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. The fblkiwirg letter from Lieut; Col Miller,
mrnandmgtheU, troops ax vimxnuw,.
ce.vtd a few days since by CUpt. S.Jlanne), at
Fort Sewall. Marbkriead. gives .rtubr
account of the recent horrid massacre by the
Wars m tteinit oViwiefFroni
.v. . i -r nniirv darned bi the ontisn,
,t..n,-.nd kince the Revolutionary War, in
exeiurg the cruel and unrelenting savages lo
xr.arier our defenceless frontier 'ofJ;
rr age,' kx and condition ; and from the recent
xtfd -andisputed information, that, from
Mississippi to Detroit, presents
irrmVmanufacture have been Uvum.
buted among them throng the Scy of tbc
BiitUh Indian traders and tUllnmh govern
; . P-Mdcn. vre have not a
,C t.c. Salmi X&ver X? ;
; ' V llnunnes, April 28, 18 12.
f ' Dhar. Sirv-! exacted crc this lev.
C ; .'. have been pn.my way.to tnc iorxa-
j t" .' Sr Trreivcd or
'varo, umtiwi.;k--'v".
-dersto move, although. I have orders
to hold my icC with the detachment
of the 4th regiment under 'tny com- 4
mind, in rcadmesa ao move to, me
norttiWard as soon as. the season and
circumstance woulrf permit. I had
h'jpcd that ibe vidian war was at an
rnd, but lam iully convinced now
- that it is only begun. We get co fa
vorablq licws from them, but every
.jnoTemtnt of them confirms the be
Hicf that many of them are determined
,cm war and my opinion is, that it is
impossible to avoid it. I hey are com
tnittiog the xnost horrid murders all
.round us oil Saturday the 11th mst,
sevtral Indians came to the House of
a Mr. llutson wholivcdon the west
, 'cm bank of the Wabash, about thirty
mile above this, murdered Mrs.
xiutson and four small children, who
were left in the house, and set the
house on fre I . A young man who
lived with Mr. Hutsoo, and a brother
to Mrs. liaison, was found dead at
the door yard ; he had three balls shot
through his body, tomahawked, scalp
ed, his bowels ript open and his heart
taken out ; thus we may suppose the
poof woman and children were man
gled according to savage custom.
Mr. Hutoo had gons ta a neighbor
ing mill ; on his return he 'found his
house in flames and just tumbling in,
his brother-in-law dead in the yard,
and his wife and children consumed
in the fiame? of hie house.
On Tuesday the 21st instant, the
family of a. Mr. Mix, living on Little
PidgeouCreck, near the Ohio Hiver,
in .Indiana Territory, were attacked
by three- Indians about day light J
IVlr. Mix was first Gred on as she
was going to the spring, but sustain-,
. rd no injury, her husband tan into the j
yard and was immcutaieiy suui uwu,
her youngest son shot in the knee, &
his arm broke by their-tomahawks.
Another son living clo3C by, hearing
the alarm, ran out and shot one of the
lndians,'aud ran off with his wife and
children ; the old lady, the daughter,
end the wounded man, got into the
hnuae. and beat off the two remaining
Indians.. Another man was found
dead and scalped a few days since on
a creek called Dri It wood.
In consequence of the many alarms
in this place, I had ordered all the
troops under my command to encamp
; intcnteon the bank of the Wabash,
in Vincenncs. On Wednesday night
. last, the moment I got into bed, I
heard several calls from the opposite
siJc oi'ihe river, then heard a gun,
then a man cry, Indians l maiam :
I sprung out ol bed, ordered the drum
to beat to aimsi had all under arms
in a minute, ordered a company into
a l)oat, who crossed the river irame
diatclv, i und two men with news that
the fimily of a Mr. Harryman, was
murdered about five miles from this,
on the Kmbaras river ; -that they nar
rowly made their escapf -tbat two
famines cf women and children were
-on the river in a canoe who had es
capecl within half a mile of the family
,who, wcre murdered this morning. 1
took "Lieutenants JLarrabee and.bast
man, aud twenty men well armed, and
in a boat descended the W.abash, five
miles to the mouth of Embaras river,
then ascciidcd the : Embaras' to the
EDot when 1 found on the bank river
the bodies of Mr. and M n. Harry-
man and five small children. They
had been alarmed by the other mur
ders and had determined to leave
,their habitations. The) had got their
little effects belonging to their house
" holdiotoa canoe, and the' family at
j ' the water edge ready to leave the
" i.place and come into the settlement,
f when they tho't of something, more,
VacI1t back a youugman who lived with
them for that, sat down on the bank
of the river to wait his return'; in his
, absence.' the Indians rushed upon!
Vrice Thrc? 2;olJarsa Year,
Adrcrt;scmcats not exec
Hairv
head, tomahawked; scalped,aud his
bowels :riDtopehr;?Mrs Harryman
war shot through ;tne Doay,omar
hawked and scalped. ;' one lay . apout
. - f.i k.M.knrl f rum lit.
ten patc uuut ui,kwwMfu-i
de daucfitefsf one; apparently seven,
the otner ninq years oia, in vuc smuc
horrid manner : i'two little twin sons
Which appeared about three years old,
stabbed with their knives and scalped,
and one little daughter about eighteen
. 'a " 1 t 1 1' ..f n '
months old tnistnev aaa noi aaip
.ed,;but struck on one cheek with the
head of the tomahawk, and struck the
war ha wk in its head. Thus was the
whole family murdered without a re
lative nearer than the state of Ver
mont. One of the women, who
made her escape in the canoe, had
been ill of childbirth for 36 hours, and
at the moment of the alarm and cries
of the murdered, the doctor was in
the act of delivering- her. They
caught her Up, threw her into the ca-
noe, descended the Embaras 5 miles
and, up the Wabash 'one-, got her to the
j first house this side of the Wabash,
i where she was delivered of a fine son
1 in fifteen minutes. On my return the
people of the .house had all fled and
lcit tne sick woman wuu net muu iu
the house ; her husband was with me
I took the woman into my boat,
and brought her into town.
The people of this Western Coun
try are in great confusion and distress.
The war with the Indians I believe
is only begun, and an Indian war with
all its savage horrors is inevitable.
The inhabitants of the frontiers are
moving in daily 18 families got into
town from the frontiers in one da
some going to Kenti ;ky, others hir
ing cotwges in town and ehewhere,
kavinc the principal part of their pro
perty to the discretion of the savages.
! In some part3 where eight or ten fa
milies can get together they are build
ing block honses and forts, deterrain
ed to fieht it out. The people in this
j place arc all engaged in fortifying the
houses best calculated lor detence, as
they daily expect an attack on the
town. I have tm moment received
orders to march to-day lo Dayton,
where I am to receivcfurther orders.
Detroit Is the place of our destination.
1 an, with tLe higheit respect, your sincere
Lt Cul 5tb Infantry
The Wilkesbarre paper of May 15,
J speaking of the hostile cooduct of the
Indians, and or their being excited
and urged on by the British, says
4 All accounts from Maiden, (a Bri
tish post) detlare that the British go
vernment agent supplies the Indians,
far and near, with rifles, powder and
other articles necessary to strike at
the Americans, and that the Indians
even from the Mississippi, resort to
that post for such supplies."
Extract oi'a letter from Benj. F. Stickney Esq.
Indan Agent at Fort Wayne, to Cover n6r
iiarriscn, dated April lb, 1812.
tk Mr. Shaw has informed you that
2 of the Prophet's band had passed
this place in the lastof Feb.. for Fort
Maiden, to receive ammunition that
was promised to be ready for, them-
They returned on the 4th inst. with
as much powder, lead and new fusees
as they could carry. A report arriv
ed yesterday, from Sandusky that two
persons had been killed at that place
by the Indians." ,
Extract cf a letter from Mr. J. B. Varnim,
Indian Agent at Sandusky, Ohia
. 1 , Sandutiyt May 21.
u Since I wrote you last, many oc
currences have transpired that induce
me to believe that serious disturban
ces will shortly take place on this fi on
tier. The murderof three persons at
the Miami settlement has lately taken
place. The Indians in this vicinity
appear to bcTin motion. The Otto
way and Chippeway tribes have actu
ally left this place, and probably will
mke their'stand in Maiden. Large
councils are daily held by the Indians
that remain here, the result o( which
I am unable to determine, as they not
only exclude white people from them,
but all those of their own tribes who
can understand English. Runners
are constantly on the move from one
tribe.to another, and unfounded and
unjust reports against the U. States
are kept in circulation. The remain
ing Indians are offering all their cat
tle for sale fit very reduced prices, and
makisg every preparation for remov
ing. The inhabitants ol 'this place
are making theirtrscape by all possi
ble tx ertions. The probability is, that
in one week there will not be a white
pirsou, perhaps not an Indian tvithin
or one Dollaranda halfforhalfa Ye
ijtranhaimrbalfaYcartdb
;cngthirt7inc5inscrtcithc first timcibr Haifa
are now'Jkavinc: theptace'&' adyisihg
othfers to follow1 their ample -J A
lnenuiy inaian tne otner. aay. wiujus
we were in danger ano.awwcu.ua w
pe cxpcuiuuus 111 IHKlUg uyi
llifc'ume seems-, fast approaching
when this.quart'er will be involved in j
an tne v.- norrors ? or a , savage w ,7
and should there not be a : sufficient
gpaard'to protect ,the public! property
here, it will undoubtedly fall a prey to
their rapacious dispositions. '
The above extract affords a lively
picture; of the danger, which menaces
our unprotected frontier settlements.
The gentleman who is the Writer of
this letter, it appears, attended only
by his interpreter, with intrepidity
maintains his station, & prefers death
from the savage tomahawk to a deser
tion of his duty. , It is much to be
feared that the protection of an armed
force cannot be afforded to him and
others similarly situated, in time to
save them from a general. massacre.
Let the general indignation be direct
ed against the instigators of these sa
vage barbarities, and' ol the conspi
racies against the Union ; let all tran
sient or local feeling be merged in en
ergetic measures against this common
foe, ' t Nat. Intelligencer,
VinctnntSt May 5.
Since1 our last we have not heard
of any murders being committed by
our Indim neighbors every prepa
ration, however, is making through
out the county for defence garrisons
or pickettcd forts, are erecting in al
most every neighborhood -and this
place, against which their principallat
tack will, we have every reason to be
lieve, be directed, is using every pos
sible industry in order to give them
a warm reception The governor is
pickettingin his house and the citizens
are fortifying different places in town
for their protection.
May 12 Since our last, twoWea
chiefs have arrived here to inform go
vernor Harrisoo that 12 Winnebago
chiefs have arrived on the -Wabash
for the purpose of going on to see the
President the Weas were instructed
to ask whether the great murders
would prevent them from going the
governor informed them that it would
not ; that the road was sull qpen,,and
that arrangements were made at Fort
.Wayne for taking them on immedi
ately, if they saw fit to go. We un
derstand that the Governor has no re
liance on the sincerity of these Indi
ans, and believes that the present is
only another attempt to gain time to
complete their arrangements. The
sincerity of their professions will how
ever be determined immediately, as
they are required forthwith to depart
lor .Fort Wayne.
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St. Louis, (Louisiana) April 25.
On Wednesday last, Governor d
wards met at Cahokia, the chiefs and
warriors of the Oaowas, Chippawas,
Kickapoos and Putawatomics of the
Illinois river, all of whom had arrived
a few days before for the purpose of
holding a council with him. .
The council commenced on Thurs
day, continued two days at Cahokia,
was then adjourned to this place, .and
finally terminated yesterday1.
In the Governor's speech he im
pressively pourtrayed the strong de
sire of our government to maintain
peace and harmony with all our Indi
an neighbors. I He fully explained all
the destructive consequences which
must result to them from yielding to
British machinations and engaging in
a war against us. t v
In his long and very comprehensive
speech the governor anticipated much
of what the Indians intended to sayi
They were evidently disconcerted,
and requested till next day to reply.
The whole' night was spent in consul
tationby the; chiefs, and Gqmo, the
principal .chief, was chosen as their
speaker for the next day.
He manifested much humility, made
many professions of friendship, stated
recent attempts cf the Ilk I TISH to
induce them to commence immediate
war upon us, ! and the offer of' arms,
ammunition,! &c. to be delivered at
forr Maiden for the purpose. - .
Thexesult of this long conference
was, diat the Indians promised toi de,
liver. Up the perpetrators of the 'late
murders in this Quarter, or that they
would kill them themselves ; and it is
tho't they intend to fulfilthe promise.
- These chiefs told Gov. iEd wards.
that the Winebagoes!.werel Avheh thev
left home, embodying , their lbrces
that they were, determined to attack
RALEIGH : Pbivted by GALES
the Winebacoesiatid that: theyouict
attacK our xrontiers at oinerent. poinw.
'Infejmati
justifies tHe belief that we" are to Jtaye;
a seribus' Indian war; carried on'mr
der the name of the VinnebagQ YKr
altho,. many in yitfual?ftp other
tribes' will cb operate. Nothing but
very energetic measuresjon the part
of government, will be sufficient to
meet the combination ..witB wnkhVc
are threatened, for hd calculation -or
account has been1 given of the Win
nebagoes, makes them less than be-,
tween 700 and. 1000) and in point of
desperate bravery; there never was a
savage, nation to which they are infe
rior. 1 "!!.' ?i ... '
Dayton (Ohio) May 21-v
! Governor Meigs returned to this
place on Friday last. Captain -Mansfield's
company of Light Infantry,
from Cincinnati, arrived here yester
day morning. J '
The troops at this place, amount
ing to about L500l have been divided
into three regiments, under the com
mand of Cols; M'Arthur, Findlayahd
Cass. Capt. Van Cleve's rifle com
pany, of this county, have volunteered
their services to the Governor, for
the protection of the frontier. They
will march to Greeneville Tna few
i
days.
We understand that on Friday last
five or six men who were covering
corn in a field near Greenville, wjsre
fired upon by five Indians, and one of
the men was wounded. They instant
ly pursued the savages, killed one and
wounded another. - , -
Georgetown (Ken.) May 21.
Volunteers. )We understand that
Major T. Herndon will this day leave
this county with a companycr about
100 volunteers, Who are to be. joined
by about SO from' Franklin county
The whole company to march to the
Indiana Territory for the purpose of
relieving the frontier inhabitants, who
are at this time t n irh minent danger of
being murdered by the savages.
iFranlfortf Kcn J May 2.7.
On Thursday last, the coirjpany f
volunteers raised; in this county for
the purpose of marching immeidiately
to the Indiana Territory, assembled
in thi place,-to.the number of betwixt
fifty and sixty, and they elected Johi
Arnold Captain, Anthony Crockett,
X.ieur. and Berry Searcy, Ensign.
In the afternoon of the same day, they
left this place for Louisville, where
we understand they arrived and cross
ed the Ohio on Saturday, and pro
ceeded immediately to Vincenhes, to
receive their orders from Governor
Harrison. :
, jlfxlnfto)!, Ken. y May 26.
Colonel William Hussell, ofthe 7th
Regiment, has received orders from
the War Department to repair to the
Indiana Territory, to take command
of the Troops in that Territory, and
five -companies of Rangers on the
frontier. The Col. is invested with
the power to have the whole or a part
ofthe Rangers mounted r as the ser- j
vice shall require and to prderHhe
recruits of the old army, raised in O-
hio and Kentucky, to join him when
ever deemed necessary." f
To his Excellency, W illiam Hawkins, E'sqV
Governor ot the Siate of North Carolina.
' County Court, May, Term, 1812.
WE. the undersigned, Grand Jurors for the
County of Mecklenburg, irespectfully
represent, . j. .
That although we Wish not to attribute cor
rupt motives or criminal conduct tq our last
Legislature in depriving the citizens at large
from their accustomed rght of 'suffrage in the
election of Electors for President and Vice Pre
sident of the U. States ; yet we feel it a duty
wmcn we owe to ourselves and our tellow-citu
zens, to represent to
your Excellency, mat in,
our view, the said law, is anti-republicat
nd
highly aristocratic
Tliat however the letter of the Constitution
of the U. States may jscreen the sentiment and
tolerate the measure adopted; yet the spirit and
design of that instrument, rider a fair and tin
biassed construction, j will never sanction a re
ulation involving principles so directly repug
nant 10 the rights of general suffrage and eual
representation and so far. transcending their
delegated power. j ' s". ;, .
Ve are therefore; constrained ! to view the
procedure of our last tegislaiure as a sacrifice of
correct political principles, which goes measu
rably to dujfranchise the ciiizens, and to esub
lish a dangerous precedent, neither imposed by
necessity noresuiting in convenience, benefit
or economy. ' I - ' -" V V ' " '.-J-.' 'V :.f
We would therefore beg leave to suggest to
ypur Excellency'the propriety and necessity of
f convening the Legislature of this State at some
period substquefit tp our next election, ;hot later
than the ErsrMonda in October, which would
afford sufficieht time, jo. designate th election
districts;, for Electors and Representatives ; id
Congress, and to'trahsact all t4e nejessary bu
siness of the State. 1 - ' V'. rV-'j'
v ucb; an early call of the liegislature rests
not merely on tne ground 0 l appointing elect-ors-otbtf
matters of' hlgh'importance impose :
k t me jicJtcsiiir .01, a prorauvauenucm.'.
not U represented until I after the meJ n
the Iiegtsltiire. v " , meetln8 of
AVf would also Wge the present cm, 0r
national affairs as rendering thl measure hi m
proper ; ctjiis; when the govemme
JSngland and France, the; enemiesof our ind
pendcCthe 2testroyers of fcjimanhar.pina
ehdeaypr by the most insidious means to'd'
our sovereignty and independence cr rVnS
us auxiliaries in their havbf k of mankind
When robbery and piracy haVe become vtjui
them the only operative law o nations.. j,
thebutrages of England, ttre robberies and
firfybrFiance haie been triej by 6urover
petit With the, placid evenuxes of perpe:
negociatibn and peace, and have only, as m ,1.
have been anticipated ek'cited In xhtm the ri!
tribution of iridinity hejife(l upon insv.lt .
lUcfiTa crisis.'o or gerierat ovcinnent Knuir
all thevaid &-en'erg)Mf-'.t State l.egisUur
tomeet the storitiiand, if notjtoo lute, to s,v.
die American name froraflikhonor, and ,-17
,rgnts ana sovereignty as 9 naitow irom lUs-i-.
tion.. ; , ;t -. t--T ; f
From "motives- of so jgh and ijnper:ous j
claim Jwre. hope ' tha your ExceUehcy will l; i.
duced ta aecede.to the mulprnpoitd. !
j And we, as in dbty bound; jtsrlll rver prav.
?- - r HUGH PAUKS, Tf rt m;.,
AUCTION.'
A N . Assortnient of GOO US, recently
JLJL'.jh by the fajfe- Hardy Sander Merchant
of Rakigh, Sviifb? sold k't Public Auction at
his Store Isoqse in the cxyr iipon a credit of
months, by the; subscriber ."1 Tjile sale will cenj.
mence on Wedne3day;.ihe 24th of this month
I and continue from day tb day until all shall S
sold. No change of property shall takepUe
until bond with approved security shall bp giy.
en by the purchasers. j -(
These Goods are prir re and saleable, and
many of them' Goods ol the first necessity.-.
The time of payment is very-distant, and the
gradual rise in rue prices 01 gooas is prgres.
sve. " Alf persons are, therefore, invited to
come and be accommodated.
MARY
SANDERS.
i 64
Rale;gh, June 8. 1812.
N. 3., There are amOiW the Goods a hand.
some assortment of CAijPENTER's i OOU
CHARLESjpARISM,
T ETXJRNS his grateful 'ackflawkdgemcnu
JUL to his iriends ano tne putjiic, lor ihe libe.
ral encouragement they haveugiven him. here
tofore, in his line of business, a niinforrr.s them
that by thejirst of tle ensuiftj juiv, ins urge
and commodious three sjory B rick Buildidg,
" ' . The Sign of the EAGLE,
North of the State-House, will be in complete
order to receive Boardirs jjtjid Traveiieri
where he earnesrlyj solic ts a, continuance of
their patronage,' He pledges hmseif that no.
thing en his part shall be wanting )o render
general satisfaction to ail those who favor him
with tbeir custom.. Honest aTijtl active servsnts
alone will be engaged ' and his b tables will
perhaps be excelled by none j
LADIES' BOARDING SCHOOL
i 1 . 1 i '
, - jit Charlotte, Ar. C.
ON Monday the 25th inst!. the Subscriber
will open a SCHOOL for Young Ladies,
in which will be taught those branches of Fe.
male Education nsualljr taught in similar insti.
tntions Those Parent or Gtiatdians who may
entrust their Children or Waids' to her care,
may depend on the, strictest attention being
paid to.their mor-ls and improvement.
..The price of Boarding will; $e 6Q dollars per
annum Tuition, 5 dollars per quarter.
: TV -'! Mrs.IE. BliVENS,
Cbarotte. May 7. 1812. , 61tf
TAKEN UP,
A"
T the plantation of Mrs-I White, nearthis
citv on Monday the lbth of Mav !as
a small DARK BAY HORSE, about four
teen hands high, with a swa$ tail, and about
4 years old. The owner ma have the above
Horse by proving property and paying charg
es. D. L. BAR RINGER.
. June 12, 1812.-,: Sr64
One Hundred Dollars Reward.
RAN AW AY from ;be Subscriber, on the
,15th instant, a NEGRO FELLOW
named JACOB, alias; TeUavt Jacob, lie. is
ifail lusty Mulatto,' abbut sx feet high, and
about 21 or 22 years" old walks remarkably
straight and. slow ; has uncommonly large feet,
which he turns out in I waltinc: -He sp1
very quick, apd, to a person1 unaccustomed to '
'$ear him talk, almost 7uninteUjgiSiy. Hehai
rather a: mild inoffensive countenance, and
manner well calculated ! for ; any species ot de-
... J..j:u t.- . VLL t 1 M
cepuon. . jlu ucscrioe aim py nis aress
be impossible, as he carried off several article
of clothing of different colors, -i He has beea
heard of on his way to Murfreesborough: and
Many's neck, in Hertsrd County, where h
was raised, and where he has several relation 1
and, no doubt, many Well disposed to conceal
him. His father, named Abraham, lives 35
husband with a free jromaa iii Norihamptf"1
county, Who hires his! timeT'of Mr. Tigure
estate of Hertford : arid he has a brother nafl
ed Moses, who now beIbngito Mi. UnderiiH
at Ilorniblow's Point, j a few i miles below
denton. : He has passed '.for Major Park's Jiv
which name be, probably, for some timc, "
tkularly where not known, rbay wish 10 teti
He has , been . hear d by theNpyerseer to tbro
oilt some hints that oshould'be free, andt
he saw no reason why-rhe sweat of his brc?
snouia oe expenaea in supporting me
gance and, idleness Of anyj man : ( or soctf
wnVils irt tVist ffirt. rThi nriorinlp' .1 afB in'
formed he wished toJimpeis upon the rm's
.of my other negroes ;
and ! doubt not wiH'
tempt to aq tne same
wherever be goes. 11
onl) ithe duty, but the
therefore becomes not
interest of every person possessed of sucb pr0
pertyi to apprehend auch a fellow, and thetfP?
arrest the progress of; such dangerous VTiriC,
pies- I will give glO to any person who vs
apprehend him and todehini in the jail oftEJ
county. wher taken; apd the abore reward j
glOQ to any person, -who iwill discover ara
give evidence agamsr janylpersorf br
who ihay.; hirbpur, conceal or employ said n
grb, sd that he;ihc or thpyij so harboring &
.be legally convicted of the same. c
fm?: '. -i &".-. JAMES HKEYf-
. j -. ,
en county, May low "
master in iht State