The Arkansas advocate., 1830-09-22
NAsnvILLE, September l.

NASHVILLE, September l. Ihe hdians.-lntormation from Frank lib, which may be relied on, gives assur- ance that there is every prospect of the conclusion Of treaty with the Chlcka- saw Nation, ,. delegation from which has been at Franklin rankin since the 20th ut. On Friday evening last the President left them, having conided the negotia- tion and arrangement of the treaty to the Secretary of War and Gen. Coffee. The President, we understand, will de part for Washington this week. Be fore leaving Franklin he was informed through the Agent, that his Chickasaw friends desired to see and bid him fare well previous to his departure. in half an hour after, lie met them at the Ma sonic Hall, where being surrounded by the Chiefs, most interesting interview took place amidst d crowd of persons who were present to witness it.
 The President, with the Secretary of War and General Coffee having arriv- ed, took their position within the cen ire of a square occupied by the Chiefs. Having shaken hands with him, one of them handed paper to Major Eaton, which they requested him to read to their great Fafher:-Itwas as follows.
 FRANKLIN, Aug. 27.
 Io.our Great Father, the President.
 Your red children, the chiefs and head men of the Chicka-aws, have had un- der consideration, the talk of our father, and also the talk delivered to us by the commissioners, Major Eaton, and Gen. Coffee.
 The subject submitted for our con- sideration, is to us, of great importance. On the decision we this day make and declare to you and to the world, depends our fate to the nation, n,and as people.
 Father-You say that you have tras- : elled a long ways to talk to your red children. We have listened, and your words have sunk deep into our hearts. And as you are about to set out for Washington City, before we shake our fathers hand-perhaps, with many ol 1 us the last time, we have requested this meeting to tell you, that after sleeping upon the talk you sent US, and talks de l livered to rs by oar brothers, Maj. La. l ton ard Gen. Coffee, we arc now ready l to enter into 3 treaty, based upon the principles, as communicated to US by Mai. Eaton and Gen. Coffee,
 Year friends and Brothers.
 (Signed &c.) The President promptly replied ;-he told them of the great pleasure and sat isfaetion he had enjoyed in seeing them Some of them had been long known tc him, and he assured them that theil long-continued friendship had not been and would not be, interrupted. Ht was about, he said, to separate iron then, to return to his public duties al Washington, and might meet thegl nc more; but bis earnest hope was, that the Great Spirit above would take care | of, bless, and preserve them. He ther rose and bade them an atfectionate fare well. One ofthe principal Chiefs rush ed forward, and gFasping him with botl hands, exclaimed, "God bless you, rsJ great Father" and overcome by hi, feelings turned away. The presiden and Chiefs were much affected, and the whole house manifested sensible anc lively emotion at the interesting inter. view, and separation of this distinguish. ed man from our red brothers. 1t was indeed a scene of the deepest interest to see these hoary chiets-untutored sons of the forest--about to separate from 2 man so long known to them, and by them so much beloved under cir cumstanees, toe, which brought to thell minds, that they were about to leave the land of their youth, where the bone of thew fathers reposed. The conflict ing emotions, brought upon them b, their attachment to home, and 8 recel lection on the other hand, that unde i the laws of the white man they coulC not be contented and happy, were clear ly visible, and did not fail to inspire generous sensiblity in every bosom.- These incidents, however, prove, tha nothing of compulsion, or even resem bling 1t, has been, onthis occasion, resort ed to. The result has been yolunta ry determination, by the Indians, un der existing circumstances, to remove because they find it impossible to liv, under the laws of the State whicI claims jurisdiction soyer them.
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