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I was informed that in 1835, the year I made the inquiry, Gist's age was about 60. He left the nation with the Arkansas Emigrants from it, about 11 years ago. His manners were never forward and are now become somewhat reserved. It can be seen that his mind is always busy within him and, especially when smoking, he seems absorbed in thought. He is thin and above middle height. In dress he adheres to the old strikeout: cust costume of the nation, but without ornament; wears the strikeout tunic and robe, leggings sometimes of buckskin, sometimes of blue cloth, moccasins instead of shoes, and a strikeout: also turban. The family of Gist, on the Indian strikeout side, strikeout (the mother's,) was of high rank in the nation. The famous John Watts was one of them. Two of his uncles were men of great distinction; -- strikeout one of the two was named Tahlonteeskee, (the overthrower,); and the other Kahn-yah-tah-hee, (The first to kill.) Kahn'yah'tah'hee' was the principal Chief of Old Echota the ancient town of refuge. He was called the Beloved Chief of all the People. It was his exclusive duty & delight to be a peace preserver. During some public assembly, there was an onset of the whites, notwithstanding it was a time of profound peace, and all the Indians fled, excepting strikeout Kahn'yah'tah'strikeout hee and another