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Volume X.]
INDIAN AFFAIRS.
FROM THE WESTERN SUN.
Vincennes, August 25.
The editor has taken fome pains
to inform himfelf of the substance
of what has palled at the councils
which have been lately holden by
governor Harrison, with the Indi
ans now in town.
Tecumseh, the brother of the ce
lebrated prophet, arrived on the
loth inst. accompanied by about
70 warriors. He came in conse
quence of a mefluge, which was
latniv sent by the governor to the
prophet, by Mr. Barron, in which
the governor atte op-ed to shew
hi m the fol'y of making war upon
the United States; that he was rea
dy to listen to any grievances of
which he had to complain; and
particularly, that if he could (hew
that anv other tribe than those who
J
were parties to the late treaties,
hau any just claim to the lands ce
ded by those treaties, that they
would be immediately given up.—
Tecumseh occupied the greater
part of several days in exhibiting
his complaints again ft the United
States. But on Monday last, he
recapitulated and exaggerated all
the injuries which the Indians had
received from the whites, particu
larly the murder of the Moravian
Indians during the revolutionary
war, rhat of the Delaware chief,
Com (lock, &c. &c. and he declar
ed he did not know how he could
ever be friends with them again.—
With refpedl to the lands, he after
led, that the great spirit had given
them as common property to all
thdndians, and that they could not,
nor (hould not be fold without the
con Cent of all. That all the tribes
of Indians imon the continent, for
med but of.e nation ; that if the go
veinunnt would not give up the
lands that wer= purchased from the
Ivlamies, Delawares. Putawatimies,
Sec that those who were united with
hitn were determined to fa!! upon
1 thru tribes and deltroy them.—
Thar they were determined to have
no more chiefs; but in future to
have every thing done under the
direttion of the warriors. In (hurt
his whole speech was full of hostil
ity, from beginning to end ; and
we believe that the mofi incredulous
of those who have heretofore refu
sed to attach any credit to the infor
mation we have heretofore received
of the hostile design of this con
federacy, and who were present
at the delivery of this speech, are
fully convinced of their error.—
The governor i:i his answer con
trasted the conducl of the United
States towards their Indian neigh
( bors, with the ether civilized pow
ers, and proceeded to shew the jus
tice with which the moft io.fignifi
cunt tribes were treated by them.
What he fair! had been interpreted
in the Showanoe and
I\lr. Barr m was about to explain it
to the Putawatimies and Miami: %
when Tecumseh sprang upon his
feet, v/ith a number of l.is warriors,
and aut... and with war clubs, toma
hawks, &c. Popped ‘heinterpret?.
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and declared that what the gover
nor had said was falfe. Gen. Gib
son, who understands the Shawance
language, and apprehending that
fome violence was intended, re
quested lieut. Jeenings to make a
guard of 12 men, which was at
fome little distance, (land to their
arms. As soon as the guard was
brought up, and the Shawance
speech interpreted to the governor,
he informed Tecumseh that he
would hold no further conference
with him, and broke up the coun
cil.
On the fuccecding morning the
Shawance earnestly requested a fur
ther interview with the governor,
and upon his making an apology
I for his conduct the day before,
though the interpreter, his request
wascomplied with. Mtafures, were
j however, taken to prevent any ill
effects from his infoler.ee. Left he
(hould have a body of his follow
ers fe* veted in the neighborhood,
ready to join thole who were with
1 hitn, two companies of militia were
• ordered in from the country, and
captain Jones** company of this
town, ordered to parade morning
& evening, and to keep them (elves
ready (or sfti.ip ; the governor arid
several ct his friends aifo attended
the council well armed. Tecum
fch’s conduct was, upon this >cca
i fton, however, very different from
[ what it had been at any previous
; meeting; though firm 2nd intrepid,
, he said nothing that was insolent.
j He had prfcvioufly told the interpre
-1 ter that he had been informed by
white men, that the people were
equally divided ; half in favor of
his pretensions, acd the other half
adhering to the governor, and he
new repeated it in council. He
said, that “ two Americans had
’ paid him a secret visit, one in the
course of last winter, and one other
lately, and had informed them that
governor Harrison had purchased
the land without the government,
and that one half of the people
i were opposed to the purchase ; that
the governor had only two years
to be in office, and if be (the Shaw
ance) could prevail upon the Indi
ans who fold the lands not to re
ceive their annuities for that time,
that then the governor would be
displaced and a good man appoint*
ed in his room, who would leftore
to the Indians all the lands which
had been purchased of them.’*
Alter Tecumseh had finifhed his
speech, a Wyandot, a Kickapoo, a
Putawattamie, an Ottoway, and a
; Winebago, several (y spoke, amd de
clared that their tribes had entered
into the Shawance confederacy, and
would support the principles laid
down by Tecumseh—whom they
had appointed their leader.
A: the conciufton of the council
the governor informed Tecumseh,
that he would immediately tranf
init his speeches to the Piefident.
and as soon as his answer arrived
he would fend it to him—but as a
per fun had been appointed to run
the boundary line, he wished to
know ii there would be any danger
:n his proceeding. He answered
SATURDAY, NpVEMBEI S, 1810.
that they (his party) were determin
. ed thar the old boundary line (hould
continue, and that the eroding it
j would be attended with bad conse
quences. The governor replied,
that fincc he had been candid e
nough to avow this, he would he
equally so with him—the President,
he was convinced, would never al
j low that the lands 01 the Vv abash
were the property of any other
, tribes than those which bad occupi
ed and lived upon them since the
! white people fit it came into Ameri
ca ; and as the titles to the lands
lately purchased were Jtrived from
those tribes, by fair purchase, he
might rest adored, that the United
States would be fupperted with the
sword.
1 We have always been of opinion
that the confederacy which has
been formed by the prophet, was
the efteft of British intrigue—and
we have never doubted that the fe
crct agents of that power, which
are known to exist in every part of
America, but particularly in the
Indian country, gave it all the coun
tenance in their power. But we
could scarcely prevail upon our
selves to think that anv American
• *
was engn-.r*d in this nefarious pro
rat—v e fear, however, that it T
hut too true; and, il tlte lpeech
which we understand was made by
the chief of the Wea tribe, to cap
tains Floyd and White lock of the
United States’ troops, be correct,
we fear that there is fome deep-laid
fchcme of villainy on foot, to altin
ate from us that hitherto faithful
tribe.
The Editor has conversed with
governor Harrison, and is happy in
being able to a flu re his leliow
citizens, that notuithftanding the
strong talk of Tecumseh, it is the
governor’s opinion, thcie is Ids
danger olatt Indian vra r than there
was fome weeks ago. lie has eve
ry reason to believe, that the pro
phet’s party is losing ground, and
that as soon as they find that the
United States are determined to
take poffeflion of the new purchase,
they will give up every idea of con
tending for it.
The governor has ordered on a
detachment of troops, confiding of
one hundred & twenty men, which
are now upon the Ohio, and which
were made fubjeft to his order by
the Secretary of War—and it is
his intention, if government ap
proves of it, to establish 1 ne or two
strong pests upon the V/abafl),
above this.
From the Salem Gazette.
’ A gentleman, who was on the
spot the day after the violent Tor
nado, which happened at Bradford
on Friday night the 14-th ii.llaut,
(tates, that the tffeds are greater
than ever were before witut-iled ia
this country from the like phenout- 1
i enon. All are aftoniflied who be
hold the ruins. Where poor lb.r
----1 civ’s house Hood, a feene ol exuda
tion is exhibited which furpuf.es not
oaiy credibility, but even del- rip.
tian. Rverv thing is la* \ wi'tc
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though the be fort of deftruftion
had pafTetl over that devoted habi
tation. The house and barn were
torn, by the fury of the wind into
atoms; the* splinters and broken
fragments are scattered in the direc
tion of the blast four miles.
The whirlwind commenced a
bcut 100 rods to the Weft of this
unfortunate man’s dwelling, and
passed to the North Haft, carrying
complete deftruttion in its frightful
train. It was short in its duration
and happily in width it did not ex*
cee'Jtove rods. It was accompan
ied with torrents of rain, and thun
der and lightning. The midnight
noise, the tumult and convulsions
of the armofphere, were so tremen
dous, that the affrighted neighbors
“ thought the clay of judgement
had arrived.” The fills only of
the house remain. At the weft
end, *he sleepers as well as the floor
i are gone ; the chimney is nearly le
velled with the furfaceof the earth.
Every article of household fluff ; s
, demolished, cither frittered to pie
‘ ces, or blown away and loft. Thcd
very done walls, near where thfl
house flood, are blown dowj^
■ rr.e large rocks near the foi^
*’ are removed that KqumV **|
tin : ,'ii .i two men to roll ihVl
back again.
The family vere in bed wh -
the ftortn commenced, and it at I
pears miraculous that a (ingle iijfl
uas spared. Ihe children wcauMj
liet-p in the \\ eftern rn; m, of
there remained not a fir.gle
the next morning, except the fill#
The infant which was killed was
found 15 rods off, beyond a ft one
wall, under a large beam. The o
thers were picked up among tiie
(battered ruins within the inclofuie,
and not much hurt. ‘The bufuand
and wife found themselves at the
oppofitc et:d of the house upon the
floor among the bricks.
‘The wife (enceinte) was very
much bruiied, but is rapidly on the
ucovery.
This feeneprefents objefts to the*
phiiofopher curious and inftru&ive
—to th.e philanrhropift dilfrefTuog
—and to all awful and impreflive.
New-York, Sept. 13.
Fire at Brooklyn —On Thurfiby
evening, between 9 and 10 o’clock,
a tuoie destructive fire occured at
Brooklyn, opposite this c:irv, than
was ever before wit netted in that
village. It originated in a pottery
occupied by Mr. Secour, and con*
fumed that building, together with
the 1 x’enfive Here belonging to Jo
shua Sands, 1 (q. a bakery occupied
by Mr. Robot t Ni hobs, and three
or four linail buildings occupied 23
offices or (tores.
Mr Sands’ (lore contained about
one thousand bales of cotton, and 1
quantity of l:iJcs to the value of
:5, c00 dr.liars, very little of which
hn- been klcu< and.
1 fie 1.1 lion and hides K longed
io a number of merchants in tins
city.
With the htkery was decoyed
•\ fmal! que:.;iiy of four and about