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friend. Let us imagine such scenes daily, and for a long time together, and then enquire why the dear Cherokees are doomed to such misery? Have they murdered their white friends? Have they robbed, or plundered? Or have they done any wrong to the United States, for which that powerful nation is thus putting them to the torture?

July 28 We learn that General Scott has resigned the farther removal of the Cherokees to their own chiefs allowing a stipulated sum to defray the expenses. Visited a poor old woman, at the point of death. While standing by her, a number of waggons passed swiftly by. An involuntary sigh from her breast, led me to consider how dreadful that sound must be to her ears. Such unclear brought her from her peaceful home -- from her husband who was left for the time, - from her family connexions, who had fled to the woods. -- marked her aged and withering frame, -- hurried her away from all the scenes of her childhood to camps, where she was guarded as a prisoner of war, and deprived of all those preparations of food so congenial, and necessary to her health. And eventually those waggons were hurrying her to a sudden grave. For this poor woman I have had a peculiar tenderness in prayer, and still love to weep for her. Just night two poor Creek Indians arrived, having travelled all day with nothing to eat.

Aug. 7. This day is the time appointed for selling at auction 900 barrels of flour, and I believe several thousand bushels of corn. Lately about 10, 000 bushels of corn were sold at New Echota for eleven cents per bushel, though purchased at a dollar, or a dollar & fifty cents. We understand that four died at the camps

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