Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-12-07
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permanent peace with the Indisn tribes q ven g.
with Great Britain having become The Of tn
FedefM Government, it was recommended by Gen
eral Washington to all the States North Carolina L
in the recited act Of 1888, guaranteed to the North
Carolina Oherokees the lands claimed BY them, VIII
of the State, and secured to them the right of self
government free from molestation on the part Of
the State agreeabfy to their ancient usages and Gu,
toms: and the section of the act.which the bill pro
poses to repeal subjected the whites to . Rne Of
se"o Tor ranging their stock on any land owned by
the Indians, and the informer to have half the sum
recovered besides the forfeiture Of the stock The
Indians do not desire that these penalties should re-
main hence their repeal is provided for. And it is
provided further that upon obtaining the assent of
the Indians, ranging of stock their mountain
lands shall not subject the stock raisers to the pen
aties of the law, the forfetures of their stock
Under the act of 1888, the North Carolina Chero-
KEGS, by taking protection under that act and by
acquiescing in its provisions ceased to be an indie
pendent people; and their permanent residence on
the lands Of their fathers endeared to them BY the
graves and sacred relics of their ancestors did not
depend upon their nationality and ability to main
tain those rights, but upon the faith of the State
which, by the amendment it is propoeed to preserve
and perpetuate. ae -
When the war of 1912 broke out among the
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the Cherokee Indians true to their allegiance to the
State, took up arms against their brethren, the
Creek Indians and with the whites marched against
them, under the command of General jackson. At
the battle of the Horse Shoe the Cherokees were
stationed the opposite side of the river but as the
battle progressed with prospect of General Jackson
and his army being defeated and butchered, Juna-
uska proposed to his warriors to swim the river and
to give aid to their white brethren by attacking the
Greeks in their rear behind the breastworks !; this
proposition was accepted, and the loud shril voice
of Junaluska as he plunged into the stream was
heard, calling on his warriors to follow soon this
little band of Cherokees were seen swimming, amid
showers of bullets, towards the enemy, and many .
warrior sank to rise no more. But on the other
bank behind the breast-works is seen the survivors
of this little band in deadly conflict with the Greeks
with tomahawk in hand with Junaluska at their
head animating his troops This soon ended the
conflict the Creeks were defeated, and the white
army probably saved from defeat and slaughter.
This was followed by peace with the Greeks; and
upon the Recommendation of General jackson the
government of the United States proposed and con-
cuded the Cherokee treaties of 1917 and 1819 which
secured to the heads of Cherokee families the high
privilege of becoming citizens of the United States
by the registry of their with the agent of the
tribe. Junaluska as well as most of the Cherokees
now remaining in North Carolina, availed them
selves Of this privilege and had their names enroll
ed which, under the decision of the Supreme Court
of the State, made in the of Euchella WEIGH,
elevated them to the position of citizens and threw
around them the protection, of the United States
and which rights, with the rights conferred by the
State, were provided for and perpetuated by the
subsequent acts of the General Assembly and the
Cherokee treaties of 1885 and 1916, to which they
were not parties. Also, those rights were further
sanctioned by the act of Congress of July 49, 1848
and the new policy of the former and present Hon.
Secretary of the Interior and the President Of the
United States, with reference to the Indian tribes
located within the States. By this new policy no
further encouragement is to be given to the removal
of these Indians but their limits like the North
Carolina Cherokees, were to be circumscribedsU as
to barely contain sufficient quantity for their sub
sstence, for the purpose of encouraging agricul-
ture, the mechanic arts and civilization among the
Indians. To aid in the accomplishment of these
objects the bill proposes the North Carolina
Cherokees reduced their boundary, and within
which their ancient usages and customs shall be
ercsed, and beyond which the laws of the State
shall have exclusive jurisdiction Indians well
as whites. For these guarantees of protection and
permanent residence the State received the valuable
lands acquired of the Cherokees under the treaties
of 1917, 1919, and 1885, amounting to several mil
lions of acres.
Under the constitution, those Indians have the
right to vote for members of the House of Commons,
Governor, members of Congress- and for electors to
elect the President and Vice President of the United
States but while permitted within the boundary
set apart for their permanent home to be governed
by their ancient usages and CUSTOMS they will no
doubt be content Herewith and not interfere with
the elections among the whites.
On Junaluska, for his meritorious services at the
battle of the Horse Shoe the State by special act
in his favor, conferred upon him all the rights of
any other citizen, and also made him donation of
tract of land in the county of Cherokee for home
for himself and family inalienable except by demise
But Junaluska whose rights, it may be in the re-
membrance of Senators present. defended in former
days, is more-he has paid the debt of nature,
and his widow and children instead of receiving the
land donated to Junaluska, is to be sold and the
proceeds of the sale invested for their benefit The
bill authorizes the agent to invest the funds within
the boundary set apart for the Qualla Town Chero-
KEGS, so thatthey can be among their own people It
would not appear strange to the Senate that some
feeling and sympathy were manifested on some oc-
casions when questions relating to those Indians
came up in the Senate, when few of the circum-
stances which gave rise to them were known
When an orphan BOY we passed over the Mgh noun
tains which separated the white from the Indian
settlement without friend, without money, penny
less orphan boy, and the North Carolina Cherokees
were the first to extend the hand of friendship, ever
welcome, but more particularly SO with an orphan
boy who feels destitute and friendless; and the
friendship, aid and reciprocal protection that has
since existed, and been extended, have completely
verified the moral contained in Esops fable Of the
Lion and the mouse and taught him the useful les
son never to betray or desert friend, the red as
well as the white, the poor snd prosecuted as well
as those more favorably situated Z sses aJTia
BUsNEss BEFORE THE LEGIsLAfURE.-A Bill to al
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