The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-19

Cherokees from Georgia. In looking
over the records We find that Governor
James Jackson had trouble with the
| Creeks, who. after they had made q
treaty, continued their depredations,
and he upbraided them and brought
forward a long list of damages,
amounting to $4,000, which he said
they must pay. "Give me some
paper" said the chief, "and I will
make q longer account against your
! people than that" But Governors
Troup and Gilmer and Lumpkin had
the most serious troubles, and their
complications brought in President
Adams, and Jackson, John Marshall,
Joseph Story, William Writ, John
Forsythe, Andrew Pickens, General
Scott and General Gaines-all of whom
took an active part in the negotiations.
This General Gaines was friend and
military companion of General Andrew
Jackson in the Indian wars, and was
the husband of Myrs Clark Gaines,
who had the long and famous lawsuit
against the city Of New Orleans.
Fort Gaines, in Georgia, was named
for him, and I suppose that Gaines
vile was also.
Then there were many notable In
dians and halfbreeds, such as John
Ross and Alex McGillivray, William
Mcintosh, Chilly Mcintosh, all OF
Scotch descent. The descendants OF
the Ross family and the Mcintosh
family are domiciled in the Chero'
kee nation, and still are leaders
in the tribes. They are all we'll edu,
Gated, and am not afraid to say that
the Mcintosh girls are the most beau.
tiful specimens of womanhood l ever
saw, that is to say, except some.
Moore's Lalla Rookh was not to be
compared to them. They are the only
halfbreed children I met in the nation
who did not have an excess OF high
cheekbones.
Now, although these Cherokees,
Is, 900 in number, went west against
their will and 1000 Of them died on
the way, yet it was a good move fol-
them and they made good trade
S5, 100000 and 100000 acres OF
land-the finest lands on the CONT
nent, beautifully wooded and watered,
and what is worth still more, they live
in peace with the outside world. Here
they were always in conflict not only
with the whites, but with themselves,
fer they had two chiefs who did not
work in harmony, for one was 6
Scotchman and the other was not.
Sidney Smith said that Scotchmen
were generally right, but when wrong
were the wrongest people in the world
and no argument could turn them.
The word "scotch," 'scotcn the
! wagon" came from their stubborn
ness. But they were true to faith and
to principle. Every signer OF the
Mecklenburg declaration of independ.
ence in ITS was a Scotchman, or as
they are now generally called, Scotch
Irish, that is, Scotchmen who removed
to the north of Ireland. 1t is very
strange that 80 many of them came te
this wild country and mingled with
the Indians and married their daugh'
ters. There were the Rogers brothers
on the Chattahoochee who took Indiar
wives. They were good men, good
citizens and we'll educated. My wife
when girl used to visit their girls and
was fond of them. You can tell 8
Scotchman as far as you see them, fol
they all have auburn or light hair and
blue eyes and forid comple1ions and
are generally tall and straight. I don't
believe that George Adair is full.
blood on both sides, though he has al
Of their good qualities except their re-
ligion. I am only a half-breed my
self, which is all the better for my
wife, for as it is she can make ME dc
rs she pleases and can make her dc
ss she pleases, too, so it's all right and
peace reigns in the household.-BuI
ARP in Atlanta Cons titution.