The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-10-09

Forward long list of damages,
amounting to S11O, 600, which he said
they must pay. Give me 'o iii
paper" said the chief, land l VIII
make o longer account against your
oeonle than that" But Governors
rroup and Gilmer and Lumpkin had
the most serious troubles, and theii
combinations 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 Myra 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
dams and halfbreeds, such as John
Ross and Alex McGillivrav. William
Mcintosh, Chilly Mcintosh, all OF
} scotch descent. The descendants OF
} the Ross family and the Mcintosh
, family are domiciled in the Ohero-
kee nation, and still are Leaders
, in the tribes. They are all well edu.
: ,ated. and am not afraid to say that
i the Mcintosh girls are the most beau
, tiful specimens of womanhood ever
! saw. that is to say, except some.
: Moore's Lalla Rookh was net to be
t compared to them. They are the only
b halfbreed children I met in the nation
r who did not have an excess OF mgr
u eheekbones.
i Now. although these Cherokees
n TX. COO in number, went west agalns
y their will and 1900 Of them died OF
r, the way, yet it was good move 10
70 them and they made good trade
Is ak 600 900 and 100000 acres Q
is Iand-the finest lands on the cont
a. nent. beautifully wooded and watereo
I'd and what is worth still more, they Inv
9. in neace with the outside world. Her
~ they we're always in conflict not ON
II with the whites, but with themselves
for they had two chiefs who ala NJ
it work in harmony, for one was
,e-. Scotchman and the other was no
or sidney Smith said that Scotchme
of were generally right, but when wroI
ere were the wrongest people in the wor
on and no argument could turn theI
W. The word scotch. scotch .
Lore WAGON. came from their stubbor
VS. ness. But they were true to faith 81
md to principle. Every signer OF u
the Mecklenburg declaration OF indepen
or ence in ITS was Scotchman, or
hey they are now generally called, "Scotc
an Irish" that is, Scotchmen who remov
mt. to the north of Ireland. 1t Is We
de- strange that so many of them came
the this wild country and mingled WI
ms the Indians and married their daue
the tors There were the Rogers broth,
lis ON the Chattahoochee who took Ind
the wives, They we're good men, go
oia. citizens and we'll educated. MY
,t IA when a girl used to visit their girls
nd. was fond of them. You can tell
,oss. Scotchmnn as far as you see tnem'
ack. thew all have auburn or light hair
1ood blue ewes and forid complexions
natl are generally tall and straight. l az
allie. believe that George Adair is
cord blood on both sides, though he has
that OF 'nen 49, - half-hreed ]
lnity agion - 10 oil the better for
'iha' wife, for as it is she can make me
- as she pleases and can make he'
an. anu as she pleases, too, SO it's all right
1 r5:, peace reigns in the household.-t
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