Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-10-10
FROM me ,Naiio',ul Iateibgcnccr.
PRESENT CRISIS IN THE CONDITION or
TIE AMERICAN INDIANS.
No XII.


oi preceding comracts. It torcibly illustrates the
change in he co,.cor and prospects OF the Chero-
kccs, winch lad then commenced ana has been con-
Stnntiv Increasing
IRE uE TnE CHEROKEE AGENCY, or FITTEESTn
COMPACT WITH THE CIJERoKYLS
A,el.s nf Treaty CONCLUDED a, the Cherokee Agency
within the Cheoiec Nation hcwecn Major General An.aw
General DovJ Neriwr,er Commissioners penpoentiary
Ut the United States OF America of tide part, aud the Chiefs
Mississippi liver, lie Chiefs, Head Hen, Warriors
OF tine Ehern&te the ANausus river, and her deputies
"hn CHISHOLM and Dunes Rodgers duly auiic'ized 10y the
'ls u ;e Ih'rokee on the arkansas iver IA opeu Council
y. Vr;on power attorney, duly irsd and u%ecve, PFC
Stlcc =" Joseph Sewer aud ~ i.ialu Ware"
Hoe surely are parties commissioners, and agents
.'1u9d 10 make treaty, but the preamble occupying
aa octave page ard half is still more remarkable
i declares that in the ye,r 1908. dept4ion from
Tie Upper and Lower Cherokee owns went 70 Wash
i'Gtoa that The deputies from the Upper Towns sio-
'Lnod 70 the President 'thef GrLious desire f. en-
g2e n the pursuit. OF agriculture and civilized lie
81 e o1HagV t9ey then occU,ied :laj the Nation at
large Ill no. raraka IF this desira that the upper
Eo-:ns wished, therefore, cv division Of the cJlul-
fy, an. TIE assignment 70 ttem Of the lands OIL e
tlWasacH; th2t, by ti;iS cor acting their secretly
AFilhin limits, they pro, sod to begin Ii esij
fSiae',t u r2d bars Gad regular @oas,nnie ; .a.4t
The Dcputic; rom te lower towns wished - plrsue
FAC hunter lie, AMI with tllis to across
.''c mississippi: that the President OF the United
states, '2i'er niturcl considering the petitions Of
both parties, wrote 10 tho. the 0iI OF January
1909, as follows: ''I'ha Cnci SJntcE, NY children.
are The trGns Of bosn parties; and, tr Us car, be
reIsoaahiy asked, they arc wiling salts g Tia, wish
a. OF both. These who remain ItV be ugs8!yG afoi
patronage, aid, and good ne"tbJrhocd. Those
who wish 10 rcnove, permitted 10 soul M eyrlo-
ring party 10 reConnitrc Sc. EItt IN ,s same let
trr The President ;,Gci-''Whca tn, marty shall
have found tract O.. c,ynt~v s,-,r tin .7i,raf,,s
al9 not claimed By oiicr IskjaHS, we viii aranu,
with item and Jo' t'In exchange Of ai i il po.-
'rn OF the country ta'y leDve and TO p3gt o. while !:
rropoftioacd to tirir numbers Mey hare II riFhi;"
ana that, in conclusion, he told tln cmcratins. Cher
olccS, that the United States would 'stl consider
- N us G. c---fen ana --o"Is l'se". ,tr',,i'
Dytte rid"
The preamble ztatos iirter that, the Chcrokees
relying the promises OF the President of tho Uni
led States above rccitc3" eyplo. cd lie country
West ofthe mississippi, made choice ofiand to which
other Indians had lbs. claim ana Wen, iosiro,ls
81 making the proposed cxqi.Hge OF country:
''Now, know ye,' concludes the preamble :.tat
the contracting parties TO carry into full effect the
before recited promises ctt good trth, and pro
inote continuation OF friendship" &C. &c. have
ogTeed and concluded on the following articles"
''Agr l. The Chiefs Head Men, Warriors the - hole
Eieroee Nation, ccde the u States all the lands lying North
l't oI' ccm;ideab!e tact OF land which Eel: hio Georgia
AET The Eherokees also cede certain lands, ".'l EEL
tRT. census be taken " yiuw ascertain tl,e
'nne oiGnisran's; that is, the number # Chachtts
wish ys.nove The Mississippi.
tEr 4 The annutes be divided the remaining
aad the esatrs Charohees proportion tho.
A'r IN consideration of the lands coded in the lrs, and
e,a! quantity o! ian acre tor acre, between the Arkansas
and " bite rivers Within certain boundaries mentioned
This article closes with the following a. nd
piasd that !he T'ea'ie eeIolore between The cherokes
tih parts .! the Nation anc hot" pats thereof a,e entitled
II ,ne nnqnc and privileges which ne OH HiJa coyei,
the boundaries above defined -
Arr g. The United make il compensation f5f the
improvements on land within the hnrokee Nation, which shall
nave baiorssd 10 ;.e c:3-;g Chc-oLecs AMI f: at
hnr = improvements la. cadei United States to
chat NYlf nj Tho
article Gh shall be applied TO the Lencf Of pnor and decepd
la7 To every head OF an Indian family residing on The
Lands ceei by the Ch"rokoes in thu! treaty, shan lie allowed
l his baud thus cedcd and 10 become citizen of the unire
states lie snail hold life estate, with right of dover his
md nall simple to his chdren
Both parties to enjoy Zee navigation o rivsIs
tGr 10 rne Cherokee Nation ce,)es United States
certain small reservations, without tie present Of the
Aer. II. The boundary lines to he marked,
AR. - 80 whites upon lands coded fill the
,eay 'sa be ratified BY the President Senate of The
United States, and duly promulgated"
tGr IL The treaty to be in force as thus ratified
The Treaty signed on the 8th of July, 1917 by AxRry
ie Mississippi aud fifteen Chiefs and Wnrhorsor the emf.
eating saeYokees, in the presence Of nine Witnesses II vas
Ia.,lad BY President Momroc and the Senate
It would seem as though the public affairs Of tho
theerokces had bee0so ordered by Providence as To
present the very strongest conceivable exhibition ri
~, Obligation Of reaes. 1t has usually been thouoI,f
tht ifa sing'c plain stipulation were made between
two Nations aud duly ratified, this would bind tire
parties. J am now examining the fifteenth G'reu-
With tie Chcr0lees, every ofwhich Is perfect
II consistent with every other; and thcy all unite in
laiius % the conclusion. As if this were not
sufficient tie pcrsoIgl character and political CcnGis-
iecy d our Inost fr1ninen statesmen, not only lend
tter aid TO confirm these naonol compcc!s; but
ac.,.Y ga-souifci as IL We're and embodied in tie
Trcati6s. 1t may he doubted whether there is
surilar instance IN the annals Of mankind.
Gen. Washington. after the organization Of
.yrg National Government, laid the basis Of our In
dian relations, III perfect consistency with the priuci