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He seemed anxious and uneasy. He ordered his | He seemed anxious and uneasy. He ordered his horse at once; rode 25 miles that night, to his father in law's, at Etowa. The following day he rode his horse sixty miles on his way homeward, and killed it with the fatigue. A note at the back of one of the national documents, says of this retreat: "McIntosh, with a deep sense of guilt and disgrace, in the utmost dejection of spirit & confusion of mind, with all speed, made a very sudden departure for his country." The following letter was forthwith dispatched to Big Warrior, for the Chiefs & Head men of the Creek Nation | ||
25 miles that night, to his father in | to which McIntosh belonged, in order to apprise them of the particulars: "In general council "New Town, Cherokee Nation, October 24th. 1823. | ||
following day he rode his horse sixty miles on his way | "Friends and Brothers, We have this day [[strikeout: went]] gone through a painful & unpleasant ceremony. Your Chief, William McIntosh, arrived here soon after the Commencement of the present Council, accompanied by seven others of his countrymen, including his son and interpreter. They were received by the General Council as friends and | ||
homeward, and killed it with the fatigue. A note at the | |||
back of one of the national documents, says of this retreat: | |||
"McIntosh, with a deep sense of guilt and disgrace, in the | |||
utmost | |||
speed , made a very sudden departure for his country." | |||
The following letter was | |||
Big Warrior, for the Chiefs | |||
to which McIntosh belonged, in order to apprise | |||
particulars: | |||
"In general council | |||
"New Town, Cherokee Nation, | |||
"Friends and Brothers, | |||
We have this day [ | |||
unpleasant ceremony. Your Chief, William McIntosh, | |||
after the | |||
interpreter. They were received by the General Council as friends and | |||
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He seemed anxious and uneasy. He ordered his horse at once; rode 25 miles that night, to his father in law's, at Etowa. The following day he rode his horse sixty miles on his way homeward, and killed it with the fatigue. A note at the back of one of the national documents, says of this retreat: "McIntosh, with a deep sense of guilt and disgrace, in the utmost dejection of spirit & confusion of mind, with all speed, made a very sudden departure for his country." The following letter was forthwith dispatched to Big Warrior, for the Chiefs & Head men of the Creek Nation to which McIntosh belonged, in order to apprise them of the particulars: "In general council "New Town, Cherokee Nation, October 24th. 1823. "Friends and Brothers, We have this day strikeout: went gone through a painful & unpleasant ceremony. Your Chief, William McIntosh, arrived here soon after the Commencement of the present Council, accompanied by seven others of his countrymen, including his son and interpreter. They were received by the General Council as friends and