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asasa Vox.. I. MILLEUGEVIi J.E, TUEsuVY, FEBRUARY 27, 1810. 1> O. IS. TUM-ISIIED BY SEATON GRANTLANI) (PRINTER TO THE STATE,) ON JF.K TERSON STREET, OPPOSITE THl NORTH END OF THE STATE-HOUSE, *ERMS THREE DOLLARS PER AN NUM, ONE HALF TO BE PAID IN AD VANCE ADVERTISEMENTS WII.C BE THANK FULLY RECEIVED, AND PUBLISHED ‘“'AT THE CUSTOMARY PRICES. Febrifuge, Safe. WILL BE SOLL>, on the 1st Tues thy in March next, in Laurens, between the usual hours, Two Negro Women, named Grace and Kener, levied on as the property of Laban Cason, to satisfy an execution in favour of Wil liam M’GrifF.—Conditions Cash. Isaac Kirksey, Sheriff;. January 9 11—tds. A beautiful dark bay, full live feet three inches high, iVILL STAND at my stable, on Potatoe Creek in the 2nd Baldwin, and be let to trtares this season, to .commence the 1st of March, and end the 1st of July, at the reduced price of Eight Dollars the season, Twelve Dollars to en sure a mare in foal, and Four Dol lars the single visit ; if paid by the first of Nov. may be discharged with 300 lb. of good seed cotton the season, or 500 for the insurance.— Pasturage gratis, but not liable for accidents or escapes. Febribuge, is perhaps, as well-bred a horse as any raised or imported, on &aleg. On the first Tuesday in March ^fext, WILL BE SOLD between the usual hours, at Monticello, One Lot of Land, No. 215, in nineteenth district of . Baldwin county, now Randolph, le vied on as the property of Jos. Hole- man, William Phillips and William Hammett, to satisfy an execution in favour of Eleazar Jeter. ALSO, One Negro Girl, Amed Lucy, one likely Yoke oi Oxen and Cart, Four good F eather Beds and Furniture, one Sorrel Horse, Seven Cows and Yearlings and twenty-five head of likely Hogs all taken as the ^property of Joseph Carter to satisfy sundry executions against him ; property pointed out by the defendant. ALSO, One Likely Sorrel Horse, levied on as'the property of Nehe- jniah Harvey, to satisfy an execution in favour of Samuel Lancaster ; property pointed out by the defen dant. ALSO, One Lot of Land, No. 19, in the sixteenth district of Baldwin county, now Randolph, levied on as the property of William W. Kennon to satisfy an execution in favour of Barrett and Sims ; pro perty pointed cjut by the detendant f * ALSO, the one half of a Brick Kiln, containing about 120,000 Bricks, levied on as the property of Josiah Goolsbey to satisfy an execution in ; favour of Augustin Harris ; the property pointed out by the Plaintiff s attorney, levied on by Jesse Evans, Deputy Sheriff. ALSO, One Book, one drawing knife, two augurs, three small hammers, t e writing desk, one Umbrel- one Club Axe, two pair of hinges, ^Jtiree flips, one snuff bottle and box, mid two pistol barrels, levied on as the property of Icabod Nelson, to. satisfy an execution in favour of Isham Huckoby. ALSO, One Lot of Land, the South, although wc ascended twenty utiles that duv ive were noi IVILL BE SOLD, on the first Tues- more than 500 yards from the spo. day in April next, at Montfccllo in we had encamped the tveing before ; die county of Randolph, between the at the commencement of this he r*. usual hours, near the river, on the sduth side, we times it dog ; they resemble the A- One lot of Land, 'observed the hill on which the gieatVabs, having no fixed, place of Yesi- Mnhn chief lies interred ; the Ma- terest, established a trading house here*; during our stay the chiefs had stationed G nien to guard the barges from nillage. These people subsist ntiicly oti the Btiffaloe, except some- tisfy an execution in favour of Abed- nego Wright; property pointed out by the defendant.-—Conditions Cash. J. Evans, 1). S. R. C. Februai y 20. 17—ids H. k K, Gates Respectfully inform their friends and the public generally, that they have taken the shop directly opposite Mae the continent, and altogether from|jor John Howard’s in ?*IilledgeviHc \r here they carry on die Blacksmith's Business. Gentlemen planters and others can be supplied with Axes, Mattocks, Ploughs, &c. of an excellent quality on the shortest notice. Anv orders the running stock ; he is thought by good judges, one among the best on the turf, and has proved hiihsclt a good and sure foal getter; the last six years he stood in Virginia, as the property of Jesse Wreh, & covered upward, of one hundred & fifty mare *Un>w tbc coumry K m be gratafullv a year at one stand; h.s cult, are welt . . . • colored, large & likely; Bethought by good judges inferior to none on the tutf, under the saddle or in the gear; and to prevent imposition, I have in my possession an extract from the general stud-book of England, pub lished by Edward Jordan, where his pedigree may be found one among the best. Jeremiah Bonner. February 20. 17—3tt received and strictly attended to. (£3** Their Smith is supposed to he inferior to none for SHOEING of HORSES January 23 13—tf The Elegant Horse, EAGLET A VRM, No. 8, in the fifteenth district of digree, see bills.) BEYAi^OTYNN, (Imported by Governor Turner in the Jail of 1803J WILL STAND the ensuing season at my stable in Greensborough, at Twenty Dollars the season, (to com mence the 1st of March and end the 1st of August)—notes for the season payable the 1st of December, to be sent with the mares; Thirty-five dollars to ensure a mare will be with foal ; should the property of any mare be changed, the insurance will be demanded. If a mare insured should not prove with foal, the mo ney will be returned. Ten Dollars the single leap, to be paid down with liberty to continue the season by the payment of Ten Dollars more. Good and extensive pastu rage gratis, and the greatest care shall be taken to prevent escapes or accidents, but I will not be liable for either. Wheat lots well enclosed for mures with young colts—-servants sent with mare* boarded gratis. If requested mares will be fed with grain at the market price. Where any one becomes responsible for five mares, the season will be Sixteen dollars each. Fifty cents to the groom in every case, to be paid down. (For performances and pe- Thc Subscriber informs bis friends and the public in general, that he has purchased the house formerly occu pied by Major Edwin INIounger, where he intends to continue, his for mer line of business, and hopes by due attention and industry to merit their patronage^ Roger Olmstead. Mlledgeville, Jan. 9,1810. 11 — 'KGjAijlones count)/, before me, State of Georgia Personally a Elkanah Sawyer, one bf the Justices for said county', James Woodall, and made oath as the law directs, and s uth, that he had a note of hand gi ven to him by Joshua Stephen for th sum of S20 25 cents, dated in or a- l>out the 20th day of June, 1809, and that said note is lost or misliad, so that he does not know what has be come of it. Sworn to bclore me this 9th day of February, 1810. 'ELKANAH SAW TER, J. P. All persons are l’orwarned against trading for the above mentioned note. rtth presents believing his spiri. to rest on the sirymit of the hill, empowered with the means of dis pensing good to his people. On the 11th*of August, ire arri ved at the village of the last mention ed people, it is situate on a pl ane on the south side, four miles from the river,resembling at a distance the stack yard of an extensive farmer, ha ving their huts in the form of a cone, about fifteen feet high, their council house is built in the centre, large c- nough to contain .300 men, the ma terials consist of »• >lit pieces of timber covered with earth. Here we were presented with the' first dish of dog meat—it is esteemed delicate, and none partake of it but those\ whom they wish to honor. These peopl are very filthy in their dress and food, the former consist of skins, and the latter of the flesh of the animals oi that country, with com, pumpkins, &c. They had a skirmish with the Souex a lew days before we arrived, in which they lost several ol their warriors ; this nation contains only four or five hundred men able to bear arms, and are in danger of being exterminated by the Souex, who boast of their being able to muster 1500 men; these latter people reside on the north side of the Missouri; ex tending from the neighborhood of the Richarees to the Mississippi and the North Western Lakes., On our arrival Sliehckeh expressed a wish to visit the village, being invited by the principal chiefs, having put on an e- legant and lull dress suit of regi mentals with his horse covered with themest showy ornaments, set out ac companied by thirty Maha chiefs on horse back, in their best dress ; the whole nation wtTe lost in astonish- Baldwin county, now Randolph, levied on as the property of Jacob Mercer, to satisfy an execution in favour of Ransom Swincy. ^Conditions of Sale, Cash. P. Fitzpatrick, Sheriff. 1 January 28 14 t( l s Benjamin Weaver. Greensborough,13—»2t Jan. 23 1809. J from 1st March 12t Cincinnati. Savannah, Wednsday, Jan. 17, 1810. <§>ale. WJLL BE SOLD on the first Tues day in April next, in Madison, Mor gan county, between the usual hours, under the incumbrances, the follow ing fractional Surveys of Land, to wit; No. 3*99, containing 1(38 a- cres <; also No. 398 containing 61 seres ; also, No. 397, containing ~*5 •cres, on the waters ol the Oconee Rnd Appalatthee rivers, lying in the [ 4th district of Baldwin county, now Morgan county, adjoining Newsom j «nd others, levied on as the property Henry D. Stone, to satisfy sun- ry executions in favour of Joshua loody' and others ; the al>ove pro [rtv pointed out by' Pascal Harri j,—-Conditions Cash. A. iWAfx, D. Sheriff February Q. 15—5tV February 13. James Woodall. 16—3t5] d.ncie, following the Buffaloe as the seasons change, without any wish or detire to raise corn or vegetables: they hunt on horsfcback, armed with hows and short guns; they have their nation parceled in tribes, vis. Yantans, Titons, Cbia»S, Punkas, 8cc. &c. Whetherthey acknowledge these appellations I am not positive, but rather think they received theiri from those traders who have been in the habit of visiting them ; they are the terror and in fact the lordly masters of all their neighbors, claiming tri bute (presents) from all the other tribes ; their dress consists of the skins of the Deer, Elk, Biiffaioe and Beaver, handsomely decorated with porcupine quills. As thfiy remain but a short period in one place they have very little baggage, a few ket tles, their arms and clothing are prtA pared in small bundles, sufficiently large for a dog to drag hlon sled ; these animals are of the wolf breed and know by instinct when the band is in motion ; on stripping the huts which are covered frith skins they set up a most piteous howl, and endeavor to escape their intended I;f- bor by hiding from their owntrs. On the 20th we sat out and on the next day passed the Punka river on the north side ; a band of the Souex, called the Punkas, resort to this river to hunt; a few miles above the Luka- kon or running water puts in with the greatest velocity ; this river is a- bou't 150 yards wide at its mouth, being navigable a considerable dis tance for small trading boats ; here we met with several bluffs of coal, chalk, pigments, slate, 8cc. he. and for the first time observed the goat ; prairie dogs, and a number of mag pies. On the 26th we arrived at an en campment of the Titons, another band of the Souext amounting to lOOlodg- . , ... c lU r U ?."*i<s, where the same transactions took rnent at th* splendid figure of tree , . v . • , , 1 , place as at the Yantans, promised Mandan, so . much superior to any 1 , . , , . . , : .... i ii- i i J them a trader who was left at hurt jh.ng .hu,- chiefs could deploy ; he- Loi „, „„ Ct . d „ l3hnd , f „ j lore ilmner a council was held wall,. , . iiourney above the village, near White Mr. Chouteau for the purpose ol re-dj. J ° V. . , , , 1 - l , iRiver, a gentle stream which puts m quesung a trader to resale among' , h ; tU , |<]c aboul .hem and to be* present's m artttch wj<fc „ its ^aueacc With the Mis- the Mandan preserved the dignity ol . c •, <• . 1 . i cm i i J souri. A tew miles lurther we got a superior; indeed ahehekt-h s man-. , •, a ■ , .... e ° 4 ' , , . . , , v into the great bend which performs tiers would grace any' circle, lie took . . ° e •, 1 . ° . a circuit ol 40 or 50 miles an I an- great pains to copy the manners ol , ... „ r _ 1 , rT • . proaches within 2 miles of the Con>^ the hrst characters ol the United 1 „ ,, . , . c i. , , . . . .. , mencement ot the circle it forms, states whom he was acquainted with. — _ . n . . , „,t i -i : i . From tins place to the Hicharet On thp 13th we left the vulage and ... , -u ® c ivdlages we had a brisk wind from tha three Smi-I , . n ... ii* riglit quarter, which enabled us to MIS G E LLANY. At the request of a number ot the members ot the Cincinnati Society of Georgia, they convened at the Ex change, ageeubly to notice. It ap pearing that the funds of the Socie ty are in a deranged situation, and as the opinion of the members pre sent, that a special meeting be held at the Exchange, in the city of Sa vannah, on Thursday the 22nd day of March next, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, when an election will take place for a President, Vice-President, Treasurer and Secretary. All persons having in possession papers or any documents relative to the society, are requested to attend with them, and all tl»e members within the state are particularly in vited. Resolved, that notice be published in the papers accordingly* J£. White. February 13‘; -16—7. JOURNAL Of a voyage from St. Louis, Louisi ana, to the Mandan Village, un dertaken by the St. Louis Missou ri Fur Company, for the purpose of conducting Shchekeh the Man dan Chief to his nation, and to es tablish trading houses on the head waters of the Missouri ; by Dr. Thomas, Surgeon to the party. CContinuedfrom No. 16.) 'On leaving the Platt we take leave of the exuberance of ve getation, a broken country, a san dy soil, coarse short grass, a dearth of timber, and in fact nothing to con sole the view but what Providence inis kindly' favoured man, viz. Buf faloe and Deer, whose abundance feed and clothe the wretched wander ers of these sterile regions. From the river Platt to the Maha village about 250 miles, we experien ced good weather ; on our way we passed the old loway village, now de serted, and had a view of the Coun cil Bluff', here Jbewis h:ul Clark held a talk with the Punuies on their as* cending the river, this hill or bluff is on the south side, about 50 feet high without‘stone to support it from the daily washings and undermining from the current below : from its top the river and surrounding country can a few miles up met with three Sou ex, who informed us that a party of their nation were waiting for us about 36 miles up the river. Twelve miles further we pass cl Floyd’s river, cal led after one of the followers of Lew is and Clark, who was buried on an eminence in its neighborhood; the Indians had mounted a flag over his grave ; on our way we passed several oanks ot coal and chalk. On the 18th, we arrived at the Yantans, a branch of the Souex, con taining 309 lodges ; their huts were placed on the north bank, and were use the sails every day ; we passed several important rivers and hrooVa which to us were nameless, except the Chien on the south side, on which a branch of the Souex called Ch ns reside ; it is upwards of 200 yard* wide at the mouth. On the 12th Sept, wc arrived at the village ol the Richarees, who ap peared much alarmed and refused to come to council on that day or a' all unless hostages were pxchang d. Having agreed with the Rees for oows 0 . - 0 , . ... too near the shore, the offieet s landed Expedition and were carried to the council house by six Indians in Buffaloe robes ; in the council their demands were si milar to the Maha’s; they were .aluted in the following manner : 50 an exchange of hostages, their le er warriors arranged themselves on thej^vere some what allayed and africao- shore, and discharged their picces.ty intercourse took place. In th loaded with ball into the water at the Council tney were asked, wh_v the s of the barges ; having broughti^ 3 ^ attacked tue party on the forme; n»ur cthfiru. ill.* rwK rru Linrl#*#l iCXpCClitlOn Uncial tilt CQlYl!Y1 tnd * Lieut. Prior : they replied that they were informed by a Frenchman wh - resides with them, that the goo.; • and barges were sent to them by thei ‘ ven to understand that no trader 1 father the President ol the l coud be left with them, and that thevj^ tates as l J,lt;sents i P* *° could have no presents ; menace tookl° !1 b’ 8 ave t * lcm which the;, the place of supplication ; the pri»ci-j at ^* rst accepted, but discovers pal chief , Idressed the gentlemen in that the goods were detained in. nearly the following words: “,Thej 8lam P e ^ upon the medals and attar:-. Missouri has always ran muddy ec ^ ^ ie ho a ts ; these circumstance water, which occasions the white peo-| to 5 el * ,c , r w 3 1 lc s^ualtiGons of til pie’s refusing our demands, that if ifatoresaid I> renchman to fire on tr. was made to run blood, .hey would!' y hj lu P eo Pj e was 1 ,e cause o. tt. be adhered to.” The commander ofunhappy misunderstanding The commander of the expedition Mr. Pierre Chouteau, demand-• the Frenchman ; he was infonne ’ the expedition informed them that the goods did not belong to their great father, that they were the sole pro perty of those individuals who were that he lived with a tribe of their n.i be viewed as far as the eye can reach ; present ; that they were as able to tion called Scions, about 50 m. 1 a few miles from the bluff, the riv< takes a northerly direction for sev< ml miles and meanders abruptly to J Re gel river protect themselves, as willing to cul-south, that he was married and ivi ieve-|tivate the friendship of the Souex.—!a family; on Mr. Chouteau’s in y to The gentjcmcncooce'.Ying it their in- jug on having him deliver id up