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July 24. We were informed to day that when the Cherokees in Georgia were taken, women would sometimes spread a blanket on the floor to put a bed or bedding in, when the soldiers would snatch it away, saying, there were others appointed to take care of property. Thus the poor people were robbed by the very means said to be appointed for their benefit. Because agents were appointed to look up property after the Indians were gone, therefore they must not take even their necessary clothing. And it is evident that a mere trifle was ever given to the owners. Thus a horse worth one hundred Dollars was sold, it is said, for twelve, and twenty or thirty ducks, for twenty five cents. And there cents would scarcely pay the cost.
July 26. Met a number of wagons and understand by a gentleman who had conversed with one of the waggoners, that they had been employed in conveying the last detachment of Cherokee prisoners to Waterloo, where they were put on board of steam boats. One of those waggoners saw there was much sickness and mortality among the Cherokees on the road, insomuch that he would not but pitty them though they were Indians. They were not allowed to stop or rest on account of sickness. They were driven on as long as they could walk, and then thrown into wagons tried when the waggoners perceived some to be in the agonies of death, and informed the waggon master, his order was, Drive on, Drive on. And when it was known that one was dead, the body was either left to be buried by strangers, or taken on till night. Let us fancy the feelings of a dear sister, an
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