The New York herald., 1845-08-24

of husbandry and stock growing. With climate
admirably adapted to both and excellent markets
all around 1t easy to perceive as natural conse-
quence that many would quit the chase tor the
profitable and less laborous pursuits OF agriculture.
The huntsman thus began to find home market for
his game, and his skins; and the love OF property
and the luxures of life every day increased. The love
of offspring naturally prompted the parent to teach his
children the elements Of education and his notions of
God SO that when the early missionaries went among
he Cherokees they ounl many considera bly, advanced
in intelligence, and anxious to have their children
taught the rudimens OF education. 1t is fact however
that the deepest opposition to their was gene
man IN al ages has been Ignorant Of the principle Of uni
himself, no cannot well understand how others be
actuaed from any other but interested motives.
1t was easy also for these rude white men to ioresee
their advantages over the benighted red man. on whom
they continually preyed.
tween l7S4 and lS0Sa period during which, impercept
bly, 10 themselves they had lost much of their warke
spirit and agricultural neighborhoods dotting the
better settlements Of their entire country Meantime
there were many who had opposed every advancement
struggles between those who preferred their native
persttons and the advocates of the white mans religion
Il fact that these controversies sometimes run SO
high that the native wizards lost their lives in their
struggles OF defiance against the worshppers of the
known God.
Those whose knowledge of Cherokee affairs has SIM
ply been derived from discussion of the Cherokee
question, between the Eastern and Western Cherokee
apt the conclusion that advocates OF
separation and removal west, who entered into
venton, with President Jefferson, in fact the ILL.,
tcrate and savage portion OF the tribe Never was Opt
MON reference to the Of those
who took reservations and enrolled for emigrao ac
cording to the provisions OF the treaties OF 1917 1872
which treaties only consummation Of the
ton Of 1905 will prove that the most intelligent portion
OF the tribe embracing nearly all the whites and their
descendants then the advocates OF emigration and
the real benefciar ries of those treaties The dis
corning at early day foresaw the consequences of
surrounding white population, upon the unettered In
dams and the of the desired separation as eX
pressed in the arrangement of 1905 The wish for hunt
ing grounds and the chase" was only plausible pre-
text.
The origin Of that spirit Westward no" could then
be traced 10 the nterfuson Of the AnglosaSon
blood. As early l7Si, some of the Cherokees had
taken possession Of lands in the Arkansas then claimed
by Spain This regarded a safe refuge for those
who had illegally acquired negroes and other property
and who that in time they must loose them if they
rem iIed amidst the environs of white neighborhoods
And Immediately after the completion of the additions
to the Arkansas Cherokees in s7-l9, this branch OF
that family united greater comparative degree of intel
ligcncc than those who remained within the cir
cunscribed limits east of the Mississippi And from tho
EasternCherokees exclude thetosses Vanns Adairs
Stars and others, who took reservations of choice
tons OF tho cedcd lands and identified themselves with
the States OF Georgia Tennessee North Carolina and
Alabama, the Agricultural Cherokecs" who remained
behind were far the most ilerate part of the tribe
Their largest numbers were the Mountain Indians
not one in fifty Of whom spoke the English language.
And we may here remark that the greatest obstacle
to emigration, under the pressing exigences, which
have overwhelmed the Cherokees East has been the ig
nofance OF the great mass The numbers and names OF
greatest comparative intelligence Of the Cherokee peo
pie Those who have only the Cherokees through
those travelled white chiefs are apt to over rate their
civilization While those who only know them as IN
duns, equally prone under rate them. Take out
the whites and the mixed bloodcd scarcely distinguish
able from whites, and the amount Of intelligence is COM
paralively small.
The accossions TO the Cherokcos upon the Arkansas
alter S0S to 1871 were steady and before the latter Pc
rod they had formed social compact under such
ration as gave them right to separate recognition as
the treaty Of 1917 abundantly shows That treaty and
the treaty OF 1872 amendaory thereof productive
oil many consequences not then foreseen.
The United States Government having, previous to
that time, determined unchangeaby the policy Of
transferring the Indian tribes the of the Mssis
sppi regarded this prospective arrangement for the
ultimate emigration of the whole tribe. Those Chero
KEGS who mad previously gone west and who then in
tended to go as separated from
their brethren-they expected enjoy peace indepen
dent of the dissensons which had previous to that time
unhappy distracted their councils, and what was still
more desirable they hoped to be FREQ from the continual
encronchments OF the white settlements. The Eastern
Cherokees fecitated themselves being freed from
those who had shown willingness to emigrate. They
regarded the tls to their remaining lands secured
beyond farther dispute and they expected farther
ci'atons to remove With numbers esscncd, but s,il
possessing many OF the elements of among
them-wh annuities, and an increase OF pecnniary all
vantages-with the conventional pledge of their Great
faher the resident to aid them IN their iandaole de-
sires to become farmers and husbahdmcn, they looked
forward to the day when they should attain point never
yetapproxima.ed by any OF the aboriginal tribes Those
Cherokees anu whites, and hall breeds and they were
not few who took reservations sections of the ceded
lands were regarded by all having for valuable con-
sideraons, ceased to be members either branch OF the
Cherokee community but by certain forms they were
and became members hesa,es where they
resided But as the sequel will show sagacious
reservoirs had also mental reservations by which
they expected to profit
There was in TACT good deal OF OF fairness and
open dealing all round The United States Cove
concealed at the time the intention of
porting the whole tribe west The Western Cherokees
repre- ented that they hun,smen desiring pursue
the chase The Eastern Che Iokees that they were cvi.
lized and desired the pursuits of agriculture and the
selfish pretended that they wished become
citizens of the States II is generally that all parties
have paid dearly for this species Of deception.
The United States became involved in nextrica-
BILE difficulties, for having allowed the reservations
They were obliged to extingush the title OF the re.
servers in Georgia at high price. Tho other States