Arkansas intelligencer., 1844-10-19
PROSPECTUS

WILLIAM r. ROSS, Editor.
THERE will be issued at TAH.LE-oUAH, Cher.
- okee Nation, about the middle of August
Next the first number of a weekly newspaper to
be called the CHEROKEE ADVOCATE.
The object of the Council of the Nation, in
providing for the publication Of the CHERoKEE AD.
vocATE, is :he physical. moral and intellectual
improvement Of the Cherokee people. II will be
devoted to these ends and to the defence of those
rights recognized as haongng to them in Treaties,
legally made at different times with the United
States, and of such measures as seem best caicu.
lated to secure their peace and happiness, promote
their prosperity, and elevate their character as a
distinct community.
In commencing and sustaining public journal
in the Nation, it's success must depend very mucht
upon the kind feelings, liberaity and patronage of
the citizens oil the United States. Among them
we are assured there exists generally desire that
tho Indians should be dealt with upon Just and lib
eral principles, lively sympathy in their che
quered career, and n deep interest in their cbar.
acter, condition, and destiny. Ignorance of their
condition, opinions, and claims, has been to them
fountain of many wrongs; fountain from which
they have been forced to drink many bitter
draughts. From this cause, measures of policy in
themselves unjust, and highly destructive to their
peace and prospects, have been conceived and per.
sisted in to their accomplishment, with singular
pertinacity, by those from whom they have a RICH,
to expect and claimprotection. 1t will, therefore.
be the aim of those having charge of the ADvo.
GATE, to enlighten public sentiment; as far as pos.
sble, as to the feelings Wishes and proper expec.
,ationsof the Cherokees. And while it is in,en.
ded to make the paper nat ional in lis tone an,
character, absaining from all partza nship in III,
International politics of the Nation, will neverthe:
less be open TO full but courteous discussions o,
any measures Of policy on the part of the Unite,
States, which touch upon or affect the rights an,
interests. not onlyfof the Cherokees, but also o.
their red brethren.
In making an appeal to the citizens of the Uni.
ted States for their friendly aid in the present un
dertaking, We feel sanguine that it will not be il
vain. The history of the Indian tribes, but mos
especially, that of tho Cherokees, is repleto will
incidents at once striking and comma nding
The mystery that shrouds their origin, their for.
nner varke character, their manly freedom, their
firm adherence 10 their natural and political rights
their fond attachment TO their homes--the homes
Of their fore-fathers, their rude expulsion from,
those homes. their sudden transition from 50 wage
70 civilized life, their rapid improvement in educa
ton, agriculture and the domestic arts their pres
ent condition, and the influence which, from tbei,
location. friendship and intercourse, they mus,
and will exert over the great Indian population
extending north and south along the whole ives.
tern border of the United States, and back To the
Rocky Mountains, cannot fail to enkindle lively
interest in the breast of the philanthropist, ava
ken general thirst for more Familiarity with them
and arouse 'their protectors" to the important.
but often apparently forgotten fact, tha, they have
no trifiing duty 10 perform towards this people,
10 those, then, who take any concern in whatever
relates to the Cherokee and neighboring Indians.
and who nro desrous of being regularly and accu.
rately made acquainted with passing events amcne
them, The CHEROKEE ADVOCATE is recommended,
Our location, and the station we occupy relative.
ly to the Creeks, Chickasaws, Choclaws, Osages
Senecds, Delawares and other Indians, are such
as will enable us at all times TO furnish the rea.
ders Of the paper with the latest and most correct
border news.
Nothing personal or sectarian will be admitted
into the columns Of The paper.
The National Council having appointed the un-
dersigned Editor, the duties of that station will
ldevolve entirely upon him, and the whole estab
ishment be subject to his supervision
TERMS.--The CHEROKEE ADVOCATE
~ill be printed on an imperial sheet, with new
type, both English and Cherokee, once every week,
at Three Dollars per annum, payable in Advance.
And to thase subscribers, who read only the Cher
okee language, at Tsco Dollars per annum in cd.
uancc.
: Advertising WILDE done on the usual terms.
Communications. directed, post paid, to the un.
dersigned, at Park Hill, Cherokee Nation, will
receive his prompt attention.
WILLIAM P. ROSS.
Cherokee Nation, March IS44.--7.6m.
N1gW BOOK.