The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-07-13
CHEROKEE NEWS,

Every week brings us news of murder after muir
der among the Inflated Cherokees. Nor does there
appear to be hope of amelioration from any re
deeming spirit among themselves. So far from Ia.
King any step to punish the murderers who sho,
down James Starr and his son with many others
last fall the police Of the government itself has fire.
quently committed similar outrages. Such course
Ia OF itself sufficient to make men outlaws and muir
derers who are not 80 already and 1t is no wonder
that each public assassination is followed by pri.
vate one, and the whole land filed with blood. The
population OF the whole Cherokee country is moi
equal to that of Washington city, and what would
be our CONSERVATION the average of murders amohe
US was two week, and many Of them by the city
police
The following extracts from the two last received
numbers Of the Arkansas Intelgencer, published on
the borders of the Cherokee country show that the
state Of things is not improving;
"Jordan Wheeler, M issouri youth of IS wears
was recently shot by some Cherokess. Wheeler
was engaged In transporting -four from Elk Mills
for the use of government. He was shot in the left
side, the ball passing through his body and under
his heart. The wounded boy succeeded in unloos-
ing his boat from the shore, and pushed into the
stream. He is now at Fort Gibson, and in the opin.
'o' VI hhc uicfc ne VIII recover. This
nefarous, cowardly, and brutal act was committed
on Grand river, few miles above Lewis Ross's
who, on information furnished by Wheeler's com
panion, Immediately sent party of men and cap
tured the murderers, four Cherokees, who, our in
formant says, were members of Lewis Rosss guard
at one time"
MURDER Ae.m.-An old Cherokee by the name
OF Baldridge, with another Indian, whose name we
have forgotten, killed last week about eighl
miles above Evansville. Baldridge was a man Of
great age, yet his silver hairs and feebleness did
spare him. Two or three negroes, we hear, were
also stolen from Badridge. We have not learned
who the dastardly rufians were.
"outrsges after outrages continue TO swell tho al.
ready fearfully loud cry that government should put
In use some power TO stop the incessant crimes
mitted IN the Cherokee nation and on the 'ine.' We
care not how is stopped murder receives itself
that deathblow II has Often dealt to its miserable
victims. IL persuasive means will not do use force
II II can be stopped in other way, let the strong
hand OF government assume entire rule over thai
unhappy land, until 1t is entirely purged from
crime.
ave have repeatedly made this call upon govern
ment, and we shall continue to do in justice to the
citizens OF Arkansas, who abroad obtain all the credit
OF these murders"
"AsorBER BOLD ourRAGE-Reyardless of the
intercourse laws, and the sacred rights Of Arkansas
SOIL party OF Cherokees have again crossed the
line TO do violence.
"on Wednesday evening late, this party stole a
march upon the house of Mrs. Rider who liyeS
some three or four miles This side Of The line, and
without any warning given, shot William Rider in
the body Rider, with one two of his brothers,
and William Chambers, were grouped together
near the house, at the time Of the fire. They fled
wards the house, and the Cherokees fired several
times at Chambers who ran across a potato patch,
and as ne was crossing the fence the balls struck the
rails. He fell few minutes after crossing but was
not struck. The party pursued Will Rider, and as
he turned on them with pistol, again shot him
through the right arm, 30 that he dropped the pis-
toll Rider then fled again, and hid himself in the
woods.
'Others went to the house and chased John M.
Smith from it. Mrs Rider called out to the party,
as Chambers says, who told us the story, as they
passed her door, that they shooting at white
men, One OF the party rejoned, that they did not
care d-n if they were
William Rider, though dangerously wounded, is
not killed.
"on Thursday morning. a body Of citizens gath
cred and went to the of outrage to explore
They found where horses had been hitched to four
teen saplngs, and considerably tramped the ground
also broad fresh trail leading back to the nation"