Weekly Messenger, Volume 1, Number 43, Vevay, Switzerland County, 10 July 1832 — Page 2
Indian Hostilities.
SEAT OF WA!! "
We menii'-.i.ed in our I it, (hat an attack had keen made by the Indian on ttie litllo settlement at the month of Plum river, on the Mi? sisMppi. .t the t.me the hostile Indi in rr.
.ed the Missfwtpj.i, about thrr Crst of May, they stole three hiro? from this settlement, and when they made their attack they killed one ;ure, wounded and carried off two. Thertwere bit thie at the settlement at the litrif they ere attacked; one other who wa out hunting was chafed the w'.iolo afternoon by sc yen ladnns. After this Utle skirmish, Col. St role ordered the. mmmtr.d volunteers to pro :eed li the spot on boatvl the s'cimbnat Dove, ascertain whether any tndfcr.s were still there, but none were fo-s-ii. Bullet holes were fsen in great nninbrrs utotit the houses, in mem, and in the uor of the Mock house.--Thoy saw fresh Indian horse tracks at an old Indian village about SO miles above Rock Isl and. The steamboat Dove proceeded to Rock Is? and and returned on the 25th w ith about 00 stand of arm. On the same day an express arrived on the steamboat Winnebago, from Rock Island, with
despatches tor ben. Atkinson, at hi head onar
fers on Rock river. By order of Col Strode,
capt. ctephenson s company of mounted volun teers accompanied the express to Rock river.
Tbey left Galena on the 26th. On the same day, Messrs. Thomas Kenney, Aquilla Floyd
ana Alexander Uieginbottom, arrived here a
bout 7 o'clock, A. M. They state that they
lett oen. Atkinson s encampment at Dixon s fer ry, on the 23d, in company ,ith Felix St Vraia. Indian agent, William Uale, John Low
ler, and Aaron Hawlev. That Mr. 9t. Vrain
was sent as an express with a large handle of
papers, some of which were for Henry Gratiot. They came on the Buffalo Grove, and found the bod? of the lamented Durlev. He had been
shot jut above the left groin; he was scalped,
nit no e cut. aid h s hsad nearly te-ered from the body, by a cut upon the back of the neck. This was on the wet edge ot the grove, and they buried the body about one rod from the spot where it was l .un 1 They then came on 12 or 14 miles, at.d encamped on the open prairie. The next day they proceeded towards Kci.ogVs .0ld pliu e,' and wh within about a hat; mile from the grove, they saw an Indian 300 yards ahead; they advanced about 100 yards and saw iuore, .ive in front and three on their light; they stood for a moment, and wheeled for a retreat, only four of the
".me oemg armeti. They rode about 300 y.rds before the first gun was fired, the Indians followed firing constantly. Mr. Hale, be-i-g on a p or horse, was shot first. Q retreatir. down hill, St, Vrait, was seen with his head
rimed back, as if in the act of speaking to the hdnns. That was the last time he was obser
Ted. Tiers
is no doubt but he also met the
same late . f Ha?e slain by the very baad to which ha was U. S. i?ent. Fowler was shot in the ravine at the bottom of the hill; he was seen to fall, and an Indian stoopng to scalp him. The last that was seen of Haw Icy he was 300 or 400 yards ahead of h.m. If he met jvich Indians on his retreat, he also has, proba bly, been murdered. Kinney, Floyd, Higgm oothara, la.d their course for the Missisippi; when about 10 miles they discovered four In dias on their right, who started in pursuit; the whites retreated around a point, and as they turned it, saw two others at the distance of 400 yard. They, however, made their escape, and arrived on the M-issippj bluff; here they saw two more Inri-ans in the bottom, but were not discovered by them. Many hesh Indian track Were seen, and the last r.io-K. i (h...
ffle.-.t they heard gnns fir.ng. V',veen their po 8.!:r.n and the Mi,ssT!,. u timber of In U; .4 I'.'llii rn t ll.. ...
JlMCIi at jvcllogj's grove,
-ru io oe about thirty. Mr Kenney saw t.veoty m view at o ,e ti-ne. It .g suppo sed by many, that these Indiana belong to Ke o ke band. We know noth.ng about it. Al
.;.ug.i iveokuck's band is suPp0sed to be
ilHU :we 8opj(ie W((h corn at k c expense, we acknowledge we have but lit tie confidence in them. From the
Ska,-,f Wu,,rhe editor of this pa per
5 ' ,;- Uie regiment of Illinois
nii.it,, and called inj0 active service, by Col i. 31. btrode, was ordered to proceed, with a monnteJ ietachme..t of about 70 volunteers Rmler command of J. ym btephenon, to Dix a 3 Jerry across H.,ck river, in order to guard despatches to Gene.al Atkin-nn's arn.y, and to reconnoitre the d.ffeicnt groves whence Indi n.is h.l no ollen iss.ud n.ul killed many of om .T.ost valuable citizens l!ein- present, we an able to state facts as they actually presented inemselve. On the 2Cth ult. we sta.ted and travelled on road lending by Apple river to Peoria; en
,.eu urn night ai tin- f.,rm of Mr. Avery On the next morning we began onr march and
".n psea tne Ion on Apple river, where wr t'-Mfid stockade, i i winch were about one hundred n.on. women, a, d chitf ; n, defended b :aptam Stone's compmr of nulitia. U c soon reache,! Kellogg's cli p arr , near h.cb hao perished, y the l9oti nained band of the ruth .ess band ot our sav,ge foe, four f oer fcl!o c.t.7-n, ren'iotd ir. tUr last.
We sea: .;.! T.r l)iC?r bmi;cs where
hoen diiTC'ed bv th-ir enrviwinrr corwrinii'.OM.
, o 1 rut did not succeed i:i liatting them. We saw .e;r the spot, very mary track of Indian herse in t'ue midM of those .if the whites: and a
little: distance further, we discove'ed i trace where about 100 Indians lid crossed over
ifitm the Mississippi towards tha main army of
t.ne enemy, aboit two dy before, which wis
uiR Time mm m. vrain and his companion were killed. W'e proceeded onward about tw or three miles when night began to approacl, and we looked for an advantageous situation Id make our encampment. It being desirable b
SM to some point or small grove of timber, which would fend off arrows and ride balls, w turned off the hiffh ridee rrairie road toward-
a point of tember projecting from a large grovj
on our riglit. nrn abont a nuarter of a milp
from the road, Capt Stephenson called a halt
tin our spies went to examine the grove and re pert whether il would be saitable for our en camping ground. While our horses were graling about the prairie, an Indian on a fine bnrse rode up on the ridge in full view, and stood for some time courjlmg our numbers upon which several of our horsemen gave him chase for a bout three miles towards the woods of the Pick a-ton e ha, but could cot come up to him. By this time it began to grow dark and the peronp returned. We all presumed that he be-b-ged to the same party which had made the above mentioned trace; and had been sent to spy and report to the main bar d, who, had they thought themselves strong enough, would no doubt bate attacked us. Finding no watei at the grove, we marched on a few miles, came to a small creek, and there remained ! h All ra
to let our horses feed and ret. At the sound
of the bugle, we mounted and moved on in the
midst ot night, to n house owned hv Mr CK
bers, wbere we quartered threngh the remain der of the night. Eaily next morning we com menced our march, passed through RnflMn
Grove, where had recently fallen nor lamented
leiiow cit.zen, Wm. Uurley, by a band of Indi
ans; and after viewine his rude tomh. wo h,,r.
ried cur march till we reached Dixon's ferry. We visited Gen. Atkinson's head mart.
learned that on the evening before he had re! ceived, per express, a letter from governor Reynolds, stating that the whole army under Gen
vf nuesiaes, bad turned their coarse down to
the month of Foa river of the Illinois, and were there to be disbanded; that Gen. A. on hearing
mK mis naa sparea do time, but bad proceeded to the spot with his Btaff officers, and a C,
other men, amounting to about 15 in all , About m A . ft A
i i o ciocK, m. ot the same dav. i men rm.
through from Geo. Whiteside's army, gnd stated they had been chased bv about '.Vt Inrii.ne
od borseb8ck, a distance of several miles. To the superiority of their horses may be attribu ted their escape fro their merciless pursuers. They had not more than got out of sight of the Indians, when thev saw at some rnnurlorAio
distance in the prairie. General Atkinson and
reunue, going in the direction towards this
oann ot Indians; but beinff so far off. ibv A.A
not think it prudent to delay long enough to tide to inform them of their danger. Circum
stances reuder it verv certain, that fiort A
must have fallen in with those Indians; hence
nis late is extremely doubtful.
We understood that il was the intention of
Oen. Atkinson to change his head quarters to
me mouth oi fox river. This chancre in
pose was thought advisable on account of the
iae massacre among some families in that qnar ter.
The General had reason, no donbt to mnnnte
me inaians were generally moving in that di rection; but it seem not to be so. from late in
telbgence we have received from the north
and east. I he main army of the enemy is now moving towards the Four lakes, and
great alarm among all the mining part of the
territory as well as at this place.
j.in.ii:'. '- :VC ' 1TI..T ' a v i . i J 'J. States. "."t.(: Toil ol Spr.ir. (Trxtdsd) 'j-vMu-Cstraor i;rry Ei'ei ;u4 ::tcuijr;t ol jui exen siv; ilcstii'i ti'-.i '!' .Trowirg ca;2 on severcl cit H; by lire. -r'.n th ccrti!ct evinced b ,?: r!av- !!!tii. t:itlagrrti.)?;, it was V;v-
e: tnat a 2it:j!et !etlnjc!ic;i v.-1d loli.nv '
i'lic si -itc )"inn;!)or:!inaton aratir-er the v.,rf
at U'-rtice, is represented as very alarTn
News from Lkgi.and. - We r-xirui-i tf.. r.t.
lowing account of the piorirrdings in the U,.;, ji,
faiiiameoi on uie evening t u.e loth M ,Vi . crebracine all the authentic irilormaii ,.,:..
ed by the British brig Suan, on the fub!(Vt oil .. ii r .i. s '
tne recaii oi iii urey mimsiry. From the Lonoo-i Morn.iig tteratd of M,v if, i- u i r i..j i.. ... . ,aJ "
petitions had been presented, eari Grev moved' . V . "..m.-v L adjournment of the ho,e till Thu ly " ! Thn took PU,e h.rsla,. ,t uy mh, stating that he did so in consequence l2'"b.Kl tW m,, 7" l mnnicttion he had the bono, to reCe e 1" V S' cor,
i .. t i i . iv(i ib;h ai ie r ! iiiiittiuii ufisutis ivitc p his majesty. Lord Lenyon inquired what waul..., , . ,......, .,... ...u ..u P
the nature of that communication? Th l.inl ' . ' 1 lils?rt- ,vt'(
chancellor observed that although the n.blej"01 """" , m.1 ..... . . 6 ' 11,1 " lc Aonecnrsp. i be euurit was t:ibn imm ..-
earl naa renacrea nis resignation to the. crown . , . ,( .. " 1 ' ' "?lnnson :-.t lisll r,it run! in the nnrmnv i,J r.
his lordship still Mood m the situat on of m nis I .l , , " n. : . . to the place ot execution m an oi,f;n dearborn, it ter: and that every one must Dreitv no nnHor 1 .... ... . . . 1 ' 11
jter: and that every one must pretty well under
siano. mat ine communication con Id have reference to the state of public affairs only, and the
cnange in nis majesty s ministry. He could only add that a? far as he knew, the communication had not yet led to any result, and that it might leal to none. The like expressions were used by earl Grey. lh eir lordships then adjourned to Thursday. In commons, almost as soon as there was a ful attendance of members, on the presentation from Liverpool, (against further supplies till the reforn. bill be passed.) Mr. Hume stated that be
anlerstood earl Grey had been sent for by his
majesty, that earl Urey had bad an audiance wh the king, and that with a view of avoiding any angry debate, or throwing obstacles in the
wy oi conciliatory arrangements, he proposed that the house should ogam abstain from all further proceeding with business. He hed 14
pptitions to present, but to avoid the nk of increasing irritation, he would take on himself
the responsibility of abstaining, for the present, from presenting them. Mr. Baring communicated that the effort and
arrangements for the formation of a new ad. ministration were "at an end" a communtca. tion that was loudly cheered. The chancellor of the exchequer fiord Alihc rn c Aid hp ftlf it
to be his duty to avail himself of the earliest
opporiuniry to state that Earl Grey had receiv ed a communication from his maietv tkat the
noble earl had had an audience of the king and that under the peculiar circumstances, he would move that the house, at its rising do ad.
journ to Thursday. This communication was
greeted with great cheering, and after a short convention the motion was agreed to and the house forthwith adjourned without transacting any other business, till Thursday.
Col. Hamilton, while at Rock river, by order
ot oen. Atkiuson, took with him three men, and went out to ascertain where the main body ol he hostile Indians were. On the day after the
auact; oi me Indians on tiPneral Sti lman'a do
tachment, Col. Hamilton, with his three men
took nineteen Indian prisoners, viz: 4 men.
squaws, and ten children. Knowing nothing
oi me actual commencement of the war he did
not slay them; he sent an express to Gen. Still
man tor assistance, but received none. On th
second night his planners made their esr.n.e
as is believed, by the assistance of a white man
by the name ol Martin Vansiclc.
We understand that orders have been irt
trom th War Department, for the
tion at Chicago, of about IQOO men of tho r
iftilar army, ftom the garrisons opon the sea
ooarci ami me lake?, and thalGencial Sco-t ha: ieen directed to take the command of the om
rations agarnst the hostile Indians We learn
hat measures have already been taken formis
ing the mounted ranjrers. imllnrized bv th rt
cent act of rangress, and that they w i'.l march without delay, to the scene of warfare Cm
Scott has been empowered to call for such mi iitia force from the adjoining states, as circntn
lances may reedtr necessary. Globe.
The Ii xir.gton Observer states that a grri tltman living near the Asso lation Course, j that iicii'hboihv.od, on Mnnd.iv week !.- L-;tl
ed two of his dogs ard a valuable horse, f Kv
-. : J..I-. t . '
T I n:
27,000
Fat Linng$. A cotemporary has published the following as a list of the respective at.nu.il value of the Sees held by the archbishops and bishops of England, which thongh it cannot, of course, lay claim to lite ral act u racy comes nearer to th truth ih
any similar statement which has ever been made:
Archfcuhop of Canterbury. Tork Buhopric of Durham, London, Winchester, Ely, Worcester, St. Asaph, Bath and Welle, Ran go r, Lincoln, Hereford, St. David's, Litchfield, Salisbury, Carlisle, Chichester, Norwich Chester, Exeter, Oxford, Peterborough, Gloucester, Bristol, Rochester, LlandatT.
Making a gross total of 164.000 r,r -
nom, a..d an avarage of 6,308. to eaeh see.
company with the Sheriff and Catholic priest of . i .. ... .
mis city. I ne civn amnormts ol the village ptcccded the dearborn, and immediately after it about twenty persons, assistants atjd friends of the Sheriff, and among the latter, the gentleman to whom we arc indebted for this statement. After these several tronns of horse and
companies of infantry, from the eurrounding neighborhood, followed.
Oor informant visited Mina in nrisnn . -
late hour on Wednesday evening, as well as or
i iiurroiij morning, un Dotn occasions, the culprit conversed lightly and freely on various to. pics, and exhibited no svmntomi of n.n.i,,.
until the clock struck nine, when he raised his' hands to heaven and exclaimed Oh. my God ' the hour is arrived!" From that time until the' moment ot execution, be appeared thoroughly given to reflection concerning his dreadful fate, and held constant communion with the clergy man. He ktelt on thescaffotd. b.rh i
Ions, and prayed with apparent sincerity, fo several minutes. He protested to th i..t tk,,
he was innocent of the crime for which be was
aooui 10 suner, and immediately before his exit into eternity, made a short
- -, wvn UU1UIIU, the substance of which was as fallows:
Americans! vou see before von 9n innnont
victim I have not to mv knnwirty a
any person; if I have, I sincerely hope they all forgive me, as I forgive all those who h,..
er wronged me. You thirst for mv Hood! Yo
think that I am a coward, 1 will show you that I can die like a man Innocent Mina' Poor Mi
na is innocent.
We regret to sav that his
protracted for upwards of ten minntAc iVar
not being a sufficiency of rope allowed 'for the fall la kfAA1. L
lu tcrt ois Deck immediately. The poor wretch struggled convulsively for a long time, apparently endeavoring in every possible way te put an end to his mortal atronv. Tb.r n-
peared not to be the slightest sympathy entertained id any bosom for the sufferer, and so strong was the exutement against Mrs. Chap, mao, that bad shr appeared upon the ground.it was the op,D,0n of many that she would have been put to death. The eooduct of the Sheriff throughout, was such as to produce o promt uticAi.iir.n ri.
perfornaed U the pleasant duties with his 18.000jow0 bands. 0a.T'le8day Diebt ,aN M'na attempted t 14,600 commit suicide. Having found a rusty nail io
...-w-j.u,, parl , n ccn ne ground , t j gfjjrp
m a j. 1 ' - " " 7,000 'DOint 00 ..ton-. anH noncL,,! t ,k ..:.
6,0J0 ia bis leA arm, by wbi'h a great quantity of S.WOjblood was emitted. Afier having been detec,000jted in this attempt, and the wound bouod up, -20jh swallowed a quantity ot broken glass, but 4,000 without the des,red effect. On being question4.000 ed with regard to those iiic.ni. t.a..t ik-,.
i ,. ...u. ,uuv O.UUUi hid nhia.f . . . - - . ,
3,500 3,509 3,100 3700 2,500
his object was not to commit suicide, but to
weaken himself by blooJ letting, in order that bis death by violence might be rendered easier. Infuireif.
The population of England. ttl
Wales is 1 6.537.398. out of whirh thpnnni
amount of deaths is 30t5,l 43, and daily average 840.
According to an official rrnm t iust ntiblisb
ed at Brussels, the population ot Belgium a-
mourned in January, 1 8S1, to 4,082,427 in1 L!i
.ainianis.
A letter in the Times, dated Parme. on tb
frontiers of Siberia, states th;U 30.000 Pole
are to be banished into Siberia, forced to Tiarry Barbarian wives, and to colonizr? ih.t
unfrtiitfal territory.
VVithin the last twelve mouths the Marquis
A fellow Who Dasset tinder fka nnmo nf rrnnlf
2.300 lin Herve. said to be a native of St. Albais, Vt. J.000 fa've feet six inches high, and about twenty-three S.OOOears old, is advertised in seeral of the east 1 ,800; ero papers as a great impostcr and scoundrel. 1 'nnn1 He W8 a few 'v'ck 'ince al Portsmouth, where 1,000, he preteneed to be religions, frequently prayed
s.v an.i recnired in one ot the meeting houses of
mar piace, ana made bis escape a few hours atter it was discovered that he was a Swindler, z gambler, and every thing hid. It was suppo. sed he had rone sooth. Younr widows, and
credulous store keepers, had better keep a
sparp iook out lor him. A good looking knave, who has hypocrisy sufficient to make a nravrr
at class meeting, and to proceed from thence
io me card table, mast be a dangerous villain.
A good distinction. Our neighbor Clark, of the Gazette, has a very nrocer estimator, f
professions, when he speaks of the editor of the Charleston Gazette having retired from bis employment and "descended la the ornfpn.ion
the law." Meantime, hourror rr
T --- -- - - - . , III T, this descent shoald be made with esnri.il 1.-1.
,. .
i icy Dy us ot the press, becavse, as 0uv chim
,c ' , j . . . ' r "y s oi me press, becavse. as 0ue chiir of Hert ord said to have .nve-ted 200,000 n.y sweep said , Luther who was rZcuZT !' r't nl1'' '.El of Dudley different profession, there's no knoni V hat nnivards of 100.000 in Amrnran K.inlr fL 1 , wnai
1 . t : -'-v.-,,ae ,Hy come io. ' u. S. Ua:.
"I't'v b in mad.
o
The expenses incurred bv the establish
ot martial law in Jamaica, is estima'td at f.vzn
000, and a loan of 50.000 has been adverli ed, to discharge the debt coutracled for the
purpose.
fhe WcM Iniitt.We learn that a conuWa-
Lie rember of the most wealthy inbabi'ants cf ter f any previous car
Ve Irarn that the am.,nnt f ,t..fi
d to he (.aid Ht the custom-house in New-
i orK, ior tne quarter ending ,n the first dav ol Auril last, exceeds tito milli..i,. i.
i , , ' , .. " "-'cii Hundred thousand dollars, a sum .-v,!,..- i...
i.eailv one million f iloll.n. t. '
7 I'-UIII H - or belore seemed in fhe rorrrsroir::..., ......