Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-01-15

Iell III Jne cane, altnOuRn ne knew
Gen. Robertson to be good man, he
deemed it imprudent to go to him. He
said there were no prisoners in Wills
town. the place of his residence; and
he remarked, that the people of his
town once took man of great worth,
Capt Henly, and restored him without
price. The Hanging Nav said the
lower towns were once governed by
him, but for some time had disregarded
his admonitions, till after the attack
made upon them by Maj. Ore, and
then they sent him to make peace for
them. He imputed the calamities
which had befallen them to their own
misconduct, yet he solicited peace for
them, and hoped they had seen their
folly. Gov. Blount accepted of the
proposed friendship, and mentioned
the 18th of December as the time for
a general exchange of prisoners, and
of all the property taken in war. He
advised them to go out of the way
should Gen. Logan enter their country
he desired that they would let the
Greeks pass through their country, and
told them of his expectation, that if
the Greeks should not refrain from
further destruction of the people of the
United States and their property, that
the Government next spring would send
"a powerful army into their country.
Watts said the Greeks were powerful,
and that the lower towns dare not re
fuse them passage, nor resent the in
juries which they daily sustained in
shooting down their hogs and cattle.
and stealing their horses. They all
smoke the pipe of peace with tobacco
sent as present by the Long Warrior.
Governor Blount offered to detail to
Watts the particulars of Gen. Wayne's
late victory, If he wished to be in
formed of them; Watts said he did not
wish it, for some of his own people had
been in the action, and had already
informed him.
Some time after the conferences, and
about the Bd of December, the Govern.
or stated to the Little Turkey, that
with difficulty Gen. Logan had been
stopped; that he was very angry and
threatened the destruction of the lower
towns, if any more blood should be
spilled; had he not been stopped, that
his army which consisted of two thou.
sand well armed and mounted men,
would have marched into their coun-
try with good pilots, well acquainted
with it: but that he had no designs
against the upper towns. About the
same time the Governor wrote to the
chiefs Of the Cherokees and pressed
them to come forward with their pris.
oners to be exchanged at Tellco, and
described to them what peace was aud
what it was not. For one part of the
nation to cry out, 1t is peace, and to
send the peace talks whilst the young
warriors are killing and stealing, said
he, is the most destructive and distress
ing of all wars. Peace consists in one
and all ceasing to kill the citizens of
the United States, and ceasing to steal
their horses. Though formerly the
Governor dissembled a great deal of
what he knew, he now unveiled him.
self, spoke plainly and kept back
nothing. Conceiving himself able to
enforce what he recommended, he
convinced both himself and them that
he must be obeyed. This was far
better ground on which to found his
expectations of success, than he had
ever stood on since he came to the ter
rltory in public character; his pos,
session of it was unquestionably con-
sequence of the orders which General
Robertson had given for the late expe.
dltion against the lower towns, altho'
not authorized by any higher power,
for the love of his country he staked
his reputation and his rank, but as
fortune favors those who bravely dare
in the cause of virtue and their country,
so it favored him in this trial, com
pleted the high opinion the people
entertained of his judgment and pa
triotism, gave peace to his exhausted
country and closed her bleeding veins.
On the last of December, a partial ex-
change of prisoners was made OH both
sides, and future day was appointed
for the completion of it. Such at this
time were the appearances and evi.
dences Of sincerity, that for once, peace
was believed to exist between the
Cherokees and the white people. Gov.
Blount requested of the Cherokees that
the Chickasaws might be included in
the peace; the Cherokee whom they
killed, said he, was slain under the be
llet mat the Cherokees had killed
Piomingo: he insisted that the Creeks
should not be permitted to pass thro'
their country; they must be stopped
by force, said he, if otherwise ttey
can not be prevented. He repeated,
that they must be at peace with the
Chickasaws, and must forgive the Of
fenses which they had committed, be
stated to them that the people who de-
stroyed Nickajack followed trail into
it, fIom part of Cumberland where
recent hostilities had been acted, and
that two fresh scalps were found in tie
town. The people of the Cum berland.
he Informed them, were part of the