ANNALS OF CLEVELAND

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Abstracts 857 • 860
CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1838
INDIANS (Cont'd)
gained?' One word answers - Nothing! What has been lost? Mill ions
of treasure - the valuable lives of many officers and men - national
faith and national honor!" (1)
857 - H&G Apr. 23; ed:2/1 - The administration is determined to remove
the Cherokees. A force of 7,380 strong is to be concentrated in their
territory, and 2,200 of the force are regular troops.
"If John Ross and his 1,600 followers will not leave their homes
peacably, a sanguinary war must ensue. A christian nation still thirsts
for the simple native's blood! Will posterity credit the record?" (1)
858 - H&G May 25; ed: 2/3 - Another demand is now made upon Congress for
more money to prosecute the Florida War. Before the end of the session
another may be looked for, and at the next session of Congress still
another.
"And so the contest will be continued year after year; a mere handful
of savages being strong enough in their everglades and hammocks
to set at defiance forever the military skill of our Generals. and to
drain millions upon millions from the Treasury to be expended in the
impracticable task of exterminating them. Mark the prodigal course of
a begging and a bankrupt administration. No sooner are $10,000,000 of
means provided, than the War Department asks about $4,080,000 to continue
this unwise, and inhuman contest!" (4)
H&G May 28; ed:2/1 - See Slavery
859 • H&G June 6; ed:2/3 - Gen. Jessup has returned to Washington and
reports that only a small band of the Mickasukies are still non comati-bus
in swampo.
"We trust his report that 'the Florida- war may now be considered at
an end' will cut off the asked for appropriation of about $3,000,000,
to carryon the strife!" (1)
860 • H&G June 18; ed:2/4 . We learn by the GLOBE that the Senate on
the 11th ratified the treaties made last season with the Chippewa,
Sioux, and Winnebago Indians, and with the tribes residing in the State
of New York. By treaties with the former, the U. S. obtains the extensive
pine lands east of the Mississippi river, extending far north.
"The opening of this lumber region, will be a vast acquisition to
the settlers in Wisconsin and Iowa. The cession of the Winnebagoes will
reI ieve Wisconsin of most of her Indiana population, and open an extensive
mineral country to the miners." (2)
H&G June 29; ed: 2/3, 4 - See Bribery & Corruption
H&G July 28; ed: 2/3 • See Poli tics & Government - United States