The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1791-07-29 00:00:00, page 3

Columbiari Intelligence.
, By Yesterday's Mail.
ELIZABETHTOWN, JULY Ig.
A Letter from Judge Sym©es, dated
JMar# mentions that 203 Indi
ans attacked a poll on the Li tie Mia
m:, called Dunlap's Ration, and were
result d with conliderable loss. They
leftiq the L r;s of, the fort 40 of their
party iha§ were Rain by the intrepid
iew who opposed them.
Two young lamians of the Oneida
tribe, lately arrived, aicnoyr at Orange
Academy; rd ar, at present, foppor
fr*d by the bcrf^ice of the Rev. Dr.
Chapman.
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PHILADELPHIA, JULY 18.
lixtraa of a t^er,6 ^ Pityburgh, 'July 7,
1791.
" THIS moment we have a well
authenticate! account, that general
Scott, wit ths parry hav, returned,
leaving completely surprised the Wahafh
towns.~lfe hj, brought in 30 Indian
FnWfcalpe, 50 prifoaers and zoo horses,
f^b in bis power, carried torn to Hali
fax, atl from whence /cat them to this port
free of all charge, in a wefelfiledj or the
purpose. I —
A correspondent in Amfb^r, has been so
obliging as to furnish the following ac
count of the Shower lobitb happened
there lafl Thursday,
" After the cloud made its firft ap
pearance, at about 2 o'clock, ic arose
and moved on, with unusual quickness,
from the weltward. As it approached,
it was remarkably black and angry. In
about half an hour after its firft appear
ance, it poured fourth its contents in a
tremendous manner. The molt violent
gales of wind cane fird, which on ac
count of the dryness of the ground, car
ried along dirt and gravel-hones, which
made a perfect temped of wind and
sand. Tnis was soon followed with rain
which served to lay the daily Ihower.
The raging of the wind kill continued ;
and the water poured from the clouds,
to appearance, more like a flood than a
Ihower. In a few minutes, the rain was
mixed with hail ofan unusual size. The
violence of the wind, water and hail,
thus united ; or at lead of the wind and
hail , was attended with injurious con
sequences. . The wind tock off part of
the roofs from several dwelling- houses ;
and levelled some other buildings with
the ground. The apple-trees, which
in this place have flattered the farmers
with hopes of more cyder, than for ma
ny years paft,were very mfch fhakenof
their apples, some were corn up by the
roots : others rent and folic to pieces.—
And even many Purely oaks were over
turned or broken and shattered to pieces :
Board fences in some places are carried
off to a dirtance : and stone wall, for
federal rods together, was blown almod
down to the ground. And fences in ge
neral were more out of repair, than they
usually are in the soring of the year.
The enormous size and injurious effects
of the hail added to the horror of the
feene. Sake of it was found of the big
ness of an ounce ball : Others were of
a flat craggrd form. Some periods of
veracity have asserted, that, an hour af
ter the flower was over, when their bulk
meft bemuch lessoned, they measured
some pieces of ice that came down, and
found them to be three inches incircum
ference, each. And the effects of the
hail give credit to what they fay. Tae
impressions made on the sides of buil
dings and fences may be seen several
reds off. In forne houses, mod of the
glass in the windows is broken, and
scarcely any heefes efeaped having some
of the glass cracked. Grain that was
not reaped was much Mattered out or
beaten into the ground. Fields of corn
were greatly stripped ofi s leaves and
broken down, so that it is feared, the
crops will be much injured.
The rain, though it came with so
much violence, was very grateful ; as
the earth was exceedingly parched with
drought.—rhe injury done, by the wind
and hail was nipt very extensive. It
reached about two miles wide ; and a-
Lout three or four miles long. The
mdale of it, was near the line that di
vides rhe f wo parities. "
.NEWBURYPORT, JULY 20.
of the Six Nations and other tribes, as
wellas fevera! gentlemen from Philadel
phia, to dine with him. Tae table was
spread under a cover of green boughs
(and as in former days) they dined to-
troduction of pipes, " the bench opposite
to us gave way, and the whole row fell
to the ground on which one of the
Philadelphia's desired ore of the inter
preters to tell them, that " they had now
given an occular. proof of their determi
nation to stand or fall together."—They
took the meaning, and laughed heartily.
Shortly afterwards, , by an inter
preter requested them to open their ears,
for he had fomethingto fay to them. He
then proceeded to represent the disad
vantages of intemperance, and the evil
nature of war; and likewise the happy
conlequences of a quiet and peaceable
dit pofuion, in which all mankind might
live together as becomes children of one
father ; and concluded with earned wish
es, that their old and wife men, would
endeavour to„preferve society and good
will'during the treaty for the renewal of
peace and friendship, so- that it might
be attended with the desired effects: to
which was added by another person, "it
was with these sentiments our fathers
met each other when they came into
your country with William Puna 108
years ago. They lived about 70 years
in uninterrupted peace and fellowship. —
If the Indians desire co preserve the fame
friendly difppfcions y we believe the
white people are now dnpofed to cherish
them ; and we heartily with that a peace
of dill longer duration may be the hap
py consequence." As what had been
said was repeating to them, they assented
in their manner,frees time to time, with
loud & general ithawhs. They afterwards
talked together fone time, in a lorn
voice. Oue of them (we are told) said
to the rest, "don't you remember when
we heard this fpcech a great many years
ago•
At length an old man, after repeating
what had been laid, rose and replied—
''Brothers,we than!: you for year advice.
We have not much to fay to you. We
are not now about the Council Fire.
Theßeprefentative of the Thirteen States
has invited us to his cable, that -we
loaded with peltry, and other articles
taken from the towns, & he has eft^fted
all this with a very inconsiderable loss
either of men or property. The above
is confirmed, with the particulars, that
general Scott is slightly wounded in the
thign, and that three only of our men
are killed. The general has feat back
ten of the oldest men ainongit his prison
ers, with a merfage to the Indians, that
if they do not immediately fend in every
one of our prisoners among them,he will
put the 0 her 40 prifopers to death with
the mod excruciating tortures,"
invited about 20 of the Sachems or Chiefs
gether with a brotherly affedion. When
the table was clearing away for the in-
600, arrived there the 29th ult, and the
next day an interesting meeting was held
at the table of Col. Pickering, who had
• By a letter dated at Newton on the
Tioga, the 4th ink. it appears, that the
main body of the Indians, amounting to
his memory. But after many years, the
French made war on the Englilh.—
Then Sir William came to us, and laid
his tomahawk down by us, and told us
we mull take it up againit the French.
We cook it up for him then; but icwas
not right for him to put it into our
hands.'' In the left war, when we heard
that brothers were going to fight against 1
brothers, we thought it strange. We |
.could hardly believe that people of the
fame blood would rile tip and destroy one
another. We saw that they could not
fetch a clear ftrcke, because they
could scarcely diftinguHh between ene
mies and friends. If we had our senses
about us, we fhbuld not have takn up
the tomahawk on either fide. Weought
to have let you alone, until you became
might take each other by the hand, and
convene together as friends. We thank
you for reminding us or the time when
our fathers lived together in.peace and
friendfoip. Then we went put and.cam^
in when wo pleafcd, and car wives and
children were fecme. You have told us
how it was with opr fathers. We have
a mind to tell you how itis with us.
Formerly our nations were always at
war one among another. Indians were
horn with the tomahawkin their hands,
'till Sir William johnfon told us that
we ought all to be one people. He made
peace amongst us, for which we revere
Col. Pickering cbferved, that the con
versation was perfectly agreeable 0 him,
and took occasion to enforce what had
been said, by a recollection of the for
mer harmony between the Indians and
the people or Pennsylvania, who had
dealt so fairly with their anchors, and
had lived in peace with tnem for so long
a time——in imaging, that the fame gocd
wii ihad prompted those prelect to come
so far to attend the treaty,with the belief
of the friendly intentions of the great
Chief of the United States towards the
Indian Nations ; and that therefore it
wou^d be right that every jealous appre
hension Ihould be now removed.
• " wly friend - having in his
poffeftion an old stone pipe, supposed to
have been predated to William ?enn by
the Indians, he repeated the hitcory ofit.
As this was interpret d to them, they
loomed round at the pipe with expremons
of lansfaTion, The next Chief took
hold of it, 'pawned it attentively, fmi
keg a wail or t 0, then palled it to the
next ; and thus the o'l pipe went round
once inoic, as in the days of its worthy
owner.'.
"On th ' focood infant, are attended
the introduOarv conference, on which
the previous messages and circumstances
cl the trexy, were reheard. An c. r ec>
young min of a commanding appearance
spoke for forne time,on oehalFof the In
dians ; after which an old,Chief deliver
er four firings of wampum, talking ever
them a co.nitderable time, andclofaig his
fpcech in this manner: "1 herewito«re
move all doubts and fears, and oar bro
thers, lue white people, with their wives
and children, may now rest quietly in
their beds.-.
Yetferday the bsfinefs was opened
by a conciliatory speech from Colonel
Bickering, the conplulion of which will
be delivered this day."
The writer cf he letter proceeds with
exprefling fatisfa&ion io having attended
the treaty, which appeared so far to be
llrongly marked with such traits of peace
and friendfoip,as were likewise evidently
and mutually agreeable on the par: of the
Indians.
It is co more than justice to the writer
to fay that the letter was written for the
infection of his particular trends, for
which reason dome little cnifkions.of the
names of persons, &c. were thought pro,
per, but the fubfiance is retained which
rejects the Indians and the treaty.
brothers again, and then joined vou as
friends."
By a gentleman from Kentucky, we
learn, that 750 of the principal men of
that country, under the command of
Generd Scott, marched the 16,h of
May id, against the Indian towns on
the Aabafa The Hon. John Brown
ir^mbr of the House of Representatives
of the United States, from the date of
Virginia, is gone on this expedition as
a private folJier.
NEW-LONDON, JUNE gO.
In the towns of St. Johnibury and
Lyndon, in Vermont, have been made,
the Jak Spring, ijooolbs. of Maple
Sugar. Tuefe towns are just fettled,
contain, together, about 35 families;
TORTLAND, JULY 18.
By Capt. Tucker of this town, who
has just arrived pa ffenger from London,
we are favoured with the English papers
„ late ar May 14th. By these papers
we learn charthe British force in the
DANBURY, JULY 12.
BY Utters from Vermont, of the zzd.
ult. we are informed that Pigeons were
s>? enfy. in- the northern parts of that
(L;ethelaft fpribg, Yr great damage
was,done to the corn—-fame fields were
quite ruined by them. And that one
man, by baiting in his barn, caught at
one time one thousand and thirteen pi-
geons.
The Lift mentioned circumflance has
been confirmed by fevepal reputable
characters, whose veracity may be de
pended upon.
A few days since a child of Mr. Sime
on Sturgis, of this town, about sixteen
months old, fell into a well and was
drowned.-
The well, wanted a. curb ; but that
might have ben made at any time.
PITTSBURG, JUNE 2fr
WeSfERN DERRirORY.
T..ke heed, to your ways, guide
and guard ftridly against the uvtl
fpirr: called RUM,
Drink freely of Ne^ar's pure and
nourishing Cardial—Old Madeira, on
which is no excfe nor dregsat tie bot
tom.
The a&ion was a very ftarp one.
The Col. was oppoied to M:aab Ca-wa
wi,h the right wit>g of the enemy, and
put them io the rout." The account
adds " that the loss of the English, du
ring this B^ion, was very inconfidcra
ble ; but on the part of the enemy, be
sides the capture, the loss was eilimated
at 1,000 killed and wounded."
Faff Indias have gained a very cor.fi
derable victory.
Cul. Hartley fell in with and attack
ed a body cf 13,000 of the enemy—9,ooo
of Tiro's, 2nd 4,000 Moplas —oo the
plains of Tervanergarry, on the morn
ing of the 10th of December last.
From Alien $ (N. London) Marine Lift.
BEHOLD ! Brethren, the ill of July
now arrives—(War Hawk) Bxpfe
did. Day upon Duties,—doubly enume
rated.
I have searched close and minu'e?,
thro' Law, D.-uinit), and PUhe, dod
can't interpret the language of his ex
eije ad.: 1 appeal io thole gentlemen of
liberal education, to define it.
Finally, it is recommended to a'l con
cerned, to take particular care, 'o pay
the excise, and guard agaiall mribkes.
/t^/G- ^XtX /H^s/T</+'<>+'</+ ^/+<
EXETER, (Friday)^ 29.
AffXCHANG
~ 'ed at Cam-
J triage, between
Il9th. and 21st.
,±\ of J u 'y, a dark
brown Horse, about fourteen
hands high. He has a large
head, a roman nose, no white
about him except upon one;
of his hind feet —he trots all.
—Whoever will return laid
horse to Benjamin Abbot.
of Exeter, fnall receive the
above reward.
pafs'd absented het felt from
my bed and board, and has in
a clandestine manner dilpoled
of dome part of myintereft, &
otherwiie behaved herieif in a
very unbecoming manner—-
This is therefore to caution
and forbid all persons giving
her credit on my account as
l will not pay one farthing of
her contracting alter this date.
Jonathan Moulton.
Moul'lborough '; uly 6 1791.
^/HEREAS IJJNiCR
VV the wife of me the
Subferiber,Jias for tonic time'
N. B. The horse, 'which teas
left, is Jimilar in colour—in
every other re,left different.
A FEW Copies of an
A ORATION, delivered
at Dover— Newkamffiire on
the Fourth of July,l79l—
— William Kirig Atkinson,
ma, be bad at the Printing
Office in Exeter.
T) R. CHAUNCY's FIVE
, SERMONS, on "Break
ing of Bread," in remem
brance of the dying Love of
Christ, a Gospel Inftitutiop/
to be fold at this Office.
'1 en Dollars Reward.
T^KE NOTICE !