The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-14

to preserve their liberty, he had consoli- dated their power and intended to fur ther seek their advancement; that he also intended in pursuance of this pur- pose to open @ waterway to New Or leans; that the distance proved his mos tive good and he intended to return With number of skilled artisans, who would teach the Indians how to make their own guns and powder, how to im- prove their appliances for living and to develop the raw material with which the land abounded. He concluded by saying that the tyrannical purpose of the English was plainly levelled at the Cherokees, because before he had come among them he was never accused of having done any Ill against the British, hence his offending must be the things he had done for his red brothers and his crime of loving the Cherokees.
 The secretary's position was impreg- nable, Colonel Fox was in danger. The man whom he sought to arrest could have had his head had he desired 1t, but Pribus had him kindly and po- litely treated, gave him passport in suring safe return, furnished an es- cort from the emperor's own guard, and when he was about to leave wished him safe return home,
 English colonists became more seri- ously alarmed as they began to compre- bend what the formation of this new power meant. It meant a wall in the west that would forever hem them in. The wisdom of the Indians was clearly apparent in their trust in such man as Pribus, whose sagacity had directed him to choose proper spot position in the mountains impregnable to at- tack, where he was forming an empire by sure and slow degrees.
 The Cherokee empire was beginning to attract the attention of the Alabama tribes the Creeks, the Choctaws and the Chickasaws. The influence of Pri- bus was beginning to work for the amalgamation of all into one powerful nation. The seed had been planted and was ready to grow into the plant, when accident happened.
 In the fifth year of the empire the secretary set out for New Orleans es- corted by few Cherokees. He trav- eled by land until he reached an Indian town on the Tallapoosa named Tooka- DdlCIe, WHICH was dl the nedu ol ndNl- gation. Now this Tookabatche was outside the sphere of Cherokee influ- ence, and there were several English traders there who had gained prestige with the inhabitants. These traders had heard of Pribus and telling their Indian friends that the newcomer was a dangerous man, they overpowered the Cherokee escort and took monsieur prisoner. By forced marches they at once took him to Frederick, in Georgia, and delivered him to the governor there. That official placed him in close confinement not with felons. however as he was a foreigner and a gentleman. For nearly year Pribus bore his inn prisonment with great fortitude and constancy, but confinement began to tell on him, he was taken sick and died. The Cherokees, way up in the Georgia mountains. never again saw their be- loved brother who had never told them a lie.
 So perished man who might have changed history He was evidently capa- ble of great ideas. He labofed unceas- ingly toward the accomplishment of his imperial dream. When he was gone the keystone of the arch was taken away and the Cherokee empire fell to pieces, es,-Phtladelphia Times.