The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1791-08-12 00:00:00, page 2

Colonel Wilkinson to a ford two miles
above, which ray guides informed me
was more practicable.
" The enemy Hill kept poffeffien of
the Kickapoo Town. 1 determined to
dislodge them, and for the purpose
ordered Captains King's and Logfdon's
companies to march down the - river,
below the town and cross under the
condu& of Major Barbee ; Several of
the men swam the river, and others
passed in a final! canoe. Tois move
ment was unobserved, and my men had
taken port on the bank before they
were difeoverd by the enemy, who
immediately abandoned the village.—
About this time word was brought
me, that Colonel Hardin was incum
bered with prisoners, and had dis
covered a stronger village further to
my left, than those I had obfer ed,
which he was proceeding to attack.
I immediately detached Captain Brown
with his company, to support the
Colonel ; but the distance bein^ fix
miles, before the Captain arrived the
business was done, and Colonel Hardin
joined me a little before fun set, having
killed fix warriors and taken fifty
two prisoners. Captain Bull, the
warrior who difeovered me in the
morning, had gained the ma ; a town
and given the alarm a (her: time be
fore me ; but the villages to my left
were uninformed of my approach and
had no retreat. The next morning I
determined to detach my Lieut. Col.
Commandant with five hundred men,
to destroy the important town of Keihli
pecanunk, at the mouth of Eel river,
eighteen miles from my camp, & on the
weft fide of the Wabash ; but on exami
nation [ difeovered my men and horses
to be cripled and worn down by a long,
laborious march, and the active exertions
of the proceeding day; that three hun
dred and sixty men only could be found
in capacity to undertake the enterprise,
and they prepared to march on foot.
" Col. Wilkinson marched with this
detachment at half after five in the even
ing, & returned to my camp the next day
at one o'clock, having marched thirty
fix miles in twelve hours, and destroyed
the most important fettlemen: cf the e
nemy in that quarter of the federal ter
ritory : In No. 3, you will find the Co
lonel's report refpefting the enterprise.
" Many of the inhabitants of this
village were French, aud lived in a
state of civilization : by the bocks,
letters and. other documents found
there, it is evident, that place was in
close connection with, and dependant
on Detroit ; a large quantity cf corn, a
variety of houfhold goods, peltry and
other articles were burned with this vil
lage ; which consisted cf about 70 houses,
many of them well finished.
" Misunderstanding the object of a
white flag, which appeared on an emi
nence opposite to me in the afternoon
of the firft, I liberated an aged fqnaw
and sent with her a message to the
savages, that if they would come
in and surrender, their towns should
be spared and they mould receive good
treatment.? [lt was afterwards found
that the white flag was not intended as
a signal of parly ; but was placed there
to mark the foot where a person of
digindion among the Indians, who
had died some time before, was in
terred.] On the 4th I determined to
discharge 16 of the weakest and most
infirm of my prisoners, with a talk to
the Wabash tribes, a copy of which
you will find inclofed. My motives
to this measure were, to rid he army
of a heavy incumbrance, to gratify
the impulsions of humanity, to in
crease the panick my operations had
produced, and by diftraaiag the coun
cil of theenemy, to favor the views of
goverment: and I flatter myfelf these
Objects will juftify my condud, and
secure the approbation of my country.
"On the fame day, after having
burned the towns and adjacent villages,
and destroyed the growing corn and
palfe, I began my march for the rapids
of Ohio, where I arrived the 14th inst.
without the loss of a single man by the
enemy, and five only wounded, having
killed thirty-two, chiefly warriors of size
and figure, and taken fifty-eight pri
soners. e
“ It is with much pride and pleasure
I mention, that no ad of inhumanity,
has marked the condud of the volunteers
of Kentucky, on this occasion, even the
inveterated habit of scalping the dead,
chafed to influence.
. '• 'I have delivered '.forty one pris
oners to Capt, Afhetou of the firft
United States regiment at Fort Steuben.
" I sincerely lament that the wca-■
ther and the consequences it produced,
rendered it impossible for me to carry
terror and defolatioa to the head cf.
the Wabafn—The corps 1 had the I
honor to command, was equal to the
object, but the condition of my horses;
and ftatc of my provifiuns, were in-;
fuperable oMlacles to my own inten-,
tions, and the wishes of ail.
'' It would be invidious to make
diminutions in a corp* which appeared
to be animated with one foul, and
where a competition, for danger and for ,
glory, inspired all ranks.l
66 I however, confidcr it my duty to
mention, Colonel John Hardin, wno,
in the character of a volunteer, with
out commiCion, had command oimy§
advance pa.ty and dire^io> • ' my guides
fiom the Ohio Riverfor the c^fcfoment, :
courage and aKr^ty with which he ft!-
filled the ^o^ I repefed in him. And I1
cannot close this letter in jurtiesi ro tie
mirt cf general Witei^^b *bo want
out m) Lieurecant-COiDoc1 -*~ o^tbu^.a -
ant, without acknowledging my
obligations for the faithfir difeharge
of the festal duties depending on him
and the able support which be gave me
in every exigency."
i^ ?7 tre 'waters cf :be % aua?> ai+i.r.
3 'HE Sovereign Council of 'he
thirteen United States, have long
patient 1 , born your Ce,rruat.?r3 againit
their fetdements on tbit he of the great
mountains, in the hope that you wcuid
fee y er error, and correct it, b, enter
ing with them into bonds or rm::, and
lading peuce. Moved by con:pah:on,
and pitying your misguided councils,
they have frequently addrided you cn
this fubjed, but without, effect. At
length their patience is exnauked, and
they have {Ketched forth the arm of
power, against you.— Their mighty son:
and their chief warriors have a: length
t-ken up the hatchet : they have pene
trated far into your country, to meet
your warriors, and puniffi them for their
tranfgreffionst But yea fled before tuem,
and declined the battle, leaving your
wives and children to their mercy.
They have d-ftrofed your old town,
Ouittanan, and the neighbouring vil
lages, and have taken many prif^rr.
Resting here two days, to give ycu time
to coliea your strength, the? have pro
ceeded to your town of Keithtipico
nunck ; but you again fled before them,
and that great town has been def::oyc3.
After giving you this evidence cf their
power, they have flopped their bands,
because they are as merciful as ftfongj
and they again indulge the hope, that
you will come to a ieofe of year true
inured, and determine to make a lift
ing peace wi°h them ^ all their children
forever. The United States have no
desire to cefiroy the Red 1 cople, al
though they have the power, but should
you decline this invitation and periue
your, unprovoked hostilities, , their
strength will again be exerted again*
you, your warriors will be Slaughtered,
your towns and villages ransacked and
destroyed, your wives and children car
ried into captivity, and yen may be as
sured, that those who escape the fury of
our mighty chiefs, Ihall find no resting
place on this fide the Great Lakes
The warriors of the United States wish
not to destroy your women,children & old
men, and altho' policy obliges them to
retain some in captivity, yet companion
and humanity have induced them to let
others at liberty, who will deliver you
tnis talk. Those who are carried off
will be left in the care of our great chief
and warrior General St. Clair, near the
mouth of Miami and opposite the Lickin;
river; where they will be treated with
humanity and ten'dernefs ; if you with to
recover them, repair to that place by the
firft day of July next ; determined with
true hearts to bury the hatchet, and
smoke the pipe of peace, they will then
be reilored to you, and you may again
set down in feccurity at your old towns,
and live in peace and happiness ; unmo
lested by the children of the United
States, who will become your friends
and protestors, and will be ready to
furnish you with all the necessaries you
may require. But (hoald you foolishly
petfift in your warfare, the sons of war
will be let loose again* you, and the
To tbs "various irihc< ofthe Pt^k^•aivs
and all the Hazier cf Red free?'!:, liv-
THE detachment under my command,
deflined to attack the village Kethtipo
cinunk, was put in motion at half after
five o'clock latt evening.—Knowing that
an enemy whose chief dependence is in
his dexterity as a mai kfman, and alert
ness in covering himfrif behind trees,
slumps, and other impediments to fair
fight, would not hazzerd an action in
the light, f c^eimir.ed to push my
march urtri I approached the vicinity
cf the village,, where I knew the coun
try to b^ champaigne. I gained my
point without a halt, zo minutes before
11 o'clock; lay upon my arms until 4
o'clock, and half an hoar after assaulted
the town at al! quarters. The chetny
was vigilant, gave way on my approach,
and in cances crossed Eel creek, which
washed the tiorth east part of the town.
That creek v/• net fordable. My corp:
dashed forward with the impctuofity be
coming volunteers, and were saluted by
the enemy ^ith a brif: fir? from the o„-
pofite fide of the crock. D.mntlefs they
rallied onto the water': edye, u^covere : ,
lj the Mocc^fon, and fedieg Kimpaffe
bie, returnee a volley, which so galled
and diKonceited their antagonize, that
they threw away their fire without ?fftdl.
In ti ze minutes the Savages were driven
from the covering, and fled with preci
piratioc. I have three men nightly
wounded. At half part 5, the town was
in flames, and £: 6 o'clock I cenmea
ced my retreat .
I want language to do ju^ce to the
courage and good conduct of the gentle
men who compofc my detachment; in
neither could they be exceeded by vete
ran creeps.
/ bre: :b o her.,, to be, ^G Ue.
JAMES WILKINSON.
hatchet will never be buried anti; your
country is defolaied and your people
humbled to the dull.
A curious cause was lately tried at
Fontainblue between a Butcher and a
Bourgeois. The latter owed the former
100 livres, and offering him an affignat
(paper money) to that amount,it fell by
accident from between their hands on a
piece of raw meat, which the Butcher's
dog that was Handing by made no bones
of, but flapped up and swallowed both
for his breakfaft. The Judges jurtly de
termined, that the lot's of the affignat
Ihould be the Butcher's, not the Bour
geois's.
In the Jjh: of Maa, a young woman
lately preheated a young man cf that
place fc? a rape, aad he war returned to
the Spiritual Court being found guilty.
When the Dempfier, or Temporal Judge,
delivered to her, according to the curtem
of the island, a rope, a Iword, or a ring,
by these prefent^ giving the young wo
wan her choice,whether she would hang,
behead, or marry him, she chose the let
ter, a; the fa&ref punishment.
Columbian Intelligence.
WINCHESTER, JULY 16.
RECENT accounts from the west
ward inform,that the'lndians have
erefted a block-house on the Sciota, near
the fpo: where the French emigrants,
who are still at Galliopolts, intended to
take up their abode.
It is the general opinion in Kentuc
ky, that the continental troops will have
no occasion to take the field against the
lavages at present.
Given under my hand and seal at the
Oniatt^non town this fourth day of June,
179^
CHARLES SCOTT, B. G.
PHILADELPHIA, JULY 30.
In the debate of the British Parlia
ments, tears are shed, and an awful
silence follows the altercation oFßurke
and Fox. But bells ring, and bonfires
are kindled, when the fame Parliament
General Wilkinjon's Report.
Camp, Ouiasanan, June 3°, 1791.
sir,
NEW CAPITAL PUNISHMENT,
Foreign Intelligence.
LONDON JUNE 2.
NEW LAW CASE.
A generous and humane afUon of a
fti!or deserves to be recorded —A fine
little boy, fop of Mr. %/;^s ^aidhr, of
this city, accidentally itii into the East
River yell relay, from Jones' wharf,
Mr. Launceior Chalmers, of the brig
Sally, cf London, fortunately observing
the accident, imracdiaici], nt the im-,^
minent riik of his own life, jumped into
the river, and happily laved the life of
the boy.
An Al!iga°cr, caly four feet & a half
long, lately drowned : bey b longing to
a veffri, in Net^e Ri-z^r l\cr:b-Ca)elina.
The prefe, in endeavouring to five the
bay, enrght the animal; 2nd from a
motive cf bctesblecc, in favour of the
mother cf tie IxpTL bey, exhibited the
mealier in Bafn^re so; her benefit.
The pretext that Tippo Saib had for
going to wwr tgainft the Kiug of Tra
vencore, was set forth in a manifefo
which he published, wherein he accuses
that Prince of deception, and breach of
honor the Nil war, and also claims a tri
bute from him, in ccn&quence of trea
ties then fabling. The itfufal of the
Rejchof Travencore to comply with Tip
po'r demands, caused the latter to com-
Ctonce hotiditics ac^inft him femetime
in the month of March, 1790 : •rd the
Rajah, being an ally of the Engbfh Eafl-
India compare, the Governeur General
of Bengal, rrmonflrated to Tippo against
his viclor: proceedings, and threatened
to attack him, in case he persisted ia
rr h lcftin2 "the Rajah of Travencore.
Tippo harkened, in a degree, to the re
mcn^ree, but continued his attacks
fried the lines of Travencore, which
lay upon the ktdrre cf chat kingdom,
and after several very spirited attacks,
be carried them Lord in band. In ore
of the attacks, Tipro is feid to have left
his Turban, ard had, bit palanquin flbat
terod bv a cannon bail. This attack
was made by filling up the ditches with
bnNs of cottar, and was foppofed to be
ns bold as ingenious.
In confluence of these repeated at
tocks upon the li^es of Tra vencore, the
Rciidercy of Bomba, embarked a de
tachment cf troops from that settlement,
under the command cf Col. Hartley,
who landed a little to the north-wefward
cf Cochin, upon the Malabar coast, in
the ^month of May. The Governout
General (Lord Cornwallis) had also di
refled detatchments from Trichinopol,
and Madras, in three several directions,
for the Coimbatore country, under the
command of Gen. Meadows, Brigadier-
General Mufgrave, and Col. Kelley, in
order to take possession of the Gauts#
[paffes up the mountains into Tippo'a
country.] e
Nothing very material happened until
the month of Odober, when Col. Floyd,
upon a foraging party of 1500 men,
was attacked by Tippo's troops, who
defeended from the Gauts, in great force.
Col. Floyd withstood the attack with the
greatest intrepidity and gallantry, dalli
ed through, broke Tippo's cavalry se
veral timefy and for two days was con
tinually harraffed on every tide ; and
notwithflanding the very great odds in
numbers, made good his retreat, and
joined Gen. Meadows, about feveia
leagues diflance the third day, leaving
about 400 officers and men, on the field,
killed and wounded. Gen. Meadowy
immediately marched to the foot of the
Gauts, unmolested, and after remains
ing in the Coimbatore country until
NEW-YORK, JULY 30.
A cerrefpondent informs us, that the
Treaty lately held under the cemroiffion
from . The PreJident of the United^
States, by Timothy Pickering, Esq. of
Wilke!barre,with those Indian Tritvs,
commonly called the Six Nations.M
Newton-Point, on the North Wert
branch of Sufquehannah, in the state of
New-Yerk, was concluded on the :Bth
inst. to the fatisfadica of all parries b,
a recapitulatory Speech from the Com
missioners.
Th E^^ EAST-INDIA COMPANY
AND
Th S^n TIPPO SAIB.
pass a vote to continue the deftru&ion
cf the human species by the Have trace.
What an escape has America mads horn
filch a corrupted government 1
BOSTON, AUG. 10.
WA^ IN INDIA,
BETWEEN