The Sun.
London, England, 1815-10-04 00:00:00

QUEBEC PAPERS.

Iqi)STI'CITLES tEtIVEE'S THE AMERICANS

INDIANS.

hDIAN WA .-Saint Louis, May 2i.—Colonel
'Russel has :politely favoured us with the -perusal
of letters 'froth 'Captain Musick and Livinehani
`Cray, of the Rangers, which giveS-informatibu
*that on Wednesday last (the 24th) a party of our
attqcked near Fort Itoward, by. abo u t 30
imliiins; that the troops fi'oirl the Fort; under
Arptain Craig; repaired to' the scene
cri 'action, and engaged the Indians ; that shorilv
'Cap:ain Musick joined In the affair, and a warm
tattle ensued. The numbers were about equal;
'but trefo're.the.aFfair closed, 'a
party of the Indians
entrenewa.the'mselves in a Sinkhole, and per-
fectlyfettired theritilelves from\ the powerful ex-
trtious Of our troops. At dark, the Rangers re-
tired, and next Morning found Ave diails dead
'on the ground; and the appearance of many more
Laving been Mlle& , The action lasted a consi-
ilerable time. We lost Capt. Craig, Lieutenant
Spears, and five men four Wounded, and

?One missing.
awcoTtlE-, Jutsin 13.-7-2 T he Stirveyors lately
;cut to survey the military bounty lands,- in the
lielligan territory, have retiltned without ekecut-
tog any pail of the work for whieh they were
sent out, Time cane of their premature return
%vas occaSioned by the IndiAus forbidding the sur-
iTying any lands in that territory, inasmuch as
they in effect deny the treaty of sale of any landt
therein. •

ST. Lot: Is, ..lotsi'e Ate.'Meis.)=Last
tunday, Mr. Alexander Spencer was shot, stab
act!, and xvithin three miles of the town
of St. Charles, On the road to Cuivre. ludianA
were seen afmnst daily in the vicinity or Portage,
nd other villages beynnd the Missouri; The can-
toninents at Cap auk Gr 6 was burnt to-tbegioninl
on 'Thursday last, and every thing in it destroyed
by 'the luilians. This place had been et'actiated
tone tinte in consequence of inundation.

F,-ars are entertineet. for the safety► of St.
Clarks and Portage des Sioux. 'The Ili(flans are
in great ounibers tht 'neighbourhood, of these
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about the ttiddie of April, 25 6}l
0 Paaearas had gone to war against the Sacks,
•which will- no doubt bring thotc wretches to a
sense of danger. _ _ _

MoZILE, .lut4'H good (lull of irritction
het exists in the Creek nation. The peace 1)':1
war parties are still at -varian'dei and some Anle-
rican settlers have been killed. General Gallic§
is in, the Creek, country, and has sent a. force ac-
eompinied by some friendly Indians to arrest the'
murderers;

The Spaniards are no. less Alarroit than the
Americans, and it is said that the intercourse be-
tween Pensacola and AppalaChicola is In a great
Measure cut off. There iS at the latter place a
large body of Indians and Negroes, well supplied
•With every thing necessary for %var.
PITTSBURG, JULY I.—(From Detroit.)--A gen-
tleman front Detroit, who left that place o-n the
I4th June, informs that
/considerable jealousy
exists beftreen the British and Americans in that
steighbourhool The British troops are stationed
at Biimi,vich, and have with' them about 500 In-
dians. Desertions front the British are daily oc-
curring ; and have been so frequent as to induce
the British Commander, Colonel Jiimes, to offer
a reward of 55 dollars to the Indians for -every
scalp taken out of his i•nes after dark. All com-
munication fforn the American shore is forbid, on
the pretext that the Americans entice their men
to_de.ert ; and several. Americans lAiho had crossed
over had been arrested, put in confinement, and
after severe usage sent home. All communication
from eit her Side iS strictly forbidden.
There are about 1200 British indiakrs at Hersh's.
;latuk, tare river St: Clair ; they bad plunder-
ed att Amet lean eit lien of about 500 dollars worth
of property. Cot. Battler, at Detroit, haul for-
warded a remonstrance to Col. Jallies, the British.
Commander, complaining of the ?..ggression. It
Wa!i disavoll/Cd •011 the part of the British COM-
niaiiticr, ho ,had•torthttdeul air agent to the In-
endeavour to get the property restored—
' the re*nit, Wrti not known I-then our infornavnt, left
3.)etr0i,... Several strange Indians had been prowl-
ityg abthit DOM-it; who would give nu account of
themselves, in consequence Of• which the Atne..;
Conttnander had ordered that all Indians of
this description, should be immediately arrested,
amd,in case,of resistance or art attempt to escape,
to he shot.

Mackinaw had trot been delivered np by the
agreeghly to treaty, nor Slat! we surren-
41eted Marten. Au ,Anterican vessel had been
eitiployed 17y the liritiSh to remove the public
property at Mackinaw previous to the surrender
of the place. After the properfy had been put
nit board the" vessel! the Indians at Mackinaw'
lv.ho IvtiC very numerous compelled the Captain
to reland lr ; declaring that they would never
sutler the. plane to be delivered up to the Attie-
-3.1-eana.

ThE AMERICAN PRESS.
American Papers, nut excepting the offlciai
pgper of, the Government' have recently resumed
every hostile tone towards Great Britain. •The,
old griewhltte.of impress-it-tent is again brought for-
Nvard ; and the ftri.g upon the American prisoners
detained at Dartmoor in Eughr—La
on at [lie niurttetit
prison, is represented as
they were rushingutri of
deliberate murder, eerevenge ott &fenceless Ame-
ricans for the dis:4slet al New Orleans !
• The Newspapers of the
.United States have lung
been what sOrne of 0111. mvil Uneaten to become,
the disgrace and curse of the COMitry. A pe„.l"
kt.mongst whom individuals- call make -a liyellhood
by falsehood and slander, and administering to
vile.passians of ,a party of mob, is not in a
condition to enjoy peace for tiny great _length of
time. •