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THE REFLECTOR.
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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