derived from the precipitation .of a child; oyer
the falls, whose body was suddenly and unexpectedly
seen in the smooth water below. According
to this incident, it means, f There ties
your child.” Ghatanooga, a town on the Tennessee
river, which is the proper terminus of
the rail road from Charleston, South Carolina,
and when completed, will connect the- Atlantic
and Mississippi valley, for transportation purposes.
Dahlongea, a town selected as the site of
a branch mint of the United States, in Georgia.
The word is Cherokee, and means, placé of gold.
In mentioning to Mr. Calhoun the, objects,of
my inquiries among the Cherokees and southern
Indians, in the summer of 1846, he remarked1,
that the tradition of the south, as given by aged
gentlemen whom he names; is, that the Shaw-
nees came from Sawanee riverf in Florida, and
that their first remove was to the banks of the
Savannah. At this position they became involved
in a war with the Cherokees. The
Cherokees prevailed after a long and sanguinary
contest, and drove the Shawpees; no rth s This
event they cherish as one of, their proudest
achievements. “What!” saki an aged Cherokee
chief, to Mr. Barnwell, who had suggested
the final preservation of the race by interman-
riage with the whites, “ What! shall the Cherokees
perish! Shall thé conquerors of the Sha w-
neés perish! Never!”
Mr. Calhoun observed that the Catabas were
the fast friends of the whites. That they were
Confederates;- with |the Cherokees, against the
Senecas and their allies. That the Senecas had
conquered the country as far south as Seneca OU
Town,; or Fort Hill, the present site of his plantation,
in South Carolina. From this position they
were finally driven.. This tradition tallies with
what the Senecas told Gov. Be Witt Clinton,
(vide WY. His. Coh) that they had lived in the
CheTokeecountry.
Mr. Calhoun further remarks,, that the Creeks
are called^western-Indian^ ; that they» came later
than the Wtchees, whom they conquered, and
incorporated with themselves. The Utchees
have an older language, which no one, it is said,
can or has been able to obtain,
a There is a historical fact, in the history of the
Cherokee outbreak against the Americans, at
the era of the revolutionary war, which has been
generally overlooked: The Cherokees had furnished
allies to the army destined to act against
fort Hu Quesne. ‘ On the>r return home, many,
of the Cherokees were fired upon and killed by
the Virginians, who carried on a fierce frontier
war with the Shawnees and Delawares; and
who did not discriminate between them and the
Cherokees.' This furnished the first cause of
offence,; which was aggravated by severe measures
on the Carolina frontiers, and finally led to
the expedition which Gen. Montgomery conducted
successfully against them.
Quatoghies.—T h is nation is the Hurons of the
French. They call themselves Wyandots, in
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