Arkansas intelligencer., 1845-03-01
CHOc.Aw Agency. Oc,o4e, lS1t

III CHoc?Aw Agency, Ocio 'pr |. 1914
p; Full reports of the condition of the tribes
pc Southwestern Superin,endnccy have so
ently been made. that deem it unnecessary,
10 present occasion, to do moro than make
general remarks as seem especially called for;
mt You, tor additional particulars, to nv own
s statements, and to the accounts nf the
sub aycnts connected with me
>c,aws have long been looking forward
uis ty to the coming of their brethren from
1tei, While they have cherished with a
~ IuIiar 10 Indians tho tics of conslnL gum
y hrct tho two banls. and have ardcn,ly
ed rennlon. the more ref citing have appro-
serious consequences from the Ingress of
e who have been for so many years exposed
The bad effects that result from the IntcrmlX-
y the While and red races, without any of
1iary restraints which are provided in dis
set apart for Indian purposes. More than
e years have elapsed since the western branch
tribe separated from the eastern. During
me, the former has made considerable pro.
Is in civilization while tho latter. if it has not
fogadcd, has certainly not advanced. Those
emgratcd have been constantly under ntlu.
'cs the most favorable to intellectual and moral
Eress. Nothing has been loft undone that could
Effected by liberal and udcous expenditures
Phe part Of the government, by the iabors OF
Experienced and Jealous, missionnrcsor by the
Pcmlting efforts of their own leading mon.-
the contrary, those who stayed behind have
Der been loft tho promptings Of their own incl.
pons. or, if operated upon by others at all, it has
|n by those who have sought, for mercenary
(poses, to keep them in ignorance, and excite
Pr preIudIces agaInsti Improvement.
his difference in habits and feelings would
be be likely to lead to discussions. Unfortu-
|ey, other and much more serious causes exist.
Has provided by the treaty of Dancing Rabbit
|ek, that those Chocaws who chose to remain
Mississippi should have secured 10 them certain
Ftlons Of land, but that none such should after.
rds be entitled 10 any share IN the annullies. -
EN- If the lands thus obtained were Of no value,
IS Iot 10 be expected that the western Cho staws
o preferred emigration with their annuities, to
'sissippi citizenship and reservations, should
DO willing TO give gratuilousl y part of those
IltIes to those who voluntarily reIinqulshed all
TO them. But it happens that the reserva.
obtaided. ss 1t were, IN exchange, by the five
Ok thousand who remained, were worth nearly
Vmes as much as all that was received by the
leon shousandr who emigratcd. The western
octaws naturally feel that, if any distinction
Is 10 be made it should have been in their favor.
Icy left the land Of their forefathers-a land well
apted TO their wants and they incurred all the
TX, prlvalion, suffering, incident 10 the migra-
N OF an entire NATHAN TO another region. They
not 60 from choice, but because the government
sed them to go; and they complain, with some
'son, that those who refused to comply with its
shes should have been rewarded so Ilberaty for
hr opposition.
hould it happen that tho proceeds of the rcser.
hbns Of the eastern Choclaws have been secured
'rhelr benefit it is not probable that any very
llshlevous effects will result from their coming.
'uhf, as there is. too much reason to fear, they
re ewindied out of their property before leaving
VI ai, and they arrive in this country destitute
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q ,iiIsnumber Of the Choctaws west at this time is
--aii Daring the emigration. and for two ro three
as safs '-slquent, the mortality among them was very
, sen S'rte years, they have increased u mum bers
Rough N'PsIow!y. rfa''r1 ... .... .t..