Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-06-15
(From The CasSriiie Pioneer, Man &c
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.
CHEROKEE Agency. EAST,
m.u IL 1902

i.
CHEROKEE Agency. EAST,
May Is, 1888.
letter received here this morning from Wash
ingon city, signed by Edward Gun,er, stating that Mr.
Ross pro position To the War Department. TO remove the
Cherokees himself their new homes had been allowed
by the Secretary Of War. 1t is generally known that
Mr. Ross proposition tDaS, TO remove the CheIokees
within two years from the 23d of May. The letter goes
further to state, that the general arrangements and
spuIaons in the proposition had been agreed upon by
both pales and that they would be ratlfed the next
day in full
The effect Of such communication upon the Chero
KEGS is easily percevabe. But one feeling seems
10 exist which general murmur Of honor and glory
to John Ross The intelligence is generally doubted by
the whites but owing the responsibility Of the author
it is held BY the Cherokees 10 be true revelation.
To the polleness of our correspondent, we are ndcb
ed for the following:
HEAD QUARTERS, EASTERN DvlsIos,
Cherokee Agency, Tenn May IL, 1885 !
Major General Scott, OF the United States Army,
announces TO the troops assembled and assembling in
this country, that with them, he has been charged by
the President to the Cherokee Indians yet remain
ing in North Carolina Georgia. Tennessee and Alabama,
to remove 10 the West according the Treaty of 1885
His Staff will be as follows:
Lieutenant. Colonel w. j. Worth, acting Adjutunt.
General Chief of the Staff.
Major NJ NJ. Payne, acting Inspector. General.
Leutenants r. Anderson, and z. d keyes, regular
Aids de camp.
Colonel A. II. Kenan, and Lieutenan, II. b. Shaw,
volunteer Aids dc-camp
Any order given orally, in wiring by either Of
those officers, in the of the Major. General will
be respected and obeyed if given by himself
The Chiefs Of Ordnance, of the Quarter Masters De.
par,mrnt and Of the Commissaria as also the Medi.
cal Director Of this Army, WILL they can be
ascerlained, be announced in orders.
To carry out the general object with the greatest
prompli,ude and certainty, and with the least possible
distress 10 the Indians, the country they TO evscuae
is divided into three principal Military Districts, under
many officers of high rank, TO command the troops
serving therein subject 10 the instruction of the Major
General.
Eastern Dirision 10 be commanded by Brigadier &C.
neral Eusts, Of the u States Army, the highes, of
cer in rank serving therein North Carolina the part of
Tennessee lying North of Gmer county, Georgia, and
the county of GiImer, Union, and Lumpkln in Georgia
Head Quarters in the FIRST instance, say al Fort Butler
Wrst.rn Dirision to be commanded By Col Lindsay of
the u S. Army, the highest officer in rank serving
therein Alabama, the residue Of Tennessee, and Dade
county in Georgia Head Quarters, IN the FIRST instance,
say. Ross Landing
Middle District 10 be commanded by Brigadier Gene.
raj Armislead of The United States Army, the high
est officer in rank serving therein-And all that part
of the Cherokee country lying within the State of Geor
gia and which is not comprised in the two other dis.
trc,s Head Quarters, The FIRST instance say at New
Echota.
the principal commanders shall be strictly observ
ed Either when carried near the district OF another
will hesitate TO extend his operat"ns according 10
the necessities Of the case, but with all practicable har
mony, into The adjoining district And among his prin.
cipal objects in case of actual appehended hoses
will be that of aording adequate protection TO white
people In and around the Cherokee sountrJ: