The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-06-07
ADDRESS.

AnNhLNN.
CuERoEFEs.-The President Of the
United Slsles has sent me. with pow
eEful army. tn cause you. in nbedirnee 10
the Treaty Cf ls35. 10 Join that ParI ri
wear people Who are already established
in prosperity ON tie other side Of Tie
Mississippi. UnharPily. tie two yeaFs
which were allowed Tor the purpose, you
lave suffered 10 pass away wiIhou, iHl-
lowing. and without making sRy Prepa-
raiians 10 fnllnw, and now. or By tic tine
ll.st This SOLEMN address shall reach
your distant settlements, the emigration
mus; he commenced in haste. but. ! hope,
willlaul disorder. have no power. by
granting \ farther delay. 10 correct the er-
FOR that ynn have rummiilsd. The full
muon Of May is already on tie wane. and
before another shall have passed away.
every Cherokee man, womaa aud child,
in those ST les. must be in motion 10 join
their brethren 10 tie fsr West.
! AK FRIENDS: This is no sudden deter
minalion on the part Of the President.
whom you aud | must now obey. by
the treaty, the emigration was 10 have
been completed on or before tie 23J Of
this month; and The President has cor
s,snily kept you warned. during the two
years allowed, through al his officers
aud agents IN this country, that the lrea.
~ would be enforced.
| am come 10 carry on that determine
ton. Ny troops already occupy many
positions in The country that ysu are 10
abandon, ami thousands and thousands
are approaching. from every quarter. To
render resistance and escape alike hope
less. All these troops, regular and mill
Tia. are your friends. Receive them and
coniiGe in them as such. Obey them
when they tell you that you can remain
no longer in this country. Soldiers are
ss kind hearted rs brave. and the desire
cf every one OF Us is To execute our pain.
ful duty in mercy. We are commanded
by The Presidsn, 10 act towards ynn in
that spirit, and such is also the wish ol
the whole people Of America.
i Chiefs, Head men and Uarriors! Will
you. then, by resistance. compel rs 10 re
sort to arms! God forbid! Or i'll you.
BY fight. seek To hide yourselves in
mountains and forests. aud thus oblige Us
TO hunt YOU down, Remember that. in
pursuit, ii may be impossible 10 avid
conflicts. The blood Of the while man,
or the blood Of The red man. may be split,
and Il split. however accidentally. il may
be impossible for the discreet and humane
among yon, or among rs. To prevent a
general war and carnage. Think of this.
my Cherokee brethren! | lam an old war
rinr, and have been present at many a
scene Of slaughter; but spIre az, be-
srech you, the horror of witnessing the
destruction Of the Chrrokees.
! do not, invite YOU, even wait for the
close approach Of the troops; hut make
such preparations for emigration as you
can, and hasten TO this place. 10 Ross
Landing, or to Gun'er. Landing, where
Won all will be received in Kindness hy
officers selected for the purpose. You
will find food FOR oil, and clothias FOR lie
destitute, at either OF those places, and
thence at your ease, AID in comfort. be
transported 10 your new homes accord.
ing to the terms uf The treaty.
This is the address of a warrior 10
warriors. May his enlreaIirs be kindly
received, and may the Guh oil bo'It pros
per the Americans aud Chcrokees, aud
preserve them long in peace and friend
ship with each other!
WINFIELD SCOTT.
Cherokee Agency. May 10. 1855.