Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-07-08

heir lands, - he.s had the matter hXed' Tor ces-
sion OF the lands, ii was understood below The Fed-
eral road, &c distinctly inimaiins however," \says
Major Merriwelher, in which he is corrobora cd
by Colonel Campbell,) I" that as Iroup had been
elected Governor, be must not expect success 10
attend any application Which might oe made TO the
Indians, willie he GROUP was in Office" An
tcipa,ing probably thai repeated failures would Ell
feet change in the politics OF the State, and bring
into the executive chair at the next election,
of his choice, he intended doubtless in that
event TO I've more propitious. Accordingly we hnd
it minated TO the Chiefs who were sent away from
the treaty at Broken Arrow, that they were to
meet there again in a few months. And in his pro-
test against the treaty, he TO tie late Secre-
taiy OF War his belief, that g at no distant day,"
treaty could be made to the entire satisfaction o.
the government. Your committee offer no comment
on this They trust there can be but one sentiment
on this subject; from The foregoing very rapid view
OF the case if 1t is fair one, and we believe 1t Is
vi this, however, judgment may be formed from
the evidence itself That part of it which the
committee have collected, is herewith reported, 20
that the whole of it is before the House. Your
committee allow weight (for certainly none
ought to be aluwed) TO any evidence that Is not as
yet brought home, Ill least by fair presumption to
the Agent. Those numerous collateral cHcum-
stances that are scattered through it, will be aken
1t Is hoped, at their true weight, and no more; re-
collecting on the hand that they generally tend
TO corroberate aid support what they do not dis
tncty prove; and OH the other hand, that such OF 1t
- has been collected by the committee Is neces-
sarily e.r-parte; and that II cannot be now known
how much OF it the a gent may be able to con,royer
or explain.
Taking the evidence collected by the committee
with these cautions and deductions, which can
howe hardly tend TO impair the effect OF the
evidence, your committee think they enough
frr -prtil, in
satisfy the general government on the question OF
the Agents longer continuance Ill ohce; whether
considered either question merely OF justice TO
him, or policy to the country. Whatever doubts
may heretofore have existed in the mind of the ex
ecutive, we trust will shortly be dispelled And
that clemency that has been sover indulgent and
mistaken in its extent, and which has in its opera
tons been cruelty to the Indians, and that has
operated an unkndness, next 10 insult to Geor-
Sia, will no longer he suffered to be thus abused
On the second branch of the reference, that
which relates TO the conduct of the Agent, in res
pect to the death of General Mcintosh and Others
your committee will promise the notoriety of the
fact, that there had existed for some years. deep
and rooted enmity between them. This state of
ceiling is indicated in the Agents letter to Hamb-
ley oil the 22d August, 1923. We find it asserted
in a letter from Samuel Hawkins to the Governor
that the Agent advised The Indians assemble, and
burn down the houses and destroy the property OF
McIntosh Jesse Cox testi6es, that on the 20th
oil April, the Agent in speaking of the Indians, used
the following Words damned towards, always
hated them still hate them worse and worse.
Any people that would suffer one man to sell their
nation, ought TO die and go to hell. once put
that fellow (meaning McIntosh,) down, where he
ought 10 remain; but the Big Warrior and Little
Prince reinstated him. hope the Big Warrior is
now in hell for it, and that the Little Prince may
soon follow him. Abraham Miles swears that
on the 9th of April the Agen, told MIN that Me
lnosh would certainly be killed b. the Indians
opposed TO the treaty, and the 30th that month
he was murdered We are informed in Il letter OF
his wives, OF the Sd of May, that the leaders in
that transaction declared they suppore ed and
encouraged in the murder by the Agent and the
Chiefs; and it appears by the affidavit of Francis
Flournoy, that one of those wives gave him the
same account on the morning of the murder. An
other of the party told Flournoy that the Chiefs
were sincere when they sent their peaceful answer
to the Governor (by Colonel Lamar, } but that the
Agent had altered it, and told the council tina, the
only way to ger the land back and keep it, was 10
kill all that had been concerned in selling it, In
giving their reasons for this act to Hawkins wi
dow, she says, they included the name of Walker,
the former sub Agent, as having also given them
this advice Kennedy testihes that rather dark
complectoned man whom they called Col. Crow
ell, in speaking OF the Indians on the Sunday be-
of them had been killed, for the balance would
have been more easily managed" This witness
has since seen the Agent, and has since told some
OF tie members OF the committee that he is now
satisfied to the identity of his person. These are
imposing iacts-but your committee would again
remark, that the evidence being ear parte, should
be received with much allowance On the whole ),
your committee does not see in the evidence sufI-
cient proof 10 justify them in presuming that the
Agent ordered, contrved nstigated the murder
of General Mcintosh; but until the contrary shall
be made to appear they must fully believe that he
knew of the approaching event, and could have
prevented it and hence, well from the ge-
neral tenor Of the testimony, they compelled to
infer, that it had his appreciation.
The Indians probably derived encouragement
and confidence from their belief of the agents
appreciation, which they would naturally infer from
his silence and inactivity 1t is believed that if
the agent had been removed from office last Janua-
ry, General Mcintosh would have now been in
life.
Before dismissing the subject, it is proper to
notice an insinuation OF the agent (for he does not
positively assert it) to the Department of War,
that the intended survey of the lately acquired ter
rltory was the immediate cause of the troubles in
the nation, and of the death of Gen. Mcintosh and
his friends. The committee hardly need O advert
to the testimony of Miles and of Flournoy TO
prove the contrary. All the evidence connected
with the subject, within the recollection of the
committee, and even certificate of certain Indl-
ans lately published for another purpose by the
agent, concur to disprove this charge. We submit
the import of the whole to be, that it was said by
the hostes and we believe by the agent himself
that the chiefs were killed in pursuance of law
which they pretended was made at the Pole Cat
Spring; and which they resolved TO put in exc
cution en- hearing of the ratification OF the treaty
The total effect that should be allowed to all
the evidence must, and will Of course be estimated
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