Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-03-07
CHEROKEE NArIoH, Jan. 81

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NJ, U,o, Sy.
If I have not written quite a soon as
intended it not for want Of something to write.
There arc Books Manuscripts and Statistics, within
my reach, which, with the aid Of a little personal
observation tniht furnish the material for a series
Of very interesting letters. speak more rartcu-
ary Of "schoolcruft'- American Indians in seve
raj largo Quartus. prepared under the direction Of
| the Indian Department at Washington, Of which
there i. n COPY IN, the Collcre Library at Burlington
and y Naru.orirt l,,,,o ,r ,I,o oorIicr Ni.spno.
r;.. in which in -ioorir,. q, ,-,,o tbc Indians
to he the descendants cs tho ,,ros. Tribos he has
,r,e, nm occa,,. ,r r.;o, ,,,s4rs and traditions
,ybc' If rvouIl ,,, lo dierorlt -. ,oi, from, onv
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I''r'uFF ~ vs. harTow''' ''h''S' N'' ""''"e' ~"
'"'' !" w. ''N'" UP u" '''' "''''''"' 'N'' '
rect Vl"o'''h OF INC most solemn treaties ''''n''e
tAa' tne I'te OF thH most ciViI7'i ana lHo'' 'h''
p,'nF OF the indian ir''''' must shorty he a't''
''' IhcY arc h'm"'a IN upon every side' hn''n'N
n'"'' e'".r sustain 'n'n''I''s o' ''h'rl'e P''".
Wv ''''' '''''"'' III ''''','F ana '''I'' ' '"'.'
"N' '.''''"''N "'''I' '"e "''""''"e u''" ''"''''
~" i"pr'''nen''' ms tract o' I"h' i o''"'
three hundred mites square, 'Ntoha'ns from nan
"' 10 IeXas' on the north ana SOUTH ana from t'e
limo 't Arkansas tof which it was formerly part
10 what l. marK'd upon the map a' the Imlt OF h"'
rHoIe land 1t is divided amo the 'hor'N""s.
'r''k- and Choctnw', the latter including within
their boundaries the ScminoIc' and Chckasows. Th"
osa"cs, Scnecns, and other remnants Of tribes arc
incorporated with the Chorokoe.. Tho Eastern por-
'ion, which for's tho southwest terminus Of the
Ozark range, is rough and mountainous. reminding
ono Of portions Of Vermont, the Western level and
forms part Of those vast plains which stretch a'-
most in one unbroken prairie to the Rocky Noun
tal'' on the west and beyond the Missouri River
on the North 1t Is watered by the 'rkan'as and
hcd river and their tributaries, the former flowing
through it midway from West to East the latter
dividing 1t from Texas on the south Many OF the
streams are remarkably clear, especially the north
ern tributaries OF tue Arkansas Ihe peooly bottom
l. seen so clearly through the parent water, as
sometimes to deceive the traveller entirely as to 1t
uol'u' so 'ha' ne mus ms ADMIRATION sudleh'y ana
quite unexpectedly f''''9'
Inc climate Is exceedingly VARIABLE reaching al
most the two extremes OF heat and cold, and this
often within a very short time; the summers are
excessively hot, but exposed to very sudden and
violent changes, from tho north and northwest
winds. The winters are usually short and very
mi.d-to which rule however, the present one mas
been marked exception Ihose who have lived
mere Tor more thah thry years. nave never seen any
thing that could at all compare with 1t. Duringthe
last SIX weeks the thermometer mas rarely been
hlsher than 10 or II above zero at tsunrise' ana
several times as low as / = or g. below; 1t stood
AT DeIo" 'h's morning ana mas continued very
10" an u"y anu tue srouho Is co'eFeu Win suo" 10
tue "eP'" Oh more tAah loot we had Il ueIsh'uI
autumn anu spring Will find Us two months earl-r
thAn IN Vermont.
4Ho SOIL Is s''d' tAoush not SO fich as IN some
more northern portions OF the VEST among the
mus Is "''ed with small hlnt-tones' and IN some
P''''S 'o'e''A WIN 'leh several lnches oeeP' Inc
''"'e'''' 'o""S "I'' tuele'o'e' very Hrh ana uryb
% e''u '"''"5 '"1 We. S'"so"' except inc graa'ns,
'''N '" P'e'''''''' u Ni'+'u'''@'u '"' 'lNc'' Inc
i''''"s '''e' on AorseoacN' using ch grant wagons
''""" ~ 0Ae" '' inuos Iol purposes ol Uah'por'a-
"'H' i"' PRODUCTIONS aro mainly potatoes corn
""' ""'''' sumo COTTON Is falseu On heu RIVER Inc
-''' ''''0 ''s''u ''' u'I'N''s raising ou!
N'' Wv" t'''N' "''Ho"en '4e! Hsu'
'"' ''' '''" "''' oA'S' "N''n are carried
," - ''V''' ~ N'''''s al" 'l'sSou'l'
I., '''I az '''' ''"N'An'' v'Pp''t"y grapes
VI ""''I "'' S''" ~ sui Fa's '"e ls''o''" ID ''ze
""' ,'''''' '''''S "'e '".se' III "o"hUdn'e' Al-
law III WI u'u' "Vi'' ''ousH 'd'se' "oun19nl!
:" - A'',''' "''N'H u'y ip'o u inc ilhe' Inc
grasses 'n'''o'y la" except feu c'oFcr'
"',,'"' Ho"e'er' 'e'uoln survives 'ne second year
'''' V''''V anu "oss are I"'se' III '"'s nuu-
'''''' o"'' '0"' 'n''i u" hef' 'A''P'
"Ne" 'ne grass
''' ''''S '"0 "oI'eS anu cattle retire
% '"' ''''' o''''Hs' "nrre theFe Is an abundance
"a '"N'' Va punt tc'euo''ns 'ne osler) winch cen-
''"u'S s'''H until 'n' return 'l vegetation IN the
'In,"s
A"' r''P'o No'A 'A' country III common each be-
~ a." '' "'S''s W IeN'e III anu cultivate
are "o except 'ne CAPITALS and they
"t' ""'N' "0''"9 'u' n"'e' Inc houses are ou!lt
'3'' ""4 arc Is soo' n' Hlo'' 'ua' noticed III
N'''o"'' anu NrN""f"'' 'ney generally consist OF
WV 'lu"'' 'ooH'' ABOUT " ~ 'er' apart sur
''""''' WIN P'at1 '-'Ho "u''o lnc'uueu uuder
arc NV ,-' VU' anu nearer oy
"'' '". ''"eS mN''u answer 'of N''neh sIofe'hon'e
'no ''nu ana convenience oil ran TIMBER the latter
t,,.,,a tS,i, ,l' Ing