Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1775-09-11 00:00:00, page 2

<>„ us. J 1 MES~A 0 0 D's information t& the
Qo^ " : i^e cf i'Ctjburg, August 10,
^ ffR. V'ODD informs the Committee, that
J\ 1 at Cudw&on, a Delaware town, on the
%.1 cf July, ne delivered a Ipeech to the Chiefs
of that place, inviting them to a treaty to be held
a. Pirfburg the ICT) of Septemb r ; l.ke .ife he
informed them that he understood that the Win
dows and Finch had lately been in council with
them, that they made a peech, and delivered a
belt to them, and tdathc expected from the triend
fn p that has for a long tune übfilled between
them ^.i then eihr brothers, the Virginians, that
the? w>u d mto m him what bad parted between
Dem. Onio zfl of July. Newcomer, and tome
other D^awiie < i 's, delivered him a Speech or
amwer to ms 0 yd. day, in übltmce as todows:
6 I'n^uking him tor his peech, and that they
wuu d cuct.Llly meet the Vitgin'ars at me trea
ty , and to co voice their broii^s utat they de-
Ine t) live 1.1 the (trifled friend.hip with them,
they delivered to him a bed and Ring that was
lent to tee .1 by an Englishman and a Frenchman
from Detroit, won a message informing them,
that tne people of Vngima are determined to th ike
then, and Frat they would cyme on diem two
wa % the one by way of one Lakes, and the other
by the Dili , an' har the Virginians are deter
mined w drift hemoff and take their lands from
tin n; and that th^y mud c.mitanily be on their
gu uu, and hot pay any regard to what the Virgi
r^ns wou J lay to t .em, as they were a people
DJ to be depended up m, and that the Virginians
wouid in\ite them to a treaty, that .hey mutt not
go by any means, and to take particular notice of
the advice winch they gave."
I hat he arrived at a Seneca town the 25th of
Jiffy, and found Logan there, with some of the
Kiiugoes that were prisoners at Foit Pitt. They
2:1 appeared very delir us to know his bufineis, he
called them together, and made the lame Speech
to them tha hedid to the Delawares; they made
mo other aniwer than that they would acquaint
the red of their nation with what be had laid.
Thee Indians appeared very angry, and behaved
wah great i.dJcnce to him. That on the 27th
he delivered a Ipeech to the Indians at the Win
ders tov n, which was as follows:
" Brothers, the Windots and Taawas,
“ Your brothers or Virginia, in their great
Council, are defines of brightening the chain of
fiendihip between you and them ; they nave ap
pointed cummilfioneis to meet trie Chiefs of the
different nations of Indians on the Ohio and the
Lakes, a; Fort Pitt, 111 forty-fix days from this
time; and have ordered me to come to this place,
to assure you that their hearts are good towards
you, and that they hope to agree, upon a peace
witn ah the I dians, so that their children and
ou 5I ^ . -edict be in he greater! iriendihip, to
giv ,ou # Kind invitation to their council tire, and
they will give you a hearty welcome. Brothers,
it .s with g^eat co cern I have lately heard that
lom people, whom I consider to be enemies as
Will to y # u as to us, have endeavoured to make
you believe that the people of Vugiura intend to
Strike your nation; this you may depend upon is
the gloated fadity, as I can, witri truth assure you,
that toey defue to nve in ftritt friendship with all
Indians, while they continue to live peaceable with
us."
“ Brothers, the Tawaas,
“ It is wi h great plealure I take this opportu
nity of (peaking to you in the name of my coun
trymen, to retu r n you thanks for the kind treat
ment given by your nation to one of our young
b , hers, who was delivered into your baud, last
fu timer, by the Shawauele, and to assure you
that if any of your peOpleihould ever fall into our
hands, they will meet with friendly treatment !"
10 whicu the War Port returned the following
answer.
" Brothers, the Big Knife,
“ We have heard chat you have said, and desire
time till tomorrow a temmo to confider cf it,
when we will meet youin the Council Houle, at
the lime mentioned."
The Vv ar Port, with fix others, came to his
cinp. They told him the, came to talk with
him as friencs , that th., always understood the
Eolith had but< Re King, who lived over the
great rive., that they were much furprized lately
to heat that we were at war with ourielves, and
that we had leveral engagements at Boston, where
a g^eat many men were killed on both sides; and
as they had heard many different stories, they
would be glad to hear and k ow the truth. Cap
tan Wood then explained to them the nature of
the deputes, and acquainted them of the general
union cf all the colonies, and undeceived them in
an eiror he found the Wiondots had been led in
to, viz. that the Virginians were a people diftindt
from the other colonies.
At the appointed time the War Poss delivered
the following answer to Capt. Wood's fpe&ch of
yetterday.
" Brother, the Big Knife,
“ You tell us you were lent to our towns, by
the great men of Virginia, to let us know there
is now a large council file kindling at Fort Pitt ;
that it would be ready in forty fix days, and that
we fhonld hear then and there every thing that
was good. Brothers, we have hftemed to every
thing you have said, with great attention, and
considered it w 11. We tlrink it is good, and will
immediately fend over the lakes to cur Chiefs,'
arid wi? be ruled in our determination by them.
Brothers, 1 have nothing farther to fay, than
that it has always been a custom with us that
whatever news we hear, we immediately fend it
to our Headmen, as we (hail on this occasion."
He arrived at the Shawanefe towns the 31st
He defined the Headman to call the Headmen of
tie different owns together as soon as possible,
that he had lomething to fay to them from the
Hea 'mm f Virginia. Ihe Headmen then in
f imedhim that Chinafaw, or the judge, had re
turned home the night before; that he brought
alarming accounts from Virginia,,that all the peo
l^e, except the Governor, were determined on
war with the Indians, that die Governor was for
peace, but was obliged L O fly on board a ship;
that thehoftages found tfiat they were to be made
(laves and lent to foine other country ; that the
white people were all preparing for war, and that
they (hewed him many Indian scalps. amongst
which the Wolf knew his brothers ; upon which
they determined, if poflible, to in d ke their escape,
and accordingly let oil ail together in the night ;
that the next day, he, being behind the others at
some dtftance, was leized by three men ; that he
heard them fay they would kill him, and one of
them began to load his gun; while the other two
before tne gun was loaded, held him by the arm,
he found means to disengage himfelf and make his
efcapc, leaving his gun and every thing else be
hind him ; soon after he heard leveral guns go off,
and-was lure that Cuttenwa and Newa were kil
led, ashe had been sixty days travelling, and had
heard nothing of them.
Capt. Wood told the Headmen that the mod
of what Chenafaw, or the judge, told him was
fa^'e; and that he would be glad he would lend
for him, which he did. As soon as he came, Capt.
Wood explained the whole matter to him and
many more Indians, and informed them Cuttenwa
and Newa were both well, and on the road ; and
that they were bringing his clothes, and what
other things he left behind him; and that it was
very unlucky for him he did not turn back, as the
others did, and have a horse and a laddie to ride
home as the others had. That on the firftof Au
gust he enquired of sundry squaws concerning the
speeches and belts sent to the Sb ^nele by the
French at Detroit. They ail gar the fame ac
counts he had received before^ with this addition,
that the Pills and 1 wigtwees had accepted the
belts, but that the Shawareie had dug a hole in
the ground, and buried them never tc rife again.
1 he 2d ot Augurt he delivered a speech to the
Shawanele, the lame in lubftance to what he had
delivered toother nations. He explained the na
ture of the dilpuie with Lord Du more, and con
vinced hem that Chinefaw had nut told the truth,
and likewue explained to them the nature of the
depute with Great Brita n. Tire Headman re
turned them the following answer.
" Brother, the Big Knife,
" I am very thankful, as well as ail my friends,
who are now prelent, for your good Ipeech this
day delivered to us at our council fire. It gives
us great pleasure to think that our brothers, the
Big Knife, have not forgot us; and that we will
have an opportunity of talking t@ them in friend
ship, at the time you mention. We are much
obliged to our brothers, the Big Knife, for their
care in dire&ing all then people to let our brother
Chinelaw come to us. His coming away'in the
manner he did, proceeded from a mirtake. We
are fully fatisfied with what you have told us, and
hope you will not think hard of us for his bad be
haviour."
From the London Magazine for May, 1775.
Inßanecs of the Constancy. Fortitude, end
Presence oFfLmc/YNn°TH-AME
RICAN INDIANS, when Juftring the Fieky
1 ORTURES.
WE were favored lart month with an extract
from a valuable publication, The lifory
of the No; th-rimericap Indians, &c. which dis
played their barbarity to their captives, and the
manner of devoting them to death. The follow
ing extract from the fame work, it is presumed,
will be equally inftru&ive. x
“ About four years before the Shawano Indians
were forced to remove from the late Savanah town,
they took a Mufkohge warrior, known by the
name of “ Old Scrany;" they baftinadoed him in
the usual manner, and condemned him to the fier^
torture. He underwent a great deal, without
(hewing any concern; his countenance and beha
viour were as if he fuffered not the least pain, and
was formed beyond the common laws of nature.
He told them, with a bold voice, that he was a
very noted warrior, a d gained molt of hi® martial
preferment at the expence of their nation, and was
desirous of (hewing themin the all of dying, that
he was still as much superior to them as when he
headed his gallant countrymen against them. That
although he he had fallen into their power, in for
feiting the protection of divine power, by some
impurity or otl er, when catiying the holy ark of
war again i his devoted enemies; yet he had still
so much emaining virtue, as would enable him to
punish himfelf more exquifitei, than ah their des
picable ignorant crowd could possibly de, if they
gave him liberty by untying him, and would hand
to him one of the red hot gun-barrels out of the
fire. The propolal, and his method of addrels,
appeared fa exceedingly bold and uncommon, that
his request was granted. Then he fuddtnly seiz
ed one of the red barrels, and brandishing it from
fide to fide, he forced his way through the armed
and furprized multitude, and leaped down a pro
digious steep and high bank into a branch of the
river, dived through it, ran over a small island,
and puffed another branch, amidst a Ihower of
bullets, from the commanding ground where Fort
Moore, or New-Windsor Garrison, stood, and
though numbers of his eager enemies were in close
puifuit of him, he got to a brambley swamp, and
in this naked, mangled condition, reached his own
country. He proved a (harp thorn in their fide
afterwards to the day of his dead).
A party o' the Senekah Indians came to war
against the Katahba, bitter enemies to each other.
In the woods, the for ner discovered a Iprightly
warrior belonging to the latter, hunting in their
usual light dress. On his difeovering them, he
fp ung off for a hollow rock, which stood four or
five miles distant, as they intercepted him from
returning hom-ward. He was so extremely fwift,
^nd wilful with the gun. as to kill seven of them
in a running fight, before they were able to surround
and take him. They carried him to their coun
try in fad triumph: but though he had filled them
with uncommon grief and (hame, for the lots of
so many of their kindred, yet, the love of martial
virtue induced them tot'eat him during their long
journey, with a great deal more civility than if be
had arted the part of a coward. The women and
children, woen they met him at their several
towns, beat and shipped him in as severe a man
ner as the occasion required, according to their
law of jurtice; and at la^ he was formally con
demned to die by the fiery tortures. It cight rea
ionably be imagined that what he hid for some
time gone through, by being ted with a fganty
hand, a tedious march in p nions, lying at night on
the bare grou d, exposed to the changes of the
weather, with his arms and legs extended in a pair
of rough Rocks, and fuffering such punishments on
his entering into their borine towns, as a prelude
to those (harp torments for which he was destined,
would have io impaired his health, and affeded
his imagination, as to have sent him to his long
deep out of the way of any more fufferings. Pro
bably, this would have been the case with the ma
jor part of white people, under similar circumstan
ces; but I never knew this ith any of the Indi
ans: and this cool headed brave warri >r did not
deviate from any oftheir rough lertons of martial
virtue, but alted his part so well, as to furprize
and sorely vex his numerous enemies.
For, when they were taking him unpinioned,
in their wild parade, to the place of torture, which
lay near a river, he suddenly daihed dowa those
who stood in his way, sprung off and plunged in
to the water, twimming underneath, like an otter,
only rising to take breath till he came to the op
posite shore. He now aicended the steep bank;
but though he had good reason to be in a hurry, as
many of die enemy weici nthe water, and others
running every way, like blood hounds in puifuit
of fim, and the bullets flying abound him, from
the tim^ he took t, the river, yet his heart did not
aliow bin to leave them abruptly, without taking
leave in a formal manner, in return for the extra
ordinary favour they had done, and intended to
do him. Hetirftturned bis backside toward them,
and flapped it with his hand; then moving round,
he put up the shrill war whoop, as his last
salute, till some mure convenient opportunity of
fered, and darted off in tne manner of a beast
broke loose from ts torturing enemies.
He cm inued his ipeed so as to run by about
midnight of tne fame day, as far as his eager pur
suers were two days in reaching. There he rest
ed, till he happily discovered five of those Indians
who had pursued him; he lay hid a little way off
their camp, till they were found asleep. Every
circumstance of his situation occured to him, and
in pired him with heroism. He was naked, torn,
and hungry, and his enraged enemies were come
up with him. But there was now every thing to
relieve his wants, and a fair opportunity to save
bis life, and get great honor, and sweet revenge,
by cutting them off. Refutation, a convenient
spot, and sudden furprize, would effort the main
object of all his wishes and hopes. He accor
dingly creeped towards them, took one of their
t mahawks, and killed them all on the spot. He
then chopped them to pieces, in as horrid a man
ner as lavage fury could excite, both through na
tional and personal resentment. He Gripped off
their fca ; ps, clothed himfelf, took a choice gun,
and as much ammunition and provisions as he could
w:il carry in a running march. He set off afrefh
with a light heart, and did not Deep for several
fucc-ffivenights, only when he fat as usual a little
before day, with his back to a tree. As it were
b/infina, when he found he was free from the
pursuing enemy, he made dirertly to the place
where he had killed seven of his enemies, and was
taken by them for the fiery torture. He digged
them up, scalped them, burned their bodies 0
ashes, and went home in fafety with singular tri
umph. Others of his pursuing enemies came on
the evening of the second day to the camp of their
dead people, when the fight gave them a greater
shock than they had ever known before. In their
chilled war council, they concluded, that, as he
had done such furprizing things in his defence be
fire he was captivated, and since that, in his na
ked condition, and was now well armed, if they
continued the pursuit, he would spoil them all,
for he surely was an enemy wizard, and therefore
they returned home.
From the St. James's Chronicle.
To LORD NORTH.
Y 0 U have now began the bloody business.
You n,w find all America united, and that
they have spirit equal to Englishmen, because they
really are E-glifhmen. The number of Provincial
troops were never equal to the King's troops, un if
the moment they arrived under the cover of the
(hips at B >fton; yet they were forced to retreat
from the firft half hour s fire ; nor have the people
of New-England loft halt the number of men in
the engagement.* If things go on thus, my Lord,
how much money ate we to (pend before we even
learn to fight as wed as the com non ploughmen
in America? And you may rely upon it that
things will grow worse woh us every day. I fup
pde you know that these country people would
have entered Boston the next day sword in hand,
had it not been for the entrea ies of the inha
bitants, who were fearful of being facrificed firft.
You may also learn, my Lord, that the four New-
England provinces have agreed already to lend
30,000 men into the field. They are now under
arms, and on their march for Boston. The town
of Boston is now inverted with a party of 7000
mem: They mount guard in the face of the King's
troops; their advanced ports are within call of
each other; they have 40 pieces of cannon at
Cambridge, which is within three miles of Boston.
The colleges there are no longer seminaries of
learning, but are made barracks for the Provincial
forces. Thus, my Lord, you find England p'ung
ed into all the miseries of a civil ruinous war,
while you promised us peace. You cannot now
talk of conciliation, much less of submission. The
sword is the only resource—that is likely to fail;
at lead the war murt be more expensive than any
which would be waged in Europe 'Tis true the
Commons have pr>mifed supplies for it ; but where
can they find the money ?
Well might Lord Chatham pronounce you a kicked
and a blundering Minister.
BRUTU S.
* 21 $ of the King's troops Filed and mounded —6o
New England feefie killed and wounaed.
d, &„ain Efl \ arrive her, front Lisbon,
and by Captain Lee, arrived at New-York
from Liverpool, cue have the fafowing Intel
ligence.
E L L, June 22.
' OHE Noblesse and States of the Duchy of
liunebouig, have agreed, after the close of
the Diet, to write to the King of Gieat Britain
to entreat his Majesty's permission for them to
ered to the honour of the late Queen of Den
mark, Carolina Matilda, his sister, a monument
to perpetuate her genius, her virtues, and her
misfortunes.
LONDO N
June 28. By letters received yerterday from
New-York, by the way of Bristol, they write that
all communication between that province and Ca
nada was cut off by the New-England troops be
ing in possession of Ticonderoga and Crown Point.
June 29 A correspondent informs us, that the
rea on of the present appearance of inactivity among
the servants of the crown is the difficulty of giv
ing inftiuCtions to the troops how to proceed in
the project of over-running the provinces of New-
England ; whether they are to treat them with all
the rigour of war indiscriminately, or only attack
and seize such as oppose them in the field. It L
said the form of ar ath is prepared, whic^ is to
be tendered to such as submit; the purport or
which is, owning the supremacy of Parliament in
all matters whatsoever with regard to America ;
and that for the future, no person without taking
such oath, (hall be capable of acting in any civil
or military capacity whatsoever.
A letter from Portsmouth, dated June 25, fays.,
“ Friday night an expres arrived at the victual
ling office here to set another oven at work, to
bake 14 suits a day (a suit is an hundred weight)
for the lervice in America, as all their supplies
must come from England."
,une 30. A letter has been received from Ge
neral Burgoyne, informing his friends of his ar
rival at Boston, with the Generals Clinton and
Howe, and the marines from England, but no
troops from Ireland. He fays they have nothing
but salt beef, (alt fifh, and peafe, to live upon -
However General Gage and they have determin
ed not to attempt any thing further, till they know
the resolutions of the Continental Congress.
We hear that orders were dispatched on-Thurs
day last to General Carleton to come down across
the lakes from Canada with the regulars under his
command, and to invade the back of New-England,
while General Gage is to press the insurgents on
the other fide. General Burgoyne, with another
body of 5000 men, is to possess himfelf of the
province of New York to intercept any aids that
may be sent from the southern provinces.
Three frigates, with a line of battle fliip, are
ordered to cruise on the coast of South Carolina,
while a bomb ketch under their protection, is to
lie before Charleftown to awe that town, and pre
vent the people, at their peril, from finding any
aid to the Bostonians. The fame precautions are
to be uied wi.hre're r< tto V;i, 'V. '
In (hort, all the ports of rhe refract- y Co nieo
are to be (hut up, and their whole commerce is
to be entirely stopped.
A few day ago four frigates failed from Ply
mouth; their Rations are as follow: One off Ca
diz, another between the Rock of Lisbon and the
Streigls of Gibraltar, one off Finifterre, and the
fourth off the Groyne.
The fortrefs of Ticonderoga, surprised and
taken by Col. hafton, held out in the last war a
liege of 17 days.
July 1. Several Americans arrived in town on
Thursday, having abandoned their native country
on account of the unhappy difturbaaces subsisting
there.
We are well informed that some Spanish agents
are buying up here large parcels of goods that
were originally intended for the American mar
kets. This (hews that the Spaniards intend avail
ing themselves of our unhappy disputes with the
Americans, by supplying them with such goods as
they will not import from us.«
In consequence of some private intelligence late
ly received, orders have been given for four of
the best failing frigates in the navy to cruize from
150 to 200 leagues to the westward.
Orders are lent to Gibraltar for laying a boom
and chain acrols the mouth of the harbour, to
prevent any vessels coming in without leave.
Ju) 4. This day a Common-hall (agreeably
to adjou-nmen ) was held at Guildhall, in order
to receive the report of the Sheriffs, on whom the
e'e&ion had fallen for the Sherievalty for the en
suing year. About one o'clock the Sheriffs and
their officers came on the Huttings, and declared
the election to have fallen on Aldermen Hayley
and Newenham ; they then retired, and about a
quarter of an hour after the Lord Mayor, attend
ed by the Sheriffs, and the Aldermen Bull, Lewis,
Hayley, Newenham, and Lee, ascended the Hutt
ings, when the Sheriffs declared the election a se
cond time.
The Sheriffs ele& then addressed the Livery to
the following effect.
1 hey returned their sincere thanks for the g r eat
honour conferred upon them, and assured their
conftrfuenis,that they would go through the vari
ous parts of that great office, with justice, intrepi
dity and humanity.
Ihe Lord Mayor then came forward, and
read the proceedings of the Sheriffs, relative to
their waiting n n his Majesty with the iJoliroon
of the Common Had on Hidfummcr D n y last,
with his Majesty's answer, and SheriffTomeTs re
ply (as mentioned in the public papers); and said,
that as his Majesty did not think lit to receive it
on the throne, he (the Lord Mayor) thought it
his duty not to go up with it—and humbly fob
mitted further proceedings to the deliberrtit ns o'
the Livery. A Mr. Humphrys, n.'hinon,r \...
ed to be heard, for which purpufe he wr. I:<e 0[
up to the front of the Hustings; and rtjc . b.
served, that as a Liveryman he ' d) 4 a. ~
lotions, and begged leave to read 0s< ,%$, whi^u
after a deal of coofufion was gratded . u,:.. &j
little to the p.upufe.