Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-03-17

and those In your more western country. are resolved
not TO 70 where they will be subject to civil suits on
their contracts, but to remain where your Legislation
treats them as infants or idiots, not capable Of contract
ing even for nscessaries. This resolution OF theirs,
for this cause, may induce your legislation to SUBJECT
them, like all others, to taxation.
This repuguauoo on The part Of the New York In
Fan IL q Q more singular, tom hssvident advantages
secured to them by he treaty. On the tract pur' hai-
ions. lying on the Southeast sid Of the Fox rive',-
oue OF 1000 a.r.s, yet suimprov'', Gained by u.
Broth. town Indians; aud one OF 5000 acres nra or
winu-bago Lake, on with tho Stockbridge In i"'
have se:tDi. aud have imp ovemen's in d Id huts,
sud a IN n aud missioa.house 50. which III y " uld value
at I O,o0O. aud which is worth perhaps halfth sun
The pre- sent treaty with tho MeLononi 10 cannot at
feet these people.
"a part OF The Onei,as hav- settle on Duck rock
with empties into Green Bay, iorth-sast OF Fort
Howard, on the nor, n side. THIS is situate on the 10.
tended purchase OF half a million acres. o this tract,
perhap, we have no 'u'l in orma ion; hut the Indians
admit that one foru,h Of il Is good land: III nee they
would get l25. 900, 20. 900, snl 6 O)0. &C ga, or Isl 900
acres, for foe thousand doll ars. being ali they pre'snd
to have paid the Meavninies Tor IT, Besides, IN your
Moh,wk couGt'y, The Indians would have cate med nc
land good but the fats on tho Mohawk and it's tr bu
tary streams. In heir opinion. all your uplands would
have been deemed poor" (.fIbdny .9rgus.
(rrom the Memphis Aovocate)
Indian Deteg dtions.-The Chocisw and part Of the
Cbickassw exploring delegation, which were sent by
the United states, about tour months ego, to io0k out
a country west oil the Mississippi. TO which they might
move and finally settle, arrived at this place on Friday
last, ON their return no ne. all in fac health. accom-
panied by Col. Reynolds, the Chickasaw agent.
Col. Reynolds seems, on this OCCASION, 10 have omit
ted nothing in the faithful discharge Of his duties. and
has succr eded in coilsc log much valuable inform ton
rep eng the country west OF the terrific ial line. III.
states that his party was jined by the Choc,aw dell
gaiiod on the South fork OF Csnsdianl river, a bran CHI
OF the "A ka sAs, and att. e having thoroughly explo' cd
The vast territory iying between that point ami Rcd
i'er. hunks that IL amply sufficient TO serve the
PURPOSES intended by the govsrnmen'.
ii ate states thai the principal chief Of the Chicka.
saws and four of bis captains crossed Red river at or
oear Fort Towson, will the view If exploring thai
art oil Iexa', y.nk on aud uear Red river, and that
they wit r-turn home by way Of Natchtz. We also
coaversed with the Choctaw delegation W. O seem "a.
Ugh ed with their new county. They state that the
lands on the Canadian are mostly billy, Tut OF a tolera-
BILE soil and well watrred with springs Of fresh and
some of salt water, aud tina, the lands on & uesr Red
river arc rich, level and we'll iimbered, abounding
with deer, bear, elk aud buffaloe. They EXPRESS much
anxiety 20 move as loon as possible, and many no doub
will %enigaate whe her the ;rea'y ibe ratified or not
Ihey express an entire Willingness TO rccede to the gov
eminent a sufficient portion Of their land for the use of
the Chickasaws, whom they appear very DESTROYS of
Incorporating as a part OF their nation, inasmuch as they
would then be the most respectable and powerful tribe
on the frontier, both as regards property and numbers.
The Choctaws (about 700 in number) who crossed
over last fall, were found settled mostly in the vicinity
oil Fort Towson, and on the Kidmechi. The delega-
ton fell in with many of their encampments-they
appeared in the highest degree satisfied with the cx-
change oil countries, which they had made-their wo-
men and children were healthy, contented and cheer
iuI, whilst their camps evinced the most abundant evil
dehce oil their success in the chase. Men, who in
the old nation, for want of pursuits congenial to their
original haolts had abandoned themselves 10 the most
oedstiy excuses, seem here TO be Inspired by a new
motive, and to have acquired a fresh lease of their
lives. Lafiore's people were building him a fine house
in the neighborhood of Fort Towson, and preparing am
field for cultivation the ensuing year. The
forts.