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WHEELING REPOSITORY.'
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(VOL. I.)
(No. 24 I-2.\
THURSDAXt 15th October, 1807*
JNTE L I. IGENCE.
Treachery and Murder.
Augusta, (Georgia) June 13.
A horrid murder v/as committed on
Wednesday evening last, on the body
tf /howha Critchcr% a respectable citi
zen of Columbia county, it is said, by
Clement K. Harrtson, a neighbour of
his.—Harrison rode up to the house,
usked Critcher for a drink of water,
which he readily brought, and on pre
senting it received a fatal discharge of
shot, which put a period to his exist
ence.
Another Horrid Murder.
Information has been handed, that
Mr. Pvijton Smith, of Baldwin countv,
was shot dead, in his chair, on the night
Qf Thursday, the 4th inst. while at his
cupper, in his own house.
Boston, September 23.
From the North of Europe.
Capt. Stickney, of the ship America,
arrived last evening in 36 days from
Llsineur, informs, that a British sejua
tiion lay there the 8th Aug. consisting
of about 20 sail of the line, from 15 to 20
frigates, a large number of ships and
brigs, bomb vessels, fire ships &c. 200
sail of transports, with 40,000 troops.
Many ot the vessels were loaded with
ordnance. Capt. S. further infonms,
that a British minister landed at Elsi
neur and proceeded to Copenhagen, to
inquire of the Danish government, whe
mer they intended to side with the
rrench or English ; And that the an
sa er was, that they intended to preserve
their neutrality.
September 2G.
Capt. Prince, at Salem, from El.sincur,
left that place on the 12th of August.—
* he commander of the British fleet had
demanded the delivery of the Island of
Zealand into his possession. Several
otters had passed between the Admiral
Qnd the Crown Prince, The latter had
nnalV answered, that he would tiot tfivr
Island while there was a man It
ving to defend it. An immediate attack
was expected: and on the 13th of Au
gust, when capt. P. was coming to sea,
heavy firing ww heard.
The Island of Zealand is 700 miles
in circumference. Copenhagen is the
capita!—contains about 60,000 inhabi
tant's, and is well fortified. Elsincur is
| on the same island, 20 miles N. of Co
penhagen—contains about 6000 inhabi
tants.
Chilicothe, Sept. 25.
We mentioned in our last number the
return of the messengers who were dis
patched by the acting governor, to as
certain the disposition of the Indians
assembled at Greenville & Fort Wayne.
On Saturday morning last, the Govern
or, attended by Blue Jacket, a Chief of
the Shawnee nation, with three other
Chiefs, entered the court house* and
were engaged in a talk till very late in
the afternoon.
It will be impractible for us to dive
into all the various causes which have
produced the recent alarms ori our fron
tiers j there exists a cause, and it W'ill
be our endeavour to fathom it. This
we arc to do from the substance of what
passed in the course of the interview'.
It appears that the Shawnees,Wyandots,
PataWatomies, Taw as, Chippiwas, Win
nepans, Malominese, Malockesc, Se
cawgoes, and one man from north of the
Chippiwas had assembled in the neigh
bourhood of Greenville. The assem
blage of so many different nations of
Indians within the jurisdiction of this
state, their object unknown, w'as suffici
ent to create very serious alarms. But
their motive for assembling was thus.—
The Indians within the boundary of the
northern I.akcs, as far back as they were
known towards the Pacific,from thence
across to the Mississippi, and dowfli»the
same to its junction w ith the Ohio,Tiad
formed an union to adhere to one of the
chiefs of the Shawnee nation, whose en
deavour it was, to instil into their minds
the principles of moral philosophy; he
having, it is by inspiration disco
fed the fallen state of man, wished to in
culcate those principles which would te»d
to their present welfare and future happi
ness. The nations wifhin the boundary
Specified, fired with the desire of uni*
ting as one, and attached to the princj^
pies inculcated by the prophet, haa
(with a few exceptions) come to a rcaor'
lution to pursue his wholesome admoa|fr
tion. The chiefs of the nations who did
not come into this measure, soon fount!
themselves stripped of'their subjects,
and only a few remained with them : it '
was observed by one of the oruters u»
king without subjects filled a station d
but little consequence.** The issue of.
which was, that the abandoned chief* • *
became much exasperated against those
who had flocked to the standard of the ?
Shawnee chief. The deserted tribes still
continued to reside at the Tawa towns
with only a few adherents. * Finding no
hopes of recalling their subjects, their
next step was to prejudice the mind of
gen. Wells, the Indian agent, against
those who adhered to the prophet—thi*
end it appears was accomplished* Ge£»;
Wells could never treat with th* com* .
bined Indians oh friendly terms ; but
adhered to their enemies at the Tawn
towns, whose object it seems was also
to prejudice the Americans against those
i assembling at Greenville.—‘From this
! circumstance a jealousy has arisen be
tween the contending parties—which
proves that the Indians have their
scheme* and intrigues, as well as the
Whites. One of the orators observed,
“Congress have a great many good men,
let them take away Wells and nut one of
them here—wc hate him. If theyvrMA'
not remove him, xDe xviUJ* When the
Indians ate coming jn to hear tke pro
phet, he sets floors tb stop them. He v i
asks, why go ye to hear the projrfiet f
he is as one possessed Of a Devil?4!
would as soon go to see a dog with the
mange. When weyrant to talk friend
* Being interrogated as to the remov«t
of II ellfy they observed their meadinm
was, they would not Adhere to hitrn W