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lei II. Miller, James S. Mitchell, T mas P atters.i.. , Course Plunu r, Andrew Stewarl Daniel Udiee, Isaac Wajne, James I)'i,rwarr. Lui M'Lane. .VrvriH'. William Havward, jr. Joseph K",,t, Isaac M'Kim. G.-or-e I . Mitchell, Hearv R. Wartiehl. Urania. Mark Alexander, William S. Archer. Pi,jj,, n;irolir, J,,, S iJ:ir. boir, Burwell Basett, R .hert S. Gani. lt, Josopl, Johnson. Jahez L. ftwich, William M'Cov.Thumas New to- ,Willi,mC. Rives, U illiam Smith, Alexander Sm th, A'alrew Stevenso. , James Stephenson, John Taliaferro, lared Williams. A-trtfi Carolina. Hrrv Conner. John
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(tatlin, Thomas H. H ,, Charles Hooks, J !im Lor,:, W illie P. MaiiKtim, Richard IX Spaiirht, Robert B. Vance, Lewis Williams. South Carolina. Robert Campbell. John Carter, J seph Gist, 'Andrew B. Gva-i, James Hamilton jr. George M'Dullie, Joel R. Poinsett. Starlj Tucker. t!r,rzifi. J -eIvAbbott, George Carv. Jo .o Forsyth, Wile Thompson. K'nluck'ij. He rx Clav, Ri( h:it d Back
er. Robert P. Hr.-.r, John T. Joh'Kon, Th.anas Met alfe, Thomas .Moore. Pliilip Thompson. David Trimble, David White. Charles Wi, klitle. I'ainrsstf. Adam I. Alexander. Rihert Allen, J Blair, Jo!m Cecke, S .mat 1 II oust,,. , Jacob C. Iso ks. James B Reld. Jam-. T. Sanfoid. J mies Sta-defn. hi;. Mordecai Birtlev, Paibnioe B' " her. J hi, Campbell, Jam. -s W. G zla. Dui can MWrthur, Win. ML -a ,
.Jiiamso, V... M Kee, M Lean of Onio !' Fck a 1 Gatlm. Militan affairs. Hamilton, Mitchell of Md. iM'Arthur, Houston, Vance of Ohio, j Campbell of S. C. and Tattnall. I Naval affairs. Crow adnshif Id, Fuller, I Warln Id, Cady, Holcombe, Harvey and ! Bassett. ! Foreinr,, affiirs.- Fnrsvth,TaOor,Storrs, j Trimble, Archer, Fam ily and Poinsett. Revisal and unfinished business. Lathn 1 1. Foot rrrfiti. nriii Tricv.
Accounts. Allen of Mass. Swan and Letcher. The library. A. Smvth, Bradlev and Poinsett, of the house Dickerson, Elliott and Williams of the senate.
tlement of that ditla ailty, we were boui'd to jive up our country on the north ai d ai d west of us. We have since iven up a tract of country, extending to the Flint River, to the state of Georgia, which row makes our bounds but very small. When we had a larirc hound of country, we were careless about it; but now we have oi ly a sufficiency to support ourselves upon, should we even resort to the greatest economy. When we had a large hound of hunting ground, we were careless about any thing but the sun; but now we have no game, there is only one alternative left us the cultivation "of the soil, which is hereby recommended to our red brethren.
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U-ads and canals. Hemphill Stewart, ; implements of husbandry already afforded Cuthbert, Sharpe, Henry, Herkimer and j, us; and the wheels, cards, looms, check.
no e. Enrolled hills. Foot and Leftwich, of the house and Knight, of the senate. SF.LKCT COMMITTEES. On the suppression of the slave trade. 0 "Van, Herrick, Test, Wayne, Spaight, Eaton and Herkimer. O i roads & canals. II mphill, Sharpe, Stewart. II en r . M.Trr Pii.sX' R.frher
j On the estalilishment of a military post at the mouth of Columbia river. A. Smyth, ; Scott, Metcalfe, Baylies, M'Lean of Ohio, Jennings and Houston. j Committee of enrolled hills. Harvey i and Jenkins. j Committee on the library. Rives,Bradlev and Poinsett.
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IIOUSi: OF REPRESENTATIVES. lk. C. The n il being called, the following nvrn'ers, 177 in number, were t'j'l i to be present : M mf.Al iHian, Bu rh igb. Joshua Cushtt . F.ben, z -r Heriick. Davi.l Kidder, Ci Lr c. 1 .Jeremiah O'Brien. t V'-.p 1 1 nnph ire , I 1 1 a 1 o( 1 B artlrtt. Matt ' w H .rvey, Aaron Matson, Wm. Pluff" r.jr. To.. mas Whipple, jr. Mwhuittts Samuel C. Alln, Fran-Jt-Iali-s, B ujamr, W. Crowuir shield. wj" n VV- D'vig at.Timotln Fuller, Aaror. M-'rt.S .rnu I Latbrop, J-.hn Locke, J r-N-s);:, J ,ut R-ed, Jonas Sihlev, & r n S Webster. Ilh vk h,,vl. lob Durfee. Sam'l. Ed.h . C.nncticl.S oes Barber. S .muel A. A sd Sterling, Ebenez -r Stoddard, tel...,., T Ul ltUm r.tef.- William C. Bradl -v, Daniel -' ' k. R ,!!ia C. Mallarv. X Vj.I,rrnenio Adams, John W. J;1 .njrchillC.Cambrideng.L -t Clark. J- ,r: 'li, s, I t,s:il( Dav,Juti. Dwin( U, i;i'd 'et.kir.-.Samu: d Lawrence. Eli-ha lj 'l i.D.idl. Marvin, Henry C. Mar-
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V'il",m'!.- John MKee,Gabl. V. Moore. JIr:-ouri. John S ott. DELEf; TES. F r turrit- r a. Richard K. Call. .lronas do. Henrv W. Conwav. Mi(hvj;nn flo. (iahriel R'n hard. On the Oth aral Oth the following members took their seats: Hector Craig.of N. York, R :p!-a I Neale. Mr. Havward, ol Man land. John Randolpli, Mr. Flovd. of irgi' ia, R mulus M. Samplers, ot North Carolina, Mr. Li rmore of New Hampshire. Mr. Ellis. Mr. Brow n, of Pennsy vaia, Mr. WiUtin, of South Carolina. Mr. Owen, of Alabama, and Mr. Letcher ol
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STANDI. NO COMMITTEES. Of election. Messrs. Sloane, Taliaf r-
i ro, Tucker.of S. ( '. Hall, of N. C. Thomp
son, of Kv. and Miller. Vas and means. M'Lane of Del. Innhm, Th(mpson of Gen. A. Stevenson. Cambreleng, M'Dullieand M'Kim. Claims. Williams of N. C. M'Cov,
Litchfield, Matson, Whittlesey, Laacks and James Wil-on. CJommerc c. Newton, Tomlinson, Ab hott, Durfee, Dw ight, Mangum &. Morgan. Public lands. Rankin, Scott, Gurley,
i Jennings, Strong, Vinton ami Whipple. Post office, &.C. J. T. Johnson, Hooks, j Stoddart, M'Kean, Alexander Ten. Bartley a d Adams. ! District of Columbia. Kent, Mitlack, ! Findlav, Alexander of Va. Gazlav, Blair, ; and Thompson ot I a. Tne judic iary. Webster, P. P. Birbotir, Plainer of N. H. But hanan, Brent. Ross, aral Biu kner. Pe isions and revolutionary clairni Little, Eddv, Allen of Ten. Wm. Smilh, Culneper, Plumer of Penn. and Udree. . ' Public expendittire.--MArthur,Clarke, Gist, handford, J. S. Barbour, Allison and
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Privah- land claims Campbell ol Ihiio, Moore of Ala. Sterling, Garrison, lvt ke, Williams of N. Y. and Markley. . Manufacture?.- Forward. Condict Conner, Wright, Craig, Marvin and Mallf v. Agriculture. Van Rensselaer. Belies, Gamett, Harris, of Penn. Rose, W biian, and Patterson of Penn. I Indian uflUirs. Coke, Mitcucll olfcwn.
From the Montcointry (AI iharna) llepuhliran. Creek Indians. The two following pieces were sent to us for publication, and we can vouch that the) are authentic. The tirst, we presume, was not, at the tine- it was enacted, intended to be made public; and appears to be an edict of some of the Chiefs of the Nation, for the direction of their own people. The second is
I the deliberate act of a meeting called by the Chief (or the purpose of ascertaining
' ii it was tin wish of the Nation to di-pose
j (i a ; m .re ol their lands. It will be seen ', by their talks, or Jaws, or by whatever I name it may be proper to call them, that : there exists at present a lix'd determination not to part w ith one foot more of their ; land. Report says, that Mdotoshis favora' h disposed towards a cession; but that all the other influential Chiefs are opposed. Wo si cen lv hope some means ma i ma he found t induce them to change their opinion. There are many of the ! Indians w ho, although entirely w ithout education, well deserve to ra- k with the j great men of the age. The Big Warrior, j in particular, is a man with a mind as colossal as his body; and bad Heaven granted him the light of education, be ! would, no doubt, have advanced his peo
ple in civilization further than our government can do for centuries. He must see reason must teach him, that to exist as a people, the Creeks must retire to the west. It is impossible for the great mass of them to find means of subsistence by agriculture; and ns the white population around tbern becomes more dense, their privations will increase, and the commission by them of the most trilling depredatiot will he the signal for their removal, fas (nit nrfas. We, the chiefs of the upper towns of the Creek Nation, met in Council, at the Tuck-
ehachee tow. 25th May, 1 S24 ; and after
reflection and much counciling, about our former condition, and at the same time taking a view of our present think verv much about the progress and prosperity of our rising generation. In times of our forefathers we bad a large hound of con -try, and we went through the woods after the game as if there never was to be an end to that mode of life; and our father-
were not so sufficiently taught as to ever spend a thought on what was to be their end, or what was to become of their off spring. The Ciiockta ws, Cbickasaws, Cherokees, and this-our Muscoge tribe, have, in our early acquaintance, had many wars and battles; but after we became better acquainted with each other, and made
peace, we formed ourselves into one government, and ever since we have remained ia harmony and friendship. We had that a great alteration has taken place. Our nation was strong; and never met a
nation that was equal to us in warfare; but our crazy young men made a war with the white people, and Gen. Jackson was compelled to raise an arniv, and come i and break them down. They now li d that they can ho conquered. Jn the set-
reels, and stays, furnished us, have bt en J of peculiar advantage. Our worne- arc ; daily improving in the manufacturing ! arts. We are happv to sav, that we are making advances towards civilization to an (extent that give us encouragement, that jour posterity may yet flourish, when we are where our forefathers are who arc , dead and gone before us. We have beard that the Cherokees have been asked for land, and have been to see our father the President about it. Thev have been guided by the Master of the Breath, and have
made a solemn protest against it. We w ish them prosperity in all their national efforts. When our venerable at d mucu beloved Washington was at war with the white people over the big water, thev called on our warriors, and made us great promises, of presents, and many great things that they would do for us, if we would help them, in the war. We were
j foolish, and believed them, and fought a-
Hainst the United States; hut we f. u d they were telling us lirs, and only wai ted to make mischief between us. We then made peace with our father Washington, and we hold fast to that talk. They are ur neighbors, ami as such we ought to treat them w, II. We never wat t to see
! the (ace ot a man from over the hig c r. j We hold fast to the talk of our fathe r, the President of the United States. We,
therefore, hope, and cherish the belief that our father the President, will not ask us for land. We love him; we think lie is a good man; and we cannot believe be
i would wish to destroy his red children for
the benefit of bis white children. Na do we w ant anv of our w hite brethren to ask us for land. This is the land of our lathers: It is where we have been bom aid raised, our fathers' bores lav here. And nl v having a sutli iei cv. as we mav increase in the arts of agriculture and (iviiiKition. For these and many other reasons we do not wait to sell our laid; d on a deep and solemn reflection, we have, with one voice, to follow the pattei of the Cherokees, and on no account w hatever will we consent to sell one foot of our land, neither bv exchange or otherwise. This talk is not onlv to last durir g the life of the present chief, but to their descen
dants .after them. The land now oi ly being suflicient to raise their children and families upon. Perhaps some person majp tell us, that it would be best to survey our land, and to divide it out; but we want the talk to he straight, that the land is to remain as if is, in common, and as it always has been. The day is never to come thatsuch an arrangement is to be resorted to; for in our situation we might as well surrender the land at once, as to let it come into the hands of individuals. This is to descend to our children, and them that come after us; and it is hereby decreed that this is to remain for our rising generation to see, that t hoy miv know wnat their fathers said before them. We do most earnestly enjoin it on ourrising generation to be honest, and to do harm to no person whatsover, but to remain in honesty ai d in industry. We recommend that our laws
may te Kepi in writing, in omer mat our
Chiefs mav keep in mind what laws have been passed. We are Creeks; we have a great many Chiefs and bead men: but be they ever so great, thev must abide bv the laws. We have guns , ropes: a d if any of our peoph should break these laws, those guns and ropes are t be their e id. These laws are not made for any person r particul ir, hut for all. We hope it w ill e for our advantage. We have a great many young people and children. We hope they may none of them be misled by the British as they have been m times of old. Toe lirilisb