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CHgRoKEE DELEdArIoS.-Weh have just been in
formed Of The arrival in this city last night Of four dele
gates from the Cherokee country representing that por
hon of the nation called the old settlers They
named John Brown Ellis Phillips, John L. Mccoy and
Richard Drew Captains Rogers and Dutch part OF the
same delegation have been here some time and the del


eralion is now full NIr Brown and Capt Rogers were
the principal chiefs of the Western Cherokee nation as
we have been informed when its government was over
thrown by the usurpaton and violence of john Ross in
ls39r This delegation is said to be full and fair repre-
sentacn of the old Western charlottesville pioneers,
sent by Mr. Jefferson 1902 who introduced civilization
and the cultivation of the soi the Arkansas frontier
They made the road clear for the occupation OF the
white man. with he rifle and tomahawk in many bloody
wars waced against them by the Osagcs and other wild
tribes. They always the staunch friends OF the
United States with whom they negotiated three impor-
tan treaties in good igh and with great advantage 10
this Government, They are now here in their -epre-
sentative capacity ask iuhllment Of these treaties
and that the lives and properly Of their people may be
protected from the nurderous hands OF those who now
WELD the powcr OF their nation regardless o treaty
ony othcr obligation. Washington Union Thursday