The New York herald., 1845-08-24

lost To pay these spolations has cost a. immense
SUM- OF money. The more wary reservoirs sold out Tor
large sums returned to the eastern country and with
their experience and knowledge of government pre-
vailed the erate to form constitution, and
with the power whic money always gives they invested
themselves with the offices and Of the nation
possessed themselves of the annues, and thus threw
obstacles in the way Of the ultimate design Of the
United States than all other combined The more
ilterate mountain thousands who proposed to become
enlightened husbandmen thus fell prey to those VINO
had enrolled themselves among the hunters"
The Western Cherokees did not find game SO abun-
dant and in their attempts to shoot it, they were con-
tnually shot by the savage and indigenous tribes Nao
douby jealous of red civilization. Nor they
long unmolested by the whites but. the contrary,
found themselves completely surrsnnded by ~htc
settlements So great did this evil become that in 1928,
they, though Western Chsrokees, had to cede their
1000 900 OF land for 900 farther In this
latter treaty of cesson exchange artfully insert
ed preamble and section coverty intended by the se-
creary of War to afford preext for removing large
portion of the Eastern Cherokees upon their Western
brethren. The Western Cherokees, on the contrary,
dreamed of such result while the Eastern Cher
okees were in way parties to the transaction
The Western Cherokees, now good deal advanced IN
civilization, received a guaranty for patent to their
lands with a promise oil a subdivision, and partition
among their respective inhabitants at the expense OF the
United States They felt themselves to be at last in the
possession of a permanent and peaceful home-a home
for which they had to fight, as well as pay.
Meantime the States and particularly Georgia, had
moved from their borders The farseeing statesman,
Mr. Calhoun. in 1925, told the Cherokees, in language
truly prophetic, that they would have to remove The
Georgia domain the fine improvements made by the
Cherokees valuable roads and ferries, all greatly
accelerated the tendency to drive out the Indians ""
The adoption by the latter of constitution and writ
ten code of laws than any other enc cause,
fatal to their prosperity. The argument that inperin
iaperio violation of chartered rights, and of
treaty between the United States and the state OF Geor
gia in which had contracted to cxtngush the
Indian title TO lands within the chartered limits Of the
latter brought forward with degree Of ingenuity
which convinced all who did or did not understand the
import of these Latin words
The discovery OF gold may be said to have completed
the conquest The extension OF the state iaws-the an
Tho tmnn tlnn
them OF severe penal laws-the survey-the lottery
the settlement OF hordes from every part OF the world
the Imprisonment OF the missonares-the defiance OF
the Supreme Court-the establishment, by the United
States, of branch mintthe moral degradation oil the
Cherokee people all followed in such rapid succession
that ptulaton of them here would be tedious In
1877 the laws ot Georgia were extended In 1888 ten
counties sent large representation to the Georgia
Legislature, from the Cherokee nation The reservers
were made objects of persec uon-hey all turned
from their homes aud hundreds Of others shared the
same fate. Alabama and North Carolina soon followed
the example of Georgia. After all efforts at resistance
faied-t resistance to the whrlwind and the tem
pest-dissensions took place among the Indians them
seIves-a treaty party grew up-a party favorable to
complete cession Of their lands, and removal west
The previous policy of the United States was now COM
pletely developed They seemed not to think OF any
country for the 200 Eastern Cherokees except
the 1909 900 previously ceded to the 5000 hunts
to this selfish policy upon the subject that they
pretty generally yielded to this view and the leaders
and expended all their talents in propa-
eating false ISLANDERS against the climate and soof the
grave yard" Arkansas. The fatal consequences OF
this want of candor were afterwards severely islt.
By the treaty Of 1885, treaty extorted by necessity
and agreed to by minority of oppressed and bleed
ing people, and forced upon the majority, the eastern
Cherokees thus thrown upon their western Dreth
who parties to the Treaty OF 1885, no more
had been the eastern Cherokees parties to the treaty
Of 1923.
We trust that every impartial reader will thus clearly
the foundation OF the division Of the Cherokees
into parties They were not the divisions OF mere amD
tious men, struggling for power They were divisions
impeed by circumstances, over which the Indians had
control. And whatever OF fault may seem to iai
floaet has
government Of the United States their early dssen
sions.-yan Barren, arkansas, 25th judy isaS.
INDIAN CAprtvEs,-An article recently gone
the rounds of the papers, stating that ine.e Were S
manches By some this is considered fabulous In 1886,
the Commissioners appointed by the United States to
treat the Indian tribes, employed Coi .houteau 10
20 out to the plains and bring in the Camanches to hold
talk and form treaty Col = started out to the plains
bur could not find Camanchcs till he went far south
on the Brazos The had collected there in strong force
both the Alexcans and Texans trying to secure
quietly waiting the frontier, to join whichever
party seemed to promise the largest share OF the pols
OF victory calculating their chances for obtaining horses
blankets guns and ammunition Colonel Chouteau tell
in with their cncampmcnt, where their and
children and among them he found 40 or so white chill
dren that had been captured at various times from the
Texans and Mexcans; they were generally IRON five
to seven years old, and OF both Many Of these
cried for Joy at the sight of white man. and where inn
Fortunate in their eneates to take them away from the
Indians He had then neither the means to redeem them
nor to bring them away but ne promised that ne wouu
urge on tne oHlccrs OF Government 10 tahc
redeem them without delay This gave hope and Joy 70
the capves. He made all proper inquiries Oh he wal
riors. and found that they were very willing 70 @
der these young cap tves on the payment OF saisiac
tory ransom lie made the arrangement WIN sne
Indians TO come in 10 hold talk with tne uoh.
sionars tho situation OF the captive children, and
pressed upon them propriey Of sking measures 70
have them ransomed; aud offered that II the Commis-
,a,l yr,nt ire authority and furnish the means,
he woulJ without compensation go into the plains and
I'll the children thus held in captivity, and bring
, ,o,a the settlements lie confidently expected that
hi would be properly attended to by the
but nothing was ever done, and the cap
,vos have ever since renamed in captivity among the
fierce sayages.--St Louis New Era.