The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-10-29

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@l.l0x for October, and sl.07X@l.06 for No
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| New York Tribune.1
A forgotten people have been hidden 70,
two or three generations among the higher
ranges Of the North Carolina mountains
Their history is: dramatic and patheti,
enough; if We could rob ourselves Of thu
consciousncssstsat they are Indians, vi
should find it as strange as that Of tn,
fight Of Tartar tribe told by De Quin
cey. They arc tribe of Cherokees whit
were not int luded in the treaties of 1915
and 1886, by which the United State:
bought the land belonging ito the Indian.
in the South, and gave them in lieu tracts
west Of the Mississippi. The great body
of red men removed, leaving this frag'
ment of people, numbering about l,50(
souls, still occupying their original
territory, a mountainous region
called Quilla, watered by
the Tuckaseegc and Ocon.
alufta Rivers. This tribe fell for whole
generation under the absolute control oi
= single white man, who, we are told,
"exercised dictatorship as unlicensed
over them as did DR.. Francia over the
half-breeds Of Paraguay This man
was their ruler, judge, business agent,
religious leader, and in q word master of
their souls and bodies. They married,
worked, and managed their households
wholly according to his orders. The man
apparently had some ill.deiined ideas of
morality, for, although he permitted po-
lygamy among them, he compelled the
whole tribe to sign the pledge, ard what
is more, to keepit. His conscience, how
ever, did not prevent him from following
the usual course Of the white man with
the red. In the thirty years in which
he ruled them he managed
to possess himself of every
foot Of tho large territory owned by
them, and also Of additional tracts pur.
chased by the money paid them by gov
ernment in leu Of that which would have
been given them had they gone West.
This whole region was held in his name ;
consequently when his outside specula-
tions failed, it was seized by his creditors
and sold under the hammer. 1t was the
ground on which these Indians had lived
since The memory Of man, and for every
foot of which their money had paid.
These Cherokecs, too, differ from their
Western brethren in that they have
never made public appeals for aid, have
received no help from any religious body,
have no missionaries or teachers, and yet
have lived peaceable, inohensivc lives,
working willingly and hard to better
their condition; have built with their own
means two churches in which men Of their
nation preach. and have brought by hard
labor ten thousand acres of land under
cultivation.
The case Of swindling was so fragrant
that when it was brought into the courts
Of North Carolina judgment was prompt
]y awarded on behalf of the Indians, and
they are now restored t. the possession
of their homes and land. Justice, it ap-
pears, does not wear so thick a bandage
in Buncombe county as in Washington.
But the probability is, now that they are
restored to their rights, that the honest
men who aided them to gain them will
betake themselves to their own concerns,
and the poor Indians will become the
prey Of dozen spectators, instead, as
heretofore, of one. They number about
ll,OOO; they are shut in by mountain
ranges and almost impracticable hill.roads
from the rest humankind; they are ur'
taught but eager Tor knowledge and ile
place in tho unknown world outside.
Since the decision in their favor lin May
lasC government agents, traders and deal.
ers in whisky have become cognizant Of
their whereabouts, and have penetrated
the hitherto untraveled gorgcs Of the
Soco and Oconalufta. Unless something
is done by better men in their behalf,
there is every probability that this pco-
pie will be driven down the short road to
ruin, which the Indians always tread
A writer in L;ppincotrs Magazine.
who explored their country thoroughly
last summer, states the facts for the pur-
pose of inducing some church or individ.
uals to take up the work Of educating
them. We all know how vast is the
scheme Of missionary work attempted by
Christian churches in America, the
sums required for its support,
and the zeal and fervor
with which scores of teachers 20 out to
foreign lands in search of converts to
Christ. Every religious body has sent
out teachers to the Western Indians and
to the tribes upon the Pacific coast, while
this poor remnant Of Cherokees, locked
up in the hills Of ono of our Oldest
States. is perishin3 in our very midst for
lack Of knowledge" The onlv attempt
heretofore made to educate them was by
the State OF North Caralina. The In.
dams carried their children six and seven
miles to the school; the failure was not
on their part but on that Of the white
teacher, who found the loneliness insup.
portable. Missionary work among this
forgotten people would be As hard and
call for self.sacrifice as much IS in China
or Africa, and would be followed by no
applause. But are they to be left beg.
ging for churches and schools! Surely
some Christian church or individual will
understand what is needed in Quaila and
be ready to help. If there be anv such
We shall gladly give thom any practical
information in our power.
The 0hio Election.
Official figures from all the counties
except eleven, AMI these from trustwor
thy sources, Of the vote for Governor il
the Ohio election shows Hayes 299,8l3