PROSPECTUS
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THE CHEROKEE NATION, P.or.urc--


WILLIAM r. ROSS, Editor.,1
NHERE will be issued at TAH.Lr-o,


okee Nation, about tho middle
next, the first number of weekly M
be called the CHEROKEE ADVOCX


Inc object OF the Council of tho
providing for the publication Of the ca
VocATE' Is the physical, moral and
Improvement OF the Cherokee people.
devoted to these ends, and to the dofspc. u
rights recognized as belonging to them in r.
legally made at different times with ,bo
States, and Of such measures as seem bs., II
lated to secure their ponce and happiness. nr.
Their prosperity, and elevate their chm rscs.ur1 -
distinct community.


IN commencing and sustaining publ;
IN the Nation, its success must depend verf
upon the kind feelings, libcraiity and pnt ri
'he citizens OF tho United States. Amono
we are assured there exists generally de.;,o
the Indians should be dealt with upon inst ond !,
erai principles, q lively sympathy in tbej-
quered career, and deep interest in their chr
acter, condition, and destiny. Ignorance Of = 4
cono'''on' opinions, and claims, has been to thc,
a fountain OF many wrongs; a fountain from VII;
tney nave been forced to drink many bit1,
draughts. From this cause, n,easares OF ,ol;. =.





peace and prospects, have been conceived -
sisted in 10 their accomplishment, with p
Port'nacity, by thosu from whom they no rim
to expect and claim protection. IL will, s@fcsv
be the aim Of those having charge Of III Apv-
CATE, 10 onlighten public sentiment, asfpr n, n,
sible, as TO the feelings. wishes, and proper -
iaiions Of the Cherokees. And while il !, ;u.r
ded TO make the paper aiional in Is ,ono Al
character, abstanng from all partizanshipin
international politics Of the Nation, will neyrr,
less be open to full but courteous discuss aps
any measures OF policy on the par, of ilp UNI, !
States, which touch upon or affect the yghts nm.
interests. no, only of tho Cherokces, BIT also oI
their rcd brethren.


In making an appeal 10 Tho citizens The Uni.
ted States for their friendly mid in the resent I'M.
dertakins, we feel snngaine that it wi not be in
-.-'--,at's .''-' ery Of sho indinn irk, but most
especially, that Of the Che rokees. isepleto wi.
incidents at once striking and Snmandiup
Tho mystery that shrouds their or;d their e.,
MGR varlike character, their manly 1cdom. thai,
firm adherence 10 their natural nd pd,;caI r;cb,.
their fond attachment to their homcLtbc homes
Of their fore-fathers, their rude eI,sion croo,
those homes. their sudden transitionFon s, vac.
TO civilized life, their rapid improvc,ht in educs.
lion, agriculture and the domestic al. their prcs.
ent condition, and the influence whih. from their
location, friendship and intercouri thew ,----s
and will exert over the great lndh popub Who'll
extending north and south along tItwhoidI baci
tern border Of the United States. al bacE Eindle I
Rocky Mountains, cannot fail to enI,dlc sIfopis
interest in the breast of the pINh dkropisA wii
ken general thirst for more farnilinty within. I
-nnd arouse their protectors" to De importan
but often apparently forgotten fact ,hat they ba,
no tri6ng duty to perform towardEhis poodle
To those, then, who take any concep in whatever
relates to the Cherokee and noighJring Indian
and who are desrous of being regr1rly and accr
rnteiy made acquainted with passin|eveots amor
them, :he CHEROKEE ADVOCATE is Ircomu.epefes
Our location, nnd tho station we 6upy reluti..,
ly to the Creeks, Chickasaws. Chdaws, Osopes
Senecas, Delawares and other Itans. are a..
as will enable US at all times 10 finish the m
ders of the paper with the latest d most correc
border news.


Nothing personal or scctnrian III be admitted
inso the columns of the paper.


Tho National Council having aIointed the rp.
dersigned Editor. the duties of II station gill
ldevolve entirely upon him, and whole estab.
ishn'ent be subject to his supervIn.


TERMS.-The CHEROKEHADVOCAT
will bo printed on IN imperial bet, With nov
type, both English and Cherokee, &e every week,
at Three Dollars per annum, pa Ne in aduescr.
And to thfse subscribers, who c}only the Cher.'
okee language, at Tioo Dollars a annum - 81
rdnce.


Advertising will be dr. H. -.asr,,es
Communicatioss directed. YH 1nsid. - e,'''.. I.
dersigned. at Park Hill. Cher( Rkee Nss;,ss 20
receive his prompt attention.


WILLIAM p. Aoss
Cherokee Nation, MarcA l644.-z-o.


