Arkansas intelligencer., 1845-06-14

eb,r in eonversaiion or manner There ~ never any
disturbances these dances. and neycr witnessed
amuug my own people the appearance Of nTe pleas
ure. -.
eft late hour, but festivities continued W morn.
ls. ,rept at short intervals Of rest.
I'D ,e Tueky -batchy TOW n saw the periodical med.
lssIinking. They had powerful desocton -four
srg titles; il Is needless to say the Indians artpat
o. ThomPsonians. Al abou, eight in the eretng
the drinking commenced and al day light in the mn.
ing u Vas only by thotoughy scraPng the bottom "
the POTS that a drink could be obtained. Tor eve,
drin taken FROM those pots that night, there wasa
vou III was infalliby good tor one.
dhe''Iola delivered an address on The virtues of
the ecoction and recomme ended it to all the warriors
Ito keep up the customs OF their foreiathers. God
toTb that should hear any more Indian ofations -
AT end Of every two three words, stoPpage
pup .ey made which sounds as il the speaker was
chol " even to the peroration when warmed BY
the bject he is not free from disagree ibe gasP<
ara several other speeches, but none oil them df
fereo delivery.
Al, r remaining few days at Alssanders. with I'D.
ditio Il numbers set out for the council. We ear
y for ed the North Fork but when got to the Deep
furk, found an old seminole m king rait-it was
swim ng. When he had ferrIed his few chattels over
" ith his aid we commcnccd With ours l he day was
remarkably e"'% for the season. as was the water-but
we ware c"mPeied q" be at the Council Ground that
night.
The ra could eon,enr"%, carry two saddles with
thfs NM " - iran, we're any thing bas equip
| ferry Inrn, generally three, and ui"ay. Two ,L
p,ece Of paw paw bark in his teelh pulling and L
ers be hInd, pu, hing they swan. "
Some our horses houndered IN the passage not oe
ing good Swimmers but we cot every thing over with
] out accident.
Win ST we were putting on dry clothes and shvering
round fire that had hcen klndlcd by some OF our
company, striving with the aid Of ~hskey and the
blaze to become wa'm, arge piropue was found not
if,y Yards from US, i'll branch which into the
\ Leep Fork, Just above our crossing place
The council was encd for the transaction OF pri
yale business, but towards its close vast number Of
n Creeks IN attendance IN consequence OF Dali
play winch took place near there.
never have among our own Judges the dignity
f uG the Chiefs in council and with the exception oil
smoking there nothing out OF the common course
OF our own courts Gen. RolIy Mcintosh is principal
Chief. Among his associates was Kendall Lews--the
only white exalted TO that dignity in the Crek
Nation.
I Mr. Lewis has been forty years among the Indians
he speaks their language huently and upright
course throughout his long life amongst them has be,
the only means used towards the gaining of his pres
| ent station
/ lbe la iu.ses and the Coet.ahs were the opposing
parties OF the bali play. The former town Of
/ pper and the latter of the Lower Creeks. The Co.
irahs bad long been vIctors every that dlr
I'd dispute their prowess and the last time that the
7 Tau-sls met them they returned home vanquishcd.
But the Ta-lu.ses were not conquered. They fac ed
tbeir adyersares with confidence that be poke sue
cess They had dancad the bal dance for several suc
eessiye nights. and had lasted as many days, yet they
came upon the ground fresh and eager for the trial
Il Tho p'ayers limited to ffty.fye on a SIDE
Roth pir;ies did their utmost and after the hardest
cnntest e,er witness d by the Creeks, the Coet.ahs
were 0vercome. The Talu.ses remained the master
warriors of the Nation. Thev had broken the charm
of invincibty and it is probable the palm Of triumph
, will henceforh rest tn them. They live as then
hers lived proud of their ancestry and s""'"n
manners Of the whites They still wear hunting shir,
,ba heir head anf
cover them with lurbans But th, other hand. the
Co-eta have made considerable advances toward
civilization Their hot houses ro,ing their ancen
customs nege and grass and weeds growing il
the foot prints of the dance, They have put on III,
white mans dress-shoes hats, and pantal looms are
CORN amongst them. Already they have felt tn,
bad consequences of their course-defeat has left it,
brand upon them.
1t would be impossible to view the scene (none bu,
an Indian would call it play without siding with one
or the other party. There not unconcerned
spectatornot the Methodist preacher who waited
with intense interest, the turns of the play.
There was not card upon the ground out it is true
there was plenty of betting. for OF the players
went home Naked packing their slddles.) there
, not drunken man on the ground Had this preacher
attended Of race courses how much finer fe is
would he have found for his christian hook-how
much more wheat that needs gathering into the garn.
In the evening after the play turned homewurd.,
traver ng the prairie we had crossed in coming
Kendall Lewis and family were in company-also the
National interpreter, Ben Marshall We struck camp
in the midst Of the prairie at small stream and
, ed the night comfortably
Next day we crossed the Arkansas II honesty be
component of nobility, the Upper Creek noble
people. ! he white man has not Influenced them--
For the sake o ancient custom. they still carry rail,
three miles upon their shoulder. they work annua
upon their squares the members Of zach elan
attend the green dance in July, however di,lan,
their homes may be-
ultery is punished on the female, with fifty lashes
Negroes receive the same for attending pre- aching.
Their laws of hospitality are unrivalled throughout
the world. Any person travelling their country and
hungerng may demand and receive the last moni hful
an Indian may prsscss. If he should find house ith
It's inmates absent he may break open door and lock-
enter and cat till satisfied If ciaasman from dis.
tance should visit his town, he 10 entitled TO the last
n"rse Of food and his horse the tast grain of corn
Such laws come from her ris that least gen.
erous those OF their christian brethren; il cviiiza.
,"n would destroy them, pray the red man may al
ways remain savage.
Time, tardy, but certain will sweep them from the
earth. In few centuries council fire will send its
smoke to the Great pIrt above--no valley will echo
the war-whoop. rivers name--thc works Of C.tIin
Stanley. "r some other adventurous Artist will be the
only vestiges Of the primitive inhabitants Of North
America. They have given way to the white man 3
! ADVANCE wild viz Ida To the tod