[54] Greenwood to Rector, March 14, 1860 [Indian Office, _Letter Book_, no. 63, p. 128]; Greenwood to Cowart, March 14, 1860 [_ibid._, 125]. [55] Commissioner of Indian Affairs, _Report_, 1860. See also additional documents in Appendix B. [56] The following extract from the _Fort Smith Times_ of February 3, 1859 makes particular mention of the Reverend Evan Jones: In the _True Democrat_ of the 19th inst., we find an article credited to the _Fort Smith Times_, in which the Rev. Evan Jones, a Baptist Missionary, residing near the State line, Washington county, is handled rather roughly so far as words are concerned. He is said to be an abolitionist, and a very dangerous man, meddling with the affairs of the Cherokees, and teaching them abolition principles. "As such reports will be circulated to the prejudice of the Southern Baptists, we hereby request some of our Brethren in the northwest part of the State to write us the grounds for such reports. "Is the 'Rev. Evan Jones' connected with any Missionary Society and if so, what one? "We hope shortly to hear more concerning this matter." The above notice is from the first number of the _Arkansas Baptist_, a new paper just published in Little Rock, P. S. G. Watson, Editor. It was not our intention to cast any reflections on the Baptist Church by noticing the Rev. gentleman named above, as we have great respect for the Church. We deny, however, that Mr. Jones "is handled roughly so far as words are concerned," for there are no harsh words or epithets in the article referred to; but he is _handled roughly_ so far as _facts_ are concerned. He is a Missionary Baptist, and the society by which he is supported, has, we believe, its headquarters in Boston, Mass. Mr. Jones' conduct has been fully reported to the Indian office, at Washington, by a number of the Cherokees, and by their Agent, Mr. George Butler, to whom we refer the editor of the _Baptist_, for the truth of the charges we have made against him; and, if they are not satisfactory we can give a full history of Evan Jones' conduct for a number of years, well known among the Cherokees. In connection with the foregoing newspaper extract, it is well to note that Richard Johnson was the editor of the _True Democrat_. Richard was a brother of Robert W. Johnson who represented one faction of the Democratic party in Arkansas while Thomas C. Hindman represented another. This was before their devotion to the Confederate cause had made them friends. Robert W. Johnson served in the United States Congress, first as representative, then as senator. He was later a senator in the Confederate States Congress. The Johnson family, although not so numerous as the Rector family, was, like it, strongly secessionistic. [57] Greenwood to Thompson, June 4, 1860 [Indian Office, _Report Book_, no. 12, pp. 323-324].