[8] The deserted house occupied by the soldiers appears to have been the only one in this so-called settlement. There were, however, other settlers not far distant. John Tittsworth and two sons located near Short Mountain as early as 1814. A number of immigrants are said to have come to the county soon after the New Madrid earthquake (1812), and when the Cherokee were placed in possession of the north side of the Arkansas, others came in from that region. See Nuttall's _Journal_, in our volume xiii, note 162.--ED. [9] It may be proper to remark, that the elevation of none of the Ozark mountains having been ascertained, the estimates which we have made are only to be considered as approximating towards the truth.--JAMES. [10] Webber lived near the mouth of Illinois Creek, in Pope County.--ED. [11] For the Delaware Indians, see Post's _Journals_ in volume i of our series, note 57; for the Shawnee, Weiser's _Journal, ibid._, note 13.--ED. [12] This treaty was dated October 6, 1818. Article 3, which grants the hunting privileges, reads as follows: "The Osages do hereby grant to the Cherokees and their allies an undisturbed passage to the hunting country, with permission to occupy and hunt on all the lands which they claim south of the Arkansas river." See _American State Papers_, "Indian Affairs," ii, p. 172.--ED. [13] For sketch of William Blount, see André Michaux's _Travels_, in our volume iii, note 95.--ED. [14] Mr. John Rogers, a very respectable and civilized Cherokee, told me that one of the regulators happening to have a relation who had been repeatedly guilty of theft, and finding him incorrigible, he destroyed his eyesight with a penknife; saying, "As long as you can see you will steal; I will, therefore, prevent your thefts by the destruction of your sight." Nuttall's Travels into the Arkansa Territory, p. 135., to which work the reader is referred for an interesting sketch of the history, and of the present condition of the Cherokees. We think it unnecessary to dwell longer upon a subject which has been so frequently discussed.--JAMES. _Comment by Ed._ See reprint in our volume xiii, p. 190. [15] Illinois Bayou is a large creek draining Pope County, on the north side of the river. Near the Indian village, Dwight Mission was established in 1820 (see Nuttall's _Journal_, in our volume xiii, note 148). By inference, Point Pleasant was at the creek's mouth.--ED.