The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-12-16
CO M M MIC ATIONS.
For the Union.
CHEROKEE AFFAIRs.-No. III.

The Cherokee Advocate has been gratfed. In
my last gave quotation from that paper of the
18th ut, in which 1t said; "The party, which num-
bers many OF our most respectable and valued clti-
zens is still in pursuit of others, whom il is devout-
| ly hoped they may early succeed in arresting. or
furnishing" &
What took place the very next day is shown in
the following article from the Arkansas Intelligent
Ger, viz:
"BAHBAnous MunprR.on Friday night the I4th nstant
rous manner about u miles north Of this in the Cherokee
nation The circumstances as informed fol
Arch CURRY where Waite resided about the time he
going to bed and Of them told him he their prison
and that he should with them Waite replied that
wished to dress himself and then he would AS he raised
himself in bed he was shot dead his head split with
tomahawk and his body horribly cut and mangled with
knives"
| The bloody record proceeds thus, viz:
Joseph Swimmer and stoain Cherokees Of the treaty
party, inhumanly murdered Evansville on
Thursday morning last by party OF 10 Ross The
first was shot five times and the latter stabbed twice
follows The Cherokees belonging to the treaty party
and old settlers running daily the line into the
their property of every description There no telling
where this will end should the United States
| be as dilatory and timid as usual "
| This was on the Goth of November On the same
day the Cherokee Advocate contained the following
ferocious article, viz:
"HuNr THEM powN.-Crcumsances render it quite GER
that the outlaws five six in number who have done
prowlng about for the purpose of committing other
ourges We therefore admonish citizens to Be
sble prevent them from doing injury Let volunteer
companies be organized in neghbohood pursue
This absolutely They have become. if posi-
BILE, loodthrsty than ever; and, country like
hDuseburnng and murder they may commit unless spec
Oily taken Let honest man. then make his espe
cial duty to hunt them down. and spare neither time
labor to bring them to justice"
| Yes, "hunt them do,un - "Let volunteer compa-
MES be organized in every neighborhood to pursue
them Give them no time to rest, until they shall
all be taken"
Nota man has been "iaken'' by these VOLUNTEER
companies" Of public assassins. All their victims are
shot doon sight, surprised in their houses and in
their beds-men who, with one exception, do not
seem to have been charged with any outrage or
crime All we know, is, that every victim, thus far,
is Of the treaty party Tom Waite was the brother
of the gifted Boudinot who was assassinated in
manner equally cowardly in 1885,
| The following, from the Cherokee Advocate of the
same date confirms the material parts Of the letter of
the STAIRS sent with my last, and shows what
some Of the most respectable and paed of our cilisens"
are about, viz:
THE party that killed Starr and Rider numbered from
twenty Ave to thirty The killed early in
his Buck Starr received three four shots he
running from the house for the purpose supposed
the party One of his broken in two places; but
his most wound from ball in the region Of
Rider was killed on the morning, being called out
from the house Of his stepfaher and shot times
them from different sources"
So this little boy, after seeing his father shot
dead before his face, was mangled with four balls
through his body and limbs for the supposed crime
of running to tell his brothers that band of MUIR
derers was upon them
The Cherokee Advocate, from which quote is |
but the mouthpece of the council and ruling chiefs
II is, in law and fact agopernmea paper, and its
munications those Of the Cherokee authorities
have before me the printed laws of the Cherokee
nation, among which ! find, at pages &c. g.,
ian act to establish printing press, and to
regulate the national newspaper" The editor
is elected by the council for the term of four years.
and is paid salary of $500 out of the national treas
ury. The principal chief is empowered to appoint
translator, at salary Of $500, national printer at
$500, journeyman printer at $500, and three APP |
prences, to be supported and clothed by the nation,
and receive, at the end of their terms, fifty dollars
each. BY another act iof the council, (page 49, the
price of the Advocate is fixed at three dollars per
annum in advance. At pages $50, is an article for |
building public printing Office. An act passed oath |
October, 1874, authorizes the principal chief to mp
point third printer at salary of $500; and an act
of 10th January, l845, authorizes certain alterations
in the national printing Office.
At the head Of the first column of this paper
stands the following, viz The Cherokee .8dpocate is
published every Thursday morning, both in the Eng
lish and Cherokee languages, by WiLiam p. Ross,
editor, James d. WqGord, translator; CHEROKEE Ma
rIoN, PRoPRIEToR." William P. Ross is the nephew
of John Ross, the principal chief.
deem il essential thus to identify the character of
the Cherokee Advocate, because speaks by athorify
and its poice is that Of The Cherokee government. In this
case it is unequivocally so, because the council was
in session at the spot where it is published, and
their feelings and wishes could not be mistaken by
its editor, who depends on them for his place The
Cherokee authorities, therefore, through their ma
tional newspaper, justify the murder Of Starr and
Rider II is they who call for volunteer companies
in every neighborhood to hunt down and shoot down,
in their houses and in their beds, every man of the
treaty party and old settlers, who is obnoxious to
the powers that be.
That the council was in session is proved by the
following notice in the Advocate Of the Goth ut viz
"ApJouRsMESr oousctl.--A resolution has been
adopted by both branches the national council fixing
upon Saturday next as the day for the adjournment of the
present session"
In two days they were about to adiourn, while
assassination stalking around them in open day!
And what had they done to stop i'll Had they rail-
lied their 900 armed police, and them out to ar
rest the murderers of Starr, or Rider, Waite
Their organ says;
within two three miles of Evansville there are from
concerned in killing James Starr and Rider and who have
been pursuit OF Tom Starr and three four of his
delegation Of four were sent up yesterday from
this place TO inquire into the condition Things and TO pre-
ties as good and orderly citizens This we hope and be-
lieve they will do.n
This step was probably at the instance Of the i
United States agent who had visited the council but
in the same paper the cry of "hunt them doon,, is Ii
still kept up; and the organization Of other volunteer
companies Gin every neighborhood," precisely like
that near Evansville, is loudly recommended.
Doubtless il was this ''volunecr company" or
part Of il, TO be prevailed on by such gentle means
ITO dispense and return to their duties good and
orderly citizens" who, on the same day, added
Swimmer and Stoan to the plumber Of its victims.
And by this hypocritcal "hepe and believe they |
WILL - from this Advocate and nccomplice Of murder,
while calling for new bands Of hunters, it is expect
ed the United States will be induced, as they were
I'M 1889, to content themselves with PRESERVING
THE PEACE OF DEATH tohiek the rife, the tom
dark, and D0vis-brit hadmsd Says Ross, "thasl