Western Sun, Volume 4, Number 15, Vincennes, Knox County, 11 January 1812 — Page 4

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fOK TjiE WES l'l RN bUN. ELEGY C,it: -J -cJh of Cel. ISAAC WHITE, c member of tht Meuonit Bt A BROTHER MASO. MY (tletit taufe I'll tune again, In mournful (traina to tdi, KW W hitk, a fon of ir) Hie fame, An early victim ft III Unhappy mm ! foft pttya (treatni Foi ihet Hi '.1 ever How ; What favtge i "art on beat tliy n?rr:c And not Feci panga ot woe. Ye brethren of the myftlc tir, Lament his wretched fate, A nd di i) : it r or fyfflpathy.

and regret.

21 ark ! f om afar a piercing P.. rick, Lo I 'tis widows gru I ; Hrr accents bitter tiglli(h (peak) Nor CM Hie take rt iief. Farewel, farewel, Ihe fondly cries, Thf Fate I'll e'er deplore,

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Alaa 1 timii rt no more "VIirn parting 1 ft, my mind purfuett 1 by 1 1 ? p 3 with pleating p hi, Aftd Fond antkipttion fiew'd My love returned again But ab ! no m re tl at fi vtti rinc dream

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Is v.iid, 1 into c! ! a:r. O! righteous heayen exert thine trma Send us thy grtCIOOS aul, Kor let revenge hold out her charma," In honour I robes array 'J. Tlie QtuGfi fhe deli hta to hear, Is pity plaintive Cry Si ie Feafts on mil ry ind d 'p-'r) And bribe i n i kind to die.

quence of the battle recently fought cn the I

A abafh. During an acquaintance of many pears with the Indians of this agency, I have or feen more ff iendftilp and good will muni relleti than at the late meeting 1 hey renewed v i m ; us all r n c i r totmr r engagements, de

claring their firm de tt n ioai ion 10 maintain Inviolate the feveral treaties now in force, th ?y difel aim ah agency in t lie late hol.de attack, U entered into an arrangement among them

LelVes to remove the Indians iron; thj Prophet back to the feveral tribes lo ivnich thej be-

longed. J engaged! in the name ot n go trerntnentj thu all tnofe who fiiould ic;; n tc their for mei lio m esland conduct themielves peaceabs) in luture, fhoulc be pardoned, ; I their orTcnces no more rcmembefedt All the information refpeflinff the battle whieh ! i reached tiiis polt, has been derived from the Indians-the 1 a It account was by 2 fxiehdl) chief, WiiiemaCi or the CatSfh, of the Pu

tawatamtes. It appears that the KickapooSj

winebagoes and p4itavatamiei9 the very In dianl whom the Prophet io lateli command ed, had him in cuilodv : that they charged iiim with the whole misfortune, and were uc tefmined 10 kid hun. He preached op to his rollovvers, before the battle, tiit the Great Sp rii would render the arms ofr the Ameri cans unavailing ! iha thir bullets could make no imprtflton on the Indianti ; that it would be total darknefs among Je mertcans, fo t!ar they could not (ee the n0Kiy, and light as tl iy with the Indians W ith thefe impreilions firmly rtvetted in theirtfninds, tlypro ceeoed to the attack. I hey foon found their mi(iake when they faw theii people begin to falL and then they beffan to upbraid dieh leader with having deceived them, lie then

; ?gan to ling and call on the A' v;ghty, an told the Indians to bght on, that it would foon b as he had laid. finally finding that node ot his prom les were likely to be fulfilled, the poor deluded wretches look to (light9 ani abandoned the ground. It does not appear r!ut they were puriued fuch ot the Ijndians

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? field, were, v;uu:, humanely

treated by governor hurt lion.

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The Prophet is now about 40 years of age, fe mil h, I lis brother is about 50. The) are brorhers by the famj father and mother. Meith t ot them were chiefs in tlieir nation, previous to theii leparation from the hawa

about hx 01 7 years aco.

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annual conferences, and re ccivi::" 1 lie am ni. s due ft1 t!.vn f rom t be i irtted ! to)U place op the .220 im'tanf I e ijt la wares, . .i w anoes, Iiamics, PucAwatamtes, and ; ; 1 1 I (.1 i v v f ! i a mies, weu re p r t v . i i ' t lie a net em c refpedable chiefs ot tholt I I i v The meeting was noi do. as numerous as in form 1 years owitig to the late ceri Od .it w 'iicn :'u ir . :; . jv I ed this poft, t; id v,- a l ia

fail to ascmet or the Kit kapoo tribe,

ecuml h IS a warrior of ncjie, iiid was in ahnolt all the actions during t he lormt r Indian waf ith us; the Prophet never was known riorj the Indiana oflhis tribe, lately tol inc. that in t:. action 'ith rr n. . avne, he ran away, and never ha!ud loiti! lrj went to Uetrort. v e a e told that he did notat

tnt hi tijia in tile late attack on governoi rarrifpn, but Uet at a diftance ft om danger ill the '. counts x c have had aree that tl-.c 1 are determined to Uii! him and ins bn tr, on this h id I htfve told thcytn that ; tin v j the Prophet an-d I.is brother) w re In ir hands, and that whatever punifliment

1 t . n j..it think proper to Unflift on them uld i e agreeable to tlie preGdent of the ed ltits, that we held tiie ancient and im itc c'uieis, who uere pafties to all our ?s, 1 efponfible for he peace of the cotin

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country at all points, and would not he able to diflinAuifh between friends and enemies; that now was the time to acl, and crufh any further attempts among the disaffe&ed, I haViB vcr) good reafon to believe that no further mifrhtet will enfue, and that the ProphetS follower! will return to their refpeclive aribes. ft fttr the army moved away, the Indians returned to the battle ground, dug up the bodies of our dead, fl oped 1 hem and left them lying above ground, 1 hc inms flate that tl.e militia burned the houfej .n ! all their corn, and add, thai they underid it was contrary to the orders of goyernor Harrifon. Myimpreflion at this time, that the Indians will aflaffinate the Prophet and his brother 1 and that peace will enfue In my fpeeci :o term at this place, oiltring in ihe tjaiue of the prefiden tt pardon and foroitvenefs to all tliofe who (hould immediately abandon their leader, return home and condurt themfelves peaceably in future, I excepted the prophet and Lis brother, declaring that we could dod on any terms fuffer fucli iIhtiPiS to refide within tiic limits of our authority it wa$ propofed to deliver them up, here or at Vincennes, this offer I declined 3ccpting, and told the Indians we Jeff, the panil imejpt of thole perfons to themfelves, and calculated confidently on their juflice in the aclton acreeably to their account there wcrj 28 Indians killed, & a number wounded, fome of whom are fi.:ce dead.

The whole of the prophet s party at the

tiuie of the action, did not exceed rluee IiunH

dred and fifty fighting men. Thefe wcrea I. i a . ir 1 1 t 7 . 4

cnieny rwicKapoos ana ineoigos, wun a iew siiawanoes and PtKawatamies There

'as not a lingle Miamie or Delaware vvithl

im- ihe public may rcll allured that thd

late attack on our troops, is as much difap-J

n.oved of bv the hu!k of the inrlianc nc !iJ

the whites, and that there is not any dangei

to be appi eiiended at preient on any part o

our frontiers. The government agents at)

our feveral Rations throughout the indiarn

country, will give early information of any approaching danger, and until fuch informa

aou is received our citizens may reft in fafetyjj

JOHN JOHNSTON", Indian agent, Speecll of the chiefs and head men t f the Delaware,

Miami, Shavvanoe and PuUwatamie tribes of In-4

dians, to John Jobnflon, Indi in Agent ; delivered)

at Port Wayne, on the 22d November, 1311 inj

General Council aflemblcd.

Brotlxr Ve, your brothers, have lifSeneeil to your fpeech jull delivered. You have!

mentioned the trouble that has lately hapJ

pened to lome of our people on the Tippica noe ; we have lillenec to what you have faid )o that fubjedl Liften to you: brothers !

Vou, bt other, !:avc told us ail your fentirnentt?

you have told us the truth refpecYing the nifchief that has happened- After we had lillcned to you, and all our youngeft brorhers, an I gi an dfa titers, the Datawares, we all joined together to ;;ive you an anfwer. It is not one tnhc .-hat now ipeaks, but all the ::a I ions here pi t fent, t he Delawares, iMiamie?, Shawanoete and Putawatamies, that join in giving you an anfwer We met here thi day for the purpoie ; one man is appointed to fpeak for t lie whole, we have no me: we have met leveral times before to tell vou cur mind it is fame we hive always tnJ i you j we wilh to have per.ee and friciKhliip (Continued tn 2 i pagj

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