The Russellville Democrat., 1879-06-12

lMTIly ciViiizeus could Vlslt the cap ital of the United States, and the
 great cities of the east he would re
 turn,to his western homo with tales
 as wonderful in description of what
 he saw, as the ancient Britons, spo.
 ken of by McCauley in his his histo- y of England who went from the
 rude novels of what then constituted
 tho city of London, on long pilgrim
 ages to Rome, the centre of the
 worlds power and civilization. At
 the same time that other class from
 whose faces the rcd has faded into
 shades of white, realizes from what
 they have seen and read and their
 distinctive longings for all that be- longs 10 and constitutes the life of
 those in the higher walks of civiliza-
 tion, To be in social contact with
 those Indians in whom the Indian
 blood exists in small proportions,
 their language, manners, habits of
 thought and expression, the books
 and newspapers found in their homes,
 all impress you, as though you were
 among white people of the States.
 They do not hesitate upon proper occasions to speak with pride of their
 white blood; and it is easy to see
 that they had rather, though they might not openly express the pref. crence, be merged into q race whose achievements in every department of life have filed the world with won der and admiration, than to gradu- ally fade putin q race whose history, however honorable, seems to have, by nature, q limit fixed to it's dura- tion, though the cruelty and op- pression of the white race for over three hundred years may have as much or more to Go with his ultimate extinction-if such is to be his sad fate-as the memorable laws of na, ture. The, Indian race in viewing the past and looking 50 the future might appropriately say:
 ''1'he sunset of lifd gives mystical lore.
 And coming events cast their shadows before.i
 This territory, like the slave states, suffered from the destructive effects of the war, and the homes of every Indian who went South or took up arms with the confederates, were burned and all the personal property taken or distroyed. Most of the leading families were southern and many of them were wealthy and owned slaves; and constituted the intelligent, controlling element of the territory. Many of the promi- nent families of the South are repre- sented by Indian blood, and their posterity are among the leading per sons to be found here. A branch of the Morgan family, of Tenn, 10 which Senator John T. Morgan, of Ala, and the late Gen.John Morgan, of Kentucky, both belonged, is here among the Cherokees, and among the men and women composing it, ars very many who are very promi- nent on account of their force of character, intelligence and refine ment. Calvin Hanks, a Cherokee lawyer residing at Wcbber's Falls, and who was assassinated a few days ago, was said to be one of the ablest men of his age in that Nation, was the son of one of the daughters of Col. Morgan, who greatly distinguished himself as a Col, commanding a Cherokee regiment under Gen. Jack son, in the Creek Indian war. Two other daughters of Col. Morgan, Mrs Scales ard Mrs. Roders, reside among the Chcrokees, and are both very prominent, cultivated women, the former being the wife of Joab | Scales, very intelligent man and attorney general of the Cherokee nation.
 The persons named, with one ex- ception, compose portion of the community known as Webber's Falls, section of country bordering upon the south bank of the Arkan- sas River in Canadian District. For beauty, fertility, and the intelli- gence of the people, It is said to. be by any part of the Chero. kee nation. It was as much so be- fore the war as it is now; and the beautiful farms, the chimnies left standing of fine residences destroy ed during the war, show that it was the centre of much wealth and re- flnement,-many old Cherokee fami- lies, among them the Webbers, the NTonr @bn Iasa5.