Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-11-04
TIE NORTH CAROLINA INDIANS.


4 write? ia tho North Carolina "Stato
JournLi" gives :!e following interesting nc
coant d tho lnd!ans Of the "Ta0mas LegioI,"
o! tia. Stale:
yg:: have nero than .;lce bud he liberal
i:v 10 notice in yHHr Yh:r,Sh!e pager the her-
ii rendered. by command known as
'"!tGma I.eei3n," composed principally CT
muuutainesrs EEi .G!.esoa'e lrdians, il nay
~. - !i:.!: sar:l"I IL .un:: ri ihr readers Ct
BE ''Jyu:l:s." 90 kuoW r, ms,hine Of tho his
r2.y >! TIC l,s;tr, s.ld their right 10 bear sr,rs
IA defence Of their hor,ss aid tie Government
ii teir adoption, asrsesbiy ID the laws and
Isagcs Of civilized pati0ys
Tn. IT3ians competing part OF The Le
giou. principally reside eicng lbe southern
bsco Of the Iss;, or Sncky Mountain, in thu
coaasits CT ,inr9scn, Macon Ed Cherokee,
principally il ti,e ii.sr mentioned county, sd
ia2snr 10 the '.nupting Grounds" reserved for
the use Of those Indians by treaty s!ipulatiors
acQyieaced in by the State OF North Caroina
Toe word Cherokee, Dams by whuh the
tribe il known, had its origin, very probably,
with tho white set lers on this continent 80
the namn OF those indians gro sno:sn by each
0si;er IN YOU. we.hoy. which is construed TO
haYa re:erEn3a 70 the c3loT Of the skin---"R:t
.len." They hs7e ireGition, with regsrd to
i!ic CREATION o. man by the "GrGa! Split" hu.
ii:Flerd Vi one Adam, their tradition has an
AjIm aid Eve Ter each description Of the
iiun:en falnily. Their tradition, Ike the &C.
count va have in the Bible, r5p5est n:s tha.
ctr frst parents w:ra neIA nuc Of The earth,
2ni the difference Of color 70 have heen Inc
cesnlt os the iiHsren. kinds O! clay used il
she er:a:ion. The Re- Nan Is supposed t.
have bean formed OF rcd, tho white, .; whit:
clay, the tlack CT black clay, e..
The Indian tribes, long b':tcre tue settlement.
81 this country By tae Whit rags. had, if their
iraGiIiCns be True, their wars between thu NORTH
":a ard Sou:hsru tribes. resembling, to some eI-
tant, The prcscrt WIZ b-iHesn he Southern and
Northern paGela The Noithern triher inhsbit-
img potion, OF Kew York, sent ont z war raity
al r2 ihr a.:aGhany range OF mountains. nexriy
Ii ,EIus.;"! IrI-s. on foot. They attacked and
ki;iai some CT tho Chsrokees On tina war psth
LA 'i.;g gcross :he mountains betw.en Cherokee
sud Valley rivsr il tia c9uLty OF Cherokee,
North Carolina Ru5o plaa Of stones marx tie
placss WHARF they wcr, buried The Chcroke.
warriors. to revenge the deat'i Of their fr:e,mIs
I'LL '~&d t!ia Indians I" their homes III New
lD:E, ani while The: w:ia ce!ehTetirg :hr:G viz
tcrY. !toh ample -ev.DGe and satisfaction f5c t.e:r
friends and returned .ionr tbs Ailsgbany range
0t In2un.6:as . tht:r lomes TIE enemy Io!-
lo.s cd Is iir as tie Delaware liver. cgcsseJ OF
rnt, tu, iii not pursue any farther. From this
time hbou. the middle Of tie seventeenth cen:
Jury, ba;ore the white settlements had extended
across the Ancg hsniss, the Northern tribes csHsed
- a.aks raids on The Southern t.ib@s, and per
mSnent peace was tie rssnlf.
The present va. sln:ugS; the While rec, will
likely ,:rnina,o in Tho saina ~sy. When the
Northern a1mir5 cesss - "at Oh The Son'hern
psor!e, the pre sen. wal Vii ED and be followed
b. = duTabls ress=. JtSALCskE