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reported that the Cherokees also wished to have teachers residing among them. This produced the desire to review the attempt heretofore made of establishing a Mission among the Cherokees, & the Rev. Abraham Stiener was appointed to visit them & enquire into the present disposition of the Cherokees, on which journey he was accompanied by Ms Frederick Christian de Schweinitz. They left Salem October 28th 1799. arrived Nov 6th in Knoxville & received every encouragement from Col. David Henly, government Agent of the department of war, who furnished them with a passport & sundry introductory letters to Maj. Lewis U. S. Agent for the Cherokees, Capt. E. Butler commanding Officer at Tellico, & to Mr Hooker, U. S. Factor at that place. On the 9th they left Knoxville for the Cherokee Nation. At Maryville they met the first Indian, a creek and shortly afterward to friendly Chicasaws. Late in the evening of the same day they reached Tellico block house near Tennessee River, 37 Miles from Knoxville. They received a friendly reception, particularly from Capt. Butler, a son of the late Gen. Butler who fell at the skirmish of St Clair. Although encouraging this laudable design of the Missionaries, he regretted very much that their visit had not been made 3 weeks sooner, at which time the chiefs and more than 4000 Indians had been assembled at that place.it being the hunting season when most of the Men were absent, Capt B. expressed his fears that our purpose would not be attained. these brethren provided with the necessary passports nevertheless visited the Indians residing on Tennessee & Hiwassee Rivers, but they found only women & children at home, as allmost all the Men were absent on their hunting excursion. On this account they could effect but little, nor could they penetrate farther into the interior. Of the few Indians with whom they formed a partial acquaintance were Dick Fields, Walter Burgess & an old man named Ancowee. With the latter Mr Stiner had become acquainted at Chota & had attempted to inform him of the object of his visit & invited him to meet him at Tellico for further conversation. He accordingly appeared there in all his finery. On his breast he wore a large silver medal, which bore the emblem of liberty on one side, & of fraternity on the other, which medal had been struck by the state of Virginia. Mr Cary Interpreter of the Nation volunteered his services. Ancowee said in reply to Mr Stiners full expose of the object of his coming. Yesterday he had heard that we expected him to be here, he had therefore looked towards heaven & seen his Father, he had thought the whole night what he would hear to day, & now he certainly heard great words. The great father of every one that breathes had from the beginning created all men, the red, the white & the black - the red he had placed towards sun set, the white at Sunrise- Now after the expiration of one great day the white people had crossed over in great canoes & had received permission to build a city. They had not been satisfied with this, but they had continnally encroached more & more, this had occasioned disputes, between the red & white people- both had gone to war- & herein they had both been in the wrong, for the Father who lived above disapproved of this & desires that all should be as brothers. the whites were now called the older & the red the younger. He had no objections to call them so, but the contrary should be said