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THECHERoKEE NATION. PsorRlEron.
r,ssN S WILL AM r. ROSS, Editor. Ess4s'

..rso1h D. 3 WILL AM Fs ROSS, E0ltOfe
THERE will be issued at TAH-IE.quAu, Cher
IL okee Nation, about the middle Of August
next, the first number of a weekly newspaper 70
be called tho CHEROKEE ADVOCATE. 9tfssa
The object of tho Council of tho Nation, in
providing for the publication Of the CHERoKEE AID.
vocArE is the physical. moral and intellectual
improvement OF the Cherokee people, 1t will be
devoted to these ends, and to the defence of those
rights recognized us belonging to them in Treaties
legally made at different times with tic United
States, and Of such measures as seem best 5ca-
lated to secure their peace and happiness. pronlose
their prosperity, and elevate their character as /,
distinct community. .gs's yea is1' poe. .t.a
In commencing and sust inning public Journal
in the Nation, its success must depend very much
upon the kind feelings lberah,y and patronag e of
the citizens OF the United States. Among them
we are assured there exists generally desire that
the Indians should be dealt with upon JUS. and lib
eral principles, a lively sympathy in their che
quered career, and deep interest in their char
acter, condition, and destiny. Ignorance of their
condition, opinions, and claims, has been to them
afountain of many wrongs; a fountain from which
they have been forced 10 drink many bitter
drnughts. From this cause, measures of policy in
themselves unjust, and highly destructive to their
peace and prospects, have been conceived and per.
sisted in 10 their accomplishment. with singular
to expect and claim protection. 1t will. therefore,
be the arm OF those having charge of the ADvo-
CATE, 10 enighien public septimen;. as,fras pos.
sib'e as 10 the feelings dishes. and prolcriexpe-
tations of the rCheroke And uhia Il Is in:eii-
ded 10 ma Ike the paper 2tationaf in as loao ana
character, obstanng from a parliza nstr i, IN lho
interHatiOna politics of the Nation, will neyerthe-
less be open to full but courteous discussions Of
any measures Of policy on the part of the United
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interests, not only of the Cherokees, but also of
their red brethren. --r Ills.
In making an appeal to the citizens Of The Uni.
ted States for their friendly aid in the present I'M
dertakins,, we feel sanguine that it will not be in
vain. The history of the Indian tribes, but most
especially, that of the Cherokees, is reple,o with
incidents at once striking and commanding
The mystery that shrouds their origin, their for.
mer varIike character, their manly freedom. their
frm adherence their natural and political rights
their fond attachment 10 their honies-,he homes
of their fore-fathers. their rude expulsion ffom
those homes, their sudden transition from 81 waco
10 civilized life, their rapid improve in educa
ton, agriculture and the tomess II rs their pr, s.
ent condition, and the influence which, from their
location friendship md intercourse. they INNS,
and will exert over the great Indian population
extending north and south along tie Whole wcs.
tern border of the United States aud b. ok TO the
Nocky Nountans, cannot fall7 to enklndle lively
interest in the breast of the phiIanthropist ava
ken &c neral thi, s! for more familiarity ih them
and arouse ''the!r protectors to the impur,ant
but often apparently forgotten fact. tina, they have
no trfng duty 10 perform towards ills people
To those. then, who take any concern in whatever
relates 10 the Cherokee and npighborinr Indians
and who are DESTROYS of being regularly and accu.
rately made acquainted with passing CIV nts among
them, the CHEROKEE ApvocArE'is recommends
Our location, and the stnton we occupy relative
lyt the Creeks, Chickasaws, Chocraws, Osapes,
Senccas, Deawares ard other Indians, are such
as will enable US at all times to furnish the reo
ders OF the paper with the latest and most correc,
border news. .a ... ..@..s.-,
Nothing personal or sectarian will be admitted
into the columns Of the paper. ''f e.
The National Council having appointed the m.
dersigned Editor. the duties Of that sto,ion viii
devolve entirely upon him, and the Whole es,al.
lishnent be subject to his supervision.
TERMS.-The CHEROKEE ADVOCATE
will be printed on an imperial sheet. with n, "
type. both English and Cherokee, once every week
at Three Dollars per annum. pay able in adrance.
And to those subscribers, who read only the Cher.
okee language, OF THO Dollars per ansium in ad.
rdnce .s..... DO = .f..sa -...- "a
Advertising will be done on The usual terms.
Communications directed, pest paid, to the un
dersigned, at Park Hill, Cherokee Nation. will
receive his prompt attention 1851. 81
- &c WILLIAMEP. ROSS.
Cherokee Nation, March lSi4.-7-6m..--r.rg r