Arkansas intelligencer., 1844-03-30

Nli-hr VIII De Issued at IAH-LE-QUAH, Cher.
~ okee Nation, about the middle of August
next. the first number of weekly newspaper to
,be called the CHEROKEE ADVOCATE.
The object of the Council of the Nation, in g..
providing for the publication Of the CHERoKEE AID.
svocATE, is the physical, moral and intellectual
improvement of the Cherokee people. 1t will DO
devoted to these ends and to the defence of those
rights recognized as belonging to them in Treaties.
slegaily made at different times with the United
Estates, and Of such measures as seem best calcu-
Hated to secure their peace and happiness, promote
their prosperity, and elevate their character
sdisnct community.
In commencing and sustaining public journal
I'm the Nation, its success must depend very much
supon the kind feelings, hberality and patronage Of
Nthe citizens OF tho United States. Among them
Eve are assured there exists generally desire that
she Indians should be dealt with upon Just and lib
Ieral principles, q lively sympathy in their che.
I4quered career, and deep interest in their char.
acier, condition, and destiny. Ignorance of their
condition, opinions, and claims, has been to them
"a fountain of many wrongs; fountain from which
sthey have been forced to drink many bitter
.draughts. Frontfhis cause, measures of policy in
themselves unjust, and highly destructive to thoir
speace and prospects, have been conceived and per.
.sised in 10 their accomplishment, with singular
spertnacity, by those from whom they have q right
9o expect and claim protection 1t will, therefore,
sCATE, 10 Tighten public sentiment, as far as pos.
s!bie as 10 the feelings, wishes, and proper expec-
CATIONS of the Cherokees. And while il is inten-
9ded TO make the papor national in its tone and
acha racter, abstanng from oil purtizan ship in the
international politics of the Nation, will never he-
s!ess be open 10 full but courteous discussions of
sany measures of policy on the part Of the United
Estates, which touch upon or affect the rights and
sintere SITS, not only of the Cherokees but also of
Ether red brethren.
8 In making an appeal TO the citizens Of the Uni
ted States for their friendly aid in the present un.
Hdertakng we feel sanguine that it will not be in
vain. The history of the Indian tribes, but most
respectfully, that Of the Cherokecs, is repeto with
! incidents at once striking and Commanding.
The mystery that shrouds their origin, their for
Emer warke character, their manly freedom, their
firm adherence 10 their natural and political rights,
Etheir fond attachment 10 their homes-the homes
Gof their fore-fathers, their rude expulsion from
Athose homes, their sudden transition from savage
to civilized life, their rapid Improvement in educa.
Slon, agriculture nd the domestic arts their pres.
ment condition, and the influence which, from their
location, friendship and intercourse, they must
and will exert over the great Indian population
4extending north and south along the whole wes-
tern border of the United States. and back to the
Rocky Mountains, cannot fail 10 enkndlo lively
interest in tho breast Of the philanthropist ava.
ken general thirst for more familiarity with them
Eand arouse their protectors" to the important,
but often apparently forgotten fact, that they have
Sno trfng duty TO perform towards this people,
Ero those, then, who take any concern in whatever
relates to tho Cherokee and neighboring Indians.
land who arc DESTROYS of being regularly and accu.
rately made acquainted with passing events among
Sthem, The CHEROKEE ADVOCATE is recommendcC
sOur location, and the station We OCCUPY relative.
Ely to the Greeks, Chickasaws, Choc,aws. Osnpe..
ESenecas, Delawares and other Indians, are such
Mas will enable us at all times to furnish the re,
Elders of the paper with the latest and most corrcct
Eborder news.
Nothing personal or sectaran will be admitted
Unto the columns Of the paper.
The National Council having appointed the nm.
1dersigned Editor, the duties Of that station will
sdevolve entirely upon him, and the whole es,ab.
llshnent be subject to his supervision.
j TERMS.-The CHEROKEE Advocate
will be printed on an imperial sheet, with new
S,ypc. both English and Cherokee, once eyery week.
lat Three Dollars per annum, payable in adrance'
And to those subscribers, who read only the Cher.
Sokee language, at THO Dollars por annum in ad-
France. =
n Advertising will DO done on the usual terms.
n Communications directed, post paid, to the un.
kdersigned. at Park Hill, Cherokee Nation. will,
receive his prompt attention.
x - WILLIAM p. ROSS.
n Cherokee Nation, March lS44-7-6m,
a VALUABLE PROPERTY IN THE TOWN OF
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