The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-11-10

murders on Indian river first committed thai the San
inoes would not in ourjudgment remove to the est uni
they are forced to dos The administration nav uu,.
its pacific policy towards the red inhabitants Of For
as the Nationsl Iaisigsnesr would call the Semino.
and Gen Twiggs may, under instructions. hold his eouu
ellis and talks with them, and Wild Cat may be sent n
from Arkansas, and be clothed with diplomatic DOW
ers persuade them to smigrae ; but we venture to
that they will not emigrae until they are forced from
Peninsula The people of Florida will continue to 81
fer from the apprehensons which band Of hostile s,
ages in their midst cannot fail produce The best Lana
in that Stale will continue be deprecated and worn
less on account OF the proximity OF the Seminoles
large portion OF that State must remain waste and IN
cultivated. But our views OF this matter. although III,
gathered from intelligent residents OF Florida an
ridiculed by the administration press. and we a.
sneered at for having the efronery 10 enteraa
any views whatever on this subject while the ben
OF Okechobee Is in power We cannot see that such
success attended General Taylor in his Florida can
paign, that but him should be permitted 10 spet
when the Florida Indians and the Indian character
mentioned True, he served gallanty in Florida anil
fought with his brave Missouri volunteers and regular.
at Okechobee but have yet to learn. that with al
bis Wanted knowledge OF the Indian character, lid
Seminole war was nearer its close when he left Foia
than when he went thither II his Recommendation d
employ bloodhounds and his famous district system lad
been fully carried out, the result might have been d
ent. But that must remain uncertain.
II turns out that the statement we made some imI
since, that Wild Cat would be sen. for from the West
persuade the Seminoles to remove. was correct Thu|
movement will, in our humble Judgment cause delayI
and produce no good result. Wild Cat is SeminoI
chief inferior in authority to Billy Bowlegs He did nd
go voluntarily to the West; but he was capturs
and sent thither, and is now the head warrior ID
that portion OF the Seminole tribe in Arkansas And
if Billy .Bowlegs, who is legitimaely the king 81
the Semnolcs, and is entitled, since the death Of MI
canopy and Hoatuchee in Arkansas 10 control the na
ton there should 60 to the West with the remnant Of
the tribe now in Florida, he would out-rank Wild Cat
1t is well known, from this reason, that Wild Cat does
not wish to have Billy Bowlegs in Arkansas; and he
Seminole king, who is now in undisputed control IN
Florida knows that if he goes TO the West. he goes
his death. No good can therefore come Of Wild Cal,
diplomatic mission unless Billy Bowlegs can make way
with him i' the swamps of Florida In tina. event b,
may consent to 60 West But it is evident, from the
suit of the council Tampa Bay, that the Florida H.
dams do not intend to emgrae- Theyfasely insist thai
they have the right to remain in Florida under the ar
rangemen, made with General Worth. That arrange
ment was only suspension OF hostilites II was not
treaty, and was never submitted to the Senate and il
never was held to annul the treaties Of Paynes Landing
and OF Fort Gibson, both subsequently expressly
rned by the Seminole chiefs in Florida and by which
the Seninoes contracted to remove to the West Billy
Bowlegs was party to, and signed all OF thos
treaties; but now he wishes to avoid them, and
thereby refuses to acknowledge the right oil the UNITED
States to require his removal II Wild Cat, who refused
to sign those treaties and removed BY force shou
be sent to Florida on the proposed NILSSON. he will
sent upon mission which be does not wish 10 succeed
in. The Seminole tribe are mostly originally Geosg,
Indians and the lands they occupy in Florida no, TIL
lands of that tribe They have stipulated to remove an
they should be forced 10 do at once. The people
Florida have right to require, not only that they sh
not be annoyed by those hostile savages, but that the
should no longer be in apprehension of outrage and an
noyance Wei the utmost confidence in Gen. Twiggs
and we believe that if he is furnished with adequsi
MEANS and is left pursue his plans he viii speed
force the Seminoes TO 90 West Councils and talks wi
never in our judgment produce that result; and fore
must be resored to- for the people OF Florida have g
to demand that the general government Al once remor
the Seminoles from that State We learn that the admin
istration has pledged itself to remove those Indians
..peaceably If it can, forcbly il it must" We uu
that the pledge will speedily be redeemed.
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