Western Sun, Volume 4, Number 23, Vincennes, Knox County, 5 May 1812 — Page 3

THE WE9TRRN SUV.

flNCENHES May, 5, 1813-

Since our lad we have not htttrd of any murders being committed by our Indian n ighbora every preparation, however, making throughout the Cntint) for defence inrrifons or pi kt in I foi ts, are ertetmg in al noil every neighbor hood Sr. this place, rj. null which their principal r U k ft ill, we have iverj reafon to ic i ehetlireft eel, is u ting ever) n Ifiblt industry iti order to give thtm a warm ieOeption Phe governor is pi ; kettidg in his bond' and the citizens are fortlf) tug dirt rent places in town for their proieion Extnft of a letter from Benjsmin Franklin Stitkney, Etq. Indian a.;ent It tort "Wayne, to governor Hnl'm, dated, 44 Fort-W ayk k, April 18, 18 13, u Mr. S'HW lias inform d on t hi IM of thr Prophet's baud had pilled this pl.icin the lalt. of Frbru-. y . f f r: M ild m, to tfCflft ammunition wbn h ams protnifed b- rtadf for then thry returned Ml tlir 4th inft. wit'i as much ;un powder, lrrt.l and new Fitfeet as they ' ml i tarry, A rep rt arrived v-ft' rd y ftnm Smduflty, that t w pi Tons Invf bC I killed at thai place by thr thdt its " St. LOU LS, Ap il I t. From furl M u Tot, w I If am, that th l?tl J Os r t . I v no v r l , ui f t n- l! m ' they 1 itriv (hit tenttiel 1 1 o i I he I in.dav one Ot iHrttf if .s k I ,i j a ih i from the f it. G i rus part" Whil oi in ' h-rr a few davs a i). h w in t fuV 1. j ii Is it Ca hokia, thr s t.tl t thf iD'l-nvmr hat hut yet tr ilifpiieda G'm rrportt that the In 111 in who kill-d rttr (. x on WooUiitff, is now at Feottt ; he Otloftgt to the Bit Jo frpii's band ol rttttw itomii bm nonu nus counecliooc, who would itt i k itid deftro) him if he ueln red thr murderers to the whio hr pi. on! I t point mm out to any patty uovernoi nt m y fend Account 9 f MO la hattt M iliuri, annouti en a geitei i pr m e tmoi g thi lliataltl i'. is fcd tltit thr catlujo ki-s his treated this p 14 i fi t i hi, Aptii 9S W( l im fro n irtdUeftltMIIblf irooriry, toil goernor fi w rd has

rfc-Mv -a vuiencr In attsteOt) to him that tii i if mil r i O N ils t milyoti

ptfttfd hy a p o ty ai 'O It e Unn - I'd of

nr : luinipHi j

V 1 ,ot" K k ipo la. that Ii I

kt!v t fi m v it 1 B f's, tul ttanfruit

heif tfutltt i hm ltre and mutt 01 tn

rkeJ t hint I M v i !r evn v aav l lool ifvltem o hit h th l

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Vl f M V t W4 1 Si ui ii i 'Uiiuwu f MM) I if friMMfh p i i fl pii; of the Mtlll din.) f ri o . ai l ti i it. I . i . i 1 1 1 in vm

gtauee at)Q 'u I h t a m-r clol !t i ; iho ill I i this iniiuiioiii rou It Or 1 11 Hi 1 ih o r t . r atttl hi ov r me til are .i up-a noth a left thtti to teitnefi in i m n i nvt mitltiplied iuftaneei of in- b tatige and int ,1 tu-v.

A Hi if i liitte fi itf innther of nur foldteti at fort Madifon ws mortally m utided by the indiaiN hating been il t thru1 a poo kole, atul i tint r lr id Ttlt fucrfediog nttht the Indiana, mil, pur thee ati mnti on th 101 f, md had - i ol Iheit party killed nd mothfr wounded Thry wtf i m ft :t! m I - n ig thi foft If Iff Mop evftv tpportuniy ! tin mitcWefi All th Am. r. , Rrept twoi hate fe fi nm fValtle dn flhieo. tf ifing thet propel ty brliind. in eoi fedU ftft rhl .v.t

Bolttlity ol ihi I v n I w n 0 ' on Sow

. v j "ii M ul uQ eica imci B tht W n i

tit arrived herr. I ped wi h ill if 1 1 v

George Wilfott, I f K I - ky n mr. Ph - . atf pn tb i in the V !ltat rmv. Thr! fntlrfT!n hi .r an pie tell fpcnv not on'v Itfifl lie m hi tl Wfntt 1 oh 1 but it v ii if i tHWltflH et whit 1 p r'-: b ' 'bf Sl-.xx Jt'iopUetluk been c 6 td duu ig the WtBl

er nlT infiJunufly in excitinrr the hoftility ol various tribes of Indians towards u. furthrr particulars Wilt tef gift II berrntir-. Thr BotHh tradrrs brl that they h-tv the ex lufive trade of the I t lH tH p p i , abovt thr MiHT'Uri, and that before the expiration ot another yrr no Amm an will be prr mittt d to trade up thr M Ifoii i. or its trio utry ftrr ams ! 1 he Wtnehagfjel now af Pmlslrd t the nvmth of R k tivrr fay, thu rvr ry boat puffing up and down will b. rxaminrti for Aniern ans, th:it their papfli mall denominate their country. AtSlPtttans thry will to?hawk, or Dum ht Firnch. pttathed to thr Anriran government, fh .11 hivr thf fmf fte ; but thr Eltgllftl nd Canadian Frenth (ball bf protrcred, It Diall have extlufivf ttatfi thus the Bn:.lli aim t'lir ralcily ngMs, rrt our commercial enterprise in the interior of our country, s wrl! lis oa the Q ran littl- din wr r xprcl that the Pun? would hate been thr irx powrr, wiio fliou'd h-vf contended for tK right of fearch, plunder and m aking tap tivrs ! ! ! To Wiurbpos. or Pmuts hatf two C idim Frenehmen to examine tht lading Sr. news of fuch boats as thry may capture .

Hoik river f lis into thr MaTiflippi about 100 milel above fort Madilon. O n Wednrfd iv I , governor Edwards net t Cahokia, the fhiefs n.l Wrriois ot thf OttO Wat, Chippawatt KickapoOl and Put watomira of thr Illinois u : r, all ol whom had arrived a few dayt hrfon for thr purpufe of holding a council with I im. Phi coun il commencrd on Thurfo- v, tontinued two data t Cahokia ws then idjourned to this place, and finally terminated y fbrd-iv For the grat ifi ntion of public curtofity the following particulars ai- g ivrn. I " the pjoternot! Ipeech, br lmpre0tvely pnurttaytd thr (trong and fincere defire of HI) gOti liimrnt to maintain p-atr and har mony with all our Indian neighbourly H fully eirplainvd all thr drllrnie i influence! that mitH re fall ttthtm from v raing to Britifh maihinatiom and tngn il - in thr fl ir hgatllft u. H- tommtnted Oil thr rtp and d crptions of th Sh vvnor Prophet, id an f we red all thof a.itetiienti tht the Pmphet h,.s been m the bfbit of miking with . vi w to txlite j .l. nly, Mui produce huttiluy In the review ot thoffitatemcnti he no t i i eel the uniform tfforti ot thf Indiatii to di .w an untavuraOU tontrall between om . . J l-V . ... .1 I. C l. . 1' .1 If I

lonuncx vowarus uit-in oc inai oi ini rreinn and B 1 1 1 ill , particuNt I) as to our building torts ind buying then land ; tiny, li ving alledktd that thole natioi I nevei buill forts ot ofk' d them loi lanchj when they made them prefentt, it he re at they lid, we iudi fo its. Which armd hoftlle inttntions, SOU nrvrr midr th m any pre lent S without Ik in; thrm fit It for a littlt, and then foi t grrat iied ot lnd. Thi guvftnor retailed their attention to many foi ts which thr y knrw had been t rfC tetl by tatKr the Britifti or r rent hi They admitted that theff w as a difle rente be tween our toodull and both thole nations Itl rff ltd to tlinr I ii !, which he turned to u -dv nt.e, by tin wing that we nt-vci to k th-u land without p ying then tlu price thty trrtd to takr tor it, and that Ihofe nations id Rot arkuowledgf their 1 1 if I to my i-.tnl, and bad .ikcn it whenetei they wanted it wit ho u paying any thing 1 illultrate whii h, br rrt rted to nd ex pi tineu the originl tolonia atioti d meri i i Ih wed thf r xteni td hi u pi IV flloni at that tunr the itttuifitioiii made by bo h tm nttions alluded to, nd c tiled on the ludi ni to I y whftl er by n treaty ot tradition among them, inj Ihing bad esei een p. id tlthef 10 thfm ot their anctllors ? a coMttehfation tlieif lor. The governor rndeavoted to remove all then real or i felled one 5nefi about theii land, by telling them that w wt re neither Mo. f d to buv their lands or t;kc any part t h- I rot from thr m. Laying fid- i very thin? like a Blftf tern oortftng routfe, hr fffittnefd then1, th.t br ot if ftly n d r flood thr character of thf arte the) hd ben wtging tgfiufl ut that while po were Committing minders am! her di datiotiti ill txp-c'd impunity from thl friendly pro fi trions f the relt, that I v b id done mifrhlef I ft year, hoping it would hi rxlu(i vert charged to the Prophet if hit p p -' ;''y nd that h Spptf bf Ofltd ' mi fn!!'- ittfinptl of a Rmilr chirad'-i might br m t!- . with thf expectation that uuy will oc cliaigcd to the VVmcbagoea,

who are now at open wtr vrith us But ) lation or account, that has bren riven of ,i the mould he upon hit Wttch( todt-trCt thr V inutbtgi - , m'kr? llieii nun hei Ufa nd punilh all fuvh conduct, and that euh than between 700 -rd 1000 ard in puint of

di Iprratr br, v, iy there i t ver w n y iav agt- nttion to Whith th y arr in I rinr.

ibemull be refponul It for the conoutt of

its int-miins t)r d li?cr up, according to ,iraty , ali otir ndrrs. Hr then adverted to all the murders and othrr dc prrdations that hdd been committed tor tbr hit two years ; demanded fatisfaC nm accord in ir to the trcaiv. aid . (Tb r r d

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Vincetines, the

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vni c v ifiiritnvs, ii r quartCf

ei?cn g the lalt d ot M trht wtiicti it not taktli Ollt Within thttr in Dtl swill hr tor

them thtt thr blod of our innotfnt tt How w aide d to the Gc nt rJ Pi ii Olhte as dead

Cltlteni Ihould not be find with impunity. Ittters. Thet wrre anticipated in much of ihe ' A

fpeech they moll probat ly intended to m ke Samuel Allison, ttrrc evidently difconcr rted, and rtqu f Willtum shtut. 2 ted till next cuy to rrp'y. I he whole William Azlijord, night w -s Iprnt in Confultation by the chiefs ind Goiim, the principal (hitf, was fclcCtcci Dcniel Buchalar as thru (prater lor the next dyi h'enty latinun3 ;

rlr m ii 1 1 ited much humility, made ma- G'r ttrt Barney

nnis Anderson, ( hur.ts AlUn 1

Willi am Archer

ny profeflioni of ft lend (hip, (t tr d rrtent William Bruce

attempts of the Bntiili to induct thfm to Grtcnburj Baxter commence immeditte Indhimes upon us. & the off r ot amis, ninmunioon, oc to be David Caldwell delivered at fort Maiden for the objrft, J ( uibcrtson Hr ftatt-d thr hoftile intenticns of thi Win Patrick CaiVert neb jots: but he endeavored to wave thr fi,m f ti

I lu mas Baird, A ' h rU Brawdf rt . in ?n i 'at itj John Urictf

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Jo rph C?aivh'rst j ni. : u t.'7:'.y. franc M i lutk9

JLavia

D 'John Dupret Jt hr. Lixrti Hiram leaker Y. El z ibtth Evans F Ph l p F, acher G Joal Garrett,

John Aadden Hobei t Hu ten, 7 h mas Hal th, Willtam .' wiint) Hem an Hubbard fohn Hi ' ler, Isaac .fo(M,

H

fiansom Higgins 3

John K'orhwr

j i s. r 7.r

Sim v ti . ' son ft' f mm ph. ( f HaZi ''on, Basil Hunt, I J shun J'"'.'n,

demand for tbr mu eirrrrs, by l ying tbut Alex I h ambit rt they were not to be toui d, and it they could DaQtd (,ck, be found, that the chiefs h .d not ii flu ntr JJr, CoacU enough to deliver them up ; and admitted that three of the tnurdert ts were ol his own John Durham prly. j flfl Ucritj, The governor immediately replied to him Greene Dcprist, in luih a inannri, as to give thrm no ground to fuppofe that thry could mke Robert Elliott,

any Ctlcuiattont upon Ins credulity. Hr ftated to them, that he pofitivrly ; 1 homos

knew that thry had h ft forne of the mur

deren it Proria. that tiny were pre fen t GeorpeGilt when he demanded thrm at that plair lalt j IU Grate house, 11 i i

year, and had continued to irtnie thrrr ever finer. That a long time h d hern allowrd for hrir d-livrty betuf. we were Unwilling hatttly tr niikr w.or, at.d that tht outrages were fo attrncious that hr would not truft to or brln v the (lOcerity tt their frimdly profi flion?, unlets th y corroborated it I v tome nit of iufticr. He

rrmindrd tfirm, that if it wt re hard for them to punilh their offenders, it would be Vuna Tone.?, rquaitv hard torus to fuomit to fin h in iu R ,l " '

J org without fa' isfaCtion. He infilled that the murderers whom thry acknowledged to he of their party, lb ould be puni(hed, recomtnrnded that the hi ts and warriors Ih uld confult together, ind told them tht I e would receive their anfwei at . t Louis. I e refult ol all which was, that Gomo in

behalf of all the reft, and in then pre fence Samuel Lameron, piomifed, that thry wnuld either deliver up thr murderers, or kid them th mfelvet Joseph Mitchell,

thr impn Hi n of the ovrrin r, and all ol rr m M' HaUghten H.m.et Jljiutttr, the moll intelligent per (on if who weie ute John G Macon Wi ancy M Ket lent at the COUtiCil is, that they intend to Coiin A. nniSS c ''' Martin. comply with their promtfe. Should thit j Nut hi Nansey. 2 ; tt m M Farlatd be clone, it will br a Urohg inoiiation of Edward MoOney, ( fin itu Merry ; he de tei ii ma t loLLl . . 10; . u I e a t Ih s . M t , r... H'm. M i uii.tcn, (Kate- with, u , icit.-iuly or a hi.oi J'( grett point gained, as th-y have it eiy 1 NOP much in hen power tt) do us coi lnlriabh 'Joshua Nicholas '7 hn Cwen,

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injury. But tin re is ht futurity .ft rOt( George Cldliam by it for t general petceftfor th le chiefs John Feu

in a piivate cotiterrnce attrrwans. with . overnor d waids, told him that the Pro phet had returned to, and was rel uild.n his town ; that he Wat regaining his u Hu

nice, that he was again collecting his tub

Aoranam uhnsotr Joel Ktmball. Isaac 1 an h rt, rati ,ck Lucas, Lewis I t couteuht.

.oem ztr j ones,

Jesse Kimbalh

Dann ' I are, ( har Us I and J mei Ltm i fu mas i tc

M

on Afeollum,

is

lowers, that a numbti ot tht VVmm btgoes

d Rukapoos were now with him, and

Gomo candidly acknowledged 'hat a number of ins own patty of PutaWatomiet h d joined him ; but laid, he would try to pie vail upon them to abandon him. 1 bus it ppftri that thole who compofed the pun Cipal ftrength of the Pr opl ct's ai my, (viz. the W ii in bagoe5, Put w atomies and Kick' poos) htVC jj,ain tallied to his i mdard, ,11 his, and then proieffiooif to the contrary notwithftandtnga Theft chirfi alfo told governor Edwards, that the WinntbtgOtS Wtft, when thry b ft home, embodying their forces; that they vrtrt dftermiutd to attack tht frofHitrs and that nothinu could Hop them tr. m

Rii h rJ Pice, Aathatitel hvbins, Charles Sinks,

John Gckeiii ce n Danit I F mkm 1 u td I ot)b

Nadalene 7 aylor, Jamts ior, Rachel Wmchstl Josei h Wilkes, 3 ; Abel Westall 3 : Joseph tt right ba'i.h tt lute.

S James Shi.iv, V M 'it ha I Th m irr I) avid I. Va ur, w John Widener, 2 ; i.mes Wi tjai , 3 ; lacob tt' det.er, David Wot rou,

h U m ri Wright)

Christopher Wvont, tt tiittr Wilson,

John KS Jui( i Walkt . V m . PRINCE, P. M.

POSTSCRIPT, Aftrr our pap r ws made up. rod juft at wr wrrr about putting it tt) ptrfs. w r- i rived thr f, 11 wing information : On wun

Commhtisig hottilitiet up-n us. Thry alibi day night laft I me Indians c. mr to the

b tib ot m John M4Gowen, ah. uf 40 milts lr(m this plwce on the ftate ro-d. a. bout bed rime, thftt vva$ a light Iff burnii g, and mr. M G wrn had ju cone to brd. and hi wib- wis getting hltn bed, when rote of tbr p4itll pu' OM gun thro a window and. Ilia' mr. M Gow n dr..d thrrr h vs whowre in thr hostlt 'mmrditr y jumped up fjttfagu'flird the Fight tnd firrd at the Indians thr IllditOS ron'r u d aroud thr boufe ner'v all nigkt, lt a ferry boat and two rsnoM loffe, dole two horltt tnU a Ihort time btfwit day wtnl of

ftated, that bad Indiat s tr. m other frihrs,

would join the Winnebagffli snd that thry Wotlkl attack our frontitis at different points Infnrmition from other foiirces. jtiftifirg the t ab ulation, that wr arr to havr a Irri tius Indian war, which will br carried on under thr utOM of thr Winnebago war, ahhough many individu ls from oth-r tribes will co operate. Nothing but very ener noetic Uieafurtl on the part of govrrnment, will be fufficitnt to meet the combination with which wt art threatened, for nt calcu-