Indiana Republican, Volume 2, Number 67, Madison, Jefferson County, 21 March 1818 — Page 2
general Arthur St. Clair (grant- Official accounts, byway of owing to the badness of the road, cution of a treaty wW i inc him a pension of 720 dollars Charleston, leave no room for a In consequence of which the on the 22d insta l
per annum) yesl
hr nf thp fir nf rhe unfor- ttnnns under the command of thy Kn, j . f by
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fluent debate. . ed. He was shot pursuant to for the want of provisions, which two considerable tr I orders, from Apodaca, the Vice they bore with great fortitude; The one lyin? t ti,acls c
i7 the Editors of the National in- oy, on tne top or tne nm utua- oeing very ouch iui Ui)o wnnuut a nne to be run frnm 7
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tcllWencer. ac tnat time -tne head quarters
" In your paper of this day I per- of field marshal de Linau. ceive further accounts of disas- taBig.g!ggts..3ggg
ters attending the military operations on our S. Western frontier. The progress of the octty war against the Seminole tribe of Indians, (you justly remark) is not such as to gratify eithcrthe friends of humanity, or the friends of economy in public expenditure. The following extract of a letter received from a gentleman in Georgia, will bring to light the true cause of those disasters : " In consequence of some murders committed on the frontiers of this state, and a refusal on the part of the Indians to give up the offenders. General Gaines
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MADISON,
March 21, 1810.
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To thcattention of a friend at Line, by the head of "'S fffrenn PimPn miltltV, Wearfi lrfrl Uxr t j 1 0
vit. detailinn- the shockinff bar- to ths nrrr,..i est
7 o . " . . -vniuiycc rivoi. k-...;t-ir -f l-K. C-Jor. in 1-hPir rrflol- -f I .
recent inearsibn along the banks Ocmulgee some wKP
Gaines' letter of the 28th ultimo shear's road, but ht rn thp rvprntive of this State. hMrl nf iV .' '
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picr 0 vr'" ufitwi duuuugu irom its size bp'
heincr dulv sworn, saith, that on the line rnnWw,'j. . .
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our aay, uic 20m mau uvv- inouwi, i ne other tract nent was at Satilla river, where tween the Ulconouhatd the Hartford, .or Blackshear's) Appalachics and Chatah! miA rrnscvi thp. river and WaS anri ia cn'rl tn. U
mrormca oy tnrcc ui iuui cxieni ana value.
that the Indians had, on Monday The price stipulated for J
Indian Treaty rejected.
j. xic ircdiy wuu - nit iiiuiaiu, tne loai insiauv., wuv.l uii u acis is one nundrc mA
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made a requisition on the gover- concluded at rort meigs oy govcr- that lived at mat pxace, cumwuug thousand dollars. nor for 1,200 men for two nor Cass and general M1 Arthur, of six persons, that two or three I expect to leave this for
months, which was nromntlv has been rejected oy tne senate. 0t them were scaipea. une 01 jrla the hrst ta r Aav ,
complied with; the men were The occasion of its rejection is the children left tor dead had sur- then have the pleasure 0) torched to the frontier, but the not yet made known. It is said -vived, and was alive on the 25th, sen ting for your consideratic contractor faiUd to furnish sup- that the most objectionable article but little hopes were entertained exposition of facts and ci : rnnconupn nf wrhirli W3sthat which nermits the Indi- nf Us rrnvrrv. That there were nMnw. jffn,v
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the term or service has now ex- ans to sen uieir rcscivauuua iu six or seven inaiana, state ot artairs to the
tion,
upon
Cre
which von a)
oired: the men have returned whom . they pleased; but we formants were at the house and
home without rendering any es- should suppose that the amount buried the dead ; that they got for I perceive by the public p 'sential service to the U. States! of reserved land was a greater their information from a young tiiat as usual, false impre Another detachment is now cal- objection. It is supposed that woman who was left for dead ; re- are entertained, and mere c;
led out and the men are preparing new commissioners will lmmedi- covered and related the tacts, but ture taken for real facts.
to march. How this expedition ately be appointed
survived but a short time there-
will turnout I cannot say, but Un. Uazette. after, and only to relate their mehope better than the former. It lancholy fate. is impossible for us to earry on It is hinted in pretty plain terms BASIL LOWE, war effectually under the present in the Lexington Reporter, that . Sworn to betore me, the 31st system of supplying our army by a combination is on toot between January 18 18. contractors, yet it seems we have the United States' Branches and J. THOMAS, J. I.C. not the prudence to gain wisdom the state bank of Kentucky, to 1
by experience." prevent the extraordinary litter Milledgeville, jan. Q
I am, dear sir, with etJ
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teem and respect, yourverv
dient servant, D. B. MITCHELL, A. i
Pretended Dauphin of hi
1 ne rouowing arc some cuf
facts respecting: the person a
ing the name of the Daupk
It must be obvious (as the wri- of independent oanks that - was An express from gen. Caines to is now in orison at Rouen,
the executive reached here this tt- .A v,11Vr man nf
morning, with the following four or five and thirty, hac; unpleasant intelligence : deportment, and wd iafo.
Head Quarters, lie has beCn now a pribond
HartJord,Ueo. Jan. 2S. years, during which penoj
air 1 have just now received j1ls been sent to two court
tcr of the letter from which the produced at Frankfort this win
above' is an extract states) that ter from going into operation, the failure of the contractors We are in general decidedly op. to furnish supplies has been the posed to all tuch combinations ; cause of the protracted duration but the maxim that partial evil is of that " petty war." The fact universal good, was never better
is notorious, that the contractors exempuuai man 11 wouia oe m a letter from William Harris, iLsq. trial a an -Jimmr. and
failed at some of the most critical the result ot such a measure. I he of Telfair, containing the painful these courts declared thara moments during the last war be- Reporter stands as Godrather to intelligence of the massacre of incompetent to rake cori
tween the United States and G. this numerous progeny ot legisla- Mr. Daniel Dikes and his family, 0f his crime. Before or.
Britain. T have understood it is tive nat. we advise the dupes ot by a party of Indians, on the Sa- these courts he was desire.
their usual custom to fail, when- this bank infatuation to read the tilla, 40 miles from ielfair court tmcfiver Irmsclf. The):
ever they are required to furnish late expose ot the Pennsylvania house. Mr. Harris adds that hautilv replied" Dcpitis j
supplies uaer circumsiauLca ui uaua, unu im. it uuw uui uiujg tnere was reason to apprenend est ce qu un monarquc settrfuch disadvantage that they can- them to serious rerlecuons, we some other families have fallen ... Uc da
t I li I 1 l i MtW( t-fr not mah a given per cent, on each shall despair of reclaiming them, near the residence cf Mr. Dikes, he can prove he is what tt ration; looking always to their lb. I have ordered a detachment of sumes and demands to bet
own, never tne advantage or uic country. No nation can deserve INDIAN AFFAIRS. much less expect success, if such Savannah. Feb. 4. abuses arc permitted to exist. We have Intelligence from How much money and blood have Hartford (Geo.) to the 20th ult.
"been unnecessarily expended in The army under the command sent down the Flint, on the Indi- y. and, says he, when the war carried on at present a- of general Glasscock had return- an side, towards the Big Bend, ma meretoit en prison 0
gainst uic ocimuuicb : vvuum n tuwudiuuiuuum iuc runin. wim orders to reconnoitre the she with a sharp instrument j
no, oe octier nut inc touiraciurs ver, aim wciu on meir way jome, country, and arrest or attack, any themselves should be subject to their term cf service having expir- parties found in that quarter. fnartial lawthat an hundred of ed. The hostile Indians were vc- I have the honor to be, verv
them should be shot, tnan tne lives ry troublesome to the frontier in- respectfully, your obedient Of w many generous and patriot- habitants ; and great fears are en- vant,
lc soldiers should be lost, and so tertained for the security of their much treasure wastefully expend- persons and property no force
cd ? This little war could have except about seventy rnen in a been terminated in one br two fort, in a situation not calculated months, but for the failure of to resist an enemy, between them
supplies. Congress should turn and the savages. It was impossi- Copy of a letter from gen. Mitch- her describe the very spi its attention to the subject imme- ble to procure baggage waggons ell, agent of Indian affairs, to ;t diately, and interpose such reme- at any price to enter the nation, govRabun, dated Creek a- " The Sabotkt said toK
dies as win cnt-Lis. ujc cvu cucciu- the roaas Deing mipassiDie. rack- gency, 28th Jan. 1818. father" beinr called
was asked if that wa
kiumwa, iiuu uniiuww - cavalry to that frontier, to pur- to the Thuilleries, h when
sue the Indians as rar as practica- he will indicate places
ble. when vnunr. he concealed
A detachment of col. Vimber- al thinrs which he will
ley's regiment of infantry will be name and describe most mil
the H
ser-
a curious mark on
his neck, (which he shews;
with the same instrument the same time made a sis"
upon that of the Dutchess s
,.. . .Triton vnui I
i.jL . uiai v. 2 '
thai
EDMUND P. GAINES,
Major n;en. Com'do:. inn with his sister, he wi
His excellency iVm. Raburn. accidentlv stabbed her in
dy the mark of which rco
Millcdgevile, Jan. 31. and he will if confronts
ally
horses that were obtained could Dear bir I have but fynvlv
A SUBSCRIBER. not penetrate into the contry, time to announce to vou the exc. Hp .mswered ves.
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