Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1829-12-01

n - 1o A"iAuo tVICtCD OUT UULeOn
hath not occasion to use: Provided all
ways that they, upon settling every new
town, shall set out for the use of our
setves and the people Of our nation.
such lands as shall be agreed upon be-
tween their beloved men, and the head
men OF our nation /; and that these lands
shall remain to us forever."
8. The Greeks agree not to do iniu-
~ to any Of the traders; but if any In
dams should transgress this article, the
nation will deliver them up, to be pun
lshed according to English law.
Q. The Creeks agree to apprehend
and restore runaway negroes.
Z. The Greeks to give no encourage
,ment to white settlers from other Euro
pean nations.
A schedule of prices Of articles. ex-
changed for peltry, was also agreed
upon.
This treaty was ratified by the cor
poration, in the city of London, October
Is, 1888.
50 far as appears, Oglethorpe was
entirely fair and honest in this whole
transaction. The Indians confded in
all his statements, and both parties doubt
less supposed that the colony would con-
duce to the permanent advantage of the
Indians, and that they and the settlers
would live together in friendship, ac-
cordlng to the import of the preceding
articles. The corporation, in ratifying
the treaty, declare that they are greatly
'deslrous to maintain an inviolable peace
to the worlds end.'
1t is to be remembered, that all trea-
ties with the Indians, were written by
the English, and that there is no proba-
bllity that they made the expressions
stronger against themselves than they
actually were. Yet here is firm and
decided protestation of the Greeks, that
the grants which they made out of
friendship, should never be construed
as an admission that they had no origin
al title. They also took care to provide
that no new settlement should be made
without their consent. If the colony in
tended to rely upon the right of the Eng
lIsh King, here was the time and place
to have asserted it, and to have obtained
if possible, the acknowledgment of it
from the Indians.
The principle speaker of this council
was a Creek chief, called Tomochichi.
When Oglethorpe returned to England,
in the spring of 1884, this chief was in
duced to accompany him. On being
introduced to King George, he made a
fourishing speech, in which, however,
he does not admit that the King of Eng
land is his liege, lord, and sovereign.
He gave the King some eagles feathers,
&C as token of everlasting peace y and
concluded by saying, Whatever words
you shall say unto me, ! will faithfully
tell them to all the Kings of the Greek
nation" This is all the allegiance he
promised. King George expressed his
kind regards, gave thanks for the eagles
feathers, and concluded by saying, " i
shall always be ready to cultivate good
correspondence betaUeen the Creeks and
my subjects, and shall be glad on any oc-
casion to show you marks of my par
ticular friendship"
Here is no arrogant claim of sovereign-
ty, on the ground Of the divine right Of
Kings, or any other fictitious title. In
deed, the King Of England implicitly
says, that the Greeks are not his sub
iects
{ When the old chief Tomochichi died,
1889, he charged his people to remem-
Der the kindness of the King of Eng
land, and hoped they would always be
friendly to his subjects; thus making the
very distinction which the King himself
had made.
In the year 1876, Oglethorpe made a
treaty with the Spanish GOVERNOR of
St. Augustine, in which the second arti-
Gle reads as follows =" In respect to
the nations offree Indians, called Greeks,
I will use my utmost amicable endeav-
ours, upon any reasonable satisfaction
given them, to prevail with them to alb
stain from any hostilities whatsoever,
with the subjects Of his Catholick Ma
jesty."
Here it is evident that Oglethorpe
saw, as no man in his circumstances
could help seeing, that the Creeks were
an Independent People; and that they
must decide for themselves, whether
they would go to war with the King of
Spain, or not. He would advise them,
however, to accept Of reasonable salts
faction. WILLIAM PENN.
TO THE PUBLICK.