the meantime, however, the treaty had
been ratified within three weeks of its conclusion, and thus, hardly ten
years after they had cleared their fields on the Arkansas, the western
Cherokee were forced to abandon their cabins and plantations and
move once more into the wilderness.
A considerable number, refusing to submit to the treaty or to trust
longer to guarantees and promises, crossed Red river into Texas and
joined the Cherokee colony already located there by The Bowl, under
Mexican jurisdiction. Among those thus removing was the noted
chief Tahchee (Tatsi') or •■Dutch," who had been one of the earliest
emigrants to the Arkansas country. After several years in Texas,
during which he led war parties against the wilder tribes, he recrossed
Red river and soon made himself so conspicuous in raids upon the
Osage that a reward of fivehundred dollars was ottered by General
Arbuckle for his capture. To show his defiance of the proclamation,
he deliberately journeyed to Fori Gibson, attacked a party of Osage
at a trading- post near by, and scalped one of them within hearing of
the drums of the fort. With rifle in one hand and the bleeding scalp
in the other, he leaped a precipice and made his escape, although a
bullet grazed his cheek. On promise of amnesty and the withdrawal
id' the reward, he afterward returned and settled, with his followers,
on the Canadian, southwest of Fort Gibson, establishing a reputation
among army officers as a valuable scout and guide. 8
By treaties made in L826 and L827 the Creeks had ceded all their
remaining lands in Georgia and agreed to remove to Lndian Territory.
Some of these emigrants had