Western Sun, Volume 4, Number 34, Vincennes, Knox County, 28 July 1812 — Page 2

ther your fitimion will b: an agreeitle ore or not, depends upon the extent ot the hoi tile confederacy whoai you are t watch, and the competency ot thr tone allowed you toi thai piirpoh foi 1 know you v c 1 1 r I High to belli ve, tint the lots ot any live s C. prud.nl on your pmteIOO, woulu afford y V as much rrgrct as aOV mm in the woilu indeed fir, thr very ftlpollfi Ac fituation in which I h ve been pi if ed tor t.-me time p ill, rnanlrs me to appreciate lull) the Kcl in,; that 1 know yuu Will have to expert eio-e. I do. h "v-frr, hope 'hat 'lis mere zvatch WfOUSiHeSS will foon he fupcr eded 0) moie efficient mea lures While the holttlity ol tiie Indians at all i ui 1 1 u 1. or whole a I.v ration '. profp' c rt maiued ot their return In - friendly d fp fitioii tow rds us, met fures merely ptetuiiooary ami defenfive Were probthly noti proper But WtttlTuctl evidences a- they have rrcrntly given ot a i infirm d holttlity, ai! hop' s ol peace Will prove dlulory, and unlefs vigorous i fienuve operations nc retorted to, 1 bavt no beltta t; ni in giving it ds my opinion, that youi force ii totally inadequate to the ol jr-cA contemplated The influence of ftat alone re (trained thr Indian? this will dctni i h II they b come more and more fannli a'itrd with our pre fen t movements, ind broportinnably to the deminution ol their fears, will tl.rir Inutilities ilicreafe The neceffity of augmenting the guard for oui frontiers will foon become m inifeft, and as f; in a its operations aie known to he con lined to mere di It nee, It will take more men t defend the Frontiers eft-ft dally, than to transjuith the Indians in a general engage men'.

As you eery iuftiy remark, H ere is no mem- f well call ulated to produce peace, or infure protection to the live s of our tel low fttitciil a he Carrying the war into the Indian country I Ins plan vigorously burfu d, 1 yet think Would foon difiolve the j)i(luV Cnnfederar) u: if it lhall be much longer delayed I am WeH peifusded, thr Indians wOl ;;!! be Ui d again!) us, and it Will colt n (government twenty times as much to lubdue them as it would now do My own d liberate opinion is, that two expeditions Ihnuld he promptly prepared Sc inarched (imultaneoutly to attack till illi liois Indians ai d the Prophet's party It ivts necetTry lot nu- to fy this much to jniiify the fuggeltioi s which 1 am bound to in kr to you in confeouence ol your ha Vino 'lated that you Were directed to Confer with governors Mrigs, riarriion and ivy i" If. Knowing the force under your comin nd to he infufficieht to eppote UlCCefs fully thr hand of India;. s now embodied rear Peoria ( n ingle point of our frontier id Underltiuding that it is to he employed on thr frontiers of Ohio, Indiana and illi iu I cannot confidcr it an efficient ton e, ;tnJ therefore as all patts ot the frontier li ive eqUtl claims to all the good it can el

feet. My opinion is, that it mould be lo divided at to ronlhtute a line from one end tf the frontier to the other that Rations 11. mid be fixed and cotiftant communicati ons kept np between them throughout the V hole rxtriu of the line, that tin y may thus acl as fp; s or centmels to watch the dioti on of thr Indians, and give us timely notice to Ihift for ourfelves Rut if you do dot confider yonrfelf bound to dCCUpy tiie whole frontier, out only luth points IS appear tv. you to he in molt danger, there t an he no helltatioU in tlie proper cottrfe to be purfued vour toice fh mid l.e divided Id equal puts, one ot which iliould be ready to oppofe the Indians now about l'eona, and the other to oppofe the Prophet's party Certain I am, that this temtory has a light to claim its full fli trr of the force provided by law whether we cot lider its defedCelefs QtUttiod) its thin and dilperled populatiod, the facility with which it can le invadedi the difficulty ofproruring timey a(Tilance from the neighboring Hates Its proximity t, the hoilde Indians, their numbers the Wtdedai that have demon ilrat'-d their holhhtv, or ti e tlfrds that may he produced collaterally by the movements ot the army in Mi higan territoiy. Thr whole number of militia in tins territory, difprfed throughout the whole extent ot it. t .ks not, 1 am wrll convinced,

h

ve no aid from a

exceed I .T t), aim w

H regul ii troops PI- In !i idS about lake Miihian have I cVert paff T' into the Illinois uc- thofe rati the St. of phs have a portage of lVven mi!s into tin K ik kee (.-r K ink lakee) Ihofc MclwaaLet have a portasre of

12 mi'cs to FoX river, which emptits into the Illinois thofe oi Hock rtecr c-n delcend it to tiie Muulnppi, of can come in two days tiomany part of It to Pecwi . On thete rivers retire a great number ot Indians, all ot which can npOTotiCtl our i r o l -tu r by water, without an, garrifon ;o atch or rhik th-m -.nd thus have a facility of invading us that tbey at ll times highly apprecucet and decidedly prefer to any other All chc mutdetl tliat were committed in Louilladi and in t.ns temtory, during the two latt years, and fourteen at Icatt in the pre fed t year hve been perpetrated by Indians from iome one of the places 1 have mentioned eleven of the murderers are now rt tiding near Peoria, their guilt is not only unqueftionahle, but fully admitted by the w hole of the chiefs fit tribes now alTembled at that phce fatisfaction has been de m mded accoiding to treaty it has been folemnly promifec but they have failed to lulhl thrir promifes, rttutcd to deliver up a tingle murderer, and have embodied to the amount ot upwards of 600 w arriors, as I learnt a week ago trom a very intelligent public agent, at that place, and trom a communication I received latt night, it appears their number is not lets than 700. The ag nt above alluded to, Hated, that their dilpolition appealed to be hoftile, and aded, that it they were for war, they could raile in 8 or 10 days 600 more, without any aftittance from the Prophet's party With the boats of the traders now in the Illinois, and the canoes in their poflellion, thofe Indians could tranlport themfelves to K. -tfkalkia in about four days, and thus is demonftrated our proximity to as great a number of hoflile Indians as threatens any Otl) r trontier belonging to the U. States. 1 (houtd not befuipiifcd if the Prophet's party Ihould appiehend iome danger from our troops in Michigan md if you will call y iur eye upon a map of this countiy, you will find that if he (hou!d be induced to retreat either by a defeat, or by the ppre hen Hon of it, that he mult go to the Illinois i ivcr, or palling it into the country between lake Michigan and the Mifiifftppi, where r; '.'uie the greatefl number of his adherents.

and where alio will be touud the principal point of Communication between thofe In Jims and the Britifh. They will not retreat to Michigan territory, occupied by our troops, and almoft encircled by I tkes, imp ilTrble by them without great ditfit ulty. Indeed I have long finie given it as my '- pinion, that if the Illinois Indians (hould he decidedly holtile, that the prophet and Ins followers would unite with them or. the II linofS as a matter of rhoice, and already it

appears that trom 10 to 1 50 warriors ot

the Miamies have gone there, and thus will be thrown upon us the whole weight of the ho It 1 1 e confederacy Hut independent of all thefe confideratiOtis we are ecpjally as eXpuied to danger from the Prophet's party as even Indiana territoiy it felt, mid probably more fo, tr kihg

into view our weAiuls, and want of prepar Ition to re fill them. Hitherto I .ippreluiided mod danger from predatory parties, and knowing the efhcs which the movements of troops have upon the Indians, 1 have kept my tnidl force in on If mt motion, ranging generally from the Mifnllippi to the K Ik :lk.ia, and lometimes between the K'.fkalkia and the VVahaQi I'll is plan has been very luccefsful lo tar till very latch 1 have had no apprehei lion of a general attack upon our towns, fete Hut trom thr ttleafures that have been pur lued, 1 dearly lee that tuiall parties will be deterred from coming in, and I can haiul) believe the Indians can much longer reman embodied in fuch extraordinary numbets w ithout attempting lometlnng a general att ick is tlu retore rendered a probable event nothing can prevent it, unlets they are waiting tor a declaration ot w ar with En gland, or an auuranCC that it will take place. 1 hive at prefent three companies of mounted riflemen in lervice but my mealures havidg been wholly precautionary, ami adopted trom the decefitty of the cafe, 'till thofe ot the government could be got ino operation, will be fnperceded bv the latter and from the notification winch your letter give? me, I (hall feel fhyfelf Immediately bound to di(ond all the torce 1 have in fetice. I lhall however make the beQdifpo (it ion in my power of the rangers till 1 hear from you$ tdd I Hull at all times be extreroely happy to afford you all tiie aid in

furious Jny, a fmall compiny met on tie I Britain fucceedV J in her deteftable Jefiijrs, bank of the Wabaftl, lompi led of a tew ii llead of being regaled with the nuilic of gentlemen frOUl v incennes and its neigh- , the wood, we might have been alarmed by

borhood, the commanding officer of toit

Knjx, the ollicers ot the lard otlue, col. Vigo, gen. John Qibfun, huf i t the territory, col. Kuffell, and the vd. Smuel T. Scott. To enjoy the tn triviality of the day without alio), to regulate hecdom nv uecorum. to abandon tliemielvea, without any J. linful retn lj.eciou, to the feelings the ny w calculated toexctu to dilcard eveiy jarring thought ck Dreatbe in harmony the ejaculations ol gratitude to the fages who planned, to the heroes who atchieved the liberation of our country, and to tlie fupreme difpofer oi events who tlretched forth his hands in its defence, teemed to be the unanimous with ot the paity. He fore the coinpai y tat clown to a dinner prepared by mr. Peter Jones, mr. Armllrong, ad in te reding young man lately artived m the te rritory , was prevailed upon to deliver the fubjoined lmall oration prepared in hafle on the ot cafi n It was no uninterefting circumftance to fee pre tiding at the head of the table, tlie

the found oi the trumpet, and all the tl un

der(t war in Dead ol rallying around our liberty, we n ight this dy be groaning under the 'ke ol defpotifm arid opprtffioi infield ol being enteitained with this beautiful landfcape, e might l ave beheld c ur houfes raiifcked tt our villages plundered we might he beheld our fir t cities tncom pa (fed with armies, &c oui fruitful fit icis cloth d with ditTolation, oi have been (hocked with the more frightful image of garments robed in blood, and of ruffians blade wreaking from a brothers breafl inilead of peace with her c harm'u g olives fheltering our abodes inAead ot jullice with her impartial Icale fecuring our goods, per fee ut ion ban brandiOied his fwnrd, and iiivrry clanked her c hains. F lh w ritiaens, thefe are not imaginary miferies only or the creatines of a groundlefs panic but there are kingdoms where they have been cxpnicnitd in all their hon oi . But I have tranfrt fTed lorg enough up

on the patience of this polite aflembly I

Venerable gen. Gibfon, himfelf an adtor in J lh dl therefore folic it your attention but for

w

ive.

FOURTH ot JULY, To celcbi4;c the innivcrfary of that au-

the aw ful fcenesol tlie revolution, and one

of the few whom death has not coi'lmned

! to the grve, enlivening the whole group by

the cheer fulne Is that animated him. ami the happinefs he appeared to enjoy. 1 he day was fpent and concluded in hilarity and concord. The following toads were drank with appropriate numbers ot cheers. ORATION. Fellow Citizens,

I THIS day rife to Bddrefs

a tew moments longer, ana for one whole

mind i filled with a love of liberty, I hope they will makr h me allowance I rantiot pafs over in lilei ce the heroes of the 7.h ol November, thofe who lurvivrd the font eft, may they ever poflVfs the higheft tfteem ot their country but the unfortunate dead, whole bones are now bleaching upon the green fields of the foreft, I would tondly hope the greater part of them are now reaping the fruits of their toils and

their hardfhips in the fir Ids of the hlelTrr! -

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; "un a uimuuivi iimuidi u) jcnui , I irvum; mi ii liii ujiius ill our IMi'ds grc me not appear prelumptious while i endea- j we net otten led tc exclaim, what a pity it vor to fix your attention upon a tub he! , is that we tan die hut once to fave our

which has engrofld that of more than one j country in order to preferve our liberty

half of the globe. We have th.is d;y met for the celebration of the 4th of July it was upon this day tiiat ere of the moft folemn and mterelting meetings took place. 1 hey met to deliberate upon no lets a fubJet than whether they would be, or cenfe to be as a nation, whether they would live tiee. or bafely fubmit to the tyranny and oppreflton of G- Britain the refult of their

meeting was, they boldly determined to (up

tiie education of youth ought particularly

to be attended to, becaufe education is tl e brord balls upon which the fair fabric of liberty is tort vcr to m ft. Toasts. U The day it built the fliackles of an injured peopl 'hen energies may have ilumbrrcU, but will re -ppei-r wih new vigor, may the enemies of our independence

port the caufe ot liberty, or bravely die in J loon learn, that a nation who can loon fcr-

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its ueience. it mult make the nrealt ot ev eiy true trietid of liberty glow with patriotic ardour when they recal to mind the heroic deeds ol their venerable ancellors, the noble patriots of 76 we cannot too often recnl to mind their manly exertions in de

give, will at Ult be rouled to avenge unmeruted infults 2. Thr prelidentof the rJi ited Statr s. 3. I he congrrfs of tin United States. 4 Gen Wadiington let us drop a tear upon departed w orth, the loldier and the pa-

If in f il ItKcrtW liir ill iliii lit) .ll rrini .ii , U . I . . 1 ,

.v..v. v. iiuvivjr, i j i .11 iw j luiiuiU) an i niui iimji iii uiruiK, iorcocie aro virtues tiny taught, is there not due this day, one be living in our memory, and be the contender thought, one fond recollection ? To lUnt o j c. of our emulation. fee a handful of men as it were, withftand- 5. '1 ne heroes of the revolution they mg the thunders ot a powerful nation was ( have fee u red to us the invaluable boon, with an aftotiilhment to the' world, but they were their patriotifm before our eyes, we will fighting in the caufe of liberty, Sc it is alio : know how to preferve it. Health, content mining to lee what men united and fighting ! and refpec! to their precious hVvivors. for liberty are capable ot performing but! 6. Agriculture, that ruife of mankind, be fides all this, the Lord of Hulls was upon parent of commerce, fource of health, moour fide, the God of the armies of Ifrae) deration and content, may the fons of Co this is an sera in the hiftory of the World lumbia ever delight in its put loirs. tht aught to he transmitted to pofterity pure 1 7. Home manufactures let fafhion inveft and unlulhed ; tell your children, and let imported goods with imaginary perfections them iell their children, and their childrens and beauties, reafon muft teach us that rechildren, that while you are relating your liance on ourfelves is true iruh pendence t itigues, your toils and your hard (hips, their The works of our wives and daughters mutt youthful minds may catc h the flame of lib ever obtain iuterell in our '?. erty, and tranfmit it to millions yet unborn, 1 8. The militia of the U. State? hardy Sh II it be laid of us fons of America, that and brave, ere long will they equl their we have degenerated from the virtues of our foes in military fcience, led by a new Miltiforefathers I No, I would fondly hope not ades, they will loon difperfe the bands of all the tl iine ol '76 is (till fcen to blaze upon modem Xerxes. our continent, for an example of this, wit- 9. 1 he army of the United States the nefs the 7.h November, there was hcroifm citizrii and the f. Idler hapj)iy blended todifplayed worthy the name of Americ an;, gether, they will foon teach cur enem'es the and which will be preferved as long as bif diflerence between their venal mirmidons tory 111 a 1 1 LR. I and patriotic warriors obeying not the manAmericans whit bb (Tings do we enjoy, ' dates of defpoti, but the tolemn call of ail ble flings which the other parts of the world injured country, have never yet heard of here the honed 10. Union all iarrino-? srrl

j f " v. inn irii i.

hufb indman is permitted to cultivate his little tarm unmohited whereas, hd lintain lucceed in. her diabolical fchemet, where, alas, would have be n our encourgr mcnt to

cultivate our little portion, or wlmt pleafure

Otis ot the American family merged in the love of our country all hearts and handa joined in protecting its right, and avenging its wrong.

II. The people of the United States

r l I i la a I . I i'.mii o n I rtk MrM r( fttm 4 LL a ...11 , . .

o,iik .'i.vvi i. .v, ii uuui j wen arcimiinteu with their rights, may they the one and tie othei lay every moment at progrels in thenolefs neceffary knowledge rl hi i r xt nl I o L 1 u r lliia a sV a I ,i . jk. .1 O

the mercy ol lawlefs power ; this imbitter

ing circumftance w ould tend to fpoil thrir rrhlh, and by rendering them a precarious, would render them a joylefs acquiiltiof) in vain might the vine tp'-ad her purple clutters, in vain he lavifli ot her generics juices, tyranny, like a ravenous harpy, would be

ilwayi hovering over the bowl, and ready

of tbefV duties.

; J. Education may we he once convinced that the cultivation c f the mind is the fureh1 means of fecuring our drrjy bought rights, and that without tlie diffu Ron of ufeful knowledge, cur inflitutiooi can have neither folidity norpermanrr.ee. 13. Clinton ruthlefa dpath k. 1

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to inatcn it irom me up ot inauitry, or to another of the revi lutionarv wort' i

yhu .w iiwiu uiu!imui iiuci ;y. i es, i:ad victim, be Cannot obliterate the I

memory Qf