were
satisfied on these heads, then the agreement made with Colonel Gadsden
was to be in full force.

"In conformity with these provisions, the chiefs named by you proceeded
to that country, and having examined it, and having become satisfied
respecting its character and the favourable disposition of the Creeks,
they entered into an agreement with commissioners on the part of the
United States, by which they signified their satisfaction on these
subjects, and finally ratified the agreement made with Colonel Gadsden.

"I now learn that you refuse to carry into effect the solemn promises
thus made by you, and that you have stated to the officers of the United
States, sent among you, that you will not remove to the western country.

"My children: I have never deceived, nor will I ever deceive, any of the
red people. I tell you that you must go, and that you will go. Even if
you had a right to stay, how could you live where you now are? You have
sold all your country. You have not a piece as large as a blanket to
sit down upon. What is to support yourselves, your women and children?
The tract you have ceded will soon be surveyed and sold, and immediately
afterwards will be occupied by a white population. You will soon be in
a state of starvation. You will commit depredations upon the property
of our citizens. You will be resisted, punished, perhaps killed. Now,
is it not better peaceably to remove to a fine, fertile country,
occupied by your own kindred, and where you can raise all the
necessaries of life, and where game is yet abundant? The annuities
payable to you, and the other stipulations made in your favour, will
make your situation comfortable, and will enable you to increase and
improve. If, therefore, you had a right to stay where you now are,
still every true friend would advise you to remove. But you have no
right to stay, and you must go. I am very desirous that you should go
peaceably and voluntarily. You shall be comfortably taken care of and
kindly treated on the road, and when you arrive in your new country,
provisions will be issued to you for a year, so that you can have ample
time to provide for your future support.

"But lest some of your rash young men should forcibly oppose your
arrangements for removal, I have ordered a large military force to be
sent among you. I have directed the commanding officer, and likewise
the agent, your friend, General Thompson, that every reasonable
indul