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i'URDAY, Oa. 19, 179J.']
I’HE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE.
AND
GAZETTE of the STATE.
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G E O RG I A.
\ his Excellency EDWARD TEL
FAIR, Governor and Commander
in Chief in and over the State afore
faid.
PROCLAMATION.
Dfficial formation having been re
ceived “ That a malignant or yellow fe
•" « continues to rage in’ ' the city of
Philadelphia that is” “ extremely fatal,”
iit being necessary, to prevent, as far as
y be, its introduction within the limits of
s slate: I HATE THEREFORE thought
to issue this my Proclamation, requiring all
)s or vejfels, which may arrive in Savannah
tr from Philadelphia aforefaid to remain in
bee creek > or in other ports at like diflance
n the town or settlement, until the health
er of the port, jhall, on examination, cer
thal no such malignant and contagious
1: on board i and all other communica
tions thereto, wish, or from such flips
, is hereby ftnclly prohibited. This
ition to continue in force until authcn
'gence is received of the aforefaid di
cing ceased. Any ptrfcn or persons
er aiding contrary hereunto, Jhall be
able to the pains and penalties by law
\it, and Jhall be prosecuted accordingly.
N under my Hand, and the Great
f of the said State, at tht State
use, in Augu st a, this fourth day
October, in the year of our LORD
thousand fcven hundred and ninety
e, and in the eighteenth y ear of Ame
n Independence■.
EDWARD TELFAIR.
xcellency’s Command,
a. Milton, Sec.
D save the STATE.
Has on the Oconee , 22 d September
y morning an express arrived to rite
>m the Creek nation with dispatches.
ers and talks which I have received
such exprefiions of friendthip and
lefire in the principal chara&ers of
ne among them, as leaves not a
i my breast that they anxioiifly wiih
ice with this country on terms of
fticei This your Excellency knows
ic wiih of the general government,
ndly hope that of my fellow citizens
* leave this to-morrow for the Creek
vLcre every thing in my power {hall
to obtain full fatisfa&ion for the in
one this country, ana to eftahlifti a
honorable peace.
I fend by express for the purpose of
your Excellency acquainted with the
Gtuation of affairs in the Indian na
d to request that you will, without
ut 9. {top to all armed parties of men
s Hate eroding the boundary line for
pose whatever.
sorry to be under the neceffty of in
your Excellency, that finer I had
r of feeing you, and of addrefiingyou
th instant, on the fubjeft of Indian
that there hath several parties of
from thisifontier, eroded the Oco-
GEORGIA.
nee with intention fas is said) of going to
the Indian towns. I will not allow myfelf
to fuppofe* that after the communications
I have had with your Excellency on this ve
ry point, that it was pofiible you (hould
have had any knowledge ot such parties going
out, or I (hould have had advice of the
fame from you. Should such practice be con
tinued from your state, whilst I am in the
nation and any injury is done a Creek In
dian, the consequence will be, that every
white person belonging to the United States
in the power of the savages will fall a facri
fice, and a general Indian war brought on
this country—to prevent which, as well as
the horrid refle&ion it would bring on our
government, I doubt not your Excellency
will use every exertion in your power.
lam happy to fay that from my informa
tion from the nation; a very conspicuous and
favorable change hath taken place in the
condutt of the Spanifti Agents who are a
mongthe Creeks—doubtless this is in conse
quence of orders from the court of Spain.
I find by my dispatches of to day, -that
the Cherokees have called on the Creeks to
join them immediately in a war against the
white people, but the Creeks refufed them
for the present. I apprehend that the N. W.
frontier of your state is in danger from the
Cherokees in their present temper, and
therefore would advice the people there be
ing put on their guard as soon as possible.
I have the honor to be with much refpett
Your Excellency’s obedient very
Humble servant,
J. SEAGROVE, Agent
Indian Affairs, s. D. u. S.
His Excellency Edward Telfair,
Governor and Commander in Chief,
of the State of Georgia, atAuguJla.
His Excellency Edward Telfair, Esq.
Sir;
This goes by the way of the Rock-land
ing; wherein I have to inform your Excel
lency, that the Indians seem at present in
clined to refrain from hostilities on the fron
tiers of Georgia. This is in a great mea
sure owing to the Talks they have had
from the Spanifti Agent; who has told them
repeatedly, that if they do not refrain from
committing hostilities on the frontiers of
Georgia, that they, the Spaniards, would
stop the trade from them in all their territo
ries, and that they {hould have no more fun
plies of ammunition, which has put them
much toaftand. Fromthefe circumftancesl
think, there is a great probability of the Indians
giving fatisfadlion and returning the proper •
ty, and strive to fettle matters without a
war, if they thought the white people Would
be reconciled with that; as there are no
more of the towns to join in, but those
four that firft began the mifehief. The up
per Creeks to a man seem ftlll to lay quiet;
though not many days ago they have had
fix of their men killed on their hunting
ground, on this fide the Cherokee river, by
the Cumberland people, (one of them as
p-reat a man as any among them.) The up
per Creeks have received the bloody hatch
et twice from the Cherokees within this
month, and have returned it, advising them
to lay ftiil, and if they did not they might
exped't no auftance from them. If it {hould
be thought advisable to carry on a war
against the enemies towns, I think it would
be rather inhuman to deitroy the peaceable
part of the nation with the tranfgreflbrs, be
sides bringing on a very lading and expen
live war on the white dates—a few weeks
will put an end to the business, one way or
other, if Major Seagrove comes up to the
nation, as he is in a fairway of doing in a
few days; and the whole nation seems very
desirous of his coming. I (hall refer your
Excellency to Major Seagrove for further
information from this quarter, and remain,
with due refpeft,
Your Excelllency’s
Mod obedient humble servant,
TIMOTHY BARNARD.
Creek Nation , Sept. 18, 1793.
The captured property to be redored,
and all individual contracts with the citizens
of this date fulfilled. ,
The prisoners in captivity to be brought
and deliveied up, within the fettled parts of
Georgia.
The perpetrators of the murders commit
ted in this date, to the number of thirteen,
to be surrendered as objetts of retaliation.
Ten head men from the upper and lower
Creek towns to be surrendered as hodages
to the United States; and to be placed in
the fafe keeping of the Executive of the date
of Georgia, for the due performance of the
fcveral dipulations that refpett her.
That under the law of the United dates,
as well as for the security of this date, the
government of Georgia cannot recognize the
edabliflunent of peace without having com
miflioners at the treaty.
State of Georgia , Richmond
County.
PERSONALLY appeared before me,
James Anderson of the town of Augus
ta, county and date aforefaid, who being
duly sworn, faith, that he delivered a cer
tain packet (which he was charged with as
public express) to Major Gaither at the
Rock-landing, who delivered an inclofure
to James Seagrove, Esq. who was at Fort-
Fidius with said Major Gaither—that Mr.
Seagrove told the deponent to wait until
next day, the 30th September lad, when he
would give an answer—at which time Mr.
Seagrove told the deponent, “ it was not
worth while to fend an answer” or words to
that effett—on which the said deponent left
the Rock-landing for Auguda, and further
this deponent faith not.
JAMES ANDERSON.
Sworn to before me, in the
town ot Auguda, this 16th
day of October, r 793.
J. MILTON, Mayor.
PARIS, July 12.
Letters addressed to citizen Du pont, chief of
brigade , and adjutant-general of the firjl
division of the North.
f( Head-quarters at Cambray, July 16.
I have good news for you, my dear Du
pont. I would not be too hady in commu
nicating it to you, till it were daily more
and more confirmed by our spies, and the
deferterswho came over.
“ The power of the leagued kings has
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