The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-07-02

J'nted States IN dealing with the In
8 diaus, and in pursuance of treaty stip.
s Nations entered into with a small
q fragment Of the tribe, it was deter
Il mined by the General Government in
q 1s3S TO remove the Cherokees from
q the lands occupied by them in Geor-
4 sia, Alabama, North Carolina and
Il Tennessee. Lands west Of the Miss
i ;ssippi within the boundaries of the
! present Indian Territory, had been
q set aside for them, and q considera-
Il ble number of their brethren had vol
d unfairly migrated to the wild new
4 country in response to inducements
4 held out to them by the treaty Of 1917.
] I'm April 10, 1898, Gen. Winfield
4 Scott was commissioned to proceed to
z the Cherokee country and put in mo-
! ton the whole tribe, amounting to
j more than $4,000 persons, towards the
4 new reservation west of the Mississip-
A p, peaceably if he could, forcibly if
he must
8 In 1902 Georgia had obtained from
4 the United States an agreement to ex-
4 tipruish, as soon as it could be done
4 by treaty stipulation, the title to all
y Indian lands held within the State,
j and from 1885 seventeen separate
j treaties had been concluded, thirteen
] Of which followed the agreement with
j Georgia and provided for the cession
I Of tribal lands. Georgia professed an
utter inability ever to assimilate
4 tody of Indians, declaring that she
4 would never rest until they had been
sent out of her boundaries. 1t was
this hostility that spnrred the Gen
4 eral Government to hasten the re-
3moyel.
\ In spite Of Georgia's claim an agent
i Of the war department., as early as
a 1925, reported, after an extended tour
i in the Cherokee country, that num-
dberless herds Of cattle grazed upon
their extensive plains; horses were
3numerous, many and extensive focks
4 Of sheep, goats and swine covered the
hills and valleys; the climate was
healthy and delicious, andthe winters
Awere mild; the soil Of the valleya and
aplains was rich and produced corn,
tobacco, cotton, wheat, oats, indigo
and potatoes; considerable trade was
carried on with the neighborirg States,
Smuch cotton being exported in boats
1of their own to New Orleans; apple
Z land peach orchards were quite com
amop; much attention was paid to the
acultivation Of gardens; butter and
acheese Of their own manufacture were
seen upon many Of their tables; public
droads we're numerous in the nation and
Asupplied at convenient distances with
3houses of entertainment kept by the
ana''ves; many and fourishing villages
ddoited the country; cotton and wool
3cloths were manufactured by the wo-
jmen, and home made blankets were
Every common; almost every family
agrew sufficient cotton for it's own con-
sumption; industry and commercial
enterprises were extending themselves
3lthroughout the nation; nearly all Of
athe merchants we're NCherokees; the
population was rapidly increasing. a,
census just taken showing 13, ,563 ma
sitlve citizens, l47 white men and. 73.
white women who hadintermarriedw with
d'ac Cherokees, and 1927 slaves;
schools were increasing every year,
3and lndqlence vas strongly discounte-
dnanced; the nation had no debt and
ss9he revenue was in fourishing con-
dl'on; printing press was soon to be
established, where their own aud the
Sashngilsh 4 language vast appear side
aOy side in newspapers and books; and
Il national library ard museum were
;}n contcmplation These were the
people whom Georgia held in con-
fempt and this the Arcadia General
,sScott q was sent in 1888 to destroy.
d Frudently Scott stationed his forces
"A regiment Of artillery, one of infan-
Fry, six companies Of dragons, and
f,oOo volunteers from Georgia and
q SE55lennessee-in the passes Of Smoky
I I@0untains, occupying every available
fastness and point Of strategic advan-.
Rage Then he sent out on address to
sfne Indians, advising them to come
y sE"0luntarily into camp at Ross's or
~ aunter's Landing on the Hiwassee
18'ver In part he wrote:
4 "Cherokees: The President Of the
d Dnlted States has sent me with q
powerful army 60 cause you In obe-
,lenoe TO the treaty Of 1896, to join
nat part Of your people VIII. are al
53eady established in nrosnerikv ON che