The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-08

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condition near
akin to civil war in the Choctaw-C hickasaw
Nation, have again created "a popular inter
est in the civilized tribes. 1t was ever thus
For century and half the Cherokees
have appeared in American history and
current discussion at regularly recurring
intervals, engaging in turn the energies of
warriors, statesmen and .philanthropists
and the sentimental interest of poets.
The Greeks, or Muskokees, appeared in
history soon after the Cherokees but they
are confederacy or conglomeration rather
than nation, and five languages are
spoken among the Creeks of today. The
Choctaws and Chickasaws next attracted
attention. and next the Seminoles Tor
eXiled Creeks) gave occasion for one Of the
most tragic and pathetic episodes in Amer
lean history. AT the end of 392 years after
their first visit from De Solo, and lO7 years
after their first treaty with the United
States, the Cherokees once more take rank
as an important people and probably the
richest nation per capita in the world.
In 1860 they had attained to this distinc.
ton, and estimating their horses and cattle
Mt the prices prevailing in the border mar
kets it was thought by Indian agents that
the wealth OF the tribe aggregated $1,000
per family. At the close of the civil war
they were practically objects of charity
The value of their cattle driven into Kansas
and "coniiscated'' was set at $2,00O001
The rest OF their stiff. with a majority OF
the tribe, went Souti, and their stock went
the way "f all cattle in hat region i'm thos,.
times. Tho Greeks Jared IL little better,
and but little. Tl"ir chief school, thu
Tallahassee mission. wns broken up and tho
Il ~
crate cavalry. But They rallied soon after
the war. composed their differences after
one or two local rcvcllions, and soon had
their school in br:tc- condition than ever.
From this school and from tie scholars
among the Cherokees have come prodEc.
tlons which give us more insight into In
dian nature and the Indian Tongues than
from any other source, and will in time
prove OF even more historic interest than
Eliot's Indian Bible. All the world has
heard of Scluoyah, or George Guess, tie
Cadmus uf the Cherollees, The Admirable
Crichton Of the wilderness. He invented
an alphabet for the Chero,ees, which is n
perfect Vehicle for sound, so far us it goes.
The Greeks, however, adopted the white
mans letters, and>a white woman has
given them and the world complete
Creek version of the New Testament.
This remarkable achievement has won
high honors for the lady, who is we'll
worthy of special mention. Mrs. Ann Eliza
Worcester Robertson was born Nov. Z.
1926. Mt the Brainerd mission in the east
ern Cherokee Nation, Tennessee, being the
daughter of Rev. Samuel A. Worcester.
ID. ID. In 1885 her parents followed the ex.
lied Cherokees to their western home and
i'll 1880 she married w. S. Robertson, A.
NJ, principal of the Tallahassee Manual
al lRnr fltV,.r eal1>
called. She had previously taken q full
course ut the St. Johns academy, in Yer.
mont, and in her new position rapidly &C.
CURED mastery Of the Muskokee tongue
In 1870, in the intervals of her work as
teacher and matron, she commenced turn
ing the Gospel Of St. John into Muskokee.
and having completed this work, with the
aid of Mr.. s. NJ. Bergman, she was en-
couraged to finish the New Testament.
The first edition was so successful that a
second was published in 1891 by the Amer
lean Bible society, of New York. She has
also assisted her husband in preparing va
rious religious works, and has prepared u
song book containing siXtysx hymns in
the Greek tongue For all this the Uni.
versity of Wooster, Ohio, has conferred on
her the degree of doctor of philosophy.
Early in 1872 l was the guest of these
worthy people at the Tallahassee mission,
my stay including n Sunday. 1t reused
the missionary spirit indeed to hear the
seventy boys and girls, led by Miss Robert
son on the organ, singing the Greek YER
sion of "Shall We Gather Mt the Riverf"
Here is the first verse:
Uerakkon tcheceyvr haks
Ccsus EN- estolke fullan
Ccsus liket iihnet os
Hoyayvket fihnct os.
CHORUS.
Momos mon teheccyyrcs
Ucrakko heruscn csherusen
Mckusapulken ctohkv liket
Fulleye munku tares.
lie pronounced rs CHI in child; rs in
pin; as short II; y between two vowcls
unitcs with the preceding, as i, to form a
diphthong, and has also it's own sound be-
fore the next; is pronounced as in father,
MHA