as hav-
ing emigrated to the West, and only one-fourth of the official estimate.
A few Delawares wen' living with them. 2
The Osage troubles continued in spite of a treaty of peace between
the two tribes made at a council held under the direction of < rovernor
Clark at St. Louis, in October, L818. 3 Warriors from the eastern
Cherokee were accustomed to make the long journey to the Arkansas
to assist their western brethren, and returned with scalps and captives.'
In the summer of L820 a second effort for peace was made by Gov-
ernor Miller of Arkansas territory. In reply to his talk the I (sage
complained that the Cherokee had failed to deliver their Osage cap
fives as stipulated in the previous agreement at St. Louis. This, it
appears, was due in part to the factor Spring-frog, in McKenney and Hall, Indian Tribes, i and ii, 185S.
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to them the knowledge of his great invention, which was at once taken
up through the influence of Takatoka (IVgata'ga). a prominent chief
who had hitherto opposed every effort of the missionaries to intro-
duce their own schools and religion. In consequence perhaps of this
encouragement Sequoya removed permanently to the West in the fol-
lowing year and became henceforth a member of the western Nation. 1
Like other Indians, the western ( iherokee held a firm belief in witch-
craft, which led to frequent tragedies of punishment or retaliation.
In L824 a step forward was marked by the enactment of a law making
it murder to kill any one for witchcraft, and an offense punishable
with whipping to accuse another of