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“The Cherokees are a sober, quiet and orderly people. On Sunday last I
was still at Fort Cass. At the surrounding camps religious exercises were strictly
observed. The gospel was proclaimed by full-blooded Cherokees in their native
language—the hold sacrament was administered, and three were baptized. Every
thing was conducted in a manner so earnest and solemn as to cause the white man
to blush. The preachers referred to the present condition of their people, exhorting
them to use no violence against their oppressors; but to submit all things to
an overruling Providence. A portion of the Testament and some hymns have been
translated into the Cherokee tongue! and had not the Georgians destroyed their
printing press, the Bible might at this day be read in the Cherokee language.”
Army and Navy Chronicle 7 (September 13, 1838): 168.
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Cherokee Bible 
