The Columbian informer, or, Cheshire journal — Keene, N.H., 1794-11-25 00:00:00, page 3

WINCHESTER, October 27.
A gentleman immediately from Ken
tucky, informs, that General Wayne has
erected a Fort a few paces from that oc
cupied by the British at the foot of the
Rapids of the Miami of the Lakes.
Farther Particulars of the burning of
Nickajack and Running Water, Indian
'towns.
On the 7th of September a party of mi
litia, confitting of five hundred and fifty
men, commanded by Major Qrre,matched
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INDIAN AFFAIRS.
K E NT U C K Y.
LEXINGTON, Od. 4.
Extras of a letter from John E. King,
(who afled as Adjutant on th: late ex
peditlsu, ag^inft the Southern Indians,
commanded by Col. Whitely) to the
• Editor of this paper ; dated, Washing
ton County, bqx. zfo 179.}.
'' On the 30th of Auguit Colonel Will,
jam Whitely, arrived at Naih/ille with
too.well equipped volunteers from Ken
tucky. A Major Orte from H^lftein ad
ded to that number 60 men, and the ter
ritory of Cumberland 4,0, total 600. At
i6e general rendezvous,Col.Whittley war
appointed Colonel commandant ; but as
Mjor Orre had been muttered into ser
vice, and sent on command by Governor
Blount, it was thought bed to muller the
MUM in his name; but Whitely was hoa
ored as commander in camp, and in the
field, bathe 6:h of September, the ar
my got in motion, and moved ten miles
forward ; the i2:h made a forced march of
miles through Cumberland mountain
aid cine breaks, lighting themfeivca with
fire brands, and reached the banks of the
Ten's fee at two o'clock in the morning.
Whiteley direded the men to make their
piffige scroll wih all fafety and expe
dition possible ; the common method was
by rafting, some on legs poles, bunches
bf cane He. A: 7 o'clock in the morning,
be paraded two hundred and fifty men,
including officers, oh the fouch Hue cf the
Tenefee. This was performed with so
zuuti care, that the turns were kept dry,
aid fit for action. He thenmatched rap
idly oa the fours of the mountain, up the
rivr'r (under the direction of Mr. Fii,
dlefyn, a half-breed) in three columns,
ferrou^ing the town called Nico-jack, at
Uhith fimb he had a fmail party in ambvfh
opposite the tosn, read, to receive them
on thc% flight. He rallied precipitately
into the sown, where were about forty
warriors present, and a considerable num
ber above the town, feme of which were
Crofting &iwrr, as they' had much corn
oa the nSrrh tide —At the Llute (which
win the fill hint they got) the war Bricks
rung though the tawa, a;d thy made
battle with great spirit, but finding them,
felveb repulsed, they took to tb^ riv
er,. fume in canoes arid feme swimming—
The water was soon Gained with blood
and mingled with brains! The a&ion
continued half an hour : O„ damage was
two fl : ghtly wounded, we filled fifty four
and took 1, prisoners, ariorg the killed,
was old chief breath, he had a comanffen
from the Spaniards. The prifoaers said
we killed all but twelve that were there.
Colonel Whitely left a (efficient number
to take cere of the prisoners and to keep
possession, marched himfrif with the bal
ance of men, up the river for Running
water town. The Indiana collected in
the gap of the mountain ; and gave him
afire; he ordered his men b form the
line, flank up a steep moun ain, while he
was amusing them brilkly in the center.—
He killed one, and wounded two, and
they broke and run. He hd one badly
wounded, but. he is likely to recover.—
He pressed on the town, but they hid fled,
it was newly bitilt and in good repair, a
large Town-House, Council House, War
pott, May-pole and silk colours eight feet
square. In thia town were 90 House?, well
fixed on the plunder.from the wilderncfi
road, and our Settlements: The Squaws
and Children were well* dressed in good
flriped cloaths, cotton, linfey, &c. All
was laid in alites and fall spoil made of
every thing except 1200 dollars worth di
vided among the men. There was a foffi
cient quantity of articles found to prove
inconteilibly, that these Chicamangec raf-
Gdls had long been our avowed enemies
He burned in all 150 houses."
V IRG I N I A.
PENNSYLVANIA.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. B. :#
Extract of a letter from an p&ei in the
(ewer Matter General's De f armenl,
dated, Bounce'3 near Cherry's, Novem
ber 3.
" I nave jud received orders to pro
ceed 13 miles to Budds, and the Yough,
to ily est carofc:, to which the arm, mar
chci to-morrow. General Lee ma ches
from Union Town to Peted/n's half way
between Badd'sand Parkinfm's Ferry and
here, I have no doubt, will be the ulti
mate point of march for the main a:my.
“ I hear of nobody complaining in
thia camp, but I am told they arc rather
fi.kly in the left wing. This I expert,
will reach ,ou before my letter by the
Governor's express, as he travels flow,
being heavy laden with return#, &c. We
hire lain here two days. To-morrow
there will be an inflation cf the troops, 4
who have hitherto been well supplied with
province. I have a final! keg of brandy
yet untouched which is valued here three
to one above wine. 'The weather for two
or three days has been fine; and we have
no difficulty to encounter but extreme bad
ro^ds. Forage has been rather leant,
but at present fee have a prety good
%ck."
Extraa of a letter frem Mr. Berjamin
Ellicot at Pittsburgh to his brasher in
this city, dated yo:h Oa. 1794
~ I arrived at this place fiom Fort Le
Boeuf yesterday. The Six Nations of In
dians have declared for peace, and have
given Mr. Adlum leave to survey. 1 at
tribute their pacific diipnfinca to the goo^
faccefs of -General Wayne.
" The army is about 30 miles from this
place, and is expected here in about three!
days. Numbers of the insurgents have
gone down thejiver, and some of %m
have been taken. The whisky poles are^
all cut down, and there seems to be a dis
position to fybmd to the laws. Not one
ts the 5000 insurgents that marched into
this place are to be found that wi& take up
arms again# government."
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For the Columbian Informer, &g.
Messrs. Printers,
IT seems your Correspondents the
Christian Citizen, and Christian Prudence,
The prisoners taken give information,
that th,re were 6xt, warriors, Creeks and
Cherokees, then out for war again# the
United States, who passed through Nicka
jsek nine days ago—that two nights be
fore the deftrudion of the Reciting Wa
\er a scalp dance was held in it.
At whi^h were picfeni the bi^'d;,Teltow,
Jjhi IV4US, and the other Chiefs a the
lower towns ; at which chry "hic pel,;,
mined to cantnue cn the <.%iA v^rjunc
tion with the Creeks with more activity
thin heretofore against th # ft triers. In
Nickgack was found a gravity of pow
der and lead, juit received from the Spac
1h government, and a cummiffiou to
Breath, the Chief of that town who was
killed. The Militia had 3 men woun
ded.
frjm Nash rille, by order of General Rob
ertfun, and on the.ij:h defrayed Nicka
jack and Running, Water, two of the mart
halite of the lower Cherokee towns, fix
ated on the fou:b branch of the Tetfeffee ;
killed forty fi.e warriors, and took nine
prisoners, fauaws and children. In the
towns were found two freih scalps. taken
at Cumberland, and leveral that were dry,
hang up&s trophies of war. Many arti
cles of property, which were known b,
some one or other of the militia to have
been taken when the proprietors were kill
ed by Indians, in the coarse of the lad
twelve months, amongst which were a
number of letters taken when the Kentuc
ky mail was rob red and the rider killed.
Th.fe two towns were principal eroding
places for the Creek, over the Tennelfee
for war againtt Cumberland and Kentucky
in which they, with the warriors of Look
out Mountain and Will's town, have hear
tily cooperated for years pad, boating in
their perfed security, from their fixation,
surrounded with mountains on three tides
the Tenaeffee on the north, and their num
ber cf warrior,.
Major Orre appears to have condoled
thisenierpitie with great address, braver,
and humanity.
The Hanging Maw upon 'hearing th:
above account, at Toliico block house, ob
served, " He hoped the lower towns
would now open their ears and listen to
the Peace Talks of the United States."
IN SENATE.
Friday, ptb November, 1794.
The Senate afl'embled—prefent.
The Hon. Ralph Izard, Picfident pro
tempore, from the state of South-Carolina
and 1I others
The number affrfebled not being fuffi
cient to cenftitote a quorum to dp bufintfs,
the Senate adjourned to 11 o'clock, to
morrow meriting.
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NE^H^MPSH/RE.
KEENE, November 2§.
NEWS FROM THE WESTWARD.
A letter from General Wayne's army
fates, that in five days from leaving Fort
Defiance be bad reached the Miami Towns
—that Campbel had evacuated the fort
at the Rapids^—,at a council of Indians
had been held after their defeat on the
aoiti August, in which British agents had
NOV. 7.
This day the House of Representatives
of the United States met, agreeable to
their adjournment.
Mr. Dayton moved that 3 Committee of
Elections fhou'd be appointed—The mo
tion was seconded by Mr Dent.
On dividing there appeared for the mo
tion a majority cf4l.
The number of 7 was then proposed &
agreed to. The gentlemen appointed are
Messrs. Dayton, Hillhoufe, Sherburne,
Dent, Lee, Macon and Hunter.
The Clerk read a letter from Annapolis
to the Speaker, inclofing a letter from
Mr. Mercer, with his resignation of bis
feat in Congress, and a return of Gabriel
:Duval, as duly clewed Member for the
,ird dittria of Maryland, in the room of
Mr. Mercer. On motion of Mr. Dent
these communications were referred to the
Committee of Eiedions.
Mr. Goodhue then aiked whether there
was any farther notice from the Senate, as
to their forming a house. The Speaker
answered that 12 members were only yet
met, and no prcfpeft of there being a
House made till Monday next.
It was then moved,that whentheHoufe do
adjourn, it be till Monday next, at 11 o'
clock, which was agreed to. The house
then adjourned at 12 o'clock.
Yeßerday a quorum being assembled,
information was received that the Senate
was not in fafficient number to proceed to
bulinefs, iz Members only being present,
and 16 the number necessary to form a
quorum It was moved, however, that
tile House proceed to appoint a Commit
tee to report on the unfinished bufinefs,and
the question being put, 25 Members rose
for, and 25 againtt it, whereupon the
Speaker declared that there was; not
^quorum in the House ; in consequence of
which they adjourned to meet this morn
ing at 11.
do not agree about the late Proclamation,
any better than some husbands and wives,
about matettrs of lets importance. Every
unwind reader must fee that there is but
orte Divine Person mentioned therein, the
Creator, the* Prefcrver and Benefa&or,
which can by no means be underflood of
Him, whom Mrs.' Prudence calls the Son
of the HIGHEST, the LORD JESUS
CHRIST, the great MEDIATOR, for
this would exclude the SUPREME GOD
the FATHER from any place in the
proclamation, which is an omission the
Christian Citizen, for want of her optics
did not dicerrij Many whose Heads arid
eyes are in a found state, have perused the
Proclamation in queßton with great atten
tion, and profefs their utter inability to
fee what is not with the lead degree ol
that purfpicuity the pretends to.
A CITIZEN.
/ NOVEMBER 5.
Yesterday the House met and
formed a quorum. On motion ol
Mr. Parker, the Clerk was feat by the
House to inform the Senate,that they were
ready to proceed to business. He return
ed whh notice, that the Senate had not
been able to form a quorum.
On this, the house adjourned until 11
o'clock this rooming.
Sketch of the Proceedings of the
Jhir'd ^onax&jj,
THIRD SESSION,
of the UNITED STATES.
HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 9.
NOV. 6.
&. JOHN the EVANGELIST !
rrHE Members of the Rifrg San
A Lodge, are hereby notified to
attend at Free Mafens Hall, in Keener
on the 37th day of Dec. next, at 9 o'clock
A. M. for the purpose of celebrating the
Feflivai of St. JOHN the EVANGE
LIST. Tickets at fix Shillings each,
to he had of the Stewards at she Hall.
By order of the Right wrjbipful Mas
ter,
WILLIAM W. BLAKE, Sec'ry.
Keeme, Nov. 24th, A. L. 5794
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S^euten i/llecctunder,
I FORMS the Public that be has opened a
TAVERN ia Wuecbejltr, at the House
former], occupied by Capt. ,^bn Alexander,
4 vbere be mill endeavor to entertain travel
lers and other persons in fab a" manner as to
merit th patronage of all who quill fekaje 10
call at bit Hoeft.
IVincbefter, Noy. 2t, ? i^i
ALL pericns indebted to the Ehaie
i of ANDREW Hastings, late
of Chefterfisldb deceased, arc requeued 10
make immediate payment. Toife who
have demands againit the fame are defined
to exhibit them to
Widow SARAH HASTINGS, Adm'x.
Cb^hfild, Qa. 291 b, 1794.
63° Tie Corner : ffioners on William Par
ser's Efate, late of Keene, deceafcd, will
attend to receive and examine claims for the
iafl tint at Dr. Thomas Edvoards' 'fav^.,
from 4 to 6 o'clock, P. M. on the fecoi.d
Taefdaj of Dec. next.
From a correffeondent at Warwick.
DIED, in this town, on the 19th inst.
Mr:. Hannah Rawfan, aged 44, daughter
of Jafiah Rawson, Esq. She was a person
of found judgment, well veried io Liltory,
and a good School Mistress, in which ca
pacity 013 served the Public, very often.
As to her faith, .it was of the universal
kind ; believing in the reftitutirn of all
things, ar God has premised by the mouth
es all his Holy Prophets, fine# the world
began.
On Friday night, the dwelling house in
this town, in which Mr. Joseph Crofmah
resided, tock fire, and was consumed, to
gether with moll of th# clothing belonging
to the family, furniture, and one year's
provisions, and notes ard accounts to a
considerable amount. —What renders this
circumCance peculiarly dihrcffing,is Mr.
CroGnan's being gone from home at the
time the house took fire, and his wife, ha
ving but about three weeks befcre kin in,
being obliged to leave herwarm habitation,
and tepofe herfelf 00 a bed laid on tne
ground, exposed to the inclemencies of a
(now storm, for some time.—Mr. Croi
mau's family consists of a wife and fix chil
dren, who are left almost entirely destitute
of cloathiog and prorilioDs ; a fituativn
which demands the assistance of every
friend to the unfortunate.
rietta, dated Od. 17.
"Lift evening an account arrived here
that Mr. Eltict, the Contractor, was kil
led by the Indian, about sj days ago,
between Fort^Walhingtou and Hamilton.
—This account may be depended on."
Extract of ale ter from Citizen Joel Bar
low, at Hamburg to bis friend tn PLila
dAphia, Aug. 24.
" I have jurt received a letter from my
friend in Amllerdam, who informs that
the Republican army of France is moment
ly expected in that city, and that two
thirds of the inhabitants thereof wc^ld be
very glad to fee them.
“ The affairs of France, since the fill
of Roberfpierre, wear the matt pUafing &
agreeably appearance, and the patriotic
soldiers are thcmfclvea aftoniihed at their
own fucceites in every quarter."
endeavored to ferfuade them to rifeue a
aother action—but that the Indians icfaf
dd, and had dispersed to their homes de
termined to bury the baichec—that too
Indians fell iff the la;e adion-^hat their
whole force on that occasion was 1500 In
dians and 80 Canaaians.
The Collector of Niagara was among
the (lain,his body, being afterwards found
—the provifinns of the Indians were fail
ed, and received from the British itoies.
Tbefrf ThuQiu, of December it afyint
edfor llwAfguing and Praye tbrouGhemt
tie State of Vermow.
Extras of a letter from a gentleman at Ma-
From GREENFIELD, Nov. 19.
Accident by Fire.