A belle of the fifties; memoirs of MrsClay, of Alabama, covering social and political life in Washington and the South, 1853-66 . wrongs of my people may be righted ! Here his motions became so violent and threateningthat many of the ladies, alarmed, rose up instinctively,as I have said, as if they would fly the room; but our dearold Mr. Buchanan, with admirable diplomacy, replied inmost kindly manner, bidding the interpreter assure thespirited young brave that the White House was his pos-session in common with all the people of the GreatSpirit, and that he did but welcome his red brothers tot
A belle of the fifties; memoirs of MrsClay, of Alabama, covering social and political life in Washington and the South, 1853-66 . wrongs of my people may be righted ! Here his motions became so violent and threateningthat many of the ladies, alarmed, rose up instinctively,as I have said, as if they would fly the room; but our dearold Mr. Buchanan, with admirable diplomacy, replied inmost kindly manner, bidding the interpreter assure thespirited young brave that the White House was his pos-session in common with all the people of the GreatSpirit, and that he did but welcome his red brothers totheir own on behalf of the country. This was the gistof his speech, which calmed the excitement of the savage,and relieved the apprehension of the ladies about. A conspicuous member of the delegation of 54-55was the old chief Apothleohola, who was brought to seeme by the interpreter Garrett. His accumulated wealthwas said to be $80,000, and he had a farm in the West,it was added, which was worked entirely by was a patriarch of his tribe, some eightyyears of age, but erect and powerful still. His face on. JAMES BUCHANANPresident of the United States, 1857-61 RELAXATIONS OF CONGRESSIONAL FOLK 109 the occasion of his afternoon visit to me was gaudy withpaint, and he was wrapped in a brilliant red blanket,around which was a black border; but despite his gay-attire there was about him an air of weariness and evensadness. While I was still a child I had seen this now agedwarrior. At that time, five thousand Cherokees andChoctaws, passing west to their new reservations beyondthe Mississippi, had rested in Tuscaloosa, where theycamped for several weeks. The occasion was a notableone. All the city turned out to see the Indianyouths dash through the streets on their ponies. Theywere superb horsemen and their animals were as re-markable. Many of the latter, for a consideration, wereleft in the hands of the emulous white youth of the the river banks, too, car
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