Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-02-08

rokees all their lands mol previously ceded MT
Jrffe,. son WAS member of the Cabinet, and
knew in what sense the treaty was understood
by General Washington ard his advisers.
From the Sapannah Georgian.
The writer OF an abb, a: ,irle in the last
Nor,h American Review, Governor Cas', of
Michigan,) who possesses an In''ma!e know
ledge Of The Indians Of this continent, gives
mos, correct delinea'ion OF the Indian charac'-
e., from which, in connection with The history
4 every a,,emDt mad. TO civilize them, he
draws the conclusion, hat il Con never he per
fe, tly cffacted much less That they can ever be-
incorporated with civil society. Placing the
lights ii Georges out Of view entirely, the Ger.
tain fuili'y Of the unwiSe efnrs now making
in some parts Of the United S aes, il Indian
civiiza ion be- the Object, is made mos, salts
fac oriiy TO appear from the facts addueed -
e quote the following short paragraph, more
10 she~ the drift Of The remarks Of tie wrier,
than the train Of argument and facts adduced,
which are much too yOluminous Tor our col
umns:-
I, is easy in con,e mpla,ing the situation OF
such pe ople, to perceive the difficulties 10 be
encountered in any rff'rt TO produce radical
change in their condition. The fulcrum i.
wanting, upon whith the lever mus, be placed.
They are con,en,e'l as they are ; not contented
merely, but cl,nging with a dra'h grasp to
their own insti' This fe-Iing inculcat
in youth, strengthed in manhood, md noursh
ed in age, renders them inaccessible to argu-
fnsnt or remonstrance. To roam the fores's
al will, 10 pursue their game, TO attack their
enrmirs, TO spend the res, oil their lives in list
less lndslencr, 10 ca, Unfortunately when they
have food, to suff.r patiently when thew have
none, and to BE- ready at all times 10 lie: these
are the principal occupations OF an INDIAN
But little knowledge Of human nature is ne
cessary, TO be sensible how unwilling a saw
age would be TO exchange such life for the
s'ationar and laborious duties Of civilized so
cielv.
The Greeks and Cherokees, The writer re-
marks, present the same external appearance &
the same gener al traits of harac,er, which else
where mark the race Of Rcd men. "And this
similarly, he adds, we may almost say linden
thy Of appearance and chsrac er, which pre-,
wits among our Indian rribr>, IS no, the least
striking of he pecuIiari,es which designated
them as a distinct variety Of the human race,
speaking languages, which in the prrs-nt
state Of our Knowledge OF them appear TO
spring from four primitive sto ks and which
are broken in'o many diff rent dialects. IN al!
The eharacu risti It miGd manner andapprar
anre, they are ons people
The Chrroke,S, However, are consid, red as
al exception 10 the other savage 'rib.s nf ,hss
continent, as having esrabli he'd a model for
all gn,ernm-n, s civilized or savagr, as in far'
having realised all he ardent visions Of phi
lanlhropy either real or pretended. All which
il tine. would re calculated 10 increase rather
than to allay the pprsbensions Of Georgia, a.
this attempt to establish within her limi.s an
independent government, co-equal in every
respect. Blu, such is not tie facI; and the fol
lowing statements Of The writer 70 whom we
have referred. should be more generally known
than they ale -
"That individuals among The Cherokees have
acquired property, and with it more tnlarged
views and juster notions If he value Of our in
situations, and the unpro6 ahIenrss Of their
own. we have li,,e doubt. And we have little
doubt, ,ha: this change OF opinion and condition
is Coz fined in great measure, to some of the
half breeds and their immediate onnrxions.-
These are not sufh ien'ly numerous TO affect
our general proposition; and the causes, which
have led to this state OF things, are 100 peculiar
ever 10 produce an extensive result. An ana
lvsis It these causes IS not within The task We
nave assigned 10 ourselves. They have been
op, rating for MANY years; and among the most
prominent Of them has beer the in reduction OF
slaves, BY which means that unoonquersble a.
version 10 labor, so characteristic oil all savage
tribes an be- INDUCED. And another was he
gr al road & ON Ns,chez through their country
tn the state, on 'hr Ono along which he per-
sons smp'oyed in the rade to New Orleans re-
turned, before TIVE in;roduciion Of steam navi.
CATION. Favorable positions upon This road
were occupied by some of heir il flueniial met,
aud he soan'y supplies furnished ton the
traveller were sold al high prices. The bene-
81 was II lusivrly confined TO those PERSONS
b., We heI'sve. the great body of I'll. people
a.. !" sia'e OF 'rlpless and hopeless poverty.
WITH the Same imDro, idenre aud habi,ual in
Ioience, which mail the northern Indians, they