The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-20
know bef9Fes tsSat he had u wife, but
of oonrgS In inscript ion on ho,. ton,l,

ofcouIxTthe inscription on her tomb
stWe settles that. Mr.. Govan gives
elsSutlor tho Christian name of Eloncz,
but the records in the State archives
show his namo as ho himself signed it
to be, EIizur. ...
1t is, however, an interesting and
pathetic story and vory great mon
figured in it, both State and nation,
al. Tho conflicts betwcon tho State
and tho Chcrokees and tho United
States continued for twelve years
and ended only with the exodus of
1888. Several treaties wore made-
mado only to be broken. Ross and
Ridge, tho two chiofs, could mover
"E'ae upon torms, and they had
their followers. Whom Georgia coded
Alabama and Mississippi to the
United States in 1902, tho consid-
erJStion was that tho United
Gates should oxtinguish tho Iu-
Slams title and remove them beyond
7 tho Mississippi river. Tho federal
government was so slow in trying to
do this that after waiting and urg-
ing and entreating for twonty years,
tho State got inpatient and de-
mandcd action. Tho Ross party
declared they would not go at all,
but finally agreed to code their
lands for S20,0O0,OOO and sevcn
millions acroY of land. This price
was considered beyond reason, and
the Ridge party finally reduced it to
S0,0O0,000 aEl sevon million acres
and 100000 for expenses in break
ing up and transporting their very
limited household goods. 1t is as
tonlshing how many notable men it
took to effect tho removal of tho
Crooks aud Chorokoes from Georgia.
In looking over tho records wo find
that Governor James Jackson had
trouble with the Greeks, who aftor
NAcy had made treaty continued
their depredations, and he upbraided
them ana brought forward long list
Of iearnuSos, amounting to St10,UOO,
which ho said they must pay. "Give
me somo paper" said tho chief, "and
| will make longer account against
your people than that" But Gov
ornors Troup and Gilmer and Lump
kin had tho most serious troubles
and thoir complications brought in
president Adams and Jackson, John
Marshall, Joseph Story, William
Writ, John Forsythe, Andrew Pick
ems, Gcncral Scott and General
Gaines all of whom took an active
part in tho negotiations. This Gen
eral Gaines was friend and mill.
tary companion of Gonoral Androw
Jackson in the Indian wars and was
the husband of NIyra Clark Gaines,
who. had the long and famous law
suit against the city Of Now Orleans.
Fort Gaines in Georgia was named
for him and I suppose that Gaines
villc was also.
Then there were many notable In
dians and halfbrocds, such as John
Ross and Alox McGillivray, William
Mcintosh, Chilly Mcintosh, all OF
Scotch descent. The descendants Of
tho Ross family and the Mcintosh
family arc domiciled in the Cherokee
nation and still arc leaders in tho
tribes. They arc all wcll educated
and | am not afraid to say that the
Mcintosh girls arc tho most bcauti-
full specimens Of womankind L over
saw, that is to say except some
Moore's Lalla Rookh was not to be
compared to them. They arc tho
only half-brcod children mot in tho
nation who did not have an oxccss Of
high chcokbones.
Now, although these Cherokees,
$4,000 in number, won't west against
their will and 1000 Of them died on
the way, yet it was a good move for