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CHEROKEE
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PH<EJtfIX.
VOL. I.
NEW ECIIOTA, WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 24, 1828.
NO. 30.
EDITED BY ELIAS B0UDIN0TT.
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AGENTS FOR THE CHEROKEE
PHOENIX.
The following persons are authorized to
receive subscriptions and payments for the
Cherokee Phoenix.
Henry Htll, Esq, Treosurer of the A.
B. C. F. M. Boston, Mass.
GnoRcn M. Tract, Agent ofthe A. B.
C. F. M. New York.
Rev. A. D. Eddy, Canandaigua, N. Y.
Thomas Hastings, Utica, N. Y.
Pollard & Convers*:, Richmond, Va.
Rev. James Campbell, Beaufort, S. C.
William Moultrie Reid, Charleston,
S. C.
Co1.*George Smim, Statesville, W. T.
William M. Co.mmI, Nashville 'Pen.
Rev. Bennet Roberts—Powal Mo.
Mr. Thos. R. Gold, (an itinerant Gen
tleman.)
Jeremiah Austil, Mobile Ala.
and that it will be a difficult task foi
you to restrain them. Consider well
upon this point, and if you should find
it impossible, to prevent your young
warriors from joining one side or the
other, will it not be lor your interest
and the happiness of your whole Na
tion, that your young men should join
our warriors as we mean in future to
be one people?
If a number of your young warriors
join our array they shall be well fed,
and shall be well rewarded with mo
ney or presents'as shall "be agreed up
on.
You are to understand dearly that
this proposal is made for your • onsidc-
• ration and free decision—that if you
approve ypu will accept it—that if
you do not approve, you will decline it.
The proposal is unde to you from
a belief that you cannot keep your
young men from joining one side or the
other.
If they join the bad Indians, tli -y
then make themselves our enemus
and much misery will be the conse
quence. If they join our army, the
friendship between the United States
and the Cherokees will be i emented
as firm and as durable as the mourn
tains and we shall alw ays be one peo
ple.
Take this matter into vour conside
ration until to-morrow and then let
me know vour mind thereon.
The sooner w<? finish our business
the better, as I have heard the ice
has broken up a*t New York, and you
may if you please go to that place and
embark for your ow n country.
February 9. 1702.
Bloody fellow to the Sec r etary of B ar.
Brother—ft is now three days since
s we received your talk. You desired
us to consider well upon the matter,
which we have done and are now going
to reply to you.
We were sent as Ambassadors from
. our country, in order to adjust every*
] thing between the United States and
, the (Jheroktees and we now see plain-
! ly that we have accomplished all we
j could desire, and we now ,an return
I home with confidence anil assure our
[concluded.]
WASHINGTON \ND THE CHERO
KEES.
Communications between the Secretary '
of War aud the aforesaid Cherokee
Chiefs.
Brothers of the Cherokee Chiefs, at
tend!—You have heard from the mouth
of General Washington, the great chief
of the United States; the kindness
which is intended for you and all the
red people, and how it is proposed that
in future our interests should be the
same.
But, Brothers, in order to perfect
this good work, the wise people on
both sides must endeavor to prevent
the young men from committing any
rash actions.
The great Chief General Washing
ton lias informed you how the bad In
dians north of the Ohio have been
murdering the men, women and chil
dren of the people of Kentucky; that
those bad Indians not only refused to
accept the peace offered by General
\ Washington, but they renewed their
murders with greater violence than
• ever. ' r
That they have beaten some troops
which were sent to protect the frontier
people, and that the United States are
determined to punish with great se
verity, those bad Indians, unless they
will be quipt.
Now, Brothers, it is very probable,
the bad Indians will send messages to
the Cherokees and by lies endeavor to
obtain your assistance. ,
General Washington who always
speaks the words of truth has told you.
that we do not want the land of these
bad Indians, and therefore whatever
they say upon that head do not believe
them, and above all prevent your rash
young men from joining them.
We know however that the glory of
a young man is to be engaged in a war,
people that full justice shall be ad
ministered to them.
We have had the happiness of see
ing our father General Washington,
and of hscaring' his talk from his Own
mouth, and will now assure ourselves
under his protection of being a flourish
ing Nation evermore.
We are persuaded that all lie has
said to us is truth, and as we are am
bassadors for our Nation we arc desi
rous of explaining it to all our people,
so that they may lay hold of it as we
do.
We received the talk of General
Washington and also yours three days
ago, and we hold <hem fast to our
hearts. But as ambassadors, we can
not answer for cut” Nation, until we
first consult them—this we shall do
immediately upon our arrival home and
let you know.
We therefore here act not only as
representatives of our own Nation, hut
of the Creeks, the Chiekasavvs and
Cho taws. We wish also to consult
them upon the war ufith the Northern
Indians, and all of us join, arm in arm,
as one people, with the whiles, to
crush (he Northern Indians, who we
consider as acting wrong and that they
are unjustly waging war {igainst the
United States.
Were we at home, we should speak
more plainly upon this subject. But.
although our hearts are good and (rue
to the United States, we wish not to
pledge ourselves farther than our au
thority—although vve shall use our en
deavors to comply fully with your re
quest.
Mr. Shaw, who you arc-going to
send with us, whom we eall the Long
Sword, shall be present at our delibe
rations on this point, and as soon as wc
come to any conclusion thereon, be
shall write to you through Governor
Blount. All this comes from our
Hearts, free of all deception.
Kingfisher—You are the man ap
pointed to do our business by our great
father the President of live United
States—we have received both you
talks, which give us the greatest sat
isfaction. We are perfectly happy in
finding the business, aboit which we
were sent, to well accomplished.—
We would only therefore suggest the
propriety of running the Boundary line
as speedily as possible, in order that
those persons who have intruded on
the Cherokee lands may be compelled
to remove soon. We cannot help
mentioning one person that has given
us a great deal of trouble—his name
is Davidson—he is a magistrate^ and
lives on the banks of the Svvannovv
river.
We must farther add, that we re
quest a letter may be written by the
Secretary of War for the perusal of
the whole nation containing a positive
promise that all persons intruding on
our lands shall he turned off, in older
that their minds may be fully satisfied.
Personally appeared before me Jbhn
Ban lay. Mayor of the City of Phila
delphia, James Carey, Interpreter!to
the Cherokee Nation of Indians who
being duly sworn deposeth and saith
that lie is well acquainted with £n-
glish and Cherokee languages, and that
the interpretations which he the de
ponent has given at the respective
conferences held between the Presi-
dent»of the United States, the Secreta
ry for the department of War, and the
Cherokee Indian Chiefs now in this
City, were true and faithful transla
tions from the English into the Chero
kee, and fiM»m the Cherokee into the
English languages to the best of bis
knowledge and abilities, and further
this deponent swears, that as he has*
been appointed the Interpreter of the
United States to the Cherokee Indi
ans, that he ever will to the best of,
bis abilities translate every thing which
he may hereafter be required to trans
late between the said parties, and
that he will exert himself upon all oc
casions to promote and Keep up a
friendly understanding and harmony
between the said parties and further
this deponent saith not.
(Signed) JAMES CAREY.
Sworn before me the 16th Februa
ry, 1702.
(Signed) JOHN BARCLAY, Mayor.
Personally appeared before me John
Barclay, Mayor of the City of Phila
delphia, George Miller or Suvvegey,
one of the Cherokee Indians, who be
ing duly ijwoiii deposeth,and saith that
he is well acquainted with the English
and Cherokee languages, and that he
the deponent was present at the seve
ral conferences between the President
ot the United States, the Secretary
for the department of War and the
Cherokee Indian Chiefs now in this
City, at which conferences James Car
rey served as Interpreter and that the
several translations made by said
James Carey at the respective confer
ences from the English into the Cher
okee, and from the Cherokee into the
English languages were made by him
the said James Carey faithfully and
agreeably to the spirit and significa
tions of the respective languages to
the best of the knowledge and under
standing of him, the deponent and fur
ther saith not.
(Signed) JOHN BARCLAY, Mayor.
City of Philadelphia, ss.
I Leonard Shaw do solemnly swear,
that I will support the Constitution of
the United States, and that I will well
and truly serve the United States in
the office of Deputy Agent tx> the
Cherokee Indians and that I will not
be concerned either directly or indi
rectly in the Indian trade.
(Signed) LEONARD D. SHAW.
Sworn before me the 16 February,
1792. J
(Signed) JOHN BARCLAY, Mayor.
The foregoing are all genuine copies,
excepting the speech of the President
of tlie United States, which is the ori
ginal and sighed with his own hand.
H. KNOX, Sec'y of Whir.
From the Bachelors’ Journal.
THE STRANGE COMBAT
It was during the last war of this
country with Great Britain, that cir
cumstances led me to be a passenger
on loard of one of our large merchant-
mea, in which I had embarded with
whit little property I possessed. Our
seas were at that time covered with
small privateers, belonging to both
belligerents, who did more mischief
to the commerce of both nations than
the several public armed vessels of ei
ther.
Wc had been sailing for two days
with a good breeze, though now and
then a lull, and then vve sagged heavi
ly along through a fog, almost as dense
as the waters which bore us. We
were not far from our port, and the
captain was willing to crowd sail night
and day, as the risk of capture was
superior to that of shipwreck, or dis
aster from a crippling of our spars
Our ship was of about 400 tons, hea
vily laden, and not a swift sailer.—
Her captain was a man of shrewd
judgment, of inflexibility of purpose,
rather given to taciturnity. He was of
a slight figure, gentlemanly to his e-
quals, decided and prompt to those
under him in his orders, and in execu
tion of their fulfilment. Ilis keen
dark eyes and naval officer gait,
showed a kind of courage, which one
would caH daring, if they had watch
ed his countenance on particular oc
casions.
After skimming through the mist for
two days, (of which I have spoken) I
happened to be oil deck with our cap
tain. I was in conversation with him,
as to the probability cf reaching our
port free from the enemy’s cruisers.
He replied with his usual brevity ‘‘the
fog and carrying sail, alone will save
us; I am a made man if we escape; if
not I am ruined.” lie said this in the
same tone of voice that would give a
common order—he looked up and
said, sternly, there is a fog eater. At
this moment the sun seemed to flash
upon our deck, and the fog rose from
the sea like the hoisting of a curtain at
the Theatre—a smart breeze took us
back, and before an order was given,
we saw directly before, under our
lee, a little black looking, sharp built
schooner, whose decks were loaded
with men,/‘I know her,” ejaculated
our captain; the next .thing there
came a ball dancing across our bows,
in imitation of a, distracted porpoise.
Our captain took the helm from a sail
or, and gave orders to lay to.—Anoth
er shot came within a few feel of the
captain’s head, and passed through
the mainsail, which he seemed to re
gard as little as he would the flap
ping of the wings of a sea-gull. But
his countenance grew dark and terri
ic—he had not a gun on board. Th
privateer braced sharp on the wind
and at the second tack came within
musket shot; a boat came, and we
were ordered under the pigmy’s lee,
in the style of an admiral in ilie Brit
ish Navy. In the mean time the wind
had freshened, and the captain had
privately given orders to have every
sail in readiness for inslant setting.
The boat left us, and we bore down
apparently fulfiling the command
which had been given us. To secure
and pack my papers was but the
work of a moment, for an anticipation
of the event of capture had placed
me on my guard in this particular.—
Wjjen I returned on deck vve were al
most within hail of the stranger, un
der a flowing sail; which in order to
bring us to a proper lull' under the
lee of the privateer, would seeming
ly require to be taken in. The cap
tain was still at the helm, and he was
intent, apparently, upon coming as
near the stern of the opposite vessel as
was possible. At this moment he gave
the word “square away,” which bro’t
our bows on the centre of the vessel
of the enemy; “luff” said its captain:
at the same moment* the flash of a
gun and its ball were both seen and
heard from the port holes of our airtsra
gonist—it raked us “fore and alt,” -
cutting every thing before it, another
moment and the bow of our heavy ves
sel struck the quarter of our priva
teer with a tremendous crash—anoth
er moment and she passed over her,
and nothing was to be seen of our
capturer but a few floating barrels,
some spars, and human beings who
had escaped for a few moments the
yawning deep. Never shall I forget
the horrible cry which came from the
vessel as our own was passing over it:
it was allied to nothing human; it was
of such shrill distress, that a maniac’s
imagination alone could grasp its
dreadfulness. In a few days vve
reached our port; and even to the
present hour I cannot forget the going
down of the privateer, over which
our vessel boomed as if but a floating
stick of timber was in its path.
VARIOUS KINDS OF INTEMP
ERANCE.
Doctor D. M. Reese, a respecta
ble physician of New York, in a work
recently published, considers intem
perance as prolific mother of human
miseries, and is of opinion that if man
kind were universally temperate in ail
respects, cassualty and old age would
be the chief passports to the grave.—
He notices several species of Intem
perance: Intemperate Drinking, In
temperate Eating, Imtemperate Slee
ping, Intemperance in Clothing, In
temperate Labor, depraved Appetites,
&c.—/lamp. Gaz.
Intemperance in Clothing.—Dr. R.
points out the ill effects on health of
tight lacing, and remarks that almost
every professional man has witnessed
the fatal results of this abomination.
He dissected the bodies of two young
females, who had died of disease
caused by tight lacing, and found “the
adhesion of parts and the derangement
of structure truly frightful.” He
adds, “the ingenuity of the ladies, per
haps, could not be exerted than in con
triving some method of preventing
such havoc as is annually occasioned
among them from tight lacing and thin
dressing.”
Eating Opium and Snuff.—Dr. R.
states, as a fact well known to the
faculty, that hundreds of females in
our large cities are in the daily use of
taking opium. /‘This is neither more
nor less than a fashionable way of get
ting drunk, and ought to be frowned
upon by every husband and father.”
Dr. R. says he has known two in
stances of death from eating snuff] “a
habit which is perhaps increasing a-
mong the ladies.of our country with a
rapidity only equalled by the ravages
of ardent spirits, and which is no less
ruinous to health and destructive lo
life.” “This practice has its origin
in using the Scotch snuff as a tooth
powder, a fondness is soon acquired for
it, and hundreds among us, especially
among our females, get drunk upon it
every day of their lives.” The ef
fects are paleness of countenance, tor
por of body, stupor of mind, disease of
a stomach, lungs, &c.
Drinking malt liquor to excess.— In
Great Britain diseases are increased
in number and fatality by Ihe large
quantity of malt liquors drank in their
community. Sudden deaths are fre
quent among those who drink habitu
ally and excessively of those liquors.
Cold Water.—Dr. R. says “fhat
death seldom occurs from drinking
water, except in constitutions previ
ously impaired by some of the other
species of intemperance.”
Drinking Ardent Spirits.—This is
the worst kind of intemperance, and
in criminalty, the magnitudes of its e-
vils, outweighs all the rest. Dr. R.
proposes the following expedients for
removing these evils:
“Would it not he productive of sal
utary effocts, if in collecting the in
terments, when it could he disfuicjly
ascertained that this vice had pro
duced death; that in publishing the re*
port, whether weekly, monthly,
