Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1836-04-07

Ii .cted by their removal, the Government
| agreed to make liberal donations, also 10 pro-
vide implements Of husDandry. schools. &C
and pay an annuity Of $4,000 for 20 success'. -
years; besides which, there we're presenses. ~ W
corn. meat. &c. Be. 1t WAS required o. ."o
I Indians that they should prevent absc""u"S
slaves from taking refuge among !ne"' ""1
they were to use all proper extI I.;" ~ ~
ur.h.nd and deliver the same 10 '"e" P'"P''
owners. L.rn,ocv ssem.
Al this period the greatest harmony sem Mn,
~ :" ~ far dil! they carry this feeling at the
; 49, ,y. sneak of. that they had clause ex-
''."s.Iv inserted in the Treaty, by which the
Ho;,ed states Agent, Major Cad Humphreys,
and The Interpreter Richards. were to have
each one mile square 10 fee simple, as a mark
ofthe confidence they rrposed in these officers
Of the government.
Ia process Of time. the fertility Ofthe soil OF
part Of Florida. and its mild and genial cl''
mate, became sources Of general attraction T."
settlers, who Tucked in by thousands with
their slaves. Thus were the Indians again
ntrutled OH, and they were discovered TO be
troublesome neighbOrs. and unified alike by
their habits and pursuits for ii near residence
to civilized life. Ardent spirits, that bane Of
morals. had been introduced among them by
uvaricious and unprincipled men, who after
stripping them If their means, would abuse
them, when nothing farther was to be obtain
ed. In this case their natural desire for liquor
would induce them 10 turn to prey upon the
more respectable part OF the community. who
could not help complaining of their drpreda-
lions. Besides, it was found they were not
careful 10 observing the Treaty in relation ~
absconding slaves, and the Chiefs were con-
tnually harrassed by the most embarrassing
complaints against their people on that ac-
count. Under this state Of things. the gov
eminent thought it would be advisable, it
possible, to induce them to remove West of
the Mississippi Accordingly. another treaty
was entered into with the Seminoes in the
spring Of 1889, Oh the Ockiawaha River,
Landing by which they stipulated TO relin-
quish all their possessions in Florida. and emf
CRATE to the country allotted the Greeks west
of the Mississippi-in consideration of which
the government was to pay Sl5,4O0 on their
arrival at their new home. and give to each Of
the warriors, women and children, one blank
ct, and one homespun frock. The whole re-
rnoval was stipulated to take place within
three years after the ratification. From some
cause much delay ensued on the part Of the
government, and some Of the Indians were
decidedly adverse to leaving those lands
where 'tlher navel strings were first cut and
the blood had flowed on the ground ~ The
unprincipled white men. Graders, who drove
a lucrative business among these people,l
were endeavorinS to influence them not L"
abide by the treaty, stating to them they had
been wrOnged by the government and forced
to make a treaty adverse to their interests.-
All this time the breach among The Indians
and whites was constantly widening.
In the fall Of 1884, General Wiley ThOmp-
son, the Government Agent, from whom the
most interesting Of these particulars were de-
rived held a council with the Chiefs at Fort
King. the present seat of war, wherein he ex-
planned to them the necessity Of removal for
their own safety and that Of their property,
and he required distinct answers to certain
propositions which he presented. The In
dams retired to private council to discuss the
subject, when the present young and daring
chief Aceola (PowelI addressed the council
in an animated strain against emigration. and
said that any one who should dare to recon-
mend it should be looked upon as an enemy,
and held responsible to the Nation. There
was something in his manner SO impressive
and bold. that it alarmed the timid of the
Council-and it was agreed in private talk,
that the treaty should be resisted. When this
was made known to the Agent, he made
them long and eloquent harangue, setting
forth the dangers that surround them they
were subjected to the laws of the pale faces,
where red mans word would not he taken {;
that the whites might make false charges
against them and deprive them Of their me-
groes. horses, land, SIC. All this time Aceola
was sitting by, begging the chiefs to remain
firm.
Holatee- Mico said the Great Spirit made
them all; they had come from one woman,
and he hoped they would not quarrel, but
talk until they got through.
Micanopee. the king Of the nation. said he
did not intend to remove. Powell then told
the Agent "he had the decision O. the Chiefs
( and the Council was broken up.
In the private talk, an old chief said he hat
heard much Of his great Fathers regard fo
his red chidren-it had come upon his ears
but had gone through them. He wanted To SCI
it with his eyes-that he took land from Othe
red skins to pay them for theirs, and by an.
by. he would take that. The white skin
had f"rked tongues, and hawks fngers-tha
David Blount told him the people in the grea
city made an Indian ont Of paint, and the
sent after him and took his land (allMding I
the likeness Of the Chief at the Indian Depart
| ment.) tie wanted 10 sleep N the same lam
with his fathers, aud wished his children T.
sleep by his side.
General Thompson, the Agent. was yer.
friendly 20 the Indians. and NO man e0deavor
ed more zealously to carry into full effect tn
policy OF the present humane COMMISSIONS
of Indian Affairs with regard To the total ex
clusion Of strong drink among them. and tn
.expulsiOn Of unprncipIed whites. AeAceol
huA Ia nd in
great measure the cause Of the treaty not be