We Are Tsigamogi
We are Tsigamogi Eshheeloarchie from
Dagunawelohi. We have been immortalized by the muse of history. But
what tongue can speak or pen indict a tribute to the documented truth
of our origins and still struggling existence?
Hostile history or erroneous lore is
neither refreshing nor enriching to our youth. The true
retrospective view of events must be fully exposed and related so
history will not be swayed by fraud or documental genocide.
It is imperative to understand that the
Chickamauguan history has been purged or rewritten to devalue our
identity as a separate People.
Can one band of People secede from a
Nation? For a nation to suppress such an act provides for its own
destruction. The use of force against that band is a declaration of
war. To attack that band is a dissolution of all previous internal
compacts by which it might be bound. When a nation’s abuse of
power towards its People is explicitly understood, then the band
regains their sovereignty and are no longer under the jurisdiction of
that nation. Understand, there is no constitutional law prohibiting
secession from an abusive nation, the abusive nation has no right to
prevent it, and it certainly has no right to make aggressive action
toward or against the seceding band. The nation that uses genocide,
for their own benefit, perverts its power for sectional advantage and
demands a monopoly of that nation’s race and rights and must be
called to answer for their wrongs. The band of separatists must
demand this in the name of protection of title to their own identity.
The separation of the Chickamauguan
People from the Cherokee is documented by the US War Department
records, September 13, 1792 (John Sevier to Gov. William Blount –
notification of divide in Cherokee Nation five Lower Towns declare
war), November 6, 1792 (President George Washington’s Fourth Annual
Message to Congress identifying Chickamauguans), and November 26,
1792 (Henry Knox to William Blount and the conflict with
Chickamauguans) to name a few.
The Papers of Andrew Jackson,
1770-1803, recognize the Chickamauguan capital at Running Water, TN.
Again he responds in agreement with the division on January 9,
1809.(The Writings of Thomas Jefferson XVI,455-58) The Treaty of
1785 was signed by Chickamauguan Chiefs. The history of our
existence is well documented. The Cherokee Nation’s history claims
our Chiefs and is changing history in doing so.
My name is Attakullakulla I was born
Nippissing from Canada, as documented through the Champlain Society
of Canada indicates. My mother, Noinne Ollie, was born Natchez. My
grandfather Amatoya Moytoy is also not Cherokee. His father is
Thomas Passmere Carpenter, an Englishman from Jamestown, VA and his
mother is Chalakatha Shawano Pride, Powhatan. My son Dragging Canoe
is not Cherokee. These facts are documented in the Virginia Archives.
Why the change of identity? Why did
Oconastota banish myself and family in the wilderness and why did
Oconastota give TN Militia the Cherokee National Archives? Why did
John Ross take those archives to Washington, DC during the Civil War?
Why did John Ross choose to not send requested aid to Chief Bowls
in Texas in 1839? Why did John Ross collect the national records
from the Old Settlers (Chickamauguans) in 1840? Will the curious
research the answers or go to the ones perpetuating the corruption of
history? All these questions come to one conclusion – to eradicate
the Chickamauguan history.
Erroneous lore of Sequoyah’s
syllabary being created in the 1820’s leads our youth to false
beliefs. The Spanish Treaty and American treaties were signed in
syllabary decades before the 1820’s.
The systematic destruction of a
substantial part of a national, ethnic, racial or religious group
used with the intention of destroying the entire identity is a crime
of genocide, whether committed during war or peace. Is the expulsion
from a country, especially the country of one’s origin or long time
residence, a crime? Cherokee National Law 139-141, passed October
31, 1829, lays out provisions relating to citizens removing to
Arkansas (enrolled emigrants shall be treated as non citizens and
enrolled emigrants are intruders).
These non-citizens are identified by
the Indian Affairs Department, December 31, 1820, by Thomas L.
McKenney to Governor Pope (one thousand, thirty Chickamauguans are at
Dardanelle Rock, Arkansas). These are People were banished to
destroy their identity. The Chickamauguan People had their own
government as documented by the Arkansas Preservation Program. In
1838, John Ross outlawed their government and two years later,
authorized Alexander Foreman to collect all public papers and records
of the Chickamauguan People to be delivered to the Cherokee National
Council/John Ross. This is an act that eradicated the actions of the
1809 Willstown Compact.
The act of doing something with an
intent to give some advantage, inconsistent with official duty and
the rights of others, the use of office to procure some benefit,
either personally or for someone else, is contrary to the rights of
others.
The denial of the Chickamauguan People
corrupts history and violates the fiduciary duty of treaties giving
peace to all the Cherokee and receive them into favor and protection
of the United States, as stated in the November 28, 1785 Treaty, [
Art.7 Stat 18].
The accredited representative of a
trust relationship has been abandoned, swayed by documented fraud of
history and the acceptance of genocide. Are laws, treaties and
history set in stone or are they for sale to the highest bidder?
These inherent rights are retained are for our future generations.
These rights are not corporate logos worn by representatives in our
state or federal capital. The actual documented history, stated by
the People, is for the People. The People cannot dictate the moral
conscious of a representative, but the People can remind them of a
fiduciary responsibility and expose an incompetence of their
knowledge of the US Constitution and law which they are obligated by
their oath to enforce, law that binds the judicial system. Who
represents the Chickamauguan People? We do! The People who have been
exiled, massacred, denied, betrayed and estranged from our rights and
identity – a muse of history. Any rebuttal to these facts is a
continued and purposefully contrived act of genocide.
Attakullakulla's Ghost
