Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1838-06-07
GEN. SCOTT AND THE CHEROKEEs,

GEN. SCOTT AND THE CHEROKEEs,
Major General Scott, of the U. s. Army sends
| to the Cherokee people remaining in n.
Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, and Ala
bama, this
| CHrRoKEEs! The President Of tho Uni
ted States Las sent me with powerful army
10 cause you, in obedience Ia the treaty o!
1895, lo Join that part OF your people who arD
already established in prosperity on the Other
side OF the Mississippi. UnhaPpily, the two
years which wore allowed for the purpose,
yon have suffered to pass away without fol.
lowing, and without making any preparation
10 follow, and now, by the time that this
solemn address shall reach your distant set
Elements, the emigration must bo commenced
in haste, but hope without disorder. ! have
no power, by granting further delay, TO COR
rect the error that you have committed
Tho full moon of May is already on the
wano, and before another shall have passed
away, every Cherokee, man, woman, and
child, in those States, must be In motion ~
Join their brethren in the far west.
Nh friends This is no sudden determina-
ton on the part Of the President, whom YOU
and must now obey. by the treaty, tho
emigration was to have been completed on
or before the 23d of this month; and tho
! 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 ~
the country that you are to abandon, and
thousands and thousands are approaching
from every quarter, TO render resistance apd
escape alike hopeless. All those troops,
regular and militia, are your friends. Me-
ccive them and confide in them ns such.-
Obey them when they tell you thar you can
remain no longer in this country. Soldicrs
are ss kind hearted as brave, and the desire
of every one Of US is to execute our painful
duty in morcy. We are commanded by the
President to act toward you in that spirit, and
such is also the wish OF the whole people Of
America.
Chiefs, head men gad tparriovs VIII you,
then, by resistance, compel us 10 rosort To
nrn,s? God forbid! Or will you, hy flight,
seek to hide yourselves in mountains an'l
forests, and thus oblige Us to hunt you down?
Remember, That in pursuit, il may he impos-
sble 10 avoid conflicts. The blood Of tho
white man, or the blood Of the red man, mny
be split, and IL split, however accidentally. v
n,ay be impossible for the discreet spd hu-
name among yoo, or among us, TO prevent
general war aud carnage. Think Of ihis, my
Cherokee brethren! ] nm sn old wsrr'ori
and have been present at many scene OF
slaughter; but spare me, ! besccch you, tho
horror of witnessing the destruction OF Tue
Cbc,oaecs.
DO no,, I invite ycn. even wait Cor the elose
approach Of the troops; but make such pre-
parstions for emigration ns you can, sHd has
ten to this place, TO Koss' Landsug, or IN
Guuter's Landing where you oil will be ro-
cciycd in Kindness by officers selected for the
purpose. You will lind food for oil, ond el"-
Thing for the destitute, at either of those pla-
ccs. and thence at your case, and In comfort
DO transported to your new homes according
to the terms of the treaty.
This Is the address Of q warrior 10 wsrvi-
ors. May his entrcstics no kindly received
and may the God oi bo,I, prosper the Am"r''
cans and Chcrckees, aud preserve them Iona
in peace and friendship With each cthcs!
| WINFIELD SCOTT
Cherokee Agency, May 10, ls;t.
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