The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1897-08-27

.clirrtHg for 200 gen, tho state sat
impatient and .mwt.d action. Tho
i.a Inr.y ao..Ur.lihly would uuI eco
e lI', hut finally agreed % reIe choir
lends l.r lu. 100000 and T,nHO.t 900
acres 0I .aud. Ia.H price was euuHil-
cred beyond reason. agI tHo HIie.
party finally raIag.d &c 10 1r ,n01.H 900
ald 100000 HuH end 5000. 600 iUr
bEUrUeos in breaking up and lmu
porting their very limited household
goods 10 ia astonishing how many
notable mon 20 took 90 effect
iho removal of the Greeks and
thcrokocs from Georgia ln looking
over the records we find Chat Governor
James Jackson had trouble with tho
CTeohF, who, after they had made
treaty continued their dcpredatiols,
and ho upbfaided them and brought
forward q long liHt of damages.
amounting 10 $4,000, which he faid
they must pay. GIVE me some
PAPER said the chief, "nnd / will
make "a longer account against your
people than that But Governors
Iroup and GiImcr and Lumpkn had
the most serious troubles, and their
complications brought iu 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 q friend aud
military companion Of General Andrew
Jackson In the Indian wars, and was
the husband Of Myra Clark Gaines,
who had the long aud 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 McGilliway, William
Mcintosh, Chilly Mcintosh, all Of
Scotch descent The descendants Of
the Ross family aud the Mcintosh
family IRE domicilcd 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 ] ever
saw, that is to say, except some.
Aloore'5 Lalla Rookh was not to be
compared to them. They are the only
halibreed children l met in the nation
who did not have an excess of high
cheekbOnes.
Now, although these Cherokees,
/ $4,000 in number, went west against
their will and 1000 Of them died on
the way, yet it was a good move for
them and they made a good trade
| $4,000, 600 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,
for they had two chiefs who did not
work in harmony, for one was q
Scotchman and the other was not
Sidney Smith said that Scotchmer
we're generally right, but when wrong
were the wrOngest people in the worlC
and no argument could turn them
The word Scotch" "scotch tn,
wagon" came from their stubborn
ness. But they were true to faith anC
to principle. Every signer Of thu
Mecklenburg declaration of independ
ence in 1916 was Scotchman, or Al
they are now generally called, "Scotch
Irish, that is, Scotchmen who removed
to the north of Ireland. 1t is yer,
strange that so many Of them came T.
this wild country and mingled wit
the Indians and married their daugh
ters. There were the Rogers brother
on the Chattahoochee who took India
. wives. They were good men, goo,
citizens and well educated. My wifi
wherf girl used to visit their girls an
was fond of them. You can tell
! Scotchman as far as you see them, fC
they all have auburn or light hair an
blue eyes and ford compilations an
! are generally tall and straight. I don
! believe that George Adair is full
= blood on both sides, though he has a
! of their good qualities except their J,
!, ligion. 1 am only half-breed m.
self, which is all the better for N
y wife, for as it is she can make me {
J as she pleases and can make her {
0 as she pleases, too, so it's all right al
d peace reigns in the household BIZ
d ARP in Atlanta Constitution.
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