The Kentucke gazette — Lexington [Ky.], 1787-08-25 00:00:00, page 4

' ahlf to rpfeem thorn ail then tot' w!ll lf
' in peace ml plentyike "rothen Allourr
' yourgmaiachiefs art fir peace Of them
' ethef Tome there it none but feme wild
yomg ft llawt that will be tut en the Jfa-
bofi tlrt will be for war we cannot do
'any thing with them
Paper and time it fierce for which lam
in hopes of being excufid
Col Lagan’s Anfwtr
I now fptnk' to the head warriari and
chiefs of the Shawant nation
Friends and Brothers
I Hope Wt hart met here in peace --and
in the firfl place to confider the ta-
4!out and bledy war we here been engog
ad in with each other— You may well re
member that ten years age we were all
governed by one king ever the great wa
iters But it hath Jo happened that eur
father the king ana th greet men of Cen
‘ grifs tf the united fiates commenced a
mar and your father the king engaged
you sn his part and tlte Congrefi engag
ed us ri their part And you ana usliv-
ing nearly in one country it hath been
aur fortune to attack each ether and have
fpilt much blood in our latd many of ouk
people hovofell into your hands and Jomi
of your pooplo hare fell into eur hands
Brothers
Tou may fie plainly hew y eur father
aver the water that engaged you ir J§ long
v and bloody a war hath treatdyou that at
the' you lejl many brave warriors yet when
he got heat by the great men qftheunit-
ed fiates hi mads a peace and gave your
country away and fold nothing about you
' 'hut left you to thr difcretion of the Ame
ricans to treat you as they pleafid
f Brothers
Tou and all the red people may plain
: h f mhen your father and all his for
" cos together with all yours could not
conquer the Americans that it will be in
veil) for you the red people) to continue
a war yourf elves alone it is true ytumey
''kill a few eld men and aid women indif
ferent parts of the country fut this will
do you nofirvice but harm fur wt siren
can go to all the towns in ysur country
and dejlroy all ye nr living
Jffethers
‘ Lot us not think of thofe bloody defigns
any longer let l!ve at peace and pre-
wrojt oirttt wnere ouBjtrtpttans (as-1 qper yim lymvtTtyemtmto c jot 1 mi paper are incntjuiiy mrivroat a 1
i cl its different Branches dpnwith Qan and Expedition— AivertiitimtUt if amodctettltngth ariinftrteiforpftht fufit’m
if tuhtiwtofitr' anilongerenetin proporilorty" — -
LEXINGTON: Prkttd and Sold byl
' Crojs Street where Subcriptions 1 (JJ
rent ytur old f ether thfVrg from laugh-
sing at uheti we are fighting anide
firoying one another and think he wiU
get eur country far his awu people
Brothers
There is a great many defigning men
in this country and feme may entourage
you to go to war becaufi they know if you
do that you will be drove out of the corn-'
try and then they can ga and live where
you do and langh how they have foaled
you This mill finely be the ca'rL and it
is youand utmufi fight the bottle When
ytur country mill lie m qfit then the A
mer icons mill fill it but if you mill live
at peace and keep paJTcffith of it ex
peB the people of the United fiates in A
meric a mill rot take it from you fi you
can bo a happy people and live in your
own lend— As to the prlfiners I on Jerry
you Aovo not get the young Prince but
he lives very melL—Ihept this is not the
Iqfi time wo ore to fit etch ether or to
exchange prifinert-- Our defire it to havt
' our prijenersi w heft nrmes me govt in
to you and 'after they ore exchanged
they that have prifinert mith you mufi
purchafi them from you as they can The
nemts of theft prijoners that me gave you
their people were at the taking of the pri
finere fnm you they fbtmtd themlelves
like men and worriers for that reajonwt
govt them the p ref ernct —When do ary
bufints of this kind I call on the great
man above to judge me' that t it oik
things right 1 have tonfidered your u
queft in returning the young Pickaway
woman and ytur getting the ytung Prince
it appears to me it mas their fortune to
- be both taken at onetime they mere equal
to me and I net knowing you mijbed one
more then another it has been her fortune
to be brought here ' now for me to
find fur back and bring the young
Pritce away from' his mother is giving
me ogreat deal of trouble and I think
-ftict tha great man above mill not think it ju
and for that reafon cannot da tt
but you may be ojjvrei vour Priree mill
be well treated and he fiallbe delivered
' at the next exchange and you need not
be at any trouble only Jerd the prisoners
to Limtfitni where Mr' Jacob ‘Boone
- mill receive them and Jend yours tt you
I have no morr to fay to you only adrift
yon' to go htmt and live at pence tend I
ohx and Fiii-Diko Fbadtord at their PaiKTijsc-Orr’CE the rtmtr ef Main and
pet Ann Advertiimeiits'ff'c' for thlsjeper art thcul fully reieived ai d 1’r'tiCo
W’U ajfurt you Sit army fiatt march a
ga nfi'yeu fnm Kihtucke 1
I am net auth-rifid ta treat any Jar
tier with yon only wifi a friendly ri idt
' could be carried on between -us— 1 1 ft
w bat has been fold will be agreeabu ta
' you and you and I'ml II fit our names t hi ri
te BENJAMIN LOGAN CW 1
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Tell CaptJohnyCCSN
Ifaac RuddelL- Pcmenawahi '
John Crow Maremctho ‘
1 Daniel Boone Laihrnfccrli
Since eur lafi me are informed that
the damrge dine by the Indians in rtf
' Cumberland fittlemant it net fi ghat in
' fitad of 40 there mat bvj families kU
' ltd ike rejl having celitBtd ixtefortsf
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At -ing Danville in the li ufe belong-
to the Company on mon
day Sept 17 being the day
- appointed for the meeting of
the Convention will ccmrmnce
The $ A L E fob Can bt PunL’-fl-
V E N D U fi
- 1 1
A Valuable aflortment of mejr
chandiic the fiock in trade
remaining oh hand of Stmplpj
-JWynkoop and'Co and will be
continued daily until the whole
are difpofed of the particulars ofj
' which are too numerous dc-j
fcribCi let it fufhee to fay tlieri
is agreat variety and the quality
equal to any -ever brought to this
country j
The copartnetlhip being now
diffolved all’ perfons indebted
thereto are rrqu fled -to make
payment and thofe having de-‘
mands to exhibit their accounts
to the fubfcriberwho js auiborifed '
to tranfaA the bufmefa !
EAFER EWING!
Danville Avgvfl 6 1787- J '