

 From thc Boiioar Palladium. 9s!5Ia5ii c c r "! 2 liais As A "

 COUNTRY.
Ihe Indidns.-On Thursday the lvtf inst. the Chic Deleg;s. consist inc of twenty one Chiefs, accompani ed by their agent, Col. Benjamin Key nelds, arrived at this place. On Mon day the 23rd inst. Major Eaton and general Coffee Commissioners apPoil- ted by the President to hold the treaty, met the Delegation in Council at the Presbyterian Church; and, after pre- liminary address on the part of the Com missionefs, proceeded to lay before the Delegation a talk from the President in relation to the exchange of their lands rotherlands west ofthc Mississippi ;this having beenread and explained through {hcir Interpreter, (Mr. Loqe,) was de- liyered to them, with . request by the Commissioners that they would retire, and, in private council consider of the propositions made In 1t.

 On Thursday morning, the 20th inst. file Council again assembled, when, after . short eolloquium, a response was delivered in writing, by the Seere- tary of the delegation: in which they declined removal ssVestofthe Mississip pi, until they should have an opportunity of exploring the country designated in the propositions. On the evening of the same day, the Commissionersh having mo dihed their proposals, and submitted the modification to the Chefs, with a re- quest that they would re consider; they again met the Commissioners, and a. greed to consider of the modification. . The principal feature in the moditica-l tien variant from the original proposi- ton, relates to stipulation for the pay ment of ;ia annuity, or, the purchase of other lands for them, inease dssatisfac- ton should arise on an examination of the lands offered them in exchange.

 We should be glad to have It in our power to give our readers the talk of the President entire, as it is q very interest ing paper; but having been disappoint- cd in procuring a copy in time, the gra- tification is placed beyond our reaeh for the present. We must, therefore, con tent ourselves with giving the introduce tion.. and brief summary of the nrin- cipal features and the address-whieh follow:

 Franklin, Tefen. .fag. g.

 I,7elsds aud Brothers Your Great Father is rejoiced once again to meet and shake you by tue hand, and to have # in his power to assure you of his con- tinued friendship and good will. He can cherish none but the best feelings for his red children, many of whom during our late war, foughtwith him in the defence cf our country.

 By | communication from your elder brethren and neighbours, the Choctaws, during last winter, your Great Father learned that in consequence of tie laws of Mississippi being extended over them they were in great alarm; and of their own free will and without any applica- tion from him, they asked to leave their country and retire across the Mississip- sli river. The treaty sent by them to him was laid before the Senate of the United States, aud they refused to ap- prove of it.

 Solicitous to avoid every act, the ten- dency of which might be to deceive or impose upon his red children, he laid the treaty which was presented to him be- fore the Senate, with the protest which had been forwarded against it by the opposite party of the Choctaw Nation, that all the circumstances might be full ly known. It was rejected. Of these things, their confidential agent, Major Haley, was advised, and he was request ed to make them known to the Cloc- jaws. Understanding from him that they were desirious to sec and converse with their Great Father on this iInpor- tant subject; in accordance with that desire, he agreed to meet them at this place. With regret he now learns they have declined their engagement.

 By m actof congress itwas placed in His power to extend justice to the Indl- ans--to pay the expenses of their reuo- val, to support them for twelve mouths, aida to give them grant for lands. which should endure ssas long sss the grass grows CT the water runs 4 determination was taken, immediate ly to.aalvise his red childrenof the means which were thus placed at his disposal, 10 render them happy, and preserve them as nations. IL was for this that he asked his Chickasaw and other friends, to meet him him here. ou have come, and your Great Father rejoices to see you, and face to face, tell you through his