Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-10-28

IOSy UNDERSTAND 'nt "ptui"hn ~ '"sA'
Father H+ wishes ,hrm at SOM convenient
and early time 10 meet in council. and ne VIII
on learning their wishes send some confden'
iial friend amongst them, 10 agree upon 'fea.y
by ~hie h The whole nation shall go of 'ogrth.
.r. excep, those who snall prefer to remain and
come under The laws Of IA. Sc ia'es.
"Tns seal OF the Wa, Department is attach
cd, that II may BE- ,owrf hat these remarks
emana,e from their Greet Faher.
"V,ry resp c'iulv,
"JOHN H. EATON"
After Col Ward sat down, Col Folsom re-
ouesud him TO leave the paper with The Coun
Gil, wing that red men nt YER understand In
SHORT ime" He then made Nv" inquiries.
|. Did this letter come from ""r Great Fa-
Their ..im-ef? Answer by Col. Ward: IL Came
frrm our Great Father
9 Some persons have said som. times. that
thu Chiefs wro are sons o: white men. Wish 20
sell heir country; and some have said ihat the
Christian people in the Naion wish for the
same hing Have they had any hing I" d" in
obtaining this letre? Answer bv Cob Ward:
Nothing that ] know Of II expresses the
tn ugh,s Of ihr Presidrn' himself
Col Folsom then said: asked these ques'
lions, no, because though 81, but to s'i'ty
the minds Of al he people under this C"un II
House" Col Ward hen mentioned thai hr
should he gIah' receive an answer IN writing
from ,hr Council before they should disprrse
On Saturday, the II h, Co, Folsom delivered
to Col. Ward the following speech, in answer
10 his communio alton:
1.-TWO or three DAYS since, talk which
came from the white h"use, was delivered 10
Us We sat and heard il Ii Came from our
Grea' Father. H. says that he has hrard Ina:
there art bad whi'e men among US VINO pre-
vent our moving 20 the Yves, Of the Missis,'p
ri. by their bad counsel. We do not know
that il is so. There are old men siding
among us, who have married Choctaw women.
They take no par, in our c"unciis. They have
no concern in them. There are some white
men who 81, near the edges of our country,
who raj our hnrs S, Cattle and hog; who lay
whlsksy there These rob us and impove rish
US 1t may he tina, they have sid something TO
prevent our removing To he W. 81, which has
been reported 10 our Grea' Father We do
not know. Some Of these men If ruin, some
times rome into our country. Here Sis Col
oneI Ward, the white man king IT he dis
cover hem, he will drive them out. IL hr d.
not discover them, we will tell him. IT hr need
help, VIZ he chiefs, rap ain> aud war iors, will
help him to remove rhcm Conce' ming the
good WI men among US, for whom Colonel
Ward will make leuer, we have nothing TO
say We far nothing from them. This Is
understood by all the head men and warriors
PR sem, in tris whit. house. To hose who
a,r no, here, we will give information. So that
all shall understand this talk. This is all l
have 10 Say upon This subject.
We do not wish 10 sell our land and remove.
This land our GreaI Father above gave US
We stood on il before the white man came 10
he edge uf the American land. We sit on it
s'il'. 1t brIongs TO no onr in any place bul
ourselves. Oar land is not borrowed land
White men came and sa' down here and there
and are all around US When they have wish>
ed to buy land OF US, we have had good count lis
toge her. The white man always said, The
land is yours; il is yours" We have ALWAYS
been true friends 10 h. American p" pie. We
have lived in friendship. We have not spoiled
he least thing brlongng to an American -
Although II has been thus, now very differ
.nr talk IS sent to US. We are old that thr
King Of Mississippi is about 10 * end his
laws over US. We are distressed We the
chief, and the beloved men Of ,nis naii,n are
distressed. OR hands are not strong: we are q
small people; W. do no, know much: The king
Of Mississippi has strong arms, many warriors
and much knowledge He Is about to lay his
laws upon u. We IRE dis rrssed.
Col. Ward knows that we have Just begun
10 build new houses and make new fields, and
20 purehas' ion and set up blaoksm shops
with our annuity. We have begun to make
axes, hoes and plough. We have some school.
We have begun 10 learn, and we have also he
gun 10 embrace the gospel. We are like an
infan, so high, who has just begun to walk
THrre the chief bowed and extended his right
hand s low as his knee. SO il is with Us. We
have just begun to rise and 60. And "ur great
fsthrr, who Sis in thu white h use looking lis
way, says to US. "Unless you go yondrr. poin,
ing to hr ives ne whi"man will 'x'end hi.
laws over you" We do no, say his words are
lir,. We think hey are true; and We respect
,nem as sacred. BIZ, WE are d stressed. . tina,
our great father would lo.. Us! q that Col
Ward would love US! O tina, the King Of
Mississippi would Io,eu>!
The America people say that they love ii.
berry. They talk much abou, il. They boast