Arkansas intelligencer., 1844-11-30
PROSPECTUS
OF THE
0II ROKB1 ADw0
THE CHEROKEE NATION, P,
WILLIAM r. ROSS. I'd

WILLIAM r. ROSS, I'd, 20 AM ,
Y>HERE will be is,ued at TAH.L-xt g a,
okee Nation, about tho middle s.non
next, the first number of a weekly nj
be called the CHEROKEE ADVCcA Matte
The object Of the Council Of .'hd laoKr.
providing for the publication Of tn ,ahn,elIo
vocArE, is the physical, moral e. 80 -
improvement of the Cherokee PEI fairs :,
devoted to these ends, and to theuySs train u
rights recognized as belonging to ..,s be IN,
legally made at different times wi
States, and Of such measures AZ sesv, p,
lated to secure their pence and hnppi :, J, =,
d;s,;,pp, S pospei"y, ano elevate their & a.
| In commencing and sustaining n ~
IN the Nation, its success must dane " q
upon the kind feelings, liberality an rEo"
the citizens Of tho United States.
we are assured there exists peperalI'
the Indians should be dealt with upc
ernl principles, lively sympathy. VI m
quered career, and a deep interest - o
ac'e.' condition, and destiny. Igno '-'
condition, opinions, and claims, has
fountain of many wrongs;a foun,a
they .hnve been forced to drink
drnughts. From this cause, measure
themselves unjust, and highly de.tru
peace and prospects, have been CONGO
sisted IN 10 their accomplishment, "
pertinacity, by those from whom they
TO expect and claim protection. II wi
be the aim of those having charge
CATE, 10 enlighten public sentiment,
sible, ns to the feelings, wishes, and profs, =,
tations Of the Cherokees. And while inten-
ded to make the papor national in it.ne and
character, abstaning from oil partiza mp in the
international politics Of the Nation, wiEvrrths-
less be open to full but courteous illusions oi
any measures Of policy on the part 9th Emitted
States, which touch upon or affect th rghts ant
interests. not only Of tho Cherokees bt also o.
their red brethren.
In making IN appeal 10 the citizen otte Uni
ted States for their friendly aid in the psent IN
vain. The history of the Indian triles,,t mo,
especially, that Of the Cherokeos, is ree,e wi,
incidents Mt once striking and con,nndins
The mystery that shrouds their origin. asir fol
mer ~arlike character, their manly free,p, the
firm adherence 10 their natural md poli,i. right
their fond attachment TO their homes homs
OF their fore-fathers, their rude expulon fro,
those homes. their sudden transition frn savae
TO civilized life, their rapid improvementn educ:
ton, agriculture and the domestic arts, teir pre-
ent condition, and the influence which, rom the
location. friendship and intercourse, hey mn
and will exert over the great Indian bopulaiic
extending north and south along the hole We
tern border Of the United States, and hex TO Il
Rocky Mountains, cannot fail tocnkine live
interest in tho breast of the philanthbp bpist, aw
ken general thirst for more famiIiari.ywith the
and arouse ''iheir protectors" 10 theimportar
but often apparently forgotten fact, thu they ha,
triflipu d,fv IN rc,rr, fowo rdo IT, ,>o,rl>
| To those, then, who take any concern whatev,
relates to the Cherokee and noighborik Indian
and who 70 desirous of being regularl and acc,
rateIy made acquainted with passing esnts anon
them, The CHEROKEE Advocate is resmmende,
Our location, and the station we occsy relati,
~ to the Greeks, Chickasaws. ChociSs, Usage
Senecns, Deawares and other lndis, are sus
rs will enable US at all times to futsh the re
ders Of the paper with the latest unjnost CORE
border news.
Nothing personal or sectarian wfbe admit
into the columns of the paper.
Tho National Council having apup,ed the
dersigned Editor, the duties Of Id statioJ
ldevolve entirely upon him, and th( whole Q.
ishn,ent be subject to his supervisue
TERMS.-The CHEROKEEkDvO.
will be printed on an imperial 1eel, vii "a
type, both English and Cherokee. dee every =
at Three Dollars per annum. pasble 10 a.,
And to thoee subscribers, whored only a
okee language, at Too Dollars er lrek,n
oaSce.
Advertising win be done onjhe us. = y
Communications directed, ~ pair. /. t,e
dersigned. at Park Hill, Che 1kee N m
receive his prompt attention.
| VIII LAM P. aoss
Cherokee Nat''". Marea 4-7-sm.
NEW B@kE.