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E: v' r r o v t n r n c,f, Attr/y i 6.
Mr. Printer,
I laving lately arrived from
the Mufkogee nation, and find
ing the accounts from that coun-
in circulation here, vague
and untrue, I there fore take the
liberty of enclofing, for the in
. formation of your readers, the
copy of a talk delivered to the
heads of the Mufkogee nation
by the diredtor-general, W. A.
Bowles, after his return from
St. Mary’s where he was near
falling into a fnarc that was laid
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for him by a fet of treacherous
men, inhabitants of that country,
who knew the woods, and pro
rnifedto join him, but changed
their minds, and engaged to be
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tray him to the Spaniards, for
the fake of 5000 dollars that
were offered them by the go
vernor of St. Auguttlne. But
had the direnter-general fortu
nately fallen in with the detach
ment that was in his rear, but
which did not get up in time,
they v/pukl have paid clearly for
their treachery. The detach
ment not finding the general,
returned juft as he was ready to
flare after them, when he de
ferred the expedition, and deli
vered the following talk.
Yours, &c.
G.M. RI DINGTON.
Dearly beloved Brethren,
You fee the difficulties I
have to encounter, in order to
open a port and get iapplies in
to this country for all our be
loved people. The Spaniards,
with intention to make thern
itlves matters of part of this
land and the people in it, have
made war and endeavoured all
they could, both by force and
• lying, deceiving talks, to divide
us, that they may gain their
ends
I have feen the talks of the
great king of Spain ; he orders
his governors to draw this nation
and its confederacies into its in
terett, and fet us at war with the
, United States. This is a bad
policy, to which we mutt not
fubmir, to make war on one
people to pleafe another. We
mutt not make war on the Ame
ricans, unlefs they attack us;
then and then only w r e fhall be
jufliliable. The United Stares
is a free government, governed
by reafbn andjuttice when un
derftood; therefore, they will
not attack this country, or make
war onus, to take by force what
they ha ve no right to ; it is only
the conduft of land {peculators
that has created difturbancc be
tween us i but when thefe peo
ple and their practices are pro
pcily pointed out to the go
vernment, they will themfelves
put a flop to all innovation.
Tficv, I k now, were drawn by
the Spaniards into the plan of
i.Turping this country, not aware
of what they were doing, but I
am perfuaded they will now
drop it, and proceed no farther.
1 re quell that all our head
men will have an eye on the
young people, and prevent them
from doing mifehief, by tref
- patting on the United States,
that they may have no complaint
ng-a;nil up, or any grounds to
make war on us; fo that if a
war fix: ittd hr.ppcr, it rr.H he
their ovn fault and ’:ol ouil
a warofufurparion on thmrparta,
and fclf-defence on cu 1 tt.—rhe 1
we (hail find friends enough 10
a (lift us.
Several talks have ceme from
the governor of Pen face)a to
this country, touching peace,
but they do not contain a juft
and equitable talk, as they all
contradict one another. Peace
will come on by and by, but we
mutt not be in a hurry, for the
future good or bad Bate of the
country, will depend on the
peace that may be made 5 this
nation mutt be firm, and hold
each other fait by the hand, fo
that lying talks cannot divide
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it.
It will get fuppllcs into the
land at fome place, in fpire of
all oppottdon ; but we mutt not
lie ttill; the Spaniards draw all
their force to where they hear I
am ; but they do not make war
on me only, but cn the name of
Mufkogee; it is 1 that hold for
the name of Mufkogee againtt:
them all, and I will not let it go,
I will not throw away the talk
you gave me at the 1 aft meet
ing of the nation at the Weky
wa, when you appointed me di
rector-general of Mufkogee.
Every red man that loves his
country, his wife, his children,
:nd his parents, ought to hold
fail each other, and have but
one talk among us. I now call
on the warriors and young men,
whole hearts lead them to turn
out in the defence of their coun
try, to follow me to Pic data,
where I am going to join thole
already gone,
You now fee that col. Haw
kins could not fay before me
what he told you ail latt winter;
1 formerly told you fo; 1 told
you he dare not fee me after the
lies he had told, and the mif
ehief he had tried to make. I
told you that he would run away
as foonas I came near him; you
now fee it was true.
I delire that you will give
this talk out in the fquarc; then
fend it to Apuithla Mekko, or
'Fame King, that he may give it
to his people, and the upper
towns may hear of it, as my
talk; alio, let the white people
have copies of it.
Your brother,
W. A. BOWLES,
Director-General of Mu fie ogee.
CHARLESTON, June 16.
Hamburgh papers from the
ivSth to the 22d of April, re
ceived by the brig Hercules,
arrived on Sunday latt, furnifh
the following articles;
The Swedifh fleet had failed
the 2d of April from Carllcrone.
The fame day the Ruttian fleet
was feen off the ifund of Oeland.
Thefe two fleets when combin
ed, it was laid, would con fill of
thirty-fix fail of the line.
The Englilh fleet had left Co
penhagen, except one line of
battle fnip and fome fmallcr
vdfels, and had gone up the
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Baltic. According to the latcft
news at Elam burgh on the 22d
April, admiral Parker, with this
fleet, was off the iflandofMocn.
i,le expecled a reinforcement or ■
ten fail from England.
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' Acco:ci'• i g to-icire* avcc< nts»
i:l e Sw f ( difh and Ruffian- fleets
had formed a jundtibn, and a
battle with the Kngiifh was ex
pedled, and even .reported to
have taken pi are.
.1 ord Neifon had obtained
pa ft ports from the Danifh go
vernment, to return to England,
when he fhould think proper,
by tire wav.ot Hamburgh.
The firfl court day at Copen-.
hagen after the battle, all the
officers wliohadfoujrht in the ac
tion, were invited to fupper at
tire prince’s table. The nifrs
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for the relief of the wounded and
widows continued to be very
ccnfitierable, and came in from
the country; fcveral merchants
fubferibed one thoufand dollars
carlo
The king of Pruffia had -.or
dered fevcral rerdments, and a
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train cf artillery, to repair to the'
coaft of the Baltic, to refill any
attempts of die Englifh to land. ,
The intercom fe with the En
gJiHi had been flopped . fa far at
I: famburgh, that no vcffcls were
allowed to clear out diredlly for
England. Tie Dardfi -troops
fill kept pcflvffion of Ham
burgh. The king of Pruffia
had alfo a body of troops near
that place;.and his troops con
tinued to occupy Hanover, and
all the places on the Elbe; as
alfo Bremen. 1 he embargo on
. . .
Englifn vcfTels in the Ruffian
ports had not been taken off;
nor was there any expectation
of that event at Peterfb’urgh on
the gd cf April.
The Ruffian ambafiador at
Copenhagen, had, by order of
Ids court, notified the fincere
vvifh of his fovereign, to fee the
O ’ t
connection between the two
counnies drawn defer. There
was no doubt but the Ruffian
monarch Aould remain fum to
the Northern confederacy.
i he fidp Fox, enpr. Kembell,
v h.‘. : arrived ydlerday from
1 .an hutgh, brings papers to the
2 3th of April, fix days later
than by the brig Hercules,
which arrived on Sunday; but
thefc papers contain no later
news of importance. This it is
fall may be accounted for, by
the unfrequcncy of the arrivals
of mails, or exprelfes from the
Baltic, at Hamburgh at that
feafon. It w r ould appear by a
letter below, that the Danes have
received an order from the
Praffirms to evacuate Hamburgh,
bur, whether this is for the pur
pofe of giving fieedom to the.
commerce of tire Elbe, or mere
ly to fubjedl it to the regulations
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of the Pruffan court, is fliil un
certain. A body of the king
of Pruffia’s troops were flill in
the vicinity of Hamburgh, and
Ids troops alfo continue to occu -
py Hanover, the polls on the
Elbe, and all the places, of which
they had taken poficffion.
1 be morning of captain
Kembell’s failing, (jeth April) j
it was currently reported at
Hamburgh, that a courier had
arrived from the Baltic, brin°-ir.°-
, J o o
an account of a very fevere bat
tle having taken place, between
the combined fleets of Rulfa
and Sweden, and the Englifn, in
which the latter were defeated,
with the lofs of thirteen fhips.
Ihe Ifgkfu c< r« : • ai, it
fold, had removed his flag trera
on board three (hips, the laft of
wh ic h junk. This news wasre -
lated to capt. Ken;bell by a
merchant of high refpechabiiity,
who appeared to give it full cre
dit, and to regret the full ten
dency it might have to continue
the war, fanguine hopes of a
peace having been before enter
tained.
Jn the channel captain Kern
bell Ipoke the United States
ihip of war Maryland, bound to
f iance. Mr. Dawfon failed in
the Maryland with the treaty.
According to a private letter
from Hamburgh, the king of
P ruff a was ailembiing a confi
de table body of troops near the
Circle of Franconia, the emper
or and other German princes
were doing the fame. It was
fuppofed that it was to decide by
force of arms, the indemnifica
tions to be given to the different
flutes of the empire.
LOUISVILLE,
SATURDAY , June 27, 18cI.
Extract of a letter from the Oco~
■ _ nee, to a refpetlahle gentleman
in this town, dated the 15 :b
inftant.
Sir,
In puffing up the river, I this
| day fell in with capt. Swilly, on
his way from the nation. Capt.
Swilly informed me that he was
diredly from col. Hawkins's
Square, where he was holding a
talk with the Chiefs, and had
been for feveral days before
—that he heard the whole that
paffed—that the Indians were in
great confufion —that the bdl
talk, the mofl friendly deliver
ed, was, that they would- do
what they could, but would pro
mife nothing refpodirg a com
pliance .with the treaty —that
col. Hawkins informed them
that that was the laft time they
would be called on. Mr. Swil
ly further fluted, that he fav/
people from Cumberland, who
had come for the purpofe ot
getting feme white women pn
foners, tint was detained by the
Indians, and that they would not
give them up.
Further—and that he urged
as the caufe of the Indians hold
ing back, that Bowles w>as hold
ing our, and premifing the In
dians great things, and that a
very large majority of them
clave to him.
The Senatus Academicus ot
the Univerfity of this flate, ad
journed on Wedncfday the 17th
inftant, to meet at LouiiVilleon
the iirft Wedncfday in Novem
ber next.—The Board of Trus
tees allb adjourned until
period.
The foliowincr anecdote win
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afford an application to nian ;
perform, who, though profiling
an attachment to republican
principles, yet maniftfl a fort oi
refpeCt for federal ifm :
An honefl, well-meaning man
who calls himfelf a republican,
and w r as a fubferiberto a repub
lican newfpaper, hadfo far fallen
under the influence of a certain
noify fcdcraiifl, who was conn