Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1838-06-09
GEN. SCOTT AND THE cHERoKEEs.

~ appears from INC Atnen3 Tenn. FOURIER
Of the 18th inst. that Gen. Scott arrived a few
days since at the Cherokee Agency. On the
| 18th inst. he issued an order 10 the troops, in
which he strongly recommended, that the du-
ties assigned them should be performed with
all the lenity consistent with the necessary re-
moval of Inc Indians. Hesays: "Ac,s of harsl,-
ness and cruelty, on the part of our troops, may
lead, step by step, 10 delays, to Impotence and
exaspera,ion, and in the case Of these particu-
lar Indians, utterly abhorrent TO the generous
sympathies Of the whole American People"
His address to the Cherokees is as follows:
MAJOR GENERAL SCOTT, ofhe United
| States Army, sends to the Cherokee people,
| remaining in North Carolina, Georgia, Ten
nessee, and Alabama, this
ADDRESS.
Chsrokecs! The President Of the United
States has sent me, with a powerful army, to
cause you, in obedience TO the treaty of 1886,
to join tina, part Of your people, who are alrea-
dy established in prosperity, on the other side
OF the Mississippi. Unhappily, the two years
which were allowed for the purpose, you have
suffered TO pass away without following, and
without making any prepare ion to follow, and
now, or by the time that this solemn address
shall reach your distant settlements, the emf
grafton must be commenced in haste, but, /
hope, without disorder. have no power, by
granting farther delay, 10 correct errors that
you have committed. The full moon of May
is already on the wane, and before another
shall have passed away, every Cherokee man,
woman and child, III those States, must be in
motion to join their brethren i'll the far west.
Mn Friends! This is no sudden determine
,ion on the part of the President, whom you
and must now obey. By this treaty, the emf
grafton was to have been completed on or be-
tore the 25lh of this month, and the President
has constantly kept you warned. during the
two years allowed, through all his officers and
agents in this country, that the treaty would
be enforced.
am come TO carry out that determination.
My troops already occupy many positions in
the country that you are to abandon. ard thou
sands and thousands are approaching. from ev.
, cry quarter 10 rendc: resistance and escape
ankle hopeless. All those troops, regular and
militia, are your friends. Receive them and
conlide in them as such. Obey them when
they tell you that you can remain no longer IN
this country. Soldiers are as kind hearted as
brave, and the desire of every one of US is to
execute our painful duty in mercy. We are
commanded by the President to act towards
you in that spirit, and such is also the wish OF
the whole people of America.
4 chiefs, Acud-msn, and ,carriors! Will you,
then, by resistance. compel US to resort to
arms? God forbid! Or will you, by flight seek
TO hide yourselves in mountains and forests,
and thus oblige us to hunt you down! Remem-
Der that in pursui, it may be impossible to a
void conflicts. The blood Of the white man,
or the blood Of the red man may be split, and
If split, however accidentally, 1t may be I'M
possible for the discreet and humane among
us, TO prevent general war and carnage -
Think Of this, my Cherokee brethren! am
an old warrior, and have been present at many
scene Of slaughter; but spare mo, beseech
you, the horror Of Witnessing tho destruction
of the Cherokees.
Do not, invite yop, even wait for the close
approach Of the t.oops, but make such prepa.
l rations for emigration as you can, and hasten
to Ross's Landing, or to Gunter's Landing,
where you will be received in kindness ny of.
fccrs selected for the purpose. You will find
food for all, and clothing for the destitute, al
either OF those places, and thence at your ease
and in comfort, be transported to your homes
according to the terms Of the treaty.
This is the address Of a warrior to warriors.
, May his entreaties be kindly received. and
may the God Of both prosper the Americans
and the Cherokees. and preserve them long II
peace and friendship with each other.
: WINFIELD SCOTT.