Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-16

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the indians possessed.
rha 1Iuscogulgees which embrace
.ba rbehaws were of the noblest typ
Of healthier man on earth. He rec
stood great spirit and the immor
-aI;+,. of the soul; he had a quick in
,-,oa+ and thought clearly; he wa
Inoro and fearless and true to hi
.13rb+ad faith until betrayed. "Thest
-4oios of the woods, this race without
.aaro loved their children AM
connted it a great joy to die with anG
for their people.
# was the proud boast of the Che
bows that they were the white mans
trionds-they cared for him, treated
hin, kindly, supplied him with needed
.+oros fought his battles, protected
bi,, from Maroons and bad Spaniards
~ FLORIDA. Generously they divided
their lands with the whites, but for
.a17 these the Chehaws suffered from
.our neglect and violated faith, and
,vanton acts of the greedy pioneers
who coveted their last vestiage OF
land Their means of subsistence
year by year were encroached upo1
4or which no compensation was ever
returned. The whites maintained and
demanded more than their rights
without fulfilling their obligation to
+be red man. He possessed no rights
that the white man felt himself bound
ito respect. 1t is to our unspeakable
disgrace as a nation that our treat
les and covenants with him were
never fulfilled and our Government
has ever treated him with fraud and
fa}sphood. We have invariably eX-
acted full justice from while exhibit
ing none towards him. The black
est SPOT on the escutcheon of the Am
sarican Government as we'll as on our
own state is our bitter cruel treat
nanr OF the Indian. Our procedure
with him was never sought to be car
ried out with truth and uprightness
and our conduct was such that both
his Judgment and conscience were
bound to condemn and awaken in his
heart only the most direful distrust
and provoke a desperate revenge for
the betrayal of his reposed confidence.
How with melancholy we read of
the partition of Poland and how
Hope for time babe the world fare
we'll o.. ......... ......-
And freedom shrieked when Kosciusko
fell"
And again how we love to repeat:
"Oh bloodiest picture in the book
of time,
Sarmatia fell unwept, without a
crime"
These pictures of oppression from
the we'll preserved history of the old
world are heartrending, but nothing to
be compared to the treatment that
Georgia gave to the Chehaw Indians.
The historian passes unnoticed this
tlackest crime in a states history.
There are few only who love the max
ed truth that irritates and pleases
not. If it had not been that you, no
BILE ladies of the Council of Safety of
Daughters of American Revolution
who now mark this spot and dedicate
it to the truth and love of history, 1t
too would soon pass from the memory
of men, and like the baseless fabric
Of a vision leave no trace or wreck
Behind. These old Indian graves,
these mammoth trees where the dusky
maiden played and the red warriors
Wooed and won would ere long be
forgotten. You are engaged in the
highest, noblest duty of collecting,
marking and perpetuating the true
history of Chehaw and our Southland.
mis- duty falls heaviest upon you who
feel its responsibilities and appreci-
ate its noble worth on the character
and education of our youths. This
work will be as interesting and agree
able to your trained minds as it will
honorable to yourselves, and to your
learned select and patriotic society
ny so doing You give to posterity the
greatest blessing, and vindicate the
truths of history, the effects of which
Will return to you and yours and diff
luSe forever around you hallowine
fragrance like the beautiful magnolia
trees of this forest growing on the
runs of the once popular Chehav
Town. This learning which you seeE
70 dispense will beautify and adorr