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Three Dolls, per annum. 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?. WASHINGTON, ( Georgia ) Printed weekly fcp. SARAH IIILI HOUSE. 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 [Payable half yearly. [ Number 50?. 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