REMARKS. 
" the soil ? ,? — ff The settlements making in the 
upper parts of Georgia, upon the fine lands 
cc of the Oconee and Okemulgee rivers, wall/’ 
says Mr, I ml ay, speaking of the probable de¬ 
stination of the Indians of the south western 
territory, f<r bid defiance to them in that quar- 
ter. The settlements of French Broad, aided 
cc by Holston, have nothing to fear from them: 
<rf and the Cumberland is too puissant to appre^ 
bend any danger. The Spaniards are in 
^possession of the Floridas (how long they 
“ will remain so, must depend upon their mo- 
■“ deration and good manners) and of the set- 
tlements at the Natchez and above, which 
“ will soon extend to the southern bounda- 
c<r ries of Cumberland, .so that they ( the In- 
“ dians) will be completely enveloped in a few 
years. Our people (alluding to those of the 
■ c United States) will continue to,encroach upon 
“ them on three sides, and compel them to live 
more domestic lives, and assimilate them to 
our mode of living, or cross to the western 
—side of the Mississippi.” 
O Americans ! shall we praise your justice 
and your love of liberty, when thus you talk 
of encroachments and compulsion ? Shall we 
commend your moderation, when we see ye 
eager to gain fresh possessions, whilst ye have 
yet millions of acres within your own territo¬ 
ries unoccupied ? Shall we reverence your re- 
