The Cherokee Advocate. (Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 51, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 28, 1877 Page: 1 of 4
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TERMS: — ONE DOLLAR A Y KAli
lSVAh’UHLr IS AI FAXl’K
Uok ui Jok Work Xal a SpolaUj
Addra-s
W ? B0US1B0T
Kdltor
Pit OF K a S' ION AL
tR W T A I) Aik
rnmuiiinn west
VISIT C N
DR L S ARNOLD
MUSICIAN AND SURGEON
Ylnlta - f
MeuiiKea left at tbe Railroad Dotal will re-
ceive prompt attention 48-tf
CAMPBELL A II CORK
PtLyslolans
Wzbbzr’s Falls - C N
Promjit attention to mex'-ngcs loti
either At Jno Cobb’s residence at
Webber's Falls or at Dr Campbell's
residence on the other side of the
river n39
ATTORNEY’ 8
H BB STAPLER
ATTORNEY AT LAW
89 ST PAUL STREET 88
BALTIMORE MARYLAND
Practices in tho Courts of the Stnte
of Mar land and the District of
Columbia and beforo the De
partmonts at Washington
Claims against the government
for pensions bounties horses sup-
plies etc promptly attended to
n40 tf
QUARLES watie
ATTORNEY
AT LAW
IMTi C N
Will practice in the court of the Cherokee
hation
CollectUua and all legal mnttera entrusted
te hi charge will be promptly attended to
JOHN VAXN
ATTORNEY AT LAW
TAl EQUAH C N
Will piacticu In all the court of the ( her
ekeo Nation Wilt make collections and at-
tend to claim nltf
J
SOLICITOR GENERAL
roll TUG CHEROKEE NATION
W E BURK'S KALI S C X
fl DUE NQK
5itfy at Law
tour GIBBON C N
Collection ami alf legal matter cnti uslod
U hi charge will bo promptly attended to
J
M BKLL
ATTORN KY AT LAW
IN HA I X
Will praitueiu I hoc juris o iheLherokee
ation
I ellection and ill legal matter cutiuitud
le Ini charge w ill ba prompt! aticuled to
ttttllhlU
B
ATTORNEY AT LAW
run c k
WlU pranlce iu the Supreme and other
urta of the Xatiou Collections made and
promptly remitted
T BOl DIXOT
ATTORNEY AT LVW
TAUI Equal! c s
Will practice in all the court oftha Cliero-
keo Nation and in ’be S District court
Fort Smith
C Elections and all Irgu mute r aulruste I
In hla care will receive prompt attention
J1APTAIX JACKSUX
Atty at Law
PORT OIBSOX C E
WU practice In the court ofthe Cherokee
Nation
Collection and all legal mailers entrusted
his charge will be promptly attended to
L G MILLER
ATTORNEY AT LAW
WiU praetiea In all tbs sonrts of tbs Cha-
kae Xstion
Collections made and promptly remitted
OfKec at re si dense two ullos east of Cbo-
Uan Station C X
tsddlrry and Harness Sbop
A TVL T1MBERLAKE Prop’r
Yinita C N
Keeps constantly on hand a large
and varid aaortment of saddles bri-
dles stirrups btfggy whips "bridle
bits Uarnesn ntode to order and
on short notice Repairing done on
short notice and at reasonable rates
22-tf
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
names or omcna or the cherokeb
NATION WITH ADDRESS ATTTACHKD
BXECVT1VS MWWmilT
ChM Tbompooe Frindpai Cbtel
Tahleqoah C 31
David Bows Aaalotant Chlaf
Ltsint Unn C X
D W Buahyh— iL'Traaaurw
FLGibwa CX
J A BeniM EoUettor Soeond
W abbarsFaUa
am net SUUUar High sheriff
- TaUeqnah C X
Stand Gray Auditor ef onsait
Tiblsqaak C X
’ maTin ouncu
- B Bunch 1 DllWai Addrasfc
r Jno UsWsb I Tmhlequmh
‘ Johnson Spade J Chorokeo Katina
WLO M Uier bnmlit Secretary
- - Tnktrgnnh G S
Htraan Inndnsn
tMln Chnroknn Nation
snisim
TohM-riah Pirirtrt UcnrirBnraa
TahWq’safcC X
folio IMotrhV - Jmwoo W irklida
tis Gees C JL
Uir Dwiid JianTioniT
- A’ i ur Ark
PUBLISHED BY THE
VOL 1
Going Buake District
Flint District
Scqllo) h Dltrlrt
Illinois District
Jack Wright
Cincinnati Ark
Ia-oulda L) nch
b!an Ills Ark
John Oiiuti-r
Fort Smith Ark
Dowdy Rogers
Ft Gibson C N
Coow ecseoowec District Wm McCracken
Clarmorc C X
Canadian District Jell Uoan
M rhhers Fall
DEPARTLKNT
JUDICIAL
81'fltEME COURT
JolmT Adair Chief Justice
Ktaast ille Ark
Hlehard Fields Associate -lust Ice
' Muskogee C N
John Ijmdrum Associate Justice
I lultaC X
CtltCl'IT COl'IlT
Joel 11 May us Judge Northern Judicial Cir-
cuit Cboteau C N
M Walker Judge Middle Judicial Cir-
cuit Ft Gibson U N
Dev I Toney Judge Southern Judicial Cir-
cuit Kufhla 0 X
1I STRICT JlIHIKS
Tahlciiuab District James Hendricks
Table-quail C N
Saline Klowte
JjOiut (J rOe C N
Coowoevkoow ce Distriit tharlo Roger
Cboteau C N
Delaware district
VinitaC N
Going Sunko District
Cincinnati Ark
Flint District 8 Adair
Kvansslllc Ark
Sequotab District Kisekiel Starr
Sallsaw C N
Illinois District Geo Sanders
Ft (tlbjsouC X
Canadian District A Woodall
IV ebbers alls
SOLICITORS'
Tnhlcquah District
Ralino District
Wm Trlplcttc
Tablcqnab C X
Locust (rove C N
Coow ccscoow ce District duo tirass
Clnrcmoru C X
Delaware Dial rl t
V imta C X
Going Snake District
Cincinnati Aik
Flint District
KvapsTillu C X
Sequoyah Clstrkt C hi-elil
Ft Smith Ark
Illinois District Joe Young
sallsaw C X
Canadian DltricJ Win Payne
Webbers Falls
1 1ST OF CLERKS
Tabloquah District 1 R Illcks
Tnhlcquah C
Saline District Joe Ross
Locust Grove C X
Coow ecscoewee District D V Lipe
Clareinorc C X
Delaware District C M Cunningham
A inita C X
Going Hnako District Bon Goss
Kvanwlle C X
Flint District Sander Chote
Kvansvillc C X
Sequoyah District J II Al( xander
Ft smith C
Illinois District Geo Benge
Ft Gibson C X
Canadian District Herman Vann
Webbers Kail C X
Tlp t IH'tl rTT
- SEESTP
P Dat is Pro dgut
Muacogoa C X
Tabltquah District
fealino IHatrict
Wm Hendricks
Kli SpeurN
Geo Clai k
Hope Campbell
llcurv C’humbor
Ina rtFl
Hen Luiuimui
Moses Khlgc
Hen Hobbtux
U Hird
ilno Komi
Jackxon ChrUtv
m Cluimbera
Hufiifl Adair
Honch ouug
il Hengo
Hi Idei brand
! P Dai In
C B Bell
l Tbuuipion
oi
Oowecscoowoo
Ii‘lawaie District
Clolng onako DiatricL
njbtlUitrlcL
Sequoyah District
HlitioU Wstrictyjjr
im adiaa DtocL
( lrka Senate
M 11 INKH
Lacv Hinkini apnukei
i'ahicfiuah Dutrlct
IMthard Glory
flan cliriaty V
( 1ms l’ooi'bcar ) Flint Diattnt
-Joieph Scabolt
Jeinie itnldridge
J Walknijfhtkk
Snnkf Girty
Jno Seller
Thoa Watti
Wm Aonng
D ii Roi
Jno Muaacll
Wallace Vann
Jamea Sbcltoft
K B Rom
Ned Grcaac
Sequoyah DUlrtcL
Canadian Dialrict
Illinois District
Joseph Brown
Oae Hair
Tahlsqusb District
Tboa Hatchett
Jeaalc Thompson
Looney Riley
Jno Bullet
Coowoescoowoo
W A Daniel
Coffee Woodall
Aaron Tanner
Flyer
Delaware District
Watt Christy
Jno Shell
Jobn Williams
Flits Uogncr
Goins Snaka District
Lacy Hawkins
C It Bird -OoTOusuttoh
I Saline District
THE LAW OF HORSE HIRE
Tbo Rural San has the following:
— It has boen decided that when a
horse or carriage ia let eat for hire
for the purpose of performing a par-
ticular journey the party letting
warrants tbe carriage fit and compe-
tent for such a journey If the
hirer treats the hone or carriage as
any prudent man would do be is
not answerable for any damage that
either may receive bnt he must use
tbe hone for the purpose for which
he hired him For instance a hone
hired fbr saddle must aot be sed in
harness If the hirer violates this
express condition of the contract
be is liable for any damage that
may occur - If the bone is stolen
through the hirer’s negligence nch
as leaving the stable door open all
night be meat answer for it bnt if
he is robbed by highwaymen white
travelling the usual road at usual
hour he cannot be held for dam-
ages ’ At these questions are fre-
quently in dispute these decisions
may be interacting
Among tbe Icctunue ia the north
west this season is said to be a
grandson ol Tcrumsch tbe Shawnee
chief who was killed ia tbe war of
181” — Caddo News
Slock of ail kinds in the Indian
Territory has been on tbe decrease
tram year to year ever since the
war — Star Vindicator
Tbe Rev S D HioJatan of the
Santee Indian Ageot-y Nebraska
ia ia tbe Osage country
CHEROKEE NATION
TAHLEQUAH CHEROKEE NATION INDUN
A MIRACULOUS CURE-
Mrs ROBIXSOX TrLM TUB STORY OF
HER RESTORATION ‘ YO HEALTH-
IIOW SHE KNELT AND PRATED AND
AROSE WHOLE 8PEAKINO AND WALK-
ING From the Chicago Tribuno
The Rev Arthur Mitchell star-
tled tho Audionce at tho noonday
prayor-meoting last Tuesday hy ci-
ting a marvelous caso of answer to
prayer That gentleman’s story
was to tho effect that a lady in tins
city who was afflicted with a most
severe stroke of paralysis had in
direct answer to hop prayors been
made whole Some natural doubt
of course arose in mauy minds —
not ns to the gentleman's veracity
but rathor as to tho idea that a mir-
acle should happen in this nine-
teenth century when nearly ever’
body supposes or did suppose until
thou that the age ot miracles was
past and gone Mr Mitchell also
stated to a reporter for tho Trib-
une that he would in duo thre tell
him where to find tho subjoct of
this most marvelous cure and that
ho would then got the story front
her own lips Tho only reason
Mr Mitchell had for not disclosing
tho lady’s name and residence at
that tiire was that she was at pres-
ent suffering from tho effects ot a
fall on the ice recoivud about threo
months ago and sho was fearful
that sho would be inndo worse hy
thn rush of curiosity-sookcrg who
would probably flock to hoar her
story The reporter hoard yester-
day howovcrall he desired to know
and last evening called upon the la
dy shortly alter tea and submits to
kl A 1 A u ni JIV nLtllvinA
the readers ot tho Tribuno
The statement she had to make
s it tame from her own lips Out
of respect to her expressed w ith
not to publish tho number of her
residence on State Street the re
portor simply states that her name
Is Mrs Janetto M Robinson and i
that sho lives on Slate Street not
very far from Van Biiron with her
on a gentleman in tho employ ot
one of the railroads of this city 1
Mrs Robinson was feeling quite t
well for an invalid lust evening nl-
though sho is compelled to keep hor j
ljai 1 l-iii1
bod As sho progressed in tho fol-
lowing narrative nml ln’mliullv
came to the crisis of her story her
taco lit up with an' expression of the
most fervid religious aenl and any
one could see that her thanks to
God ciiuiQ deep from her liourt
“f hnda -fafr afro unlit tTt Aitgmf?1
18fl7 juKtl gi-niiqs-off a street ear
Xbe result ot this inTT was a set ore
srtoko of paralysis from which 1
suffered for seven long years My
whole loft sido was paralyzod and
my friends and physicians ndvisod
me to take a trip to tho country to
see if that would have any influence
on mo The doctors had all given
mo up and told told mo thoro was
no hopo tor mo Every thing had
been done that medical aid and ad-
vice eold!Uggt£ADr D A Cc!-
ton was my attending physician
and be had torhis counsel DrAShip-
man Lnddlo and others My jaws
wero set so tight that they ’had to
be priod open with n cork about an
eighth of an inch thick and all the
food I took I had to tako in liquid
form through a tube Well Jas my
physicians said they could do noth-
in more for me I went East as they
advisod me to do 1 went to stay
with somo relatives at Riga N Yi
a small town near Rochester My
general health gained but mv par-
alysis did not gain any I kept
about tho same being obligod to
fet around with crutch and cane
got no better and no worse and
I didn’t doctor any as the physi
c'ans said there was no uso in it
But shortly after my arrival there
I saw a physician Dr Craig think-
ing it was barely possible he might
do something for me but be told
me he could not and he wouldn’t
tako my case in his bands lie had
examined my jaws and said they
never coaid 'opened since they
had become callous from long dis-
use He dociared that there was no
physician who could help me and
I was as one without hope The ex-
tent of the p&ralyBis was such that
when they stuck needles in my flesh
it had no effect whatever and I
wouldn’t have known they were
doing it if I hadep’t seen them
Well it was getting on towards the
end of the seventh year of my par-
alysis when offe oay the 2!tb of
July 1871 — how well 1 remember
it! — I was feeling quite badly I
knew I wasn’t getting any hotter
and began to think that I was
just entering upon the eigthth year
and I was just as 1 was before I
was reading I remember in the
twenty-fint chapter of Matthew and
and I stopped at this verse: “All
things whatsoever ye ask and pray
believing ye shall reeeivo” That
is just as it reads It struck me so
forcibly —that passage did — that I
oouldnl read any more I thought
God just said loess words and I
laid hold on them J thought God
could help me After I read that
passago and studied on it I then
’'thought I should pray to God for
help because He save He wiir give
and I thought that I would - wrestle
till morning inprayer in imitation of
Jacob to see what tbe Lord would
do for me I prayed mentally that
He might restore my health and I
made up my mind to pra all night
as Jaooe dtd and mayb I weald
get the bloesing before morning
After 1 bad decided oa that point
as 1 was tilting oo tho chair 1 left
such a strong impression to kneel
sad pray 1 vrus still prating In
my imo'l £ 1 coal-1 not tajV bat 1
didn't obey Il4 first call Tbe ins-
presojoD howwrrhtoi to strong I
AT ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE FREE
the second time — much stronger
than the first — to kneel nml pray
that I thought it was a call front
God just as Samuel was called I
felt that God called me 1 Jtovor
felt such an impression beloPc I
wont to tho foreside of tbe bed
took mj crutch and pulled th® -pillows
on the floor and kpoeled
tiow n on them I said just as Sam-
uel said ‘Lord here am I What
will thou have me do?’ Then 1
prayed that tho Lord might remove
my afliction and restore me to
health All this time I prayed in
niy mind but all at oncotho bless-
ing came ‘
My jutvs gave such a Bnap and
my tongue give a leap My jiaws
snapped ns though they had Tbro-
ken and so loud that you oould
hear it in tho next room - Those
strange thrills went Mil through mo
right down to my toos Tho first
thing I heard was the sound of a
voice in the room I knew Ihcro
was no one in it but ny8elft but
still I heard a voice 1 opened my
eyes to see who was in the room
and I found I was all alone Itiil
heard the voice and I put my l)Ad
up and put it right if botwoon i my
tooth and I found tint it was in-
deed my own voice and thatlwpk re-
peating the Lord’s prayer When
I fel t that niy prayer was answered
I remembered that I was asking for i manifest in tho flesh — as if tho re-
the blessing and it had come’ 1 j freshing power of grace had come
felt that all tho contracted ipoleh I from heaven Oh w hat a friend wo
and
so
for his goodness to
nerve and muscle seemed t® floel
touched with the divine pow®!1 that
imparted strength and atstivitjf to
id tho jaws and tonguo gavrwny
i that I could talk and ptiM$’!!Jpd
! evtry oran jn my wholo System
i m V W A IF t f I II
It continued so mid I found 1 cbuld
talk as well as ever Wbon Iifelt
that the Lord had heard mo jthat
my message had reached liis heav-
enly mind and had brought down
tho blessing I laid my head otu ho
bod and wept for joy as I thought
ot wlijit ho lmd dono for mo Thon
1 1 aroso from my knees and Vent
1 across tho room almost to the door
of tho next room beforo 1 f'elt‘-that
I lmd no crutch or cuno to support
me : -
Finding that I was alono l Atop-
pod and I saw that my liaiidwhtctt
K tnnAr Vi u
imd betoie this boon turned ll by
as my-)6b
was straight and I could my
hnudtVccI und I walked fight
along intb the othor "'TeOpT '
tho woman that used -to jpot- 1
the paralysis as woll
laAnajk'Y--
ilu w bile bofoi-W I had- W no
bad ly that I oenlillt'tAtic (a be--1
now walked in and callqd hor uame
nud ns soon as she saw mei she
couldn’t walk a shop: abo wossQ per-
fectly overcome with wonder that
sho couldn’t move or ’speak' She
said to mo What has happened to
you? and I told herto-como and
see what tho Loid had dine for me
She came in and I showed her my
limb my arm my teeth mi tongue
and I could talk jilst as woll as sho ‘
could 1 frightoued the woman so
much she was just as Btill as a ghost
I then walked across the street to
my neighbors and told thorn what
had happened repeating tho Lord’s
pra er They wore os much over-
come at hearing me speak as the
woman had been And they all
wept just as 1 did for joy I told
my relative that ii he would got his
buggy and take mo to his father
and mother I should have them
hear mo talk before anybody told
them of it Within an hour after
I talked 1 was two milos and half
away bearing tho news and the
next day able to clean iny room
I went to church Sunday and on
Monday 1 did my washing I felt
as if I was perfectly well that I was
a new woman My health cqntinu-
od to grow better until the present
injury which I received about sev-
en weeks ago on returning one
night from the Tabernacle whore I
bad attended many of the meetings
I am just as smart now on my feet as
I ever was and I would be up if I
hadn’t sprained my hip in that fall
on the ice” -
“Do you know Mr Moody?1
“Yes but I am not personally ac-
quainted with him” v
“You never told him of yomr
wonderAil eure did you or he
would have said something about it
in his sermons on ‘Faithr "
I have seen him oftenbut I nov-
or hod a ohanoe to tell him of this”
“To what church do ' yen belong
Mr Robinson?”
“To tbe First Presbyterinnjind I
hope I have been a good y Christian
now for thirty-fire yean Ur Hum-
phrey tbe former pastor can® several
times to see me during my paralysis
and before and Mr Mitchell and
several others have boon to see me
They used to dome to administer
communion to me in my room daring
the earns time when I was suffering
from paralysis Amor others
who knew me and have been to eee
me during my paralysis and since
then are Mr D H Pearsons Mr
Bonfield one of the elders ot the
church Mrs Far Ian and her sister
Mrs Biseell and a number of oth-
ers allot whom have boon so kind
tome” - - 5
‘Had you been undergoing any
nnusdal excitement just before tbie
cure ‘occur rod?” ’
“Not at all I was doing nothing
fbr myself at all because 1 was told
that it would do ao good I exjfect-
ed to lire all my lifetime as a per-
slylie fot as I was Jbo only re
sort I bad when ail iither phyal-
clans garo me nji was to Him who
can prrsenbe for ilklkat ne other
doctor can understand and I
ed to Him and lie h®rd me”
“iraalhmthsfirM ol
1 lifwl rvM V 4 M-tta I
yea hri rv hl
TERRITORY WEDNESDAY
“Yos sir When I read this pas-
sage although I hud read it hun-
dreds of times boforo I was impress-
ed at once to pray to God to heal
me I boliovo God directed mo to
that passage and IIo hom'd my pe-
tition 1 thought that when Christ
performed llis curcB lie almost al-
ways used some menns at hand and
I regarded my prayer and the
Word of God ns the means”
“You regard your euro then us
a direct anRWor to prayer?’1-
“I have told you just as it hap-
pened and there were no othor
means used”
What docs Dr Colton say about
it?’
“Ho thiflks it is a most wonderful
Cure and a direct answer to prayer
Dr Colton is n good Christian man
and boliuves in pm er Oh I fool
this momontasl folt then but it I
should tako my pen in my hand
and uso niy mind and niy best
language they would ull be
infinitely too poor to discribo tho
joy 1 folt I seem to feel this
moment that hallowed influence
but 1 nover could toll you if I wits
to sneak from one week to tho oth-
er I nevor could praiso God onough
for it and thank ilim for it It is
beyond tho powor of tongue and
pen to discribe 1 felt us I rend that
passftgc that God was indeed made
lmo in Jesus Him wlo give us
that privilege that He will tarry
all our sorrows and will hour ail'd
answer our prayers! and et peoplo
are so slow to believe mid w lien wo
— I suppose 1 huve done it a
iiuod times mTself — we hardly
believo what wo aro prn mg and
right thoro’s whoro wo don’t get the
blessing”
WALT WHITMAN
PANE-
At a public mooting in Philadel-
phia on the night ot January 28 in
memory of Thomas Paine’s 140th
birthday Walt Whitman made
thoio remarks:
Somo thirty-fivo ream ago in
Now Yoi'kUity at Tammany hall
Of which place 1 was then a
‘frequenter 1 hnpponed to become
?"uito well acquainted with ThoniAS
nine’s perhaps ipost intimate chum
and certainly in later years very
frequeni companion a ronuirkably
f i old tnan Col Fellow s who may
i remembered by soipq stray
etibNErfoaytodand flUttL - -
of eur inti
Atioagof bur interviews he gave
me a 'turegtd'gpcqnrffof PuhtH’s sic!6
-Tims- amt IeaihfH'‘-8hor fi om
these talks I was and am satisfied
that my old friend with his marked
advantages had mentally morally
emotionally gauged the author of
? Common Sonso and besides giving
Ine a good portrait of his uppear-
fcneo and tnannors had taken the
h-uo measure not only of his oxter-
lr but interior character Puino’s
practical demoanor and mnch of his
theoretical belief was a mixturo of
tho French and English schools of a
century ago and the best of both
Like most old fashioned people he
drank a glass or two every day but
was nc tippler intemperate letting
alone being a drunkard llo livoa
simply and economically but quite
woil:J was always cheery and cour-
teous perhaps occasionally a littlo
blunt having very positive opinions
npon politics religion and so forth
That he labored well and wisely for
the States in the trying period of
their parturition ana in the seods of
their character there seoms to bo no
question I dare not say how mnch
ef what our Union is owning and
enjoying today — its independence
its ardent bolief in and substantial
practice of radical human rights
and the severance of its government
from ail ecclesiastical and supersti-
tions dominion— 1 daro not say how
much of all-this is owing to Thos
Paine bnt I am inc ined to think a
good portion of it is
t But 1 amlot going either Into an
aaslyri or eulogium of (be many I
wanted to cany you back a genera-
tion or two and give you by indirec-
tion a iqoment’s - glance— and also
to ventilate a very earnest and I be-
live anthentio opinion nay convio-
tion of that time the fruit of the interviews--1
have mentioned and of
questioning and crow-questioning
clenched by my best information-
since that Thomas Paine bad a no-
ble personality as exhibited in pres
ence fkce Jvoioo dress manner
and wbat may be called bis atmos-
ihereAnd magnetism epoeially in tbe
ater years ot bis life I am sure of
it Of the foul and foolish fictions
yet told about thr circumstances of
bis disease the absolute foot is that
as be lived a good life after its kind
be died calmly and pnitosophioally
as became nlm lie served the
embryo Union with most precious
service — a service that every man
women and child in our thirty-
eight States is to some extent re-
eoiv'ng the benefit of to-day— and I
for one here cheerfully ana rever-
ently throw my pebble on the cairn
of his raomoiy 1 As we all know'
tbe season demands-— or rather will
it erer be out of eoasonf— that
America leant to better dwell on
her choicest passion' the legacy qf
her good and faitbftu men— that she
wilt preserve tbeir fame if unqnee-
tioned— er if need L® that she fail
not u dissipate whet clouds have
intruded on that fame and burnish
it newor truer and brighter contin-
ually Cantata Yana of tire Cberukccq
oaca had a stram boat built in Cio-
daoalt ULk The bl was coital
j u p tbe
I fijirat nj nl fro lirrra
TO THOSE WHO READ
FEBRUARY 2j) 1377
PETER PITCHLYNN CHIEF
OF T1IE CIIOCTAV8 '
From tho Allantio Monthly
When Mr Cltnrlo Dickens
first
visited this country he met upon
a steamboat on tho Ohio River a no-
tod Choctaw chief with whom ho
had tho pleasure of a long ron versa-
tion In the “American Notes” wa
find nit agrconhlo account of this
interview in which the Indian is
described as n roinurkahly handsome
man and with his black hair aqui-
line nose broad check bones sun-
burnt complexion and bright dark
and piorcing eye ni stately und com-
plete a gentleman of nature’s mak-
ing as the author evor bchuld That
man was Peter F Pitchlynn Of
all the Indian tribes which acknowl-
edge the protecting taro of the
American government thero are
notio that command more respect
than tho “Choctaws and among
thoir loading mon there is not ono
more deserving of notice by tho
public at large than the subject of
this paper Merely as a romantio
story the leading incidents of his
lifo cannot but be read with itorest
nnd as n contribution to American
history obtained front the man him-
self they are worthy of being re-
corded His father was a wliito m n of
fighting Block noted for his bravery
and forest exploits nnd mi Interpre-
ter under commission from Gonoral
Washington while his mother was
a Choctaw- llo was born in the
Indian town Ol Hnsh-ook-wa now
Noxnboo County in tho Rtnte of
Mississippi January 80 1800 Tho
first duties he performed were thoso
of a cow-boy but whon old onough
to bond a how or hold a rifle to Ins
shoulder ho became a hunter In
tho councils of his tuition ho sorns-
tiinos made his nppourauco as a looker-on
and once whon a member of
tho triba who had been partially
educated in Now England whs seen
to writo a lottor to President Mon-
roo Pichlynn result od that he
would himself become a scholar
The school ncurost to Ids father’s
log-cabin was at that time two hun-
dred milos off among tho bills ot
Tennessee ml to that ho was do-
spatohod utter the usual manner of
such important undertakings As
tho only Indian boy in this school
he was talked about and laughed at
and within the first wook of his ad-
mission he found it necessary 10 give
the “bully" of the school a severe
j (Kfi1 jrttail- nT ‘ihit Atidt
plef bogotiatlng a treaty" witlf-thet
general government on which Joo-
casiop ho madolilmsolf notorious by
refusing to shako the bund of An-
drew Juokson tbe negotiator be-
cause in his boyish wisdom he con-
sidered tho treaty an fuipositfon'np-
on tho Choctaws Nor did ho ever
change his opinion on that sooret
His second stop id the path of Jedu-!
cation was taken at tho Academy
ofOolumbm in Tennessee aod bo
graduated at the University of
Nashville Of this institution Gen-
eral Jackson was a trustee nnd on
recognizing young Pitchlynn dur-
ing an official visit to tho college
he remembered tho demonstration
which tbo boy lmd mode on their
first meeting and by treating him
with kindness changed tho old fool-
ing of animosity to ono of warm
personal friendship which lasted
nntil tho death of the famous Tenn-
esseean On his return to Mississippi our
hero settled upon a prairie to which
his name was afterward givon and
became a farmer but arausod him
self by an occasional hunt for the
black bear Ho erected a comfor-
table log-cabin and having won a
faithful heart I10 caused his mar-
riage ceremony to be performed in
public and according te the teachings
of Christianity tbo Rev IV Kings
bury being the officiating missiona-
ry— mu lung "cod eared to tho
Southern Indiana and"dtnowir
“Father Kingsbury Aa Pitchlynn
was the first man among his poople
to set so worthy an example wo
must award to him the credit of
having given to polygamy Its death
blow in the Choctaw nation where
it had oxisted from tho earliest
times
Another reform ' Which young
Pitchlynn had the privilege and
sagacity to promote among hia peo-
ple was that of temperance wbioh
bAd for toms years been ad-
vocated by an Indian named David
Folsom In a troaty made in 1820
an article had been introduced by
tbs Choctaws thomsolvcs prohibi-
ting the sale by red mon as well as
whits men of spirituous liquors with-
in their borders but up to 1821 It
remained a dead letter During
that yeir the Council of tlm Nation
passed a law organising a oorps of
light horse to whom was assigned
the duty of closing all the dram
shops that could bo found carrying
on their miserabls traflek contrary to
treaty stipulations Tbe command
of this band was aosigned to young
Pitchlynn who was thereafter recog-
nized by the title of (Jbptain In one
year from tbs time hS aodertook
tbe difficult task of sxtsrmiaatiflg
tbs trafflo in liquor he had aaoeees-
fullv accomplished it Aaa reward
for nis eervices be waa elected a
member of the National Council
being the only y'ung man ever
thus booo red Hi Aral prupoeition
as a member ol the Council waa for
lbs establishment 1f s and
that tbs at a limit might bm-oras
familiar with lbs cetimt ef tbe
v lwlM it ai ilmjo 1 I hat Vt Iieni J
ba looted -b-r ie (lx r c-i J
Tbe C h xl the-
—
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CHEROKEE ONLY
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and supported -by the fUnds of
the nation' was lor ninny yours
nionumont of " thoir advancing
civilisation ' 5
- One of the Most important and
romantio incidents in Pitchlynn’s
caroor grow out of -tho policy 011
tho part oftnegoneral government
for removing the Choctaws Chick-
asaws and Crecks from their old
hnnting-gronnds to a 'bow location
wostqf tho Mississippi River At
the request and expense of tbo Uni-
ted States a delegation ' of Indians
was appointed in 1828 to go upon
im exploring and peace-making ex-
pedition into the Usage oonntry and'
of this party Pitohlynn was appoin-
ted the louder' Ho sdccoudod in
making a lusting peace with tho
Osngos who had doii tbe enomies
of tho Chootawa from time Im-
memorial The delegation consisting of six
persons— -two from each of the
throe tribes interested— was absent
from home about six months The
first town at which they stopped
was Memphis thoir noxt halt was
at St: Louis whore they wore sup-
plied with nocossaries by the lnd-
uian superintendent and thoir last
Indopoudenco which was then a
place of a doton log-cabins am
hero the party received special civ
ilites from a son of Daniel Boone
On lonviiig Independence the mem-
bers of the delegation nil well moun-
ted wore joined by an Indian agent
and thoir first camp on tho broad
nrairio and was pitched in thevicin-
tty of n Shawnee village This tribo
hud nover eomo in conflict with tho
Choctaws (though tho former took
tho sido of Greiit Britain ju the War
of 18124 ami according to custom
a council wa convened nnd pledges
of friendship were renewed hy an
exchange of wampum and tile deliv-
ery of spoochos :
After thoso coremonics a grand
Coast took placo at a neighboring
village on tne-following day -and
thou the expedition continued us
march toward the Osage country
For a time their course lay along
tho famous Santa Fe trail npd then
turning to the southwest they jour
noyed ovor a bcautiftil country of
roiling prairies ekirtod with ti mbor
until they cumo to tho Osqgo River
Tho' delegation canto to a halt with-
in n distance ot tho village but for
sovoral- duys tho Osage® showed
signs of their original enmity hm
refused to - mod the yotrangera Iq
council Itild h It wa well khowfi
that sovdralv Osnges bad recently
quite r apparent"' Tho delegation
however- proposed a treaty of ponce
and after a long dcluy the Osugos
agrceif to meot thorn in genera
oourfcd ' plum Captain Pitchlynn
stated that ho and Ms party the
first ChoeiAwswho had evor ‘met
the Osage with peatefnl intentions
lmd traveled ovse two thbushnd
miles byYno'AArtk United
States govecnfcent iiLorder to pro
pose to the Otoges a treaty ot per
potual poace
7b be Continued J
A BOTTOMLESS AND MYSTE-
RIOUS HOLE
GROUND
IN THE
h
Nearly fourteen miles on almost
a duvet lino southeast front this
piaoe there is a singular aud mys-
terious abysmal pit in tho ground
that possossos features strqngo and
inarvolotis We have stood upon its
brink and wondered whoro it could
end or what secrete ita bottom if
bottom it has conceals in darkness
forever from human view It is sit
iistod on a high bluff in a wild)
flinty locality tangled wtth vine
bramble briers bushes tress and
shrubbery on the waters of Dranks’s
creek below the mouth of Trammel
The aperture is a dark gaping hols
deft through the stony crags at
thm'jL V'tr — some time
cracked and spirfTffriTreoDcd
cdTlo
agony as though convulsion was
going on fhr below- Tbs opening
is somo ton fbet long and four fret
wide at the wlJost pert iu rocky
yawning lips being spread some-
thing in the shapo of a none collar
the apex so to speak pdinting west-
ward By asms of tbo pooplo in
that region it is known as “Jlell
Hole” while others cull it “Indian
Pit” One remarkable feature of
the abyss fs that there fsraee from iu
deep depths oessolcss a the rounds
of the seasons a voiumneof misty
vapor which especially on crisp
frosty mornings canbe seen ascend-
ing above the tree tope and floating
off on tho air whitened with rays
of the firing son Flint booldr
shaped stones and ethers worn hy
tbe friction of time to perfect round-
ness Era scattered pro'uaoly all
about the place as though thrown
high hy some unknown upheaval
aod showered baek like raiding
haii-etooee of all sizes and d men-
tions In th tell and 'winter
this fog volume is warmer than the
sotting blasts aloag tbe deep gorgs
tbrongh which fbr ages thesinram
far blow has rollod onward to
Mend deeper currents In tbeir Cow te
the ocean In snmmuKtbo mist is
cooler to-1 notblniriJIf so A-aa
Tho pit wider from tbs Inn t iu
downward euuraeSDiJ wxi be to any
living thtagonno ivi'bair! tbrn 'i
ite dark month Tnjw a S-riuuir
or tone Inin il 1 wot lb
rbT or
wLit rr il wnL — -
s -arty ot r- Kr
f 1 1 -h-irr- I 11
t”nn I r
111 ii-’
t
W K i
'iirii I
On itollor jmt inWir (wllu-ow
and titty ivnu i or nquar f ut uiit uui
Iturrtlono
A qnr In elf" I II w ( c
S fourth of an inrli Inh firib hi ib i-nu
W licnrito tlllle UqiCrliletlatieTt(nt4
Will be kept In until ordered out
' Bunlno rnrdfi of ana mjuore'fT!! j mka
ilbna one qur (1006
One-fouriu eoUmtu Doolh fill's Pf
fourth cluiun A month (00a Oue-fca- i
column 12 month (40 OX
Onehnlf column a month fU
O a
Oa-hfset
bnlf column 0 mouth (40V9
uinn IS month (OOW
One column Hmonth 100 One eoli-tVtt
month(tixgiX One column I Jmontk (10 j
They dropped the weight Into tW
hole and paid out the line Down wen A
tho Weight till not a foot of cord ’
was left- while not a sound tame 'Us r
fell the 1 tale of it -Mibtorranoan
passago No bottom was reached-
and the weight was withdrawn dmj t
and nnsoilod as' though ft tocr! 1 -
nothing bnt mist and darknr i iy ‘ '
its sounding!' When the hi off fl it-
gaped and opened wide that spoecle-
less toothless but dork and jnort 1
stroke mouth no man know or cam r
knoW' It is an nn written mystery
which human 'ey® cart ever ‘pen- - -etrelo
Whether its final bottom
bo the abodd of Cyclopean fiend ”
whether it leads to rushirg river -away
down below 0 or -Whether if -v
branches off to fiory veins of mol- ’ v '
ten matter coursing earth’ hot re
cesses we know not WhaUver U -may
be' and whatever it courses
dark deep inystorbns and pro- ' -found
It has been there fo? ago
breathing -upward 'to tho -sun its 1
misty volume ofiucense and isai ' "
it Will forever remain to matt 1 -“marvol
and a sccrot -— Rowlinjf '
Green (Ky) Pantograph ‘ ‘
TIIE UNITED STATES NATtf
Tho report ef tho Secretary of that
Navy just made public shows that
there aro belonging to the navy ' ‘
147 vosaols of 150157 toils measure--'
ment Exclusive of howltacr and
Gatlings they cany 't 142 guns
Of those 123 carrying 918 guns
with a mensnremeut of 12008 tone -
have steam powor Seventeen W r
in actiiai service and tour are pro '
ring for tho son 8ixtoip may br
considered ns unfit for futy’O s of - '
vice and the remainder areA vafr
ions navy yards— somo ' requiring -slight
and others extensivo repairs
But most if them coitld be made
ready for any spocial service in short
time Throe U nlstvon hand stored
at tho ’Various nayy yards Hv oalg'
timber sufficient for thirty-five sliipe
of war besides a large quantity of -othor
valnuble timber and naval-
material of every kind’ e -
v Our navy is bow fhr more nowey-
flit for our warlike purpose tnan i(
has ever before beon in time 'of
Fionco It docs not compare sithef -n
the number or clmrnctcf of thw
rcHBols with theefftensive ostablish-'
monts ot those ’Eunipean imlionv
whoso mutual relations keep them"
always in armod array whose con
linuouB coasts nd deep harbor
at home and scattornd t'oliTnioe all
over tho J woi-l 1 -- ---ni—
tii't y-l v ’ 1 -oULbotcrjvthnf
't
the sizo and i power of their navl
vossols and armaments But for thw
delensivo purposes of -i peaceful' ‘ ' T'T"f "
poople withont colonios with' a dan-
geroos oonxt and sbaljow ’ harbors -separated
by an ocean from warliko
naval powers our navy Is not with
out strength and wliert Ite iron clad -
fleet sliftll be completely repaired a
Work requiring now but little time
and expense and it( force topple-
monted bytlio comparatively cnoap
addition rseommepdod it will bsr
found sufficient to resist any foroe '
which oould be brought across the-
ocean to attack us and powerful -also
for offomdve operations trport 1
the seas' and among the islands’ -which
lie contiguous to our own’
shores A' '
In view pf tho fact that the appro —
priatiou® - fvti tho two prin rips
working bureaus of tho Dcpartmonl v'
avorage but littlo over 8 i 000 000 V
annually and considering the cost ' '
after requiring fbr a foW years con-
etant repairs finally drop out Of tho
service from utter worthlessness tins - '
question constantly nears brought'
up by conflicting interests and opin
ions: Shall wo enter upon tbs oz-
pensive and unsatisfactory construc-
tion of the armor-plated gun-bear
Ing vessels involving miilioiis of
Apllara in tbs cost ol each one or
Mall ws bs content with providing
WMlnss'te w-atlnlmum o kw
means of destroying encfi v4f’
should they appmrfn btwtite' wh-'
tude on owr cvu o v fr’Cfif’ hy'
and harbors? J'aat add1 woli-budt '
wooden cruisers proper lor tbe po-
lice of tho seas ssrving u schools o
Instruction in time of peace atnl'
espahle of detroyiog an snsy’ar
commsros in time of war am under
all conditions ssrvioesbls - The
monitor class of vessels has fbr u
special and valuable nv va sow-
junction whir othor fWras : Tho'
torpodo schools girt ocr offfiwra the'
instruction necccmarr to utilise
whatever thoto is in this most effi-
cient aria of attack and do’enev- I
would add to l(io force a now rlo-
mrftt tls marios ravi wh)-b t
srs' wL- n rtmai rwcl e 1 w
flo priuc'4- ta rf r-v
rirenglh Urc H pmr
pnate rviu to lie a j i
most dcatmriivs v-ecL-e h -
Itirwtiou of tbt rli of
been rara'ully nmi J rr ! f r -year
pef ly t tiaval c r
rarlr by able v
delated plana are pqlat I 1
of tho D pArtment wi'’ir- i
t'iarfe ol any kind
lion of 9 w 1 t f l' '
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