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(10 I i In I Y -1 WAT DO VIE LIVE FOR, BUT TO IMPROVE OCllSELVES AKD BE USEFUL TO ONE ANOTIEttV .1 VOLUME III. ' . . ... . '.. - . .'- .v c4 1 in-1 it of DO we npi-l I jo I New lota ive- lueu! taW everj ICCOi ttd by llSt'l iimt'.x; of ia ility i .FUBUSHEO.JVEEKLYr. - .77:l''-7 BY lu.n';.V: -f: ENJAMIN 8 WA IMt -r." wo Dollars per annum, in advance or Three Dollars, if not' paid within tbrco months from the dale of the first number received. T - L subscription to be discontinued till all arrearages be paid; unless at the discretion of the Lditor. ; " failure to order a discontinuance be fore the expiration of the subscrip tion year, u equivalent io a new ertgatremcnt. '-t? ' 1 Letters, Communications, &c. to come post paid. K 'VKi:y-i'j Price for ddvertmhrJ Advertisements will be conspicuously J handsomely inserted at II 00 per ate of 10 lines t and 25 cents lor ev y subsequent inscrtkav No adver emcnt, however short, will be charg bs than for a square. Court Orders ami judicial advertise vols will be chanrcd 25 percent higte I; (we sometimes have to wait so long Those w'ho advertise by the year will entitled to a deduction of 33 per cent uvided tlkoy pay in advance, . , uuV ,u,. cTCriC. vc,f . .iui iuuu , H .par, w, uie commmeo mai ine sition to thes? claims on the part of the lor fchds sold by Government, to r"lTw ;y ne puouc .many ot which; ctfzeni were enUtfod. The ther by the daimant.himseli;: or some tions under the acToT Congress ofl834, annuity.' Tlie petitioners allege that they have complied lydlfe jjiercaui8iionso . the treatyj by applying tb be registered by L ' I . 1 ! J . -1 me agent wiwin me lime umiiea, wun one for him, io his name, having from liave, in many cases, entered into agree- kink 4ftMaMAMM M..lL..JlH't. wVL- - ' I . . him competent authority to rt.ake it. ments to penuit them to have one hun The claimant must have had 'an im- dred and sixtv acres at nne dollar anrl the intention of remaining and becoaiinzirowmnffor the reason stated. This huarterWacre. and tha remaindcr-ol citizens of :he , States but- that thoiri provision of the fourteenth" article of the ttie sectioo at three'dollars Der acre. ubuwb, ur utciucou ur iuc uicbi vi uKiy was muuc wun an especial view i inev nave induced th Incatmv ernt the agent were omitted in the register to those who had advanced somewhat to reserve from sale a ereat ouo ntitv of wmtu no cpit nnu lacy na,rc pui on me in un agricultural rv wno naa larms jana 01 tne best and ricJoejiL quality in proof to tutiain their claims. They also' which they might be unwilling to leave, that part of the ; State of MisSissiooi tertue, upon that any In-mnrovement. to determine their claims. M v v v aversion to V the pursuits c4. civilized for the ourDose oi aatisfvinir these ore- f ITw first, question, therefore, which life, wat peculiarly unfitted to become I tended claims. ... - ., naturally suggested itself to the com. a citizen of the: States. t This descrip- In addition to what has been said on! fore the committee, having been filed mittee, was ine propriety oi granting mis iron oi lnaians n was especially , tne on-1 the construction of the 14th article . of in the V ar Department, and have beeh rraucsii tor, u,n were aeierminca inaiijecioi me uovernmeai io remcTe wesi me treaty, tne committee wi t. in re a- dtAtA nn a bard ought to be estabhshed for this of the Mississippi river; considering such tko to those Cbbctaaa who- had gone r This course would be sivinto the purpiw, utcuuijr vi luiiuur uivcMigauun, I ciuuai iKcoaaijr, uuui iui uicir owuiwesi OI me iUISSIiSippi, Call InO alien- on the part of the committee, would preservation,1 by placing . them beyond Ition of the Sdnate lo the other nrovi- cease, and all questions arising under the operation of the laws of the States, I siohs of this treaty,, which they think, uuuiikaftc iirca iui uiaujr vurciat.vwiw wu uui iuicuucu iyi uiu Buvaiuagc laKlug noaC DUl mO most do not now apply, to Congress for relip of the wild, uncivilized hunting Indian, which there is 'no"pretence and request that a board may be created who, from his habits of living, and his dian ever lived or had an i committceaftcrhsTdermg alltEe factg 1 1 and circumstances attending the whole h transaction, do not hesitate to recom- , mend that course in case any oi theso claimants can show hereafter they Jiavo A equity;-They are nordropinion that A' many, and doubt il any can do so, hav- ing much reliance on the testimony of Mr. Ward, who was the Indian agent at the time this treaty was being carri ried. into execution! lla4 states that not more than six or eighfwere omitted in the register which he kept, and this happened by the loss of a paper upon which the namd were taken down for -t reinstratioa Ihese cases are now be Tventy-Fourth CongresB, r:v tint Settiwu 1... SENATE OF Till V. STATES March 2;i836.' I ad, ordered to be printed, and that 2,000 ettri , copies be lurmsbed for the use of tlie benatc. . . the treaty as iq its vroper construction and to relieve the several States withitHin a legal coint ot viewi preclude them and meaning, as weilasthe decision of the territorial limits of which therwere', I ait. " By me 14th article! all those ta ail facts, would devolve upon such board, of a useless and burdensome population, king reservations under it are deprived But,fiieyarcnot ofopinion,afteracaye- This privilege7 of having one section of any participation in the annuity paid ful consideration of , all the circumstan- ol land set off for each Indian' Jiead of to that tribe ,By thelTthariiclei' it is ces aliendiiig. these claims, that this fa.nily, as secured by the ' treaty, for I t'80 provided that ten thousand dolla rs ward ought to be created. flicy are the Durooseof residins tmon it.' beconIsa be distributed amons those not re aware that such boards have been t;rea- ini citizens of the States, and rcceivinsl00'0? reservations under any , of the ted, under different treaties with Spain, a title in fee simple to the land after a 1 provisions of the treaty. , All the Choc- br the adiudicatins, setllihj,' and hca- residence of five vears. anoears to be I taws who. have removed west, of. the tins numerous claim's to lands by crantsl nertonaL which ran be "claimed bv no Mississippi have received the full ad van- irum. uwi vuverumeni, . ana irciwaie rnnt gtcepi mr. ;pQflfi 4144-4 fntjyj'-w'w-auuwtjt ouu uic proportion-. rights acquired bcioreiucmakingoi tne 1 himselt. His title in lee depends uponaieaiiacna,01 ne lemnousana dollars ireaiies, unaer me usages ana customs the perlorrnance of the condition prece-ani1 may w winy, presumea to nave 01 ino oj purpose uons, tivation iuch 1 rcrti err, rdaan ceo it I sob ho as i glance effect and A :r.J5 1 Bitter id rm cwet 'hisB volatit: lit 4 .u I llifl! effect 1 icddiii f; ::c"-f;:itiif:TV; JeCwnmittee on Private and Claims, io Sfhnm ht referred the Petition vi Veverat crrons stating tLcmsclvcs to lava been Choctaw heads of families 'il fliA li'mA tf smait-ia lr.iit ta ween the United States and tha (Jhoc aw. Indians at Dancing Rabbit, on ! 27th cembcr, A V. J SCO, and ..1 . .' ' . lit paiusu vigTcrnmem , isu, ior me 1 aeni, oi nve yearr rcsiacnce, , w men no 1 ." u,t ciwcu uw auvap 1 of deciding on claims to dona- one but himself can perform. ? In case ta?e of remaining' among s the whites on account ot habitation and cul- ol death or abandonment," the land re- na removing wun tne inqo nd parti and. flUo, that the registers verts to the United States. No one can, c,Paung Jn the oenehts ot ihe and receivers of, the difierent landffi-ilhersfore, acquire an interest' in these I comtrrn lo alU treaty ces have been from timq to tune cbthed claims by purchase. Upon this view of J Tbey cannot be permitted to share wun auujoruy io aecwe on me. rrgnu u 1 tne rights 0! the; claimants, an ,impor in the dividends t the annuities and the pre-emptionersimdeT the several acts tant consideration arises frcm the wets ten thousand dollars, and then takeTe. of Congress heretofore passed, but it w J brought to hgla by the testimony taken servations also. To permit this would to be remembered thai tne claims under by authority and order, 01 the Legisia- be todeleat the policy 4 of the . Govern caxh of 'the above-enumerated' beads tur$ of the iState ol Mississippi, laid be- mentjand the stipulations of the treaty f VfffV numcfdlli and in Verv rr.an (nrtt th Rpiintn.' and referred tn'o rnmV .rfnnU narnin Kitrdon Kn Rtoa u '.th eascsi conflicting, so that Jt was impo.JmiUee,'to which the committee' would J a population whidh t waslohe 6f iho sible that they could have beeii decided call the attention of the Senate. principle objects of the treaty to relieve by any , committeo of .Congress or by - It eppearsthat certain individuals, of-would greatly retard the "im tlie -Treasury Department, with adue influenced by a desire of gain have as- P"?vement and prosperity if the States regard to what might be considered an gociateif themselves into combanies with -would be an act of injustice to many of witiea to reservations unaer ana oy economy 01 ume anu exnease, or a pro- divisions into what thev are nleased to settlers who are eauued to pre-emp- K M proywon of the 14th articw of per respect for. the convenience of the Pa1i rnrl lions, of which they would be deprived, I i'ut treaty, having complied on their i claimants Uicmsclves. ,These claims to m- trifli 1 and would, in the end. Dlace the Indian Vart m ith all the requisitions of that reservation, set up by soruc of the Choc- m W ft iwir tnHinm' and hiihself, id ninety-nine cases in a hun- .i W 1 a 1 m B w mmkk , fvauiuiivuivi mo iuisianuw uiw iuuian, uu inn, iivm ro nuuiwr ui 1 through tlie agency and instrumentality ure,Ji t" Uihi State of Mississippi, and memo them which can, by any possibility,' be 0r these Derions. the scent of tho Gov. were to Vials of. many of the citizens of that uuat, nor from any of tho other consider- rnmpnt: hw antwlnt minntrmt'mn I sy 16 I p'tatc, in relation h these claims, to-1 ations alluded io, req ure that a, board I Qf the order of the Prpidnt nf tha IL I or 1 - z - 1 l a m t v . 1 a i. pncfjiththetestunonya wi States," has been induced to withr mch the legislature of tlial State,; tlicm. v At4 there axe other considera- hold from the Ute public sales in MissisV hiv vaviwiou vi m J i' li fiiu.vnyui iiaiai vui ,w wvw twu 1 gpp ana 1300018, Oil f llOrlTiOUS CUillT a worse. condition than it he remain with his tribe. It is eat i oresee that these whito1 persons; agents, as they stvle themselves, will. in the event of 6ncccss, give to, each of these Indian claimants a meagre sup port and a residence upon tha knd urt- Indian a substential benefit, of which he would have but a poor prospect, un der present circumstances, if land should be given nominally to him but in reality lor the use and benefit ol bis white gents. It would remove all inducement to fraud and perjury, of which there is great danger, iri holding out jogreedy speculators the prospect of tho immense .gain to be derived." froroaoquisition of valuable land at a price merely nominal : it would avoid the injustice to the Gov ernment of selecting the most valuable poruon oune puouc aomain. ucu 01 lands upon' which the Indians! lived, whxh, it is generally known, n the poorest quality, and would be most on ducive to the interests of the States in terested. The committee are,! there- . fore, of opinion that it is not expedient to create a board for adjustment of theso claims not heretofore presented,-- and, have reported a resolution to that effect. ;;They have also examined the cases submitted, with a reference to the' prin ciples before laid down and will report a bill for the relief of those who appear,1 by testomony, to be entitled securing . to them lands of equal value, where 1 those to which they were entitled have been sold, and guarding the rights of all . others who ,may j be interested ; for iP . would not bd ust, in doing equity to the -Indians, to deprive others of their rights. Resolved, That it is not expedient to granj so much of the prayer of the pctf. . tion and memorials as prays for a' ere1 ' ation of a board to determine' on' tho ; v claims to reservations . under the lato' r treaty with the"Xhoctaw-Indians, at'. Dancing Rabbit, oi 27th September, A. CliesolvedS That all claims herelofofo '- I to tin ur eoe of bojt npcteuCi j or k inicala ' "i i I1HI avl jftcrihe pablic intereit, have thought j tlie witnesw examined bf "a coaynittee utyofianduppcd largely to exceod1.10 e,K five years. The . Indian I f4 to hate taken and submitted for the! of tha Lccislatunl of the Slate of Mis-1 I will be nominally, in Dosscssion. ' while I I , . .I . . I VUU llitUIVtl Wl MVV I v M. ISW VrVtflllJttfcVW . ' " . . . . . f ironsmcration ii tongress; nnamg.on 1 sissippi, tnaer meir oracr. ana reierrea 1 have not been able to ascertain the pre-106 ocneni is 10 00 received oy omen, jtiam'uution, that all the questions ari vr . '.. 1... . . 1 1 imw nmn inn niMiiinn. rnniiiiumaj inaa . I I ' 1 u' r-u, ni ve a common origin, re- .if ta iho tame subject, and are in -aid f xfjfmectedY have codsjdercd e rao-Jfoinily. and reDortt" liiaiuc ijul mcv uaic ihj uuuul iual aa. 1 m : - - . 1 -r- it would not, under present circumstan- will not fall short of the quantity above 1 to transfer his title in pursuance of ccs,dojuuicious. ; v r,A stated;" The terms upon which then jF!BWII aireauy enieiw, imo. saow Tm rnmmitl havA - thrpfnrA nrrk. I tvrsnnt have contracted fnf . thpse disproportionate the price agreed to be " -.w. 1 " T I J 1 .1 f . " - -.a presented U Congress, under the 14th i article of th? treatyi which may appear to be just, and where the land has been sold, a compensation should be paid m money. , t , , 'v.j, - COMMUMCATIONS. V ' SPEECHES OP MESSRS. FISHER & IIENDER. SONVATITTSBORO. 'lllL'I i , . - .. . . i . f I ,'?TJ kwi of hiknd to which fcrcnt claims of. the petitioners, and all quitaUe,) are most duadvantageous to real value of the land, may learned Mr, Edit or ; As 1 know it will bo IlutWan'd memorialshavero-those on file in the. War Department, thelndians.' It appcari by the tcstimo. from the fact Uiat this land, wiU cost interesting to your readers, 1 wdl givo r r b.sre predicated on the 14:hr-land io allow alUf them which,from ny, that they have agreed with the In- these purchasers of Indian reservations you a short sketch of the bpceches of S ofUie tVeatyof DancingJUbbitllhe testimony, apncaiv to have equity.- dians to pay them 1or one-half the qua o- W .Jre, in the event of the candidates at Putsboroon the 4th, J fifdu1 ickdO iwiit ithoChoetaw, on thoiln doing, Uii it became necessary to tityofland which they 'may secure, at thcsetliims being confirmed. This is and shaU take them in the order in which .ndVc o September, Al D. 1830, and raMasccrtafo what are, the .rights' of the iraiofjoneoJlaillj facuiiLgxvfn ; nf thu specubiionV ihepverr?hTcred andAftj i . . m . fc li v yr-j-.-ii.:. 1 .... .'?u l TnTT t,, k,ir ,irZ7 bv witnesses of indisputable . credibility, This mnt eman commenced bvte mir rtTJiiisr", ;i Xhm rd ofp'0! .cn to lUi r.. M anticipa itions. f'ir to licalih." aintwhi anproachi w-jjeldoj; slrcngin llic organ' nofdiscaf . to reus' 'ines.v.hea dircctionji vrai aodl new health 1 iFFltr. I 0. 1S31, which, article is in the I L "Enc-h f hoctaw. hktl of a being desirous to remain and pme a citizen of tlie States, shall be joined to do so by signifying his in- wa 10 tne agent within six months "t Ihe ratification oi this trcatv 1 and f she shall, thereupon, be entitled to reservation Nsndfortv I1 li sectional lines of survey ; in like f nricr shall be entitled to one half that 1',. , or each unmarried child which Vr nn mm over ten years 01 age the treaty above recited, by 0 just, and, nies are to receive tor what they are el the tame time, liberal interpretation of pleased to call their servicckVThii is it. .To constitute a eooxl and valkl clalm the arrangement, as they state it them- ,1.:. .rtinla i.f tha troatf. ihft frvU I & tfpa and it is mora than nrnhnhla UIIVIVl lilt. ftt... I .mm iivuiiiiv - - - I . , - t- 1 . I ! I L' " . 1 1 1 . -. i .1- f;n kr k .am. tUi tnanriM-4Ka Kninn nfl'..t. 1 which hnvn lnvn nld. and trt 'which it I exnhcillv his sentiments tO the DOODle. lOWinZ laClB, III WW VPIIIIUII WI UIW wui-I ! .,.i.ov uw.w vuv.v.- 1 -- . , t i t - erS VI I l ailVjiCU liJO VlHUlaW tlttlllllUUI ncigi UUII tuv "VIVwmvm v. ; w ..wvu...wv known to one of the members .of . the I the peoplQ that be had no doubt they had committee, oh the statement of thepec-1 already heard that he was a; Candidal uiaiors incmseives. ,. to represent them in the next Uongress. The lands asked for are in lieu of those That every Candidate ought to declare (hittce, must be established. edit a much lower rate. .' Pow I . !'i 1 ... L ... I J t. .1.. I :n m.ntiaA TU imntinn nf n'h. I .!!( n I'fTV lmnnrtnnt IflKt. . vi. v..n a.r.s4, ,nnw I n. pill m n n T i Hiiiirnpv 1 1 :i vi" iriTi ill im ill til 1 1 1 ll 1 1 i n ill tuuii w euuiicu. . m. uo k aiiuujt vi uui u i. v. . ... . . . .. I. II UlUSt Ol'lai nm iu iiiuiv.Mv, .......... ......... -r-f - . - o a - i l L IJL f I iUcali lnn'tc. in thn nlnro nf Ihnsft , anhl. the ttCODle. snOUld D6 VerV CarCIUl WaS, at tlie UIIIO Ul UlUIUtlll UK Wviy, I iiiwivwawiv, -n-iviiiv uvav I v. j .... f .,.-..- (---f -- , Choctaw head nf a family. , 1 . 1 claims, and to sell and 1 dispose of the would be in the shape of an- indemnity, tmgJor a man to represent thenv " . 4 . - L.ir .k- t-j:' ' ni nnn lui'i.n niwUa irt .litoin ht PisKpf nft trnk fl hsstv review Km i a m rxnnn aa innr rtAinrr riiw r i iiriii iiniiiii tifii an 1 1 iit rill i;iiix. in . nil v i ia uui uun ariaiiz l'uoiuiu v wtau a vv - " " " rtrra! . .A . . l " "r , T; . i f y ;.JLV:L;t... - .: I--:-: AV.,n... r i a,a m.mi. I iwinnw mnit ! nnv nnpn innsA nnri i in winrii incv sunousts uiov .wera tuni I ui itm auu iiiaiui t vi iu iiC UiU VILUI- I IliWIIUVi ...... v..-. i . . tied. Choctaw head of a family, fv his intention to become a ll dian the time prcscr siznt cjtUen of may think pr per. Not satisfied with f a quarter section to such child as prior to the 21sf of Augi j, unacr ten years of .age, to ad- tha location of the parent If they "upon said land intending to be- - - iiiii ti aira ana ilka fter the ratification ol this treaty, ,u case a mant of fro almnlo shall aid reservation shall include n,Y improvement of the . head a ponion.oi ii. rcrsons 110 Gam) Ullder thi. art'lo .hull not a. l "f ia atv auaii tav py privilege of a Choctaw citizen, i is...... i... n .M.liii.iina t inn In. Iiliic 'Ia thm nrniitnhlfl ' BrrantTflmftnt I iXecuilVe nas 001 U16 DOWer 10. ailOl 0 Oiawa, uv uu mmuuh . v . - t , 1 7. l i" J. .i. ' 1 .1. kJ trt rmtnr h i nimit u Ihin with nil UM lodjans Who CO'Jia be louno ouier lanus w uicni any muiu w ?VMW ,Vi'7V" T7' 77 -j; .f .l: l:... at:..: : I... 5dn5f Athnr Indiriduala who nf I UCU .1(1 Ilia HCalV. iui uh iuih eiuw vi wiw inn .uigoi.jiupi . . ' I . . " ii !..n. . and that in vo Mr. of tho v Federal and Under these circumstances the J Republican patties of tho country, and said that be belonged to the latter, no , next said that as regarded the opinions t himself and his opponent, they agreed in some things,, for instance they were , .uv . , i V 7 . ' . -, ill. . , - i . .i r . V .am. I.I- L. ....IhAt. Miiit.lila .l.lml An , Ima I . rivpm. usu A. JU. tool. I mese companies nave scm ageuu amuua i " v vuti ... , ... ...... - - - . .P. : i j r .i.- k- :n i imint. nn neemmt of land claims, out ot I both V hisrs. anu inai in omtra iiiey uii" :l ii must artDcar inai such uuu v uivw wuiuu, uu uui w umuw vi "! - - , o . . e . :VPr,: "! J J. t in. .h th,;r .tinulntmn, . of tho rcatv. irone tho public domain. Application u there- fered as far as the poles, for that hewas laiiiuv, iiau uiw iiuiv vi iiiumim r r - - . . . 1 . r treaty, within the terntor a improvemeni, inasmuc Hon must, by the terms inlitil(i Mihn imnrnvement of iUM If there was no Improvement, numbers, for the purpose of setting up individuals wew entit there would bo nothing to'which this ihcso claims, which they themselves other lands id lieu of provision f the treaty could attach, or had never thoughtpf previously to their j by which the locality of the reservation could be fixed. '7'" ., V..l4'-,-, m f a ol them cannpt be a just .compensation removal' It also companies, in order appears that these lis all tfeat can be claimed. 'Compt:sa to quiJt any oppo-tion in money has frequently been is3 i ? op-niuiis J.i cctiy opposed to each othfir . irf iJio Nirth rxa the South. Jtor in-- Utinc.sAtJw, Johritinincy Adams of Ui North is Federalist, is m lavor ot . '--. 1 f . . ' ' -- -- - d ? ' 'l.t ; ; (-,.--: ;', k "
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