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" On board his majesty's frigate Triton,
Barbados road, 3d September, 1781.'
"Sir,
'fl have honour to acquaint your excellency, that
immediately previous to the departure for England the
Ift ult. of his excellency the honourable major general
Vaughan, commander in chief of all his majelly's forces
in the Leeward Carribee islands, information was receiv
ed at St. Eufbdius, afterwards communicated to me
at Antigua, 0 the arrival of monsieur de la Mothe
Piquet, with a French squadron of the line at Marti
nique, and as the command then devolved on me, I made
an immediate difyofition for the fuccour of Barbadoes
with a body of troops, fearing it was in danger, or, if
it was not, to be in readiness to aid and affifi St. Lucia;
I therefore moved troops from leeward to Antigua, not
only to replace those I was about to embark for the
purp®fes aforefaid ; but also a corps I saw necessary
to embark on board the fleet under the command of fir
Samuel Hood. I should have been in full time, had
not said intelligence been contradicted after the above
disposition was m&de ; It was then unnecessary to press
ata risk, I otherwise fliould have done, but when I
considered the importance of so valuable a colony as
Barbados, and in order to aid and encourage their ftre
muous efforts against the common enemy, as well as on
account of that island being made a depot of a vast
quantity of valuable ftore&belonging to his maj-fty, I
thought it prudent to put in execution part of the firft
plan I .ropofed ; by embarking a single batttalion
only f
“ I therefore flatter myfelf the legislature, your ex
celled : Y the honourable council and assembly of Bar
baders, will coincid- in opinion and approve of the
meafur? I hive adopted for hit majesty's service, and
grant such temporary quarters or covering for the few
troops I have brought, as circumflances will admit,
and I Ihall become answerable for the exa& discipline of
men' brought in defence of his majesty's loyal fubjeds,
and in support of the civil constitution of the island.
" I have the honour to be, Sir,
" Your excellency's most obedient,
'' And most humble Servant,
“ G. CHRISTIE, B G.
Commanding his majefly's forces in the
Leeward and Charibbee Islands."
£ ' To his excellency major-general Cunioghame, cap
tain general. and governor in and over hie majesty's
' island of Barbadoes."
From the New-York Royal Gazette.
St. JAMES's, Oflober 15, 1781.
CAPTAIN Hume, late captain of his majesty's fllip
Romney, defpatched from commodore Johnson
in the Latke (loop, arrived at the earl of Hillfborough's
office yc-fterday morning, with defpatches from the
commodore, dated the 21st of August last, or which the
tollawing is an extract:
" On the 12th of June, we were in the latitude of 26,
9, S. and longitude 20, 24, W. And here I detached
the Jason, Active, Rattlesnake, and L.rk, to precede
the fleet, in order to gain intelligence.
On the ninth of rfuly, in the evening, being in the
rendezv us given to the abovementioned fh ; ps, they re
joined us, together with the prize Holdwohemade, a
Dutch East India fllip, lately commanded by captain
Vrolock, bound to Ceylon, loaded with floret and pro
visions, and about 4 r pool, in bullion.
“ This prize Holdwoltemade had come lartfrom Sol
danha bay. She failed the zßtnof June. She struck to
the Active or the firft of July.
“ From captain Pigot I received a body of intelli
gence, digged by lieutenant d'Auvergne, a very pro-'
fifing young officer; it contained, as your lordfhi,
will observe, a certain account that monsieur Suffrein
had arrived in False bay on the 21st of June, with his
five fllips of the line, and the greater part of his trans
ports, and that there were five Dutch East India ships
^ anchor in the bay of Saldanha. I therefore resolved
to enter mat bay I fleered to the north of the harbour,
lew ires St. Martin's point, otherwise called the bay ot
St Rail's. I took the charge of pilotage on myfelf,
/1 fllore under cover of the night, judging my
, y the lead. The weather was very feegy.
z ft cutinued until the morning o' the,2lft of J 1 ;
''he win. w # s at north east. At eigth o'clock in the
2^-dug. re had a clear fight of the land, distance
@,ml sou; miles, and bore up for Saldanah bay. We
foe forc& to turn by traverses into the bay, never
t, Refs cur arrival was so unexpected, and our move
ments so rapid, by carrying every fail we could bear,
that the Dutch hid just time to cut their cables, to
lof e their foretopfails, which were kept bent for this
purpose, and to run their ships on (here, and to set
them on fire as the Romney dropped anchor. But our
boats boarded them so quickly, and our people behav
ed so gallantly, that the flames were fooiT extipguifh^d,
except in the Middleburgh :The burnt with incredible
fury, and becoming night as she confirmed, she got a
float, when her marts tumbled, and had nearly drifted
on board two of the other prizes; however, by an
exertion of boats from the fquedron, file was towed
off, stern foremoft, in which the general in person as
sisted. The boats, bad not left the Middleburgh ten
minutes, when she blew up close by the South point or
Hotties bay.
At this time also a boat was seen rowing to our ship,
filled with people in the eartern garb, making humble
signs of submission. They proved to be the kings of
Tarnate and Tidole, with the princes of their respec
tive armies, whom the Dutch Bart India company had
long confined on isle Rpbio, with different malefactors,
but l^d lately removed them from that island to Sal
danha.-
Before midnight we bad got all the prizes afloat, and,
next day we got them rigged and ready for sea, having
brought the principal fails from the hooker, which
lay concealed under Chapin island, where the fails
had been lodged, in hopes we never should have difeo
vered them. This hooker had been seized by the Rat
tlesnake in furprize, according to my orders in the dis
position of attack.,
“ The name^of the prizes are—-The Bankbaarhays,
captain Steetfel>from Bengal, 24 guns, ivqq tops. The
Philadelphia, Dec. 22.
E%traa of a letter dated Fort Pitt, Nov. 4th, 1781.
“ fam glad of this opportunity to give you an ac
count of the taking of the three Moravian Indian con
gregations. The 4th of August lafl a firing of wam
pum, from the half king of the Wiondat nation, was de
livered to them with a message, that he intended to come
to them with a great number of warriors, but they
should not be afraid, because he was their friend, and
that he himfelf was coming along with the rest of his
people. According to this message there arrived on the
6th August 150 warriors, they encamped at the lower
end of the town Gnadenfitten. The day following
they were joined by 50 more, and so they were conti
nuing coming in by Small companies till the 10th, when
their number was encreafed to 220. That day they or
dered that all the old men from the three towns should
meet together to a council. Here they told them that
they would have them to move away with them, as they
and their Indians were in their way, and a great ob
ftr aioir when they were going to war. In answer to
this the old nrn told them, that it was importable for
them to move at this time and have their corn behind,
for they and their children would perifl lwith hunger in
the wilderness. The Wiondats immediately began to
kill their hogs and cattle, and destroyed every thing
that came in their way. All night they dan ed the
war dance and made a most blocking noise. All the
good words she old men, &c. used to persuade them to
le^ve off had no effea; but their entreaties, to move
them to humane behaviou, enraged them the more,
and they grew worse every day. The sth their head
men held a council, and soon after ordered that all the
head, men of the three towns should meet them, and
fliould bring their miniflers along with them. Agreea
ble to this the next day the Indians from the towns
Salem and Shanebr^n came too, as also Mr. David
Zeifberger and John Heckenwalder their minirters.
The warrior chiefs repeated the fame speech as before,
and told them that this would be last time that they
would (peak to them; the Moravian Indians de
sired them to have but a little patience, that they
might be able to gather their corn, and only permit
them to five in their towns this winter. At this the
half king of the Wiondats, and his councilors seemed
to be pleased, and began to prepare for going towards
Wheelihg-to-War. But the English officers that were
in the company, were much displeased and told the In
dian captains, that the commanding officer at Detroit
would be very angry with them. This immediately
put a flop to their going off and they began to trou
ble them anew, they burnt their fences, drove their
horses into cue corn, and killed all the hogs and cattle
that were left. This lasted for five or fix days, when
they once more called together the Moravian Indians,
and ordered them to bring along from the other two .
towns their ministers. After they had met together
captain Pipe made a harsh speech, he said that they
would not be contented till they had them along, and
demanded a positive answer immediately. The Mora
vian Indians confuted a little about the answer they
should give, and determined to remw the former, and
to desire them to let them alone till next spring. This
said, the Wiondats laid hold on Mr. David Zeifberger,
William Edwards, John Hec^nwalder, and Godlnb
Senfeman: the whole company of the warriors made
a ter ible cry and dragged them to their camp di eft
ly after this they went to the minirter's hou'e, broke
open the door and plundered every thing they found,
what they did not like they destroyed entirely.
“ Two Companies set off for Shanebrun and Salem,
where they took prisoners Mr. Youngman and his wife,
also the wife of Mr. Senfeman, and Mrs ZRflxrger;'
Mrs Senfeman was but five days befere brought to bed ;
about midnight they were brought in with a death, hol
low for every one of them Mr. Michael Young w s
brought in at the fame time from Salem, and Mrs.
Heckenwaider the next day with some Indian women.
“ These unfortunate men begged that they might
have the liberty to get their wives to a house. which
was granted: soon after they all received orders to
march off without delay, or else thev would all be kil
led. They applied to the Englifli officers to get some
of their clothing back ; who promif d to do what they
Could, and soon after received some of their eld cloths;
but all the best they kept, all the bedding they
had was ripped and destroyed. Th+ 28th of August
they left Gnadeuhitten, and the id of September they
moved from Salem, and fter journeying four weeks in
the wilderness they arrived at a branch of Sandusky
creek, where they ordered the poor prisoners to flay*.
" I am not able to make a description of t^e difirefs
they are in, neither cloath*, provisions nor houses ; and
if God Almighty doth not in a particular manner pro
vide for then,, they must all perish with hunger and
cold, for in that part where they fettled them, there is
nothing to be had; and it seems as if they were deter
mined to flarve them: rs any body should have seen
how they have been treated, a heart of done could not
have been indifferent. There were in the company nine
white m n, dressed in the Indian way and painted, who
really made an infernal appearance. Neither the la
mentations or tears of the poo r helpless widows and
children, nor the cries of the distressed women, could
make an impression on their minds, but would only
mock and laugh at them.
* Mr David Zeifoerger and John Hakenwalder were
to be sent off to Detroit.
Paerl, captain Plocker, from China, 20 guns, 1100 tons.
The Hencoop, captain Land, from ditto, 20 guns, 1100
tons. The Hoogcarfpel, captain Harmeyer, from ditto,
20 guns, 1000 tons. The Middleburg, captain Van
Oennip, which was burnt, came al 0 from China, 24
guns, Itoo tons.
" There were also two large hookers, which I could
not conveniently brng away. And to avoid leaving any
marks of barbarity towards a settlement where our
wants had so often been relieved, I would net permit
them to be burnt or destroyed."
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