Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-31

akin to civil war in the Choctaw- Chickasaw
| Nation, have again created popular inter
est In the civilized tribes. 1t was ever thus.
For a century and a half the Cherokees
have appeared in American history and
current discussion ut regularly recurring
| intervals, engaging In turn the energies OF
warriors, statesmen and philanthropists
and the sentimental interest Of poets
The Creeks. or Muskokees, appeared In
history soon after the Cherokees, but they
are confederacy or conglomeration rather
than . nation, and Eve 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 o. 3p2 years after
their first visit from De Soto, and l07 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 1850 they had attained to this distinc-
tion, and estimating their horses and cattle
at the prices prevailing In the border mar
kets II was thought by Indian agents that
the wealth Of the tribe aggregated $l7, 600
per family. At the close OF the civil war
they were practically objects Of charity.
The value OF their cattle driven into Kansas
and "confscated" was set at &, 900 co.,
| The rest Of their stiff, with majority Of
the tribe, went south, and their stock went
the way ~ all cattle in that region in those
times. The Creeks Jared little better,
and but little. Their chief school, the
Tallahassee mission, was broken up and the
building used as stable for the Confed-
crate cavalry But they rallied soon after
the war, composed their differences after
one or two local reDellions, and soon had
their school In better condition than ever.
| From this school ind from the scholars
among the Cherokees have come produc-
tions 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 Sequoyah. or George Guess, IT,
| Cadmus Of the Cherokees, The Admirable
Crichton Of the wilderness He invented
an alphabet for the Cherokees, which Is a
perfect v.:hicle for sound, SO far as it goes.
The Greeks, however, adopted the white
mans letters, and white woman has
given them and the world a 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, at the Brainerd mission in the east
ern Cherokee Nation, Tennessee, being the
daughter Of Rev. Samuel A. Worcester,
ID. d. In 1885 her parents followed the ex-
lied Cherokees to their western home, and
In 1850 she married w. S. Robertson, A.
NJ, principal OF the Tallahassee Manual
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called She had previously taken full
course at tho St. Johns academy, in Yer
mont. and in her new position rapidly ac-
quired 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. M. Bergman, she was en-
couraged to finish the New Testament.
The first edition was SO successful that a
second was published in 1901 by the Amer
lean Bible society, of Nav York. She has
also assisted her husbdln in preparing va
rious religious works, and has prepared a
song book containing sixtysi 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 was the guest Of these
worthy people at the Tallahassee mission,
my stay including a 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 at the Riverf"
Here is the first verse:
Uerakkon teheceyvr haks
Cesus en- estolke fullan
Cesus liket a ihnet o.
| Hoyayvket tihnet os.
| CHORUS.
| Momos mon teheceyvrss
L Harm kn hartman, as AMMAN