The Arkansas advocate., 1832-05-23

! FCreeks, 4.000 ,OOi
 0sages, S,000 ,00,
 Kansas, 6,3O0,0O(
 Shawnese, ..50e.0e(
 Deiawares, 2,00G,0g( Plank eshaws, 300 0e(
 The whole district, excluding the ] Osages and Kansas, who are of the ori. g glnal trans-AilssissiEppi stock, and sub
 tracing the quantity retained by them. would allow fourteen hundred acres fer ieach individual; an extent of posses
 sion a utterly useless to them, and wholly disproPortionedto to their numbers. Itis
 to be remarked, that a large portion of
 thls region consists of prairie country, entirely destitute of timber, and vallia- Die only, as the place of support and re- tnge for tic immense herds of bufIaioes who periodically inhabit it. St;ll the margins of all the water courses arc covered with timber, and tue bot tom lands are said to be equal in fertili- y to any in the Union. NIT. Mccoy, a clergyman of great probity, judgment and discretion, who has been some time employed in the examination and sur. Vey of thls country, with a view to its partition among the tribes as they ar. rive, has recently reported, tilatstherc is. more land already assigned to the Cher okecs, than will be sufficient for all the tribe on both sides of the Nfississippi; and that if the Greeks get no land on the southof Arkansas river. their coun-. try willnevcrtlleless be sufficicntlvlarge and good forall the tribe, including the Scninoles.
 To the Choctaws, has been allowed more than i2Ot' acres of land to each Individual; but they will notadmit their tribe, the Chickasaws, into their terri tory. The country between the Red river and the Arkansas, that between the Arkansas and Canadian rivers. with about S00,00o acres north of the for mer river, is intended for the Cherokees. and north of the Arkansas, for the Greeks. He says, the Indians are be- coming s.. sl.s J ,; a otf otf ttIIie evils of thclrz present position, and as this con siction shall be from time to tiTnefeIf. they will be sueeessiycly transported to the country destined for them.
 As the efforts of the government to form treaty with the ruling party off the Chcrokees of Georgia, for the re- moval of the whole tribe, have been truitless, from sufficiently obvious. 1t has been expedient, under the stipu, lations of the treaty of 1928, to endea- vor to make arrangements for this ob- Ject with such of them individuallv. as may be desirous of enligrating. By the latest returns which have been receiv- cd, about $50 had enrolled themselves. and weA nearly prepared laof for their jour ney. Two causes have operated 10 pre- vent all the success, which was antici- pated from this measure.
 The Indians are easily swaved by others, and like children, if immediate possession of q favorite object is not at tained, 1t loses much of its value in their estimation. Among other stipulations of the treaty oflS2S, 1t was provided, that the amount of their improvements should be paid 10 them; and the object doubtless was, that d fund might be fur nlshcd, 10 enable them 10 improve their land and provide for their future sup port, under the peculiar circumstances in which they were about to be placed. You directed, and wisely and humane- ly toe, that this money should not De paid to them; until they reached their destined residence. Under the impress sion founded upona perfect knowledge of the Indian character, that if receiv- ed previously to their departure, it would he expended long before thcter- imitation of their journey, and upon subjects equally injurious to their health and morals. But they neither apprc- ciating the motive, nor fearing the evil, have insisted upon this previous pay ment. Influenced no doubt, as we'll by the suggestions of bad men among them who are dcsirous of procuring the money, assby their own propensities.- This point will De yielded with great reluctance, and only when the result shaii demonstrate, that the choice lies between remaining, with it's certain evils, and removing with its probable advantages.
 But besides this, the interference oi the party which holds the ascendency. has, agreeabiy to the report of the of ficer, charged with the supcrintendence of the business of emigration beer ax.