the idea that he was not in favor of throwing out any thing as a barrier against what was suggested by the . He did not intend to impune the motives of . But whenever a thing is proposed by the he always thinks they understand the matter. To throw in objections always darkens council. He never wishes to throw objections in the way of a barrier to any thing proposed by our head. He feels as safe in one place as another among the Indians, they are all descendants of the same family, and they will feel after the truth. He has had the priviledge of being amongst the Cherokees a whole summer himself, and he knows all about them. The idea he wishes to advance, is, never to throw objections in the way of any thing proposed by the . He expects to be always in perfect subjection to [p. [100]]
It is unclear when Miller spent time among the Cherokee. There is no mention of this in his brief autobiographical account in his journal, though apparently the portion of this account covering 1819 to 1840 was damaged at some point. (See Mills, “De Tal Palo Tal Astilla,” 87, 91.)
Mills, H. W. “De Tal Palo Tal Astilla.” Annual Publications Historical Society of Southern California 10 (1917): 86–174.