The Arkansas advocate., 1835-06-12

i yeibign and Zavala, under the name and
 nile of the "GaIve5toi Bay and Texas
 Land Company" It appears that Capt.
 Hotchkiss and Hawkins agreed to meet the chiefs (who in the mean time were to return home at New Orleans, in the month of April now passed, and there to receive from them $20,000, and from thence they were to proceed to Mexico and purchase
 from Gen. FeIasola his title to the grant, and transfer the same to the Indlanss wbo are to remove there this ensuing fail. In
 the event of obtaining Felasola's right to
 the grant, the chiefs are to pay to l1oteh-
 kiss and Hawkins, the additional sum ot ] S80, ,00O out ef the funds of the Creek Ma
 ton. The parties met at New Orleans agreedbly 10 appointment, when the first h. staIment was paid by the chiefs. Boteh- I kiss then changed his route to New York,
 fas Is believed, for the purpose ot seeing the agent of Gen. Felasola, and purchasing the grant, that he may complete the impo- siton upon the Indians. Hawkins has been guilty, we understand, of many frauds t9on his tribe before he separated from them in Arkansas, and left them without leave. 4 few days previous to his setting out for New Orleans, he was in Nacogdo- ches, and passed counterfeit notes on the Bank of the United States to the amount of S400, and was arrested by the authorities of the town. There being no law in Tex as defining the punishment of the crime, he agreed to indemnify the person to whom he l had passed the notes. and paid fine to the court, rather than confess from whom he had received them.
 .sIt is thought that Hawkins has accom- panied Hotchkiss to New York, and will be used by him as a catspaw ill this nefarious transaction. Gen. Felasola having no right 10 the grant, the Indians can acquire none. Hotchkiss and Hawkins will doubt less receive from them $I00.000, and the
 Indians get nothing in return for t.
 ''Should the Indians attempt to take pos session of the country described, the Pfesi- dent Of the United States, we think, would be compelled to restrain them in an incur sion into the territory of Mexico, and if he should not, we are assured that the people of Texas will consider it an act of invasion 1 by the Indians-and put to instant death their leaders. Is 10 the fate of Hotchkiss and Hawkins, time will develope. It las been suggested that 1t Is looked upon by the people and authorities of Texas, as an act of treason, and should they return, 1t Is possible they may be sent on to the seat of government for trial; but t Is most probable that they will be tried in Texas, by an ex- ira judicial tribunal, and receive it's sen- tence. They are certainly guilty of an at tempt to violate 2 Treaty winch Is the "sa- Preme law of the land,o and consequently is violation must be treason. How laf the honest gentlemen referred to, may be ena- bled to impose on the merchants of New York, de6es conjecture. Their return to Texas Is awaited with some anxiety, where aa adjustment of all the matters will promptly take place, and measures be adopted 10 exclude from its borders at least 24,e00 Creek Indians.
 Ut is said, that the chiefs of the Old Nation are so confident Of the successful issue of the project, that they have sent runners to their Creek friends on Afkan- ses river to join them during the ap- preaching autumn, in the country designa- ted-doubtless expecting to maintain them selves by force. It is the only right they can acquire, and so soon as they can be expelled, they may be assured 1t will be done by the people of Texas, notwithstand- ing the assurances which they may receive from Hotchkiss and Hawkins, who are en- gagged in the infamous project of swindlng the Indians, and annoying for while the peotie of Texas.n
 Nov, why has not this letter been publish cd! Nothing has been heard of it from the Secretary of War Will the Executive see that justice be done to the Mexican nation, and the faith of treaties preserved-or will he permit all international law to De broken! When General Pike-then Lieutenant- met the Spanish troops on the heads of the Del Norte, he well kHew that having no bu- siness there, he had no right to offer resist ance, and suffered himself to be taken. When Major Riley accompanied the Santa iee Company, he dared to go no further than to the Arkansas river. How is 1t now! 1 While our dragons march boldly into the Territory of Mexico, the Choctaws, over whom we have the control, are quietly set ] ting themselves in Texas. What would be ] the consequence if body of Mexican troops were to take possession of company of our dragoons5 as interlopers on their soil! Would the dragons be justified in resisting!