be.
Whether THIS provision OF the treaty was
Dot intended 10 protect the Creek Indians
against themselves, or to prolect COM
parativey small part OF then against the
main body OF The nation, were questions
which | was happily not called upon to
decide +: as in the event of hostlliles hav-
ing snbsded, my instructions simply re-
CURED me 10 make peace upon Just
principles, land tore quive the comp ainan,s
as well as the opposing party, 10 abstain
rom acts o! retaliation or violence.
Fhe repuled hostile party consists of
all the principal chiefs, and OF nearly fer
ty-ninr J!ffieths of The whole ofthe chiefs,
head men and warriors, OF the nation
among whom | recognize many who
were in our service during the late war,
and who, 10 my certain knowledge, have
been lor twenty years past, land | think
they have been at all times,) as friendly
to the United States as any OF our Indian
neighbors could have been known 10 be.
met them a, Broken Arrow, the usual
place OF holding the great council OF the
nation.
| could not, therefore, but view this
supposed hostile party as in fact and in
truth the Greek nation, and altogether
tree OF the spirit Of hostility ascribed to
them--I have received from them in
council assembled, the most deliberate
assurances of their determination 10 bs
peaceable and friendly towards their ab.
sent people, as we'll as towards the Unit
ed States.
They regretted the necessity which
they contend existed for the strong mea-
sures they adopted against Gen. McIn-
tosh and others, who they affirm forfeited
md lost their lives by having violated a
well known law of the nation. They
have engaged to restore all property taxi
en-, and to pay for all that has been de.
sIroyed contrary to aw-and they have
promised to allow a reasonable time Tor
those who have borrowed and run
OF With money out Of their national trea-
sury, to reimburse the same. The coun.
Gil strongly and unanimously objected to
The late treaty, as the offspring OF fraud,
INTO contrary to the known law
and determined will of the nation, and
by persons not authorised O treat. They
refuse to receive any part OF the consde-
ration money due under the treaty, or to
give any other evidence of their acuui.
escence in it. In conc fusion. they ex.