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EDITED BY ELIAS BOUDINOTT
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ISAAC 11. HARRIS,
FOR THE CHEROKEE NATION
At $2 50 if paid in advance, $3 in six
months, or $3 SO if paid at the end of the
year.
To subscribers who can read only the
Cherokee language the price will be $2,00
in advance, or $2,50 to be paid within the
year.
Every subscription will be considered as
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the contrary before the commencement of a
new year.
Any person procuring six subscribers,
and becoming responsible for the payment,
shall receive a seventh gratis.
Advertisements will be inserted at seven
ty-five cents per square for the first inser
tion, a«d thirty-seven and a half cents for
each continuance; longer ones in propor
tion.
1-tters addressed to the Editor,
post paid, will receive due attention.
AGENTS FOR THE CHEROKEE
PHCENIX.
The following persons are authorized to
■receive subscriptions and payments for the
Cherokee Phoenix.
Hf.nry Hill, Esq. Treasurer of the A.
B. C. F. M. Boston, Mass.
George M. Tracy, Agent of the A, B.
'C. F. M. New York.
Rev. A. D. Eody, Canondiagua, N. Y.
Pof. r .*nn r'o.vvF.KSE, .H hipond, Ya.
?jCv. James Campbell, iJeaut'ort, S..C.
Co). George Smith, Statesvillp, W. T.
Rev. Bennet Roberts—Powal Me.
Besides the above; Mr. Thos. R. Gold,
an itinerant Gentleman, residing lately in
Troy, N. Y. has*endered us much service,
and will act in future as our Agent.
CHEROKEE LAWS.
[continued.]
New Town, Nov. 11, 1824.
Resolved by the National Committee
and Council, That intermarriages be
tween Negro slaves and Indians, or
whites, shall not be lawful, aud any
person or persons, permitting and ap
probating his,'her or their negro slaves
to intermarry with Indians or Whites,
lie, she or they, so offending, shall
pay a fine of fifty dollars, one half for
the benefit of the prosecutor and the
other half for the benefit of the Cher
okee Nation; and
Be it further resolved, That any
male Indian or white man, marrying a
negro woman slave, he or they, shall
be punished with thirty-nine stripes on
the bare back, and any Indian or white
Woman, marrying a negro man slave,
shall be punished with twenty-five
stripes on her or their bare back.
By order of the National Committee,
JNO. ROSS, Pres't N. Committee,
his
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CHARLES HICKS.
A- McCOY, Sec'y to the Council,
JMio Town, _Vot>. 11, 1824.
Ranked hy the National Committee
and Council, That it shall not be law
ful for negro slaves to possess proper
ty in horses, cattle or ami that
those slaves now possessing property
of that description, he required to dis
pose of the same in twelve months
from this date, under the penalty of
confiscation, and any property so con
fiscated, shall be sold for the benefit
of the Cherokee nation.
By order of the National Com.
JNO ROSS, IVe.s't N. Com.
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K. M'COY, Clerk V. Council.
Neu> fcwi, JYov. 13, 1824.
Resolved by the National Committer,
and Council, That the horsemen
CHEROKEE
in each district shall serve as jurors
iu their respective district courts, and
the judge of each district shall act as
foreman to said jury.
By order of the N. Committee,
JNO. ItOSS, Pres't. Nat. Com.
his
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A. M'COY, Clerk N. Com.
ELIJAH HICKS, Clerk of N. Council.
New Toun Nov. 11, 1824.
Resolved by the National Committee
and Council, That any white person
or persons, not citizens of the Chero
kee nation, bringing spirituous liquors
into the Cherokee nation and disposing
of the same, contrary to law, he, she
or they, so offending, upon conviction,
shall forfeit and pay a fine of one hun
dred dollars, one half for the benefit of
the informer, and the other half for
the benefit of the treasury of
the Cherokee nation; and any
citizen or citizens of the Cherokee
nation, making a purchase of ardent
spirits within the limits of the Chero
kee nation, from any person or persons
not citizens of the nation, he, she or
they, upon conviction before any of
the district courts, shall pay a fine of
one hundred dollars, one half for the
benefit of the informer, and the other
half for the benefit of the treasury of
the Cherokee nation. This resolu
tion shall be a supplement to the de
cree ef the 28th October, 1819, with
out impairing the penalties therein im
posed respecting ardeilt spirits.
By order,
JNO. ROSS, Pres't N. Com.
Concurred in by the council,
his
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V. M'COY. Clerk N. Cnjr,
ELIJAH HICKS, Clk. N. Council.
• New Town, jYov. 12, 1824.
Resolved by the National Committee
aud Council, That the light horse
companies be, and are, hereby reduc
ed from six to four in number, and
the captain's pay shall be sixty five
dollars per annum, and the lieutenant's
pay shall be fifty-five dollars, and the
privates, forty-five.
By order of the National Committee,
JNO. ROSS, Pres't N. Com.
his
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ELIJAH HICKS, Clerk N. Com.
A. M'COY, Clerk. N. Council.
New Town, Nov. 12, 1824.
Resolved by the National Committee
and Council, Tljat no person or per
sons whatsoever, shall be permitted
to settle and make improvements
within the distance of one fourth of a
mile of the field or plantation of anoth
er, without the consent or ap
probation of such resident person, un
der the penalty of forfeiting the whole
of their labour for the benefit of the
original resident.
By order of the N. Committee,
JNO. ROSS, Pres't N. Com.
his
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A. M'CO\, Clerk. N. Council.
ELIJAH HICKS, National Com.
Resolved by the National Committee
and Council, That anv person or per
sons, whatsoever, who shall set the
woods on fire beforp the month of
March, in each year, such person or
persons, so offending, upon conviction,
shall pay a line of five dollars, one
half to the prosecutor and the other
half for the benefit of the Cherokee na
tion. This law to be in force and take
effect, after the month of September
1825.
By order,
J NO. ROSS, Pres't N. Com.
i his
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A. M'COY, Clerk of N. Com.,
ELIJAH HICKS, Clerk N. Council.
New Town, Nov. 12, 1824. -
Resolved, by the National Committee
nnd Council, That a fence of five feet
high shall be-considered lawful, and
JVEW ECHOTA, THUR
the horse, mare, mule, ass, ox or cow
of afiy person or persons, whatsoever,
breaking into the field of a person hav
ing a lawful fence, the owner of such
property shall be responsible for the
damages done, and the courts of the
several districts shall have cognizance
of every such case,
By order,
J NO. ROSS, Pres't N. Com.
his
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A. M'COY, Clerk Nat. Com.
ELIJAH HICKS, Clerk IV Coun.
Neio Town, Nov. 13, 1824.
Resolved by the National Committee
and Council, That no monies in future
shall be paid by the Treasurer out #>f
the public funds to any person for any
service or claim, which has 'iot been
previously allowed or ordered by (he
National Committee, and that all ex
presses ordered by the Principal
Chiefs, on emergencies, should be
presented before the Committee, with
the certificate of the Principal Chiefs,
stating the business on which the ex-
I press was so ordered, and
Be it further resolved, That it shall
be the duty of every light horseman
to obey the orders of the Principal
chiefs, when called upon to perform
any public business of the nation.
By order of the National Com mittee.
JNO. ROSS, Pres't. N. Com.
Approved,
his
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A. M'COY, Clerk N'. Com.
ELIJAH HICKS, Clerk N. Council,
New Town, November 8, 1824.
Resolved by the National C ommittee
and Tlrat in iuuiJe, me con
tract for supplying the general Coun
cil with good wholesome beef shall be
let out to the lowest bidder, the con
tractor giving bond and security for
the faithful performance of his, her or
their contracts, and further, that a
commissary be appointed in behalf of
the nation, whose duty it shall be to
see to the weighing of the beef and a
proper distribution of the same,
among the different camps, and to pre
vent any unnecessary waste of the
same.
Bv order,
" JNO. ROSS, Pres't N. Com.
his
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MAJOR RIDGE, Speaker.
A. M'COY. Clerk N. Com. 4
ELIJAH HICKS, Clerk N. Coun. <.
New Town Nov. 12, 1824,
Resolved by the National Committee
and Council, That any,person or per
sons, finding a dead cow brute and si in
ning the same, such person or persons
shall receive from the owner of sucli
brast, the sum of fifty cents for a
grown one, and twenty-five cents for
a half grown one, and twelve and a
half cents for a calf, and if the owner
of the brute so skinned, shall not
think proper to pay the sum above
named, the person or persons skinning
the same, shall be entitled to the hide;
and any person or persons skinning a
cow brute and keeping it concealed,
shall ppy twice the value of the hide
to the owner of the brute so skinned.
By order of the National Committee,
JNO. ROSS, Pres't. N. Com.
his
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A. M'COY, Clerk of N. Coir.
ELIJAH HICKS, Cleikbi the N. Coun.
New Town, Nov. 12, 1824.
Resolved by the National Cvn mittee
and Council, That a man be appoint
ed in each district for the purpose of
taking a correct census of said district,-
and the sum of forty dollars be, and is,
hereby appropriated to pay each per
son so appointed for the service here
in required, and further, that it shall
be the duty of each person, so appoint
ed, to make a list of all maies
from eighteen to fifty-nine years of
age, embracing their names, and all
males under eighteen years of age; all
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males over fifty-nine years of age; and
all i'einales under fifteen years, all fe
males between fifteen and forty years,
and all females over forty years; and
the number of male negro slaves;
and the number of female negro slaves;
number of cotton gins, grist and saw
mills, waggons, looms, wheels,
ploughs, horses, cattle, hogs, sheep
and schools, and- number of scholars
of each sex, stores, blacksmith shops;
the number of white men married to
Cherokee women; and number of Che
rokee men married to white women,
and also, the number of turnpikes fer
ries, and public roads, and to make a
general report of the manner of living
and the state of agricultural improve
ments; and it shall be required of
each person appointed, to complete
their services and make their reports
to the Treasurer of the nation on or
before the fifteenth day of April next.
By order,
JOHN ROSS, Pres't N. Com.
his
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A. M'COY, Clfrk N. Com.
ELIJAH HICKS, N. Coun.
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