Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-09-10
Letter from Tahlequah, c. N.
TAnLEquAu, c. N., Aug. 2ath, 1862.

proceedings thereof.
 About the 10th inst, John Ross, late Principal
 Chief of the Chcrokecs, with other members of the
 Cherokee Council accepted refuge within thed,ncs o
 our enemy. From thence they have threatened, and
 parties of the Pns," northern Chcrokeos, within
 the limits of the Nation, have made war upon the
 southern Cherokccs. According to reliable reports
 which is currently believed upon good evidence these
 absconding Cherokee officers have taken with them
 to the northern camp all the national papers, archives
 and funds. Joe Yam, Second Chief of the Chero-
 kees, sent in to the convention his resignation.
 The Cherokee country was thus left without gov ernment Notices were thereupon scattered through
 out the Nation calling upon the Cherokee people to convene at Tahlequah, in convention, to frame new
 government and fill the vacated offices.
 1 Accordingly upon the 2lst inst, at Tahlequah, the entire southern portion of the Nation, met and was represented. The convention was called to or der presiding officers were elected and business be- gan Committees were appointed, reports upon the condition of the country ordered, made, read, passed upon and agreed and the officers and their l followers who had gone North, and proven traitors
 to their country, the South, and to the treaty lately made voluntarily by themselves with the Confederate l States declared aliens and as having forfeited their rights as Cherokee citizens. Ordinances and roeolu- 1 tio1,s passed
 | Everything was done in order, with decorum, wis dom and prudence. Care taken to do all that was done with becoming sense of justice, not only to the present, but to future generations. never | saw more united, cautious and resolute body of men, The past errors of the Cherokee government 1 were carefully avoided, and pathway marked out, which, if followed, will surely lead to union, pros | Hla Nn+;o ;c deemed, rcgenerated, and it's government is now swayed by true and staunch southern men. The | Cherokees arc now southern people. With the aid of southern men outside her borders, aid that does not merely pause to effect treaty, but aid that brings 1 men and muskets, tho Cherokee country will, one day, become of the brightest gcmsin the southern crown. To this end southern men are now by the l government invited. Let southern then rally | to the rescue.
 Not all of your numerous readers arc familiar with tho very great value of this territory It's bonnds l run immediately from Fort Smith along the Arkan- sas and Missouri line to the 37th parallel of latitude, 1 with tract of 500 900 within Kansas, and 1 extends to the 1o2d parallel of longitude. Within this area is of the finest countries ill the temper | ate zone. The aluvials are surprisingly rich, the l broad prarios arc exc eedingly fertile, everywhere great rversin fact ALL the great tributaries of l the Arkansas rvcr-and sparkle ever living springs 1 of the best water. The hills and lowlands are cov- cred with magnificent forests of rich woods and vaua bc timber. Grasses of different sorts carpet the ground. Copper is found in great quantities, lodcs of immensely rich lead ore common, great fields of coal undcrlie the soil while salt springs, plains and mines are there sufficient to supply the world. l Such is the country southern Cherokces desire and are struggling to preserve; such the country they determined to li2k to the fate of the South. It
 is treasure well worth all their struggles well worth any effort of the South for its preservation from the ruthless and polluting hand of the northern vandal and freesoier.
 | Col. Stand Waite was unanimously elected Prnci- pal Chief San'l Taylor, Second Chief: Stephen Fore man. Treasurer; and, in accordance with provision of the treaty with the Confederate States Maj Elias | c. Boudnot Delegate to the Confederate Congress. convention of three from each of the nine districts of the Nation elected convention for year, whose duty it s to elect all other officers, and to amend and modify the constitution and laws of the Cherokee Eaton as the cIgoncies of the time and cause require. This body elected Capt. Alex. Fore 1 man President, and Wn. P. Boudinot and Joel Mayes secretaries. They have already entered upon their labors, snd ere long good fruit is looked for. Every lover of good order and the welfare of the 1 Cherokees- every one who desires to the vast wealth and resources of this magnificent territory 1 developed, will rejoice at tis change And even those who depore the defection of Rosard so great 1 a portion of his people, cannot but admire the spirit | and will which prompted rnd acted in this conven- ton and hope for the great good which is sure to 1 follow.
 l A few words as to these northern Chcrokces may here not be amiss Under the tutorship of tho Rev. Evan Jones and his son. both men of great brain, 1 subtilly and education, both arch abotioniss and enemies of southern institutions large majority Of the full blood Cberokees nave been made hostile to ! tba and rtip11ar tho SCuth They have l without at all understanding the question: been completely indoctrinated with the anti slavery sen
 mens ofthe Jones' that they to day the torcest and most deadly and dastardy of abolltl0nists. under
 the plea that white southern and the half breeds
 of their own country their enemies and striv ing to rest from them their homes and soil. The
 Jones' with Ross in their tolls, exercise an absolute I sway over these dcluded and insane full boods.- ! Never held men more control over men than hold 1 Jones and Rosa over the full bloods At their bid
 ding they have perpetrated and ready to commit
 the most awful atrocities. Of this they are now 1 guilty and are daily seeking for fresh victims.
 When Capt. Pike, then commissioner, first entered the Cherokee country Mir. Ross and his followers
 iected the overtures made by the Confederate com l missioner. After the battles of Manassas and Oak Hills as Mir. Ross then candid enough publicly ! to say the South had demonstrated her will and
 strength to maintain her cause, and MT. Ross felt
 that safety required the speedy alliance of the Chero ] kees with the South. Neutrality had been the cry
 just before, but southern rights was the watch | word. So special rnesscngcrs were dispatched to l Commissioner Pike informing hiia that the Chero-
 kec people were then ready to enter into treaty with tho Confederate States and he was invited to come and perfect such agreement. He came and by these same parties now deserters and traitors in the north | ern camp. was solemn compact entered into with l the South. A regiment of " Pins' was raised and bounfuy provided for At the firft time they were called into the feld to put down the Opothle foholo rebellion in the Creek NatioD 400 of them deserted | to the enemy. They were pardoned and again re- ceivcd into the service of the Confederate States During the late raid of the federal and kansas jay hawkersn into the Nation, when the southern people of the Nation were robbed of thousands Of cattle, horses and hundreds of negroes when their property was wantonly destroyed by the tens of thousands of dollars in valne: when the valiant Waite with his small but gallant band, striving before greatly l sunerior force then these Pins," these northern Chorokoes, these Ross followers, turned their arms against their own people, committed the viest cruel
 ties and crimes declared themselves the enemies of the South and the allies of tho North and are at this | moment fighting and murdcrng southern men, both l white and Cherokees Of such are the :" Pins" and
 there are they with whom Ross is now sojourning in the northern camp. Can they be accounted friends of the South? or is any SO blind as to believe that
 they are prisoners" in the federal camp? The wall | between the northern and southern Cheorkees, for ] long years erecting, is now built, no more to be thrown down. Tho two parties are divided to be no | more united henceforth and forever. The North is the ally of one the sorth the ally of the oher Does any true man doubt the issue? 1 This new government of the Cherokees is proYi ional goes into operation Immediately and exists T. zfC c. -z1-1 600