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- THE REFLECTOR. MILLKDUKVlLLtf, G.fii) iiil V, l'UiSSOYY. JV.NUAHY5, 181 {). NH. ]. T (HiK \Y l{. ui iisor .v a .imu? i i.it. di'.zs of n *:vrial court .»r- Itit* IwUowhu nr.! -r, viz: TV.M liKSK l.ll’l itrFICK, Marks, Jllth April, l!!l:l. DIVISION III" Till: SIIVTII. Glii'iit attended to. He miiiTover stated liis belief. that tilt* encroachments on tlir Indian lands were unknown to tke Presi dent uf the United States. The witness also identified the signature of the prisim- erin a letter to Isis son marked A, and re lerred to in the first specification, in the ecnnd charge, and heretofore noted, I lie Inllovv ing detail; t| le with that sent to the Little I’rinee. eciul court, to convene at our of Idn'clock.A.M. fm nvestigating the charges A. Arbuthnot, Robert , ami such others, who ated, as may be brought conformable to the demand made by gen eral Gaines to king llatchy some month since : in fact, do all you can to save all you can save, the books particularly. It is probable the commandant will receive -ooie communication Iroin the vessels to day, when he will know more certainly a lint are their motives in coming oil'the tort. 1 think it is only to shut no the pas sage to the Indians. Twenty canoes went down yesterday, and were forced to re turn. The road between this and Alii ka- sitcky is said to be st >pped. Hillisajo and The witness on being further interroga ted, stated the language of the letter ul- lu ed to, to be, tiiat the British govern ment on application would i uuse to he le- stored to them their lands they held in! Hi natlilo dico were here last ni dit, to 1811, agreeably to the terms ot the tren-; hear what vessels : they will remove theii ty id Ghent. cattle and eilects across St. Marks river Question by the prisoner.—-Who is the this morning, and perhaps wait near tliere- Little Prince, or is he known by any other to li r the event. name r I I have been as brief as I can to give vnu Ans. He is known by ti e name of j the substance of wnat appears facts, that Tustenukke Hopin, and is the second j cannot be doubted, to enter into details in chid ol the nation. I the present moment is useless. If the Question by the prisoner. —Whore is the | schooner is retui tied, get ill the goods on letter you allude to, or in whose posses- j b iard of her, and let her start off for Mnu- s '"» ? . ] nater creek, in the bottom of Cedar Ivey -Yus. It was left in the possession of bay. You will there only have the skin- Little Pi v.e when 1 last saw it. i to hide away. But no delay must tike Question bv the prisoner.—Has this Lit- place, as the vessels will no doubt follow tic Prince no other name than what you The land army, and perhaps, even now, state.* ^ some ol them have gone round. I prav Ans. Not that I know of. (your strictest attention, for the more that Q lestion by the prisoner.—Do you swear | is saved will be, eventually, more to your that the letter you alluded to was address-, interest. Let the bearer have as mucli ca- ed to the Little Prince? lico as will make him two shirts, for his Ans. I do not. It was presented me trouble: lie has promised to deliver this bv the Little Prince to read and interpret in three, hut I give him four days, for him, which I did. j 1 am yours, alfectionately, , Question by the prisoner.— Are you .-er- A. ^HBUTII.VOT. s, April ‘-’6, 1813.—The tain that the letter stated that the chief ^ B ursuant to the foregoing! magistrate of the United States could have From A. Arbuthnot to Charles Cameron, i , li record all the documents the several cases, and 0 the guilt or innocence and what punishment indicted. DK r.AIL. K. I’. Gaines, president. , 4th infantry, A inms, I'unnessce ml. I IGihsnn, do. do. j oi’nre, Itli jniantrv, cnnio v, Ttli do. ‘lion, do. do. ol. 1 Ltiub-.iv, C'tir. Art’y, I pa A F.lliolt, Tenoi ssee vol. | T bg, Corps Ariillt-rv, I Georgia iilitia, | Rendon. Kenliicky ml. J pssel, Till inrantrv, ivi-.-nl -r. be detailed from general and the court will sit hours. Igenerul Jackson. Jit I' B I.e.lJ, li. sen ilg duly sworn, in the pro- no know ledge of settlements made on In- snner. and he being a-ked i dian lands nr injuries committed ? bjections to anv ine her' Ans. The letter stated that to be the lying in the negative, the i belief of the writer, s and specifications were John Lewis Phenix, a witness on the I part ul tiie prose ution, being duly sworn. rhuthnnt. non- in custody, stated vvitli regard to the 1st specification lie is a Uritish subject "I the 3d charge, that being at Mu wan . in Exciting and stirring up the town about the 6th or Tth of April, he Mas awakened in the morning by Mr. Am- bl ister’s receiving, by the hands of a ne gro, who got it from a negro, who got it from an Indian, a letter from St. Marks. by Ambrister to be ns to war against the Uni- hcr citizens, he (A. Ar- a subject of Great Britain, United States are at peace. —That the said V Arbutli- at that time stated le months of April and Jo- frmn the prisoner, in June, ltlir. wrote a let- Question bv the ptisoner Prince, exhorting and ad- that letter or hear it read ? -Dul you o comply with the treaty Ans. I did see the paper, but did not stating that the citizens * hear if read were infringing on the Question by the prisoner. t, mi l as he believed with lge of the rhief in igistrate es ; and advising the Up- Creeks to unite and he J that William Humbly I their disputes ; also ad- Prinee to .vrite to the go- '-Providence, who would I highness the prince re- wlioiti the United States to a compliance with tlu- aml advising them not to nils, under the treaty of or that the American citi- compelled to give up to nils, under the tieatv of Acting as a spy, and aid- confuting the enemy, with tli ■ means of war. 1 —In writing a letter St. Mai ks. dated -2d A- sou John, at Suwaov. iiliug the advance of the Jackson, stating their ovement , and intentions, ted to Bowlegs, the chief owns, for his government -In writing the letters ut date, and C. with en- nuary, 1HIG. and I), call- dian talk." and E, vvitli- , Did vou state that the letter uas received by an Indian express ? Ans. So the black man that delivered it said. A question being raised by a member ol the court as to the jurisdiction on the third ouiirge and its specification, the doors were closed, and. after mature delibera- tion, they decided that this court are in competent to tdki cognizance ol the offen- res alleged in that charge and specifica tion. Peter B. Cook, a former clerk to the prisoner, and a witness on the part of the nrosecution, bi ing dul v sworn, stated that abmi December or January last, the pri- -oner had a large quantity of powder and lead brought to Suwanv in his vessel, which he sold to the Indi an.s uni Negroes, that, subsequent to that time, when he cannot recollect, Ambrister brought for the prisoner in his (the prisoner’s) vessel, nine kegs of powder anil a large quantity I lead, which was taken possession of by go re rnor 11 a lui m as, Sir,—Being empowered bv the chiefs ol the Lower Creek nation to represent the state of their nation to your excellen cy, that von may he pleased to lorwuid the same lor the information of his majes ty’s governmei.i--to whom alone they look lor protection against the aggression and encroachments of the .Americans, I beg leave to submit to your excellency the en- i losed representations, humbly praying that vour excellency w ill be pleased to take an carlv opportunity of forwarding the same to Great I’n itain. I am instructed by Bowleck, chief of the Sailmalnice, to make the demand herein enclosed, lie never having had anv share of the presents distributed at Prospect lilufl. though he rendered equally essen tial services as any of the other chiefs to the British cause, while at war with-Ame rica, and was at New-Oi leans with a part ol liis warriors. His Iroutiei s being more exposed to the predatory incursion- of the hark Georgians, who enter hi- territory and drive off his cattle, lie is obliged to have large parties out. to watch their mo tions, and prevent their plundering. And, being now ileliiient of iiltiniuhition, he prays your excellency will grant liis small demand, humbly submitting the same. 1 have the honor to be your excellency’s most humble servant, A. A. I'he humble representations of the chiefs oj ibe Creek .Aution to his excellency governor Cameron. hirst, we beg leave to represent, that Edmund Doyle and William llambl v,late ly clerks, at Prospect Bluif, to Messrs. Embes <$• co. and who still reside outlie Appalacliicola river, we consider as the principal cause of our present troubles and unca-i es-. Humbly was the instru mental cause of the fort at Prospec' Bluif the negroes. The witness also identified i being destroyed by the Americans, by to the billowing letters, referred to in the loregoing charges and -pecifications, mar ked A. B. C, I), E, F, G, and H as being the prisoner’s mind writing: also the pow er ui attorney No. 1. granted by the In dians to A. .Arbuthnot. A g to the Briti-h govern- I I'com A Arbuthnot to his son John Ar- vernor Camel for tnu-1 bat hunt, dated Fort St. Varies. April d assi-t ince for our en- LSI 8.o'clock in the morning. al-e representations . and | He ir John —As I am ill able to write a Mr. Bagnt, British am- j long loiter, it is ueces-ai v to he brief.— nterfereoce. with a state-1 Belnre my arrival I ere the commandant Innl received an express from the governor ol Peii-.icola, informing him of a large embarkation of Hoops, &c. under the im mediate command ol general Jackson : and . with a state- k of one of the letters ol bo- t ie eiiemv. ixciting the luTiuns to f*y AA i 11 i a in II i nblv, and h writings and savin, a tendency to exrite. Indians to acts ol hostili- .States, court, \I. GbAfiSF.L, recorder. s anil specifications the of guilty. ving made application granted him : when the the examination of the nd <: losing th-ir a; re-t. I the limit that brought the despatches reck- their couileoi'iation to j oued eighteen sail of \ e--el-off Appalachi- izure of their property, r da. By a de-erter that was brought here ir active and zealou- ex- by the Indian-, the commandant was in ti peace between Spain, I formed that .i.OOO men. under the order- and the Indians, they I of the S pani-li government, hm-e, under geneial Gnine .— In writing the letters j another general, were at Prospect Bl <flf. tf'itli A-igu-t, KSir. G, wtiere they are rebuilding tlio burnt fort: 181/, and II, threaten- that 10iJ') Indians, of dillereut nations, tn, alleging aguin-t tliein Mere at Spauj^h Bluif. building another s ciiurges, and u -ing e-1 Inrt, under the dirertinn ol American of- power to pro,-ii c their j Gcer.-i; that so soon as tlie-e forts were built they intended In march. The'- have commenced. Yesterday morning advice Mas reri-iveil that they had appeared near ami lone taken twonf the sons of Ai Queen and an Indian. Late in the af terininn three schooners came to anchor at the mouth ol the river, and this morning ’he Ameri- an llag is seen llv ge-t. I am Marked here; no Indians will come with me, and I am now guttering Iroui the fatigue of ruining here alone. flu* main drift of the Americans is to de-troy the black population of Suwanv. Tell my friend Bolerk, that it is throwing awav his people to attempt to res -t such a powerful fo.ee as will lie down on Sliaw-i- nee ; ami as the troops advance bv land, so will the vessels by sea. Endeavor to get all the goods over the river in a place of seemitv. as also the skins of all sorts: the corn must be left to its fate. >fo soon as the Miawanee is destroyed, I expect ♦ he Americans will be satisfied and retire: this is only my opinion, but l think it is a witness on the pa-1 , being duly sw ii n, sta- e before last July, the veil a letter, signed bv advi-ing the upper pai f ite with the lower duel ing the be-t mode for emselves of their lands, to him (Arbuthnot) and V complaints to the gn- nce. whence it vvnu'd Britannic majesty, and terms of the treaty of which we lost the supplies intended for nor future wa s. Since then, both these men have kept their emissaries among us, tending to hurra-H and disturb our repose, and that of our brethren of the middle and upper nation ; they spread among us reports that the Com etas, aided b\ the A- inericans, are descending to drive us off our laudj they equally propagate false. C front A. Arbuthnot to Itenfn Jlnodie, esq, enclosing letters to Charles llagnt, esq. Uritish minister at If'ashington. '-ftbivum e, CreiTr Xalion, Jan. 27, mil! Sir,— I lie enclosed, containing matter of serious moment, and demanding the immediate attention nl liis excellency , the British ambassador, 1 trust lie will, for this time, forgive the trilling expen-e of po-tage, which I have endeavored to pre vent as much as possible, by compresssing much matter i.i one sheet of paper. Should •ral .lack-on. 1,000 foot md 1,000 j you. sir. be put to an v trouble or expeuse, 1 1 ‘ 200 under by this trouble 1 give you, by being made acquainted with tiie same, I will instruct B in, Dtmsliwe St co. to order payment of the same. I have the honor to be, sir, vour most obedient humble servant, A. ARBUTHNOT. From A. Arbuthnot to the lion. Clt. Ilugot. Sir,—It is with pain 1 again obtrude my self upon your excellency's notice ; but the pressing solicitations of the chiefs of the Creek Nation, and the deplorable sit uation in which they are placed by the , wanton aggressions ol the Americans, I on tne lar- tj-ust, your excellency will take as a suf ficient apology for the present intrusion hi ugust last, the head chief of the Feiniiiole Indians received a letter from general Gaines, of which I have taken the liberty of annexing your excellency the content-, a- delivered me by the chiefs’ head English interpreter, with king Ha- chv's reply thereto. This letter appears to hti'-e been intend ed to sound the dispo-il of the chie' and ascertavi the force necessary to tne- run the nation ; for, fr uit then until t o actual attack was made on Fowl Town the same general, with general Jackson seem to have been collecting troops am -cttling in various quarters. If yuur excellency desires to have fur ther information respecting the situation ol this country and ils inhabitants, I ian, tioin time to time, inform your excellen cy ol such (acts and circumstances as are stated to me by chiefs of k .own veracity, or which may come under my own obser vation ; and your excellency 's order, ad dressed to me at New Providence, will ei tlier find me there or be forwarded me to this country. AA’itli great respect, I have the honor to be your excellency’s must ub't serv’t. A. A. flie following memorandum was on the back ol the foregoing letter :—Kang Hult- hy, 1000— Boleek, 1500—Oso HatjoChoc- tawhucliv, 500—Himashy Miso Cliattclu- cliy C li, ut present with Hillisajo. At pre-ent undei arms, 1000 and more; and attacking those Americans who have made inroad- on their territory. A quantity ot gun powder, lead, mus kets, and Hints, sufficient to arm one or two thousand in- n ; muskets 1000, arms smaller if possible ; 10,000 Hi;, s, a pro portion for rdle ; 2000 knives, 6 to b inch, lade, good quality ; IOOu tomahawks —100 ids. Vermillion ; 2000 lbs. lead, in dependent ol ball for musket. A'l-n- o; King IIATUIY. 0 BOi.KCK. Front general Quines to Semino. / chief. To the Seminoly chief:—Your Jsemino- lies are very Dad peoi^-; l don’t say whom. Vou have murdered uAuny of my people, and stolen ray cattle ami many good hou ses. that cost me money, you have burnt lot* me; and now that you see my writing, you'll think I have spoken right. 1 know it is so; you know it is so ; (or now w>u may say, I Mill go upon you at random; but just give me the murderers, and l will show them my law, anil when that is liu- islieil and past, it y ou will come about any of my people, you will see your friends, and il you see me you will see your friend. But there is something out in the sea; a bud with a forked tongue : whip him back Oelme lie lands, for lie will be the ruin ol you yet. Perhaps you may not know who or what 1 mean—1 mean the name of E - glishman. » tell you this, that if you do not give me up the murderers who have murdered my people, 1 say I have got good strong warriors, with scalping knives and toma hawks. You harbor a great many of mv olack people among you, at Saliwalinee.— II you give me leave to go by you against •liem, 1 shall not hurtany thing belonging to you. " ° h (signed) General GAINES. from king Idatcliy to general Gaines, in answer to the foregoing. .To general Gaines t—You charge me with killing y our people, stealing vour cat tie, and burning your houses. It is I that have cause to complain of the Americans AA Idle one American has been killed, while in the act ol steal rig cattle, more than lour Indians have been murdered while hunting, by these lawless freebooters.— l harbor no negroes. When the English men were at war with .America, some took shelter among them, and it is for you white people to settle these things among your selves, and not trouble us with what we know nothing about. I shall use force to stop any armed .Americans liom passing my towns or my lands. (Signed) King II ATCIIY. I) ‘* Note of Indian talks,” In Augu-t, Lapp a letter from general Gaines, in substance as annexed, No. 1, and returned the answer as b\ No. 2.— , Nothing further said on either side. The end of October, a party of .Americans, 1 from a fort on Flint river,surrounded Flow | I own during the night, ami began jburn- j ing it. llie Indians then it it. II -I t. the I swamps, and in their flight had three per- ! suns killed by fire from the Americans : j they rallied their people, and ftuced the Americans to retire some distance, but not before they had two more persons killed. | I he Americans built a block-house or l i t. where they had fallen back to, and innue- j diutely sent to the fort up the country for j assistance, stating the Indians were the j aggressors; and also settled with lulie- lunckln lor the loss his people had sulfcred,! at the same time sending a talk to king llatchy, by a head man, (Aping) that lie j would put things in such a train a- to pre- ! vent further encroachments,and get those Americans to leave the fort. But,'tin soon er was the good talk given, and before the bearer of it returned home, than hundreds oi Americans came pouring down on the Indians; roused them to a sens- of theii danger: they Hew to arms, and have been compelled to support them ever since. It is not alone from the country, but by ves sels entering Appalacliicola river in ves sels with troops, and settlers are pouiito’- mto the Indian territory; and, if permit- ted to continue, will soon overrun the In dian lands. From the talk sent king Hat- ay, by governor Mitchell, I am in hopes that these aggressions of the Americans on tiie Indian territory are not countenanced by the American government, but oi min ute w ith men devoid of principle, wIkTscI laws and instructions at defiance, and stick at no cruelty and oppression to ob- ’ain their ends. Again-t such oppressions the American government must use riot ml v all their influence, but, if necessary, force, or their names will be handed down to posterity as a nation more cruel and sa vage to the unfortunate Aborigines of this country, than ever were tiie Spaniards, m more dark ages, to the nations of South America. The English government, as the special irntectors of the Indian natio ,s, and on vliom alone they rely fur assistance, ought •i -tep forward and save these unfurtu- ate people from ruin; and as you, sir. UP HIlIKiidteil tn n ot/.l> al • • . to* al are appointed to w atch over their interests it is my duty, as an Englishman, and the only one in this part of the Indian nation, to instruct y..u of tile talks the chiefs bung me for your information ; and 1 sincerely tiusf, sir, you will use the powers you are vested with, fo.i the service and pro tection of these unfortunate people, who look up to you as their saviour. I have written to general Mitchell, who, I hear, is an excellent man ; and as he acts as In dian agent, I hope his influence will stop the tm rent ol innovations, and give peace and quietness to the Creek Nation. I pray your excellency will pardon this intrusion, which nothing but the urgency of the case, would have induced me to make. J have the honor to he, your excellen cy’s most obedient serv’t, A. A. E. from Cappicliiniicco and Boleek, to gov, or nor Cameron ro his excellency governor Cameron - It Is \s itli pain weare again obliged to ob trude ourselves in vour excellency's no- tice, in consequence of the cruel war we have been forced into by the irruptions of the .Americans into the heart of our lands. It will be first necessai y to state to your excellency, that one head chief (K. i m i ij a 11) received a letter from general u;, »ies, in A gust last, a copy of which is enclosed, with the answer returned there to. This letter only appears to have been, a prelude to plans determined on bv the- suiu general and general Jackson, to'brio•» on troops and settlers to drive us frma our lands, and take possession of them ; lor, in the end id October, a party' of A- merirans surrounded Fowl Tmvii during- the night, and in the iiiorning began setP ting lire to it ; making the unliirtui ate in habitants fly to the swamp, and in their flight, had three poisons killed by the fire ol the Americans. Our Indians', rallying, drove the Americans the t ‘un. but, in their exertion-, had two more ,d their people killed. The Amer icans retired some distanre, and hu.lt - lint or bloi k-house, to protect themselxc until the assistance they had sent for the fort, "p the country, should m rive letter falling into the hands of genen Mitchell, the Indian agent, which" stati n the Indians to have been tie- a-ie-sors he suspected its truth, and, un%nqiiiry oun.l it was the reverse : in consequence, lie made satisfaction to Inhen., kin, the chief ot Fowl Town, .,nd his wot le, for the injuries they had sustainin' ; at the same time desired a talk to be sent t... tir head thief, stating his wish tn-ee all t'o Indians friends, and that in twenty duvs he would send and get the Americans U. retire from the fort. But this had no c f, Met on the lawless invaders of our soils ; lor before the bearer of our talks could re turn home, lu- met hundreds of American* descending on us. They |,„vc also set tiers and troops, which come, from Mo bile, and go up the Appalarhienla rixer. 1 bus seeing no end to those inroads, ne cessity compels us to have recourse to arms, and our brethren aie now fighting lor the lands they inherit from their fme- latners, for their families and fiienU, But what will our nations do without a,* si-lance ? Our sinews of war me: spent : aiiil liaiTiissed. as \v*» Itave beef for years, we have not been ..Me to la . bv the means for our extiaor.liioirv want;, - anil to whom can we look up lor pioterlV-ii ami support, but to tlime li lends who ha v, at all former times, held forth their hard to uphold us, and who have sworn in ii . f late treaty with the Americans, to see oui just rights and privileges re-,.ected am protected from insult and aggres-j „ n J AAe now Call on vour excellency, as the representative of our good fatl.ee Kins George, to send us such aid, in ammunh t'o'ii we are absolutely in want of:; and as our brother chief Hillisajo, was info,- mrd, when n, England, that when amint,. nition was wanted, to enable us to protect our rights, .your excellency would supply in- wilh what was necessary. \A e have applied to the Spanish officer at the fmt ol St. Marks, but his small supply prevented his being able to assist us, and we have only on vour excellency to depend. AAV. likewise pray vour excellency would be pleased t, send an officer or person to lead us light, and to apportion the sup plies you may he pleased to send us a°Tee- ably to our proper wants. in praying your excellency will lend an i ar to our demand, and dispatch it witli- out delay: we remain vour excellency's ladhlul and most obedient friend, and servants, UAPI’ACHIMICro, I’OLKt K. For ourselves and all the other chiefs ol the Lower Creek Nation. F Letter from A. Arbuthnot to col. Eilwart ^ l ,Tsr datid JV ' p - Ju x Lt. col. Edward Nicholl—Sir. especial- y authorized by the chiefs of the Luvvev Creek Nation, whose names I affix to the present, I am desired to address you. t ■ - , i C?’ > »HI* ti- you may lay their complaints before li majesty s government. They desire it . • j cm re it be made known, that tliev have implicit loll,.vved your advice, in' living fii,. n d with the Americans, who are their nei- burs, and no wise attempt to molest the. though they have seen the Americans e cioacli on their territory, burnim- t 1 , towns, ami making fields where thefr l„ii es stood. Rather than make redstar,! they have retired lower in the pe„j nsu Ihe town Eaclmllauay, where Glp. >j co was chief, is one instance of th- y,, cleans, rhis town is situated tinder f guns of Fort Gaines, and Mice, „ , sired to submit to the Americans, or I tOMfl would be blown to atoms >rati.-er,clj
