Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-06-30

III. Cyssks-Ths Milledg.viue pa
pers received by yesterdays mail, are
SLED with documents relating to the
Indian Affairs. They are too numer-
Gus fer us to sttempt to copy, at pre-.
SAINT; and we think it improper, under
.xist:sg circumstances, to publish a
mart only. Tbs ioilowia. statement,
however, made by the ,hiefs Of the
Creek Nation, in WHICH they take upon
themselves a,,d their entire responsible
ity Of the death of HcLntosh, isof much
importance, as it e1honerst.s, altoge-
Their. the whites from any concern in the
transaction. The Chiefs say-"Ws de-
t.rmined TO put him to death. for a vio-
Iativn of a law first proposed by him."
and this law, it appears, punished with
death any Chief of the nation who
should propose to sell any of their lands:
We, the undersigned Chiefs and head
Men of the Creek Nation, do certify
and declare.
That we determined of our free
will and accord, to put to death the
Chief M'Intosh, ard that neither tho A
gent, John Croweil, or any other white
man were the instigators or abe.tors,
nor do se know or believe that he, the
Agent, knew that we had any such de-
sign; nor did we communicate it to- any
buta few old and head men. We de-
termined to put him to death for a yiota-
ton Of a law, first proposed by him, and
sanctioned by the Big Warrior and Lit
tie Prince: and then the different Owns
were called up, and the lawyers who
had been previously made 10y M'Intosh,
Big Warrior, and Little Prince were
directed to put into execution this law
against any Chief or other person who
broke it, however great he might be, e.
ven Big Warrior, Little Prince, or NJ
Intosh.
[Qusst;S on put TO the Caiefs by tie Mr..
Hill.
q. /. Where wa. the law first made,
to take the lie of aChiaf of ihis Nation,
who should sell the land Of the Nation
with out the consent of the Nation?
A. On the west bank OF the Oakmel-
zoe, at the time the land belonged to
them, the Indians.
O.. Had the Agent directed you to
kill M'fntosh, would you have done it?
A. We would not, for he vas placed
here for that purpose.
q. $. Did any white person know il?
"A. Noone but James Hutton, who
was born and raised in the Nation, and
considered as one Of Us, whom we took
az al interpreter.
@. 4 The Chief who commanded
the party that executed MIntosh, was
asked If he told M'Infosh's wife or
any other person that tie Agent direc-
ted him to do So?
A. No; and that he did not believe
his men had done SO, not had he heard
any thing about it. And the Chief, az
ter hearing what Chilly M'Iatosh had
'aid, relative to their shooting at and
pursuing him to the river, contradicted
it. and said they neither shot at o pur
sued him; in short, made no e4srtion to
I catch him.
, Li'tlePrince K. HolattaT usteneega x,
Tnskeheneau K, Neha Thluccox x, Poth-
tcoholo x,Octechc Ematla x,Hopehaio K,
Yoholo Niece x,Cutchhomata x,Manor-
way x, Cutchhoadjo X. john stedham x,
Ipiukhadja x, Mad Wolf X, Easfanuga-
hadjo x, Jimboy x, I!illaba Tustanuga-
badjo x, Oakfusky Yoholo K, Cochus
Niece K, Poas Hadjo x, Youfka Emat-
la X, Niece Poke K, Charlie Ematla K,
Cu,setau Niece x, Charlie. Brown x,
Oswschs Tixico x, Nocosa Ematla x,
Tuskegee iIadjo x, Hutchis Niece x,
Enehe Emathla x, Talna Niece K, Hal
lok Hadjo x, Chocote Tnstsnusa x,
T%allaway T~ustensega Z, Samuel Ma
mack K, Osa Hadjox,
Done in The prsssne. cfus,
WHITMAN c. Hull,
CHARLES JOURNALS, K.
May IA, 1925.