Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-11-19

spoken all, including ih8 Spanish to the ION
| caves, being spoken at once.
When the Indians had on the next day, slgnI-
! fed their willingness 60 adhere 90 the South, the
Eaaaes were prepared and eacn read ana inter-
| 8reted to the Indians, seated in two circles on
the ground.
Tie four bands of the Comanches agree, by
/ their treaty. 60 abandon their wandering life,
and to come iu and settle on reserves in the
leased country, between the Canadian and Red
| rivers and also to visit the other bands and
| invite the % to 40 the same.
For he curious in Indian names. we note that
| Nscoui means. the people that travel away of
and come round back again; Taneiwe, the live
eaters; l~a-pa-rl-ca the people that eat a root
1 called zap; Co-ch0-tIh-Ca the caters of buffalo .
and PanetegLca, the honey eaters. There axe
four OF five other bands, the Mocha, ke-yih-che-
NAH, Tich-aih-heu-e, Pa-8-bo, an3parlaps others.
Some Of these wee in the staZed plains, and
others 10 the uoth-westward, near the Rocky
Mountains, where the treaty was made, and are
not yet heard from.
Mr.. Commissioner Pike was greatly aided in
| these negotiations by ths presence and talks of
| Mott Kiuuaird oil A-y8lico Chap-eo, principal
| chief of the Creeks. Chilly Nclut0sh, or Oc-tal-
/ a-chi Tusti-uukId, war captain of the Greeks.
/ aud the other delegates, end of te Indian e-coTr
| IT. was q new thing 60 these wild chiefs, evidently
much impressing them, 60 see Indians IN our
! s~aI.fea MS soldiers. and their chiefs riding H car
-aEes and dispensing presents and mo-eoEe-
! De assurances of these gave them the suGest
/ guarantee of the good faith of the commissioner.
FIg.u ihe Reserve 9ZanCy, the commissioner,
! with lis own party and escort, and sO.l forty
| C0malches, went further west, about seventy
five allies ITon The ggeucy, to the west euu of
lHc range of limestone hills that runs west
enthusiastically, from the north side of the
| principal mountain of the WaChita range, ,0a dis
raae of about sixty .aiies. His intention was
20 turn the hills and explore the valleys on the
south side of the IIOUutains, to know by personal
inspection how far they were adaptcdi0 r settle
/ g.eut and cultivation. A severe attack of illness
compelled his return, without going south of the
mountains.
Returning to the Reserve Agency on the 2Gth
| OF August, he reached Fort Arbuckle on the
| l1mewar5 route, on the second Of September.
/ Before arriving at that post, he met messengers
sent 1y the Chief and Executive Council of the
| Lher0kees TO invite him 10 enter into negOGa-
ions for % treaty A convention of the Chero-
y-e nation, held at Tahlcquah, had determined
| shat the position of neutrality should be aban-
Toned, and had committed the power of nego-
hating a treaty with the Confederate States %
the authorities of the Nation.
The invitation was accepted by the Commits
5ioner, and the 18th of September fixed by him
as the time for meeting the Cherokee authorities
as Park HILL Dismissiug his escort 40 Fort Ar
buckle, he reached Park IIiIl on the oath of
September. There he was met by delegations
Of the Osagcs, Quapaws, Senecas and S~aawuCes,
whom he had invited through Mr.. Ross 30 meet
him.
ON the second Of October he concluded a con
vauti0u of peace and friendship with the great
Usage band on the 18th. with the QUaPaws, Sen
seas and ~Shawnees, and ON the 9TH a treaty with
he Cneroaees and reached Fort Smith. on his
return, on the l4th Of October.
By the treaties thus ncgC lated, an the Indian
nations, tribes and bands bet zen Kansas and
Red river have placed themselves under the pro
lection of the Confederate States, and become
their allies and wards. The whole Indian coUn-
Try west of Arkans-s is thus secured to us. Tn
der these treaties the CheT0kees, a people VINO
originally inhabited parts Of Virginia, North Car
DINA, SoUth Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee.
now numbering about 22,OtO persons, have raised
two full regi-1ents OF 1000 men each, about half
| Of whom are armed. The Creeks, once inhabit-
ing parts OF Georgia, Florida and Alabama. now
numbering aD0ut 1880 persons, have raised O
regiment of some $50 men, partially sTmed; the
ChOcraws and Cbicbasaws, formerly inhabItIug
Mississippi and part of Alabama, and now num-
beriug together about 1900 persons, have raj ed
/ d .s.- .H-.-N-4L GA ANHN 4-altF hat Aa.ht btFA lA
| part armed by the government; and the Semi
aaIes, originally a part of the Creeks, and still
| speaking the same language, now numbering
/ about 1000, desire TO lUrUish a battalion Of 500
I men. The Ch0ctaws also offer another Tegi-
4laut; another was offered by the Creeks and
the Osages have agreed TO furnish, If required,
500 men.
il Is the commissioner opinion that the dis
turbanCUs created among the Creeks win end In
nothing, u the treaty with that peoples prompt
y ratified and carried out. The -gInors in re
/ gard ID them were gross eTaggerauou5.
And lie thinks that 10 further u]Cr-ilities are
Do be appgeasuted from any of the COmauches,
bat only from Che Cliawas, a thieyiuE tribe, the
number of whose warriors is unbuowu-say
seven hundred OF eight hundred as lelst-who
caIe originally into the prsIies from aeiNo.th,
with dog trains. and now have many horses,
uE0 have qUarleled with the C0mancHes about
treating, and threatened h-os-iiics against the
border and TO WHOA the C-mmissIouer sent,
with the wampum, e. plug of tobacco with a
string OF white beads around IT'D q two-0Juce
bullet, that they choose peace or war, with the
promise taat, If they chose war, he would seua @
"a thousand Greeks and Semluoles against them
Arms have been furuisl ed them by northern
officers OF agents aud they will probably make
iuroa1s upon the Texan and Indian frontier.
The agents of all the different aiLas have been
continued I'm Office and with the exception of
the uniHp0rtaut Gisaiccti1n among inc Greeks,
d is believed that the most perfect satisfaction
prevails everywhere In the country, and entire
confidence in the promises of the commissioner
and the provisions o. the treaties. Had the
commencement of negotiations been delayed
ninety days, the result might have been far less
fortunate.
Thus has ended successfully for the Confed-
crate States the mission of Commissioner Pike,
among Inc indians. lie has added TO our terri
tory tine hole country west of Arkansas iuhab-
tied by the Indians, which is equal u extent ID
not greater than the State of Arkansas, and nm
surpassed by any State in its natural EeaIta
and fertility. The establishment of the uudis-
putei authority of the Confederate government
over this territory, without the fighting Of % SIM
gle hattie. or the cost of q single life, and the
addition TO the fighting men of the Cuuiederacy
Of many thousands of brave warriors, who are
now friends and not enemies, are the fruits of
his laboTs OF the past six months Commits
siOncr Pike, uniting the highest order of mind
with a thorough knowledge Of the Indians, was
perhaps the only man in the COntedeTaCy who
could have achieved what he has dom His ac-
ton was prompt and Uutiriug-the LaTdships he
suffered were gTeat-his success was complete
and unexampicd. He is entitled TO the graft
tude OF the people Of the whole C0uiederacy,
but more particularly to the gratitude of Arkau-
sas and Texas. whose borders he has forever Sc
cured against the troublesome incursions of AN