Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-28
THESToRY oFLrrKA AND

store. IN Iailapoosa county, in September. of
the year 1850. In those days, am occasion OF
the sort drew together white man and Indian
from oil quarters of the '~'nation'-the one To-
cheat, the other 10 be cheated. The agent an
pointed BY the Government 10 'certfy" the
sales or Indian lands was always in attend
ance; SO that the scene was generally one of
active traffic. The industrious speculator.
with his assistant, the willy Interpreter. KEEP,
increasingly at work In the business of fraud;
anu by every species and art of persuasion,
sought-and. sooner OF later, succeeded-in
drawing the untutored children of the forest
into their nets. lfioiled once, twice. thrice.
a dozen times. still they kept up the pursuit.
II was ever the constant trailing of the slow
track dog, from whose iangs there was no final
escape
And where are these spectators now7 those
lords of the soil!-the men OF dollars-the for.
tune-makers who bought with hundreds wha,
was worth thousands!-thcy TO whom every
revolution OF the sun brought a reduplication
OF their wealth? Where arc they. and what
are they, nowl They have been smi,,en by
the hand OF retributive justice! The course of
their victims has fastened upon them, and nine
out oil ten are houseless, outcast. bankrupt
In the hitting oi ten years, the larger portion
have lost money, lands, character, every thingl
And the few who still retain somewhat OF their
once lordly possessions, mark it's steady. unac-
coun,abie dimlnution, and strive vainly to
avert their irresistible fate-an oldAasc of
shame and beggary. They are cursed. all of
them-blighted, root and trunk and limb
The Creek is avenged! Avenged. and for upkat!
ask you, reader? Let us tell you a little story.
We knew, at the period TO which this chap
Yer refers, an Indian who refused to sell his
land on any terms. He was a sturdy. indie.
pendent fellow; one of the few who would
not be contaminated by intercourse with the
whites. His land was very valuable. and
many spectators Were, therefore, anxious to
purchase 1t. SO desirable was il, that several
would, perhaps, have paid the 'Sky chief half
It's actual value TO obtain il; but "Sky chief
resolutely persisted in resisting all their arts:
and he was too well known TO make it practi-
cable to get 1t by hiring some thieving Indian
20 pcrSohate him before the certifying agent.
But "Suddo Niece had a daughter, d very
pretty girl OF fitten-slightly made, with a
urcclan lace, and long coal black hair; and her
name was Lilka. We'll! Litka went ,oa dance
the green corn dance of her people-and il
was conceded, that in her new calico frock
and proiusion OF blue and red ribbons. and her
silver buckles, she was the handsomes, girl ON
the ground. Among her admirers was a younq
man named Eggleston; a sub-partntr, or
striker, oil the great Columbus Land Com
pany. Eggleston told a sweet take to the In
NAu OH, uiN stlt, DIS lie WAS q very handsome
young man believed il all. He told her that
he would marry her and take care of her. and
OF her father; and that when the rest of the
tribe should be forced TO Arkansas, then could
stay with him in their old home, by the braves
OF their fathers. The ''long and short" of all
this was, that the white man and Indian Girl
were married according to the Creek custom:
Suddo Niece having willingly asscn;ed TO am
arrangement by which he expected to be per
mi'ted 10 remain upon the soil which contain
cd the bones of his ancestors. For a few
months Eggleston treated Litka and Suddo
Mlcco very well, and they confided in him i'm
piicitly. Then he told his wife that her father
must certify" his land to him, or bad white
men might contrivc 10 getit. Litka told the
old SKY chief" what her husband said, aud
the supplemented Indian said il was "a GOOD
talk, and that his "white man son" should do
MS he pleased. So the SKY chief certified
his land to his son-in-law; and the certifying
agent saw a thousand silver dollars paid 10 the
Indian, who within ten minutes afterwards
returned them. Then Eggleston deserted Litka
and sold the land for three thousand dollars
Suddo Niece Tuned and raved; but what good
could that do? And Litka, poor thing! was
almost broken-hearted And last ofall, Suddo
Mlcco begged his son -in-law, as he had got his
land Tor nothing, and his daughter was toe
near her confinement to- walk on foot. TO pet
uiN q iloiSt W ldhel nCm 10
Arkansas. But Eggleston. laughed in his face
and told him that a wagon would cost toe
much money. So Suddo Niece was compell
ed TO wait until the Government removed hi:
people; and then he went in one of the "pub.
Inc wagons, among the poor OF his tribe
For this, and such as thiS-as we have shown
lis the Creek Auenged!
RATHER VERDANT.-A stranger wen,
INTO a book store lately, and among the cur.
losities he espicd one OFFS patent ruler.
Tor contingencies. The clerks were amused
TO see the various crooks and turns he gave il
endeavoring TO find oui its true design, when
the chap very honestly enquired-"How in Tx
name Of nat"r do you count houses eith this?'
FIT FOR A LAWYER.-An old lady IN
Detroit a few days ago walked into a LAWYERS
once when the following conversation took
place.
Squire, Icalled to see if you would like to
TAKE TINS boy and make a lawyer Of him"
The boy appears rather young, madam
How old is her.
Seven years, sir"
HE'S too young-decidedly too young
Have you no boys o,deT?"
oh, yes sir, lhave several; but we conclud-
ed to make farmers of the others. told nv
man thought this httle fellow would make a
hrst rate lawyer, and | called to see if YOU
would take him"
mo madam, he is too young yet to com.
mence the study of the professions; but why
do YOU think that this boy is so much better
calculated Tor a lawyer than your other sons7"
why, you see sir, he is just seven wear,
old to-day; and when he was only five. Inc
would LIE like ell natur, when he got TO be
SIX, he was saucya and impudent as any crittel
could be; and now he will TAKE EvERYTBINo
5 HE CAN LAY HIS ON
. a SLIGHT COLD THE MOTHER or CoN
SUMFIlON!-Let not fiose comulaIm of be,rs
"eh 10y y fcrI'e Which They have cherished (,
maturity ~ their iusnins when ibey m,gbt bay,