The Pennsylvania evening post — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-08-31 00:00:00, page 3

where he saw a great number of the Lower Towns Cherokee
Indians, where they had taken Mr. Holmes and his wife and
a white child prisoners ; also Thomas Holmes, John Lam
mas and his wife, and two of their children (boys) and a man
that had gone from Enoree on business. That while he staid
there they also brought one John Garrick, and a man that
came from Rocky run, prisoners. That the Indians took all
Mr. Holmes's effects, drank as much rum as they chose, and
then stove a hogshead, and let the rum that was in it run out ;
that about dawn of day the Indians drove all the white people
out of the house, and sent a party up the river with them
to guard them, except this deponent, who staid and saw
them plunder Mr. Holmes's house. The fellow who took this
deponent prisoner, gave him too deerskins, told him to
make shoes for himfelf, to walk over the hills to Mr. Cameron,
for he must go with him there; that during his confine
ment one Ratcliffe, a white man, kept riding about among
the Indians, laughing and fcoffing at the prisoners ; that an
Indian fellow told him, when in confinement, that George
Parris, a half breed, was gone down to acquaint the King's
people over Saluda to come up join the Indians, to help and
to fight for the King; that the Indian, who pretended, to be
this deponent's master, fending him to hunt a horse for him
to ride, about two hours before sunset yesterday, he made his
escape from them; farther that he saw them bring several
guns, pipe hatchets, and sundry other effects, the property of
Edward Wilkinson, Esq; to the house where he was taken,
and that he was in the employ of Edward Wilkinson, Esq;
and thathe cannot write.. Signed.
his'
DAVID + SHETTROE
Sworn before me this 30th mark.
day of June, 1776..
JOHN PURVES, J.P.
" Gentlemen,
“ Some time ago Mr. Cameron and myfelf wrote you a
letter by Mr. Thomas, and enclosed you a talk we had with
the Indians refpe&ing the purchase which is reported you
lately made of them on the river Wattaga, Noluchuckey, &c..
We are finceinformed that you are under great apprehensions
of the Indians doing mifchief immediately ; but it is not the
desire of his Majesty to set his friends and allies the Indians
on his liege fubjefts, therefore, whoever-you are that are
willing to join his Majesty's forces, as soon as they arrive at
the Cherokee nation, by repairing, to the King's standard,
shall find protection, and their families, and be free from all
danger whatever, yet that, his Majesty's officers may be cer
tain which of you are willing to take up arms in his Majesty's
just right, I have thought fit to recommend it to you, and every
one that is desirous of preventing inevitable ruin to thera
felves and families, immediately to fubferibe a written paper
acknowledging their allegiance to his Majesty King George,
and that they are ready and willing, whenever called on to
appear in arms in defence of the British rights in Ame
rica, which paper, as soon as it is signed, fend to me by
some fafe hand. Should any of the inhabitants be desirous
of knowing how they are to be kept free from every kind of
jnfult or danger, inform them that his Majesty will imme
diately land an army in Weft-Florida, march them through
the Creek to the Chickasaw nation, where five hundred war
riors from each nation are to join them, and then come by
Chote, who have promised their afiiftar.ee, and then to take
pofleffion of the frontiers of North-Carolina and Virginia ;
at the fame time that his Majesty's forces make a diversion on
the sea coast of those provinces. If any of the inhabitants
433
Ragged Newcastle and Maryland money
exchanged for a moderate allowance, by JAMES
GALLAGHER, at the corner of Spruce and Front ftreeLS?
Philadelphia. Also the highest price will be given for clean
LINEN RAGS. He has a quantity of good GREEN TEA
to difoofe of.
-TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward.
RAN away from the subscriber living in Warwick town-
Blip, Bucks county, an Irilh servant lad named WIL
LIAM MULLIN, about sixteen years cf age, five feet five
inches high, well set, freffi coloured, and freight fair hair.
He had on, when he went away, a felt hat half worn, a
light coloured linfey upper jacket lined with blue and green
'flriped linfey, a linfey under jacket, new home made linen
shirt, old tow trousers patched on both knees, hdf worn
flioes tied with firings, and speaks with a little of the brogue.
Whoever takes up said fervaht, and delivers him to the lub
fcriber, or to Mr. Blair M'Clenachan of Philadelphia, shall
have the above reward and reasonable charges.
Aug. .25, 1776. CHARLES WALKER. -
have any beef, cattle, flour, pork, or horses to spare, they ffiall
have a good price for them, by applying to us as soon as his
Majesty's troops are embodied. I am, yours, &c.
HENRY STUART.
Wattaga.
This day Nathan Read c 4 .ne before me one of the Justices
of Wattaga, and made oath on the Holy Evangelists of Al
mighty God, that a stranger came up to Charles Roberson's
gate yesterday evening, who he was he did not know, and de
livered a letter, a true copy of which is above.
JOHN CARTER
Sworn before me the 19th May, 1776,
'Atteft. JAMES SMITH...
In COUNCIL of SAFETY, Philadelphia, August 30, 17,6..
Resolved, That; the Commanding officers of the militia,
who have returned from camp with their troops, be required
to deliver in to the hands of Mr. Robert Towers, Commissary,
all such arms and accoutrements belonging to this Rate, as
may be in their possession ; in order that the fame may be
put into the hands of such Associators who are not provided,
and ready to march into New-Jersey. The expence of such
collections will be difeharged by this board.
Extract from the minutes,
.: JACOB S. HOWELL, .Secretary.
In COUNCIL of SAFEETY for the State of Pennsyl
vania, Philadelphia, August 30, 1776.
' Whereas some designing ill-disposed persons have spread
falfe reports, that the number of troops now in New-Jersey is
too great, that many are in consequence difeharged by the
Generals ; and that there is not any occasion to forward the
troops who have not yet been at camp.
The Council therefore, to fruftrate the designs of such per
sons, and to hasten the march of the Associators to the camp
in Jersey, make known, that there is an immediate necessity
for the Associators to hasten their march to the said camp
with all expedition, and pay no regard to any reports which do
not corae from this Council or other proper authority.
By order of the Council,
SAMUEL MORRIS, Chairman.
TO be SOLD, an assortment of several colours of very
. good SEWING SILKS at ten fhilliogs an ounce, by
John Recdie, tailor, in Arch ftrect, cppcfae Chancery-lane^