Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1838-06-13
OFFICIAL.

Major General Scott. of the United States
Army, sends to the Cherokee people re.
naming in North Carolina, Georgia, Ten.
nessce and Alabama, this
ADDRESS.
charlottesville President of the United
States has sent me, with powerful army,
to cause you, in obedience to the Treaty of
1885, TO Join that part of your people who
are already established IN prosperity, on
the other side of the Mississippi. Unhap-
PLY the two years which were allowed for
the purpose, you have suffered TO pass a.
way without following, and without making
any preparation to follow. and now or by
the time that this solemn address shall have
reached your distant settlements, the emf
grafton must be commenced in haste, but,
hope, without disorder. have no pow
er by granting farther delay to co.. rect
the error 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, in
those Safes, must be in motion to join their
brethren in the far west.
My FRIENDS This is no sudden deter
mination On the part ofthe President, whom
you and | must now obey. BY the treaty,
the emigration was to have been completed
on or before the Odd 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.
ain come to carry out that determine.
ton. My troops already occupy many pc.
don, and thousands and thousands arc ap-
preaching from every quarter, 10 render
resistance and escape alike hopeless. All
those troops, regular and militia, are your
friends. Receive them and confide in them
as such. Obey them when they tell you
that you can remain no longer in this coun.
try. Soldiers are as kind hearted as brave,
and the desire of every one of US is TO OK.
ecute 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.
Chiefs, headmen and parriors! will you,
then, by resistance, compel us to resort to
arms God forbid Or will you, BY
flight, seek to hide yourselves in mountains
or forests, and thus oblige us to hunt you
down. Remember that, in pursuit, it may
be impossible 10 avoid conflicts. The blood
of the white man, or the blood of the red
man may be split, and if split, however &C.
cidentally, it may be impossible for the dis.
Greet and humane among you, or among
us. TO prevent general war and carnage.
Think Of this my Cherokee brethren
am an old warrior, and have been present
at many q scene Of slaughter; but spare
me, bcsoech you, the horror Of witnessing
the destruction of the Chcrokees.
Do not, invite you, even wait for the
close approach Of the troops, but make such
preparations for emigration as you can, and
hasten TO this place, 10 Ross Landing, OF
to Guntcr's Landing, where you all will DC
received in kindness by officers selected fol
the purpose. You will find food for all
and clothing for the destitute, at either o.
those places, and thence at your ease, and
in comfort be transported to your new
homes according to the terms Of the trea.
ty.
This is the address Of warrior to war.
riors. May his entreatcs be kindly re.
ceivcd, and may the God Of both prosper
the American and Cherokees, and preserve
them long in peace and friendship with each
other
WINFIELD SCOTT.
Cherokee Agency, May 1s, 1888.