The Arkansas banner., 1844-04-10

we had only the Osages, nation having It IS true the reputation of being thievish, but de- caying, tmid, and from whom the white man fears no inroad, and the Quapaws, the feeble fragment of tribe rapidly vergmg to extinc- ton, butalways friendly and always peaceable.
 Now what have we2 The half-conquered Creek, brought here by constraint, with trea- sured vengeance fostering at his breast; the chased and hunted down Seminole, pantlng for another display of his wonted ferocity ; the Cherokee, half century In advance of his neighbors Ill culture and civilization, but negotiated out of his wits and his temper, and warmed by the settlements of turmoil and faction together with cloud of tribes and fractions of tribes not indigenous to the soil, who, if they could but tutor themselves to concert of action, and that concert resolved itself into hostility, might desolate our from tier. And not our frontier only; for in one wild outbreak they have the physical power to bear their ravages to the Mississippi. This is not the language of panic-but we appre- ciate our position and call on the Government to save us from the imminent danger it has brought to our doors.
 We ask the Government for appropriations to complete the public works at Fort Smith hundred thousand dollars or more have been expended on half constructed erections the means have dried up, and if the appropri- aton is not shortly renewed, the buildings will speedily sink into dilapidation and ruin.
 Our respect for the constituted authorities would save us from the suspicion that they would suffer such niggardly and yet prodi- gal Shnthriftiness. The remounting of the 2d Regiment of Dragons is universally ap- proved through our country. That descrip- ton of force is deemd better adapted than all others to frontier defence. But this point we shall not labor, as the measure seems to have found favor in so many quar- ters as to render its success no longer doubt ful. And finally, as the most important of prayers, and without which the granting of the others would be almost bootless, your your memorialists do most anxiously and ur- gently ask of the Government tbe withdrawal of the troops from Fort Gibson. Doutless the establishment of this post was correct and proper at the time 1t took pface-its position was near to and below the then boundary line, but that boundary was in few years chang ed by the treaty with the Cherokees in 1928. In propriety and fitness, that military post should then have been discontinued, but it continues to exist to this day in the Indian country, productive oi no good as we are thoroughly convinced. If the design was to bridle the Indians, then it has proved to- tai faiiure-and disceatent and exaspera- ton seems to have been the only result. If the object was kindness merely to the In- dians, than on the score of right we protest against Jfse extension of this kindness which in its operation excludes us from our rights It would be novel emendation in politics and in morals, that red allies are to be foster ed and cherished at the expense of American citizens The continuance of the troops t Fort Gibson we consider useless if not perm ciOus and we ask their withdrawal to the line