The Sun.
London, England, 1825-07-27 00:00:00

GEN. INVINTOSH, the CREEK CHIEF.

A Memoir of General M'lsizosll, the Creeli
Chief, lately murdered, has been published
some of the Georgia Papers. His father, 0i
Scotch descent, for reasons unknown, left a°
State of Georgia, and took up his residence among
the Creek Indians. He there formed a con'
flexion with an Indian woman, the mother of the
late Chieftain, who was of Cherokee descent °°
her mother's side, and a woman remarkable f,e'
her beauty, for sagacity, and for her friendol?
to white men. The son had an entirely bail
education—it is not known that he was ever se°,
among the white people to learn the arts of Me
lization ; and it is stated that his acquaintance
with the art of writing was barely sufficientt°
enable him with a pen to write his name so that
it might be known. The Creek Indians werei°
a state of peace from the close of the Revold'
tionary war till the year 1813. Mr. M'lnto!lii
therefore, had no opportunity of signalizing 1111,1i.'
self as a warrior. In the commotions.which n';
vided his nation at the commencement of the lata
war, he took the side of our Government, an
~i
afforded material aid to our army in bringing °
war in that quarter to a speedy termina'
Lion. For his services in that campaign, he re; '•
ceived the pay and emoluments of a Aliti°
of Infantry, and the warriors who serleJ
under him the pay of the soldiers of thtr
United States army. At the close of the wart);
was raised by his nation to the rank of PriffeVt
War Chief, and obtained a seat in Council rti
the Civil Government. In this latter capacil
he laboured to improve the condition, of his col(
trymen, and to introduce among them the arts
civilization. When the Seminole war broke oa
he was again called into service under the Gi/
vernment of the United States, and was promote('
('
to the rank of Brigadier-General, lie
the army under General Jackson, and with
men rendered important services in that ca
paign. On the restoration of peace, he exerted
himself to have the subjugated Indians settled
er
the Creek territory and restored to their fortilhii
rights and privileges, and to introduce among
ownr people the arts which had become necessoricE;
from the narrowed limits of their territory,
of
affording the means of subsistence. As a foesa
for inducing his countrymen to embrace a lir'
agriculture, and to cut off the hope of subsister'•
ithout a change of habits, it is stated that.o •
treaty was held through his agency at the InulBep
Springs, in 1820, when the lands lying betwell
the Ocmulgee and Flint rivers were ceded tot
United States for the use of Georgia, The I°l,
that the Indians, thus limited to their territnrie
aided by the efforts of the United Stated
agent, by the -establishment of schools, an
the education of many of their children; es,
would be induced to resort to a life of bonit,
dry, was disappointed. The sums paid in fro,
nual instalments as the price of the ceded te'se,
tory, instead of being appropriated to those °
ful parposes which their condition requiredlleto
principally squandered in procuring intoxica
o
liquors, which the avarice of a set of sharpers
the frontiers was always ready to supply tlO,O
wish. The disappointment of all hopes of
ing his countrymen a civilised people is state 00
be the reason which induced M'lntosli to us,
e;100
efforts to persuade them to accept the propostb eas
to remove to a territory which was offered le
beyond the Mississippi. After zealously coffin',
tiug the prejudices and arguments of his con°ll‘
men against the removal, and after securilitil.
thought, a final acquiesce in the measurerlo
the co-operation of many of the other cldec/pra'.
concluded a treaty with the United States pall,
missioners for the exchange of territory-
an apprehension that he might not be favoLlra ole'
received after this measure, lie s remained ,ire
time on the treaty ground. At length, bell•pe
vited to return, and the treaty appearing I da
eor
acquiesced in, he went home to his own p toe•
and began his preparations for going to ele
the country which was to become their nevi
cro•
tation. On the morning appointed for thecuraP
mencement of his journey, his house was surrr hlf
ed by a great number of warriors ; and aft,`
shot
family had been permitted to escape, he way.
through by upwards of fifty balls.

loth
Lord COCHRANE, since his return to Eng;tersf
has, we understand, received hundreds of It"isa
containing inquiries after individuals 10,. ,I°ol ;
never been within several thousand miles 01 to
and as many more inquiries after seoau;11;10)
which no satisfactory reply could possi: of'
given by his Lordship, since it is, we ar-, ca,
sured, the uniform practice of these lig-5 OJ,
change their names, and conceal the Pla,nc: es.)
their nativity, while in foreign service.—

On the 12th inst., at GenoBIaRTH MrSs. Edward De Ilies°
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a son.
On the 25th inst., Mrs. William Charsley, f S;151411"r
place, Bryanston-square, of a son.

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MARRIED. 0
On Tuesday, the 26th inst., at St. Pancras Church, pi
Hopkinson, Esq., of Kentish-town, to Miss Elio
Alder, of Battersea-rise. k Yli
Yesterday, at St. Diary's, Islington, William Quititet '
of Ilornsey.row, solicitor, to Harriet Caroline, clau:
Joseph Dudley Webb, Esq., of Cross-street, Islington'

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DIED. ' et* ;
13" a I.
On the 21st inst., Mr. William Good, formerly of
and late of Hythe, ship-builder. ' • peterpogrl;
On the 18th inst., at Old Radnor, near Kingto%.4oo ,
g
shire J r ohn Warner, Esq., late of Bury-street, -`. ,0
aed, •
~,, 11.‘
0r.75.
the 24th of May, at Barbadoes, in the 35th rr.tAAail
age, John Ellis, Esq., of the Middle Temple. 14•/irs.,..r
and Deputy Recorder of Huntingdon, only son 01 oli ,
of Surrey-street, Strand. ;„,, II nocgil
On the 23d of May last, at Kingston,. Tam lfrfor#
Welsh, Esq., formerly of Barge-Yard, Bucklersbonti, 'oi :.
On the 23d inst., John Church, Esq., of No- °, „iiiY,
place, BloorMibury, in the 62d year of his age- ;.„,. n • of ' 4
On the 24th inst.; Joseph Hague Wagstaff, -r•ig'''' 't:leiteity '
gate. OP'
Chi ,ft
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On Sttr.daY last, at Abingdon, aged 47, Mrs.tbo,A oil Ai
of Mr. Cheer's brewer,: who was ut to bed PI ' "Teilititiff i
Preeiding,'ind imptudently•gOt up next day. an'h:-ch is -
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usual employment, that of sewing bed-saking., v" Ay, f, ff,int'filiii/
done in a damp state. She then, on the followyKlVoit" p
4(1 a 0014 dish of-bacOh and, heAns; and drank 114!., OpAitll7 •
'beek, and, other improper blyeragr, which brtOitgye'fi a .I.jf• /
lepetirlicill-fueeliTte;rer londdtt:iomxharer.itiursiLin death.,,
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