The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-08-25

certain sums Of money, under the contract Tor the
exchange Of lands, ''iumsdiafey after their renovdt
trhirh shall be riun fourteen months alter me dass "
d this agresmsnt!' What Cherokees are To- remove
under this agreement, and who to be paid money
in fuIflment of lis eonditions' Not The eastern
ri Cherokees surely for they never have been paid or
/ offered dollar Of this money; and they were not
asked to remove until after the treaty of 1885, which
stipulated for their removal within two years from
and after the ratification Of that instrument In
deed the fifth article Of the treaty, in almost every
line and sentence, shows conclusivey that the Uni
ted States was bargaining with the Cherokees west
of the Mississippi, then enjoying separate national
existence, and residing upon the land, according to
the words OF the compact "schich tcas made theirs By
the treaty Of 1917, and contention of 1919" The
eastern Cherokee nation had no more right to inter
fere with that contract than Queen Victoria has TO
/ NEEDLE with our annexation Of Texas. But the
nation east never did interfere with that, or any
other treaty made by the western Cherokees; and il
never would have eneroached upon their country
their rights, if it had been compelled to do 30
II by the government of the United States. In ma
King known the character Of the claim presented by
the sold settlers therefore, desire II to be dis
uncty understood, that make no complaint against
any portion Of the old Cherokee nation. II is my
anxious wish that the bad feeling engendered by the
act which robbed the western charlottesville sold
settlers"-of a COUNTRY, should not only be alayed,
but, by one generous, Just deed Of this govern
ment, be blotted from their memories forever.
''treaty party and the "anttreaty party" by-and-
by; and they will be exciting topics The present
historical sketch of the rise, progress and downfall
of the old western Cherokee nation, furnishes but
dry reading make the records Of the country speak
upon the subject.
i The CONSIDERATION paid to the western Chero-
KEGS for REIMBURSEMENT Of the title to their coun-
try in Arkansas, as have shown by the I'd and 9TH
articles OF the treaty OF 1923 was partly ~ land ana
partly IN money. The whole amount OF money did
I,,nf stpa anI dnlln has ha nj
thousand dollars Tor the purchase OF printing male
rails; but the whole was considered as due to the
western Cherokee nation, and was so paid And
what Is the reason assigned for giving this boot
money by the United Stales' Why, because, IN the
language OF the treaty, "of the reduced value OF
great portion OF the lands herein coded TO e Chero-
kas, as compared with those IN Arkansas which
were made theirs by the treaty OF 1877 and the SON
4 vention OF lSl9!" Can anything lie palmer than
this, for the purpose OF establishing the sreitsirs
o'ensrsht OF the Arkansas country, ana afterwards
the country given IN exchange, as being IN the
4 western Cherokee nauom But VIII quote from
another article of the treaty. which ought to put the
Il question forever to rest The 9TH article provides as
follows: "Whea mey l'he Cherokeesl may 'e'm 70 lay
~ mer lands ana ocn them INDIVIDUALLY surveyor
shah be sent to make the surveys, at the cost Of the Uni
i ted States" t
have now shown, from the book, the quantity
OF land, the money and other considerations offered
to the western Cherokees, as an Inducementt TO ex-
II change their land in Arkansas for country further
west. The Cherokees accepted the offer, In the
manner set forth in the seventh article ofthe treaty
which is in the following words: U
"1he chiefs and headnen qflhe Cherokee nation atre-
said, for and in consideration of the foregoing spu
ations and provisions, do hereby agree, in The name
and behalf Of their nation, TO give up, and THEY do
hereby surrender to the United States and agree to
leave the same within fourteen months, as herein
before stipulated, all The lands TO ,ohich they are
titled in arkansas and ,chich ,usrs secured 10 them by
The treaty Of the Sh Of January, 1917, and the
ton Qfthe 9th Of February, 1872 4
Ihe treaty rom which nave quoted so coplous-
~, was concluded ana signed at me CITY OF wash
lnglon on the 9TH day o. May, 1870, ana on the
sSh OF me same month II was ratiiied by the Pres
dent and Senate Let us look at the names OF the
slgners, James Barbour appears on behalf OF me
United States; and under me head OF ch'es 81 me de
egation," we find the following names Black Fox,
Thomas Graves, George Guess, Thomas Nav,
George Marvs, John Looney, John Rogers, and