The Arkansas advocate., 1834-04-18

understood and agreed by the parties to this
 convention, that q tract oi land, two miles
 Wide arid six miles loncs shall he. and the same IS hereby reserved, for the use and
 benefit of the United States, for the accom-
 medallion of the military force which is now,
 CT which may hereafter be, stationed at Fort
 Gibson, on the Neosho or Grand River"
 And after describing the tract thus reserved,
 the treaty further provides as follows.
 "And the Gherokees agree that the Unit
 ed States shall have and possess the right
 of establishing d road through their country
 for the purpose of having a free and unn,o-
 tested way to and from said Fort.''
 In the views which he had expressed, he was fully sustained by the Secretary ct W ar. 1 He had, in the fullest manner, expressed his conviction that Fort Gibson was one of the
 most important posts upon 1i frontier, thai
 1t should be preserved and recommends in
 the most decided terms, the appropriation of 25,000 dollars for extending the works and
 erecting barracks. In the expression of this opinion, the Secretary of War had only
 concurred in opinion with those who had
 gone before him. Fort Gibson was in
 range with the other Notifications upon our
 frontier, and they were, with but one excep-
 tion, inadvance of the white population, and
 established on Indian territories. From the
 entire confidence he had in the views of the present Secretary of War, and from the
 considerations he had urged, he was oppos-
 ed to the amendment of the gentleman from l Arkansas, and in favor of the item as 1t now
 stands in the bill.
 Mir. H. EVERETT stated his intention or
 moving an amendment, striking out so much of the clause as went to provide for extend- ing the works at Fort Gibson, and reducing
 the appropriation from twenty-five thousand
 dollars to five thousand dollars. He again
 adverted to the views he had before express ed, as to the probability that no forts would
 be permanently established within the In-
 dian country; on which ground he concluded ito be improper to appropriate large sums for works not intended to be permanent. Mr. SEVER replied with great warmth to tie views of Mir Hubbard. As to the z reservation of which that gentleman had spoken, the Fort was already there, and the
 reservation was made that the United States might retain a garrison there during the re- moval of the Indians. He professed the
 highest respect for the Secretary of War, bu believed that his opinion, in this case, hae : henn-hased on the information of interested officers.
 . Mir. WATMouGH replied wit, some SC
 verity to the remarks of Mir. HubbaFd.-- 5 He complimented the views which hat
 been expressed by Mr. Johnson, and ob served that, if the military notions of ths Secretary of War were such as had beer expressed by the gentleman from N. Hamp-
 shire, he should be sorry to commit wha ; little military reputation he himself possess
 ed 10 the care of that officer. When the gentleman spoke on financial matters, he should listen to him as q member of the
 Committee of Ways and Means; but wher he entered into contest with military men ; he must be permitted to decline yielding t'
 his judgment. The gentleman did rot un E derstand the subject, nor was the House il need of any explanations from the Com : rnittee of Ways and Means, in regard t' !, arrangements of military kind. II, U hoped the amendment would prevail, fo T the two reasons which had been advanced . by the Chairman of the Committee on Mill taryAffairs, Mr.J JoHNsoN:)t )the oneofa pure U ly military, the other of moral character. Mr. GmMER further explained the views
 of the Committee on Indian Affairs. Ina . Committee had had before 1t the subject 0 . the formation of system of goyernmen . . for tiie Indian tribes who had been loeates l West of the Territory of Arkansas. The 2 had had conversations on that subject witt 7 the Secretary of War, and were satisfie,
 that plan of government could he devised . which would greatly advance the happiness:
 of the Indians. But, m order 10 carry
 such design into effect, it was exceeding
 ly important that all jealousy toward tht
 designs of the United States should be re- . moved from the minds of those people :, :, and that nothing should be done whicf ,cl mioht lead them to believe that they were . to be kept in state of subjection and con :. troI. As to the Cherokees and Choctaws /, there was not the slightest danger 10 be ap z prehended of the horrors of barbarous war
 fare. There was no more probability 0
 murderous outrages being committed by ( those Indians on our people, than by us :, . upon them. In regard 10 these tribes, tha
 state of things had ceased to exist. Thell i, warIike spirit was broken down, and then :, government essentially civilized. There 2 ei was. therefore. no need Of keeping up strong fort 10 protect our people from them:
 but it would be very useful to have a small 1, force stationed among the tribes themselves,
 to repress any hostile dispositions toward each other. Steps would probably be ta- ! ken to have such measure applied for by 1} the Indians themselves.
 7 MT. POLK observed, that any plan, of i the description referred to, would be entitled r to great consideration. What disposition