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/ f\ ! hr mediately xom
i. .tote a i'yftem of the most
adtive and fpHited operati
on#. —The full extent of
the views of our enemies
are happily developed, and
we hope not onl-v to antici
* J
pate and diiappoint their
u.njurt and bale views, hot
ere we flop, to find, in the
result cf the steps to be pur
lucd, ample f'ecur ity for
their gcod behavior for the
/inure.
The volunteers under my
command are matching to
the fioutrers and are iH fine
health and spirits.
Gen. Flournoy and ray
felf proceed to St Stephens
immediately after the arii I
val of the Dragoons from
the Miftillippi and *of the
3J regim.nt, where the
general commanding will
make his difpofuioHS.
A bandfeme body of troops
are expected -t St. Stephen*,
in a few days from Ten net
*
fee. Co). Cation with »
detachment have been in the I
foiks cl the Tombigbce and
Alabama tor ten days, but
has not been able to meet
an enemy, although there
are many small parties of
the enemy employed in de
stroy ing the ciops end
cf the inhabitants—one •!
his dragoons on a fcaut W3s
killed, and one man of Col.
Haines’ volunteer militia,
within a ffcw days, and the
mills *f a Mr Pollard on
Ten law have been burnt
since I Lad wrote y ®u.
I have the honor to he,
w'>th great refpeifl, yeur
I? obedient ferva»t.
F L.CLAIfIOHNE,
Srtg. Gen. Koluncecrs.
IVI R . isLER.
Mount Vernon, September 2b.
?t.R—Agreeable to your
order of ihe 21 ft infh we
(proceeded to Mini’s Fort,
iu coiled! the bones ot oin
countrymen that fell in the
late attack on that plsce,
and t® bury their remains,
the Jail human office that
we could perform to the ob
loquies of our fellow citi
v<s is and brother furthers.
WecoUedte-d anil confin
'd to the earth rwt hundred
find jortyJe\en, including
men, WOMbN 6c CHIL
DREN.
The adjacent wood? were
flri&ly tearchcd for our
•uuntrymen, and in that
urfuit we dirtovered at
east cne t> undredjl 1 tightt red
’-:tintns. They were cover
‘-tl with rads bri.fh, 6c c.
vVe cp,.ld not be mi da ken
1 . to their being Indians', a<
they were inieirtd with their
var-bels and implements —
Mid .111 h ugh they have rnaf
-4 cred a p.uuiuer 01 our help
ers women and children, ic
> beyond doubt, to them a
iear bought victory. jh e
ijacent country we had
.fictly txmined,, and no
ign o' Inmans ecu in be d*l
..vered,
. Tne obj t\ of our torn-
I nnd bring Completed, v.e
fcy ' to ufis
h - ve the honor tc
;br, with great refpedf, your
obedient servants.
(Signed)
J. P. KENNEDY.
Opt. and Brig. Major, Commandjng
the Detachment.
F. L. Claiborne,
Brig. OcH.Cammamling Mount Vernon
and its. Dependencies
Mobile Point, September r 4.
Sir—l have intoimotion
from a source in which I
place every confidence, that
a British armed fchoorter
from the Bahamas, arrived
at Ptnfacola on the 10th in
(laut, with a large supply
of arms, ammunition, clo
thing and blankets fr>r the
Creek Indians—also that ihe !
old Seminola Chief Perri
man, and his ft 11 William, i
the tatter lately appointed a j
Brigadier Genet al in the Sri
tijh (entice, are at Penjat&la.
They drove into that place,
two hundred head of fine
cattle and facrififcd them gs ,
the heretofore unknown !
price ®f from one t» eight
dollars per head. Fifty
cows and calves fold for i
fifty dollars, so anxious they !
were to get supplies to join j
ihe boftile Indians.
I am well acquainted with
thoft chiefs; and know they
have great influence with
their people.
It appears ths arms, &c.
were forwarded in conse
quence of an address lent
to the governor of Jamaica
(ome time tince by the Creek
Indians—The schooner is
the property of a well known
free hooter, a c»*t. Jehn
flon of the Bahamas, who
has rnadt his fortune by
preying on the commerce of
France, Spain and the U.
States—l recoiled his brea
king out of the prilen in
Mew-Orlcans, in the year
1809.
I hope the arrival of thefc
supplies will give y«*u a
thort respite, and enable j
von to prepare for any force :
ihe whole confederation can j
pofli’dy bring again!! y»uf
pofls.— It would aflonifh
you to fee the labor we have
performed at this. We have
literally (peaking, levelled
mountains and filled up val
lieu.
I ain, fir, refpectfnlly,
your obedient servant,
(Signed)
JOHin BOW YE R.
Lt. Col. Commanding
Brig. Gen. Claiborne,
Sr. Louis, Oct. 9.
A (r iv days age, a letter
was received from Mr.
Williams, a principal him.
ter belonging in the MifTou
:ri Fur Company ; dated
Canfal village. Williams
fays, th t twenty men be
longing to the Mi flutin' Fur
Company, were lent feme
time ago to hunt and trade
with the Indians in that part
jof the countiy vvhtre the 1
j Aikanfas, Rio del Nord,
Ye+low Stone, Rig Hum 6c
l Columbia takes tiieir source.
• Unlulpic ious of d- ttger, and
• i while in the peaceable pur
(uit or their business, they
vveic atlatktd by a party of
" of Spaniards, who killed 13
• and lent the lemaming fcv.
( tn to the Minej.
*
Mr. W. also Ttys that
while trapping Beaver on
the head waters, of the Ar
kansas, he met with a Span
iard, who informed him
(hat ten Americans were ta
ken up by the Spanish
troops at an Indian village
in the neighborhood of bt.
Fr, and lent prifonersto the
mines. The date and num
ber of men alluded to in Mr.
W’s ftaiemenf, corroborate
with the time that when
ten men left this place,
with the intention of vifit
ir.g the internal ptovinces
ot Mexico, and endeavored
to open a t-ade with them
j by the way of the MifTouri,
; &c. We are aftonilhed at
: the barbarity exercised by
the officer who commands
;at St. Fe, towards these
! men ; for we know that
I thev bore letters and other
I t
j evidences of their pursuit
| being purely commercial.’
i A strong hope is indulged
; here, that government will
i do something towards their
j liberation* For the infor
j mation of their friends, w r e
annex a lift of these unfor
tunate men. Meftrs, Baird
& Shrieves were from Penn
i
lylvania—M‘Knighf, Cook,
Mines and Chambers from
Virginia—Allen from Mal
lechufetts—Baum* a hatter,
from Kentucky, and an I
rifliman of the same «f Mi
chael M'Donough, with a
Spanilh interpreter, a deni
zen of St. Charles.
FROM THE NORTH
j ERN ARMY.
Ex trail of a letter to the Ed.
it or #/ the Democratic Press ,
dated
n Sicken’* Harhor, NoVenber J.
“ I have procured for you
and enclosed vou a copy of
I a letter from Gen. Br«wn
j to the Colonel command
| ing at this post. General
Wilkinson left Grenadier
Illand an the 3d, with the
last divifien of the army, ac
| companied with Commo
dore Chauncey and his fleet.
; The weather fttice the 3d,
j has bven much moie favor
able than we have had for
; the la ft five weeks. It is
I understood here that the
Brttilh have been concen
trating at Piefcott, with a
view to make all the refin
ance pofiible. Eight Can
adians delerted to this place
| two days ago. The mili
i tin, lince the capture of
i Pro&or’s army, are very
j unwilling to do duty.
• 1 hole v\ho rrfufe, even
; though horn within tie U
( nited btates aie tieated
with great cruelty. They
deny our right to employ
Britdh fubjeds in our army
ior navy, even with their
!ow n approbation, yet they
force American citizens to
fight their battles, both by
i lea arrd land, whether they
will or net.
(COPY.)
Head Quarters, French creek ,
2d. Nov. 1813.
Sir —We were attacked
la ft tvening by the enemy.
He thtvvcU two and
two fchooher?;
gun and ether boats, He
was repulsed—This morn
ing the attack was renewed
with rhe fame fuccels.
T he enemy did not succeed
in landing any where in the
neighborhood of our por
tion that I have yet learned.
We have loft lay ten men
1 killed and wounded. The
enemy must have fuf
fered very considerably, as
we saw many bullets take
effedh He is now making
the heft of their way into
Klngfton channel. Our
| boats have sustained no in-
I jury whatever.
1 order of Gen. Brown.
w L. 40&TIN-,
Aid-de-Camp.
Col. "Richard Dennis y
Commanding Sackett’* Harbor
FRONTIER NEWS.
The army under General
; Wilkinlon* reinforced by
| the detachments under the
command of Colonels Ran
dolph and Coles, began their
movement from Grenadier
illand, down the St. Law
rence, on the 31st of Oct.
On the evening of that day,
General Brown’s brigade,
which forms the advance of
the army, arrived at the
mouth of French creek, op
[ polite that of Gaonanoqui
river. This point leavesit in
doubt whether Kingston or
; Montreal be the object of
i the expedition. Our opin
! ion, however, is that the lat
ter is the mark, and that
on the Bth or 9th inst. Gen
erals Wilkinson and Hamp
den;’!: ffected th#ir junction
; before that city. Ihe pub
j lie will remember* that on
j
the 12th of November 1775.
i Montgomery took pofTefii
ef Montreal. This is the
best answer to those who
! believe that the larenefs of
j the season forbids the hope
ot a fuccefsful profecu'ion of
| the campaign in a latitude
! so far to the north.
We have been a publi
cation of the British Adjt.
I gen. Baynes, giving a moll
pompous account of a late
aftair between sir George
! Prevoft and gen. Hampton,
|on Thurfdav the 21st Get.
General Hampton’s move
ments wore from the begin
ning intended to draw the
knight to the sources of
the Chateaugy river,
Gen. Harrison has arri
ved at Ft George, v* ith from
1500 to 2000 men; and will
probably soon move down
the lake, as the whole of the
j enemy’s force have retreated
to Ringfton.
The corps which lately
left Fort George, under Col
Scott, of 850 men, has a:ri
ve cl at Tackett’s harbor.
The Colonel has proceeded
tojoin general Wilkinson
Fhe Sec’y of war and his
excellency gov. Tompkins
; have arrived here from Sac
kstl’s haibor.
[Albany Argu9.
On the 1 ft instant, Com_
1 modore Chauncey was oft
Stoney Illand, watching tbe
movements or the e *eu)y at
Kingston. — t'ut It.
' [«=T==2J 1
Authentic from Gen. jjam.
ton s Army.
An officer dircbl f ron)
a,m y °f General Ha
which the let, „„ lhe ' 4lh p m ° '
and who was i n lhr , 1
?ageme,ha, lavo, (d
! ' ,he i ° fact,,
• r ' an |' rs °f which may be
plicniy relied on. A detach'
ment under lhc command
fifl, Sad ' C r G k ne ' al Iz " d > cot
fiftmg of abom j SO m .
advance es General H, ra
army, attacked ,he advance ,r
lhe enemy, forces, confiftina
of Brtttfh and Indians, w u,
were coveted by a thick wn„«|
where they had conflicted „
I abU " S : A heart fire was kept
I“P °" bnlb We* for fame ijoe I
when that of the B'itilh I
fitenced by our troops, a »d I
who made a charge, ,„d lhc I
enemy !] din ail direction, !
leaving the abbati* in pofTefEon I
of the American,, Defertet, I
who have come in, fay th, t ,|„ I
force of the Btttrfh en g 3 I
was considerably luycrior I
that of the American,. A her I
the difperlioh of lhe, enemy, 1
ome of their fkuli;in» Indian,, {
rom behind trees, annoyed I
our troops, but were eventual. I
y driven from their covens, I
Our loss in killed, was believed I
to be in ail 15 —and from 23 0 I
25 wounded. The Canadians I
who have come in 1 eprefent I
that of the enemy as much grea. I
ter. . I
1 he British in Canada have I
made a la Rus«e, burning ?rd I
destroying every thing in their I
way, not oniy provisions arid I
forage, bat houses, by which I
tlie inhabitants ate reduced to I
the g r eate(i diltiefr. Not a I
single houie has been burned I
by our troops, and not an ar- I
tide taken from the inhabitants I
for which they were r.o; fully I
paid. I
To add - o the calamities in* I
; flitted on the Canadians by ibe:r I
I own army, the Indians have,l
in leveral inflances, murdered I
the women and chi dren found®
in houles whete our troops had I
procured provisions, and bad®
thrown the mangled bodies,l,
fttil alive, into the flames IH
This information is derived®
ftoin the Canadians who bi-ei
come and joined ouranny. I ’
General Hampton has b’ fn l
compieieiy lucce'stuf in «cc<?n> , H.
piifhing :hc objftt of his expf*B
diuon, which was (o bed ibf®
! enemy iri check, and prc Vfl,! B
him fiorii annoying Get)? r!l |
Wi ktrifon on hts delcentflo*'®
the s>:, Lawieoce. Bn in |{(l *M
non oould not have been ' 3 ®
proceed to Moniteal, u n ' Ji '”1
should be joined by Gen e!j *l
Wilkinson, as he had n 0 a f*l
for the uanlportati; n (f l ®
men over the Si. Lawrence®
The piobabihiy is* that beo'J
this time, the different coT®
d’armee have effected a j u,!C ®
non, and that Montreal ■> - - ®
The report that Gsn. fl' ll£ ®
ton 101 l his baggage, & c< ®
1 comely without tuurula H
| he has not left behind
: knapiack, or lolt so rnti ' |
j the fp.kaof a waggon I
Mur edglviu-i. ~i)|®
to j u ciiove veto* 1 ,n .■
i atioti, tha- the Te«neffce , 'jjß
! undei General J ackion. ■
1 paicel of Chet‘ k* cs » a B
time pad attacked 0 ,,c
Upper Ct k 1 9tilth 10 Jm
theie were 400 *** ,>ol _,j)t®
as-tr - Ihaip cor.flit»» 1 M
j the It tmlTee . ■
! kl. cti «t“i twenty Ml
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