The Sun.
London, England, 1819-05-06 00:00:00

AMERICA.

(From a Boston Paper.)
PROBABLE WAR WITH THE INDIANS- qt§
of
VOURABLE CONSEQUENCESINCEBASIIOcOO
AMERICAN, AND DECREASE OP THB 011-111$
FUR TRADE;--GREATER INFLUENCE 01

AMERICANS.
That the expedition to the mouth of the
low-stone will eventuate in producing a wad; vilo.
the Indians bordering on the Missouri, °nu c 17..
tiguous to the settlement intended to be end
Wshed, is an opinion entertained by mall ans.
indeed were we to draw conclusions front °„f
logy, and the past—from the uniform 015030 fi-o
all ages, whether civilized or barbarous,
have always viewed with a jealous eye e". c
o 4
croaehments of a contiguous Power-401111os
undue influence possessed by the British Ira` to
over the minds of the Indians—this opinionseere
to attach to itself a more imposing grade °)f P re,
bability than is ordinarily given to conjeetttils-i
What is conjecture now, will probably one, do
be history ; and per chance the prairies 0
Missouri will he as famous in history as the Phil

of the Alabama. .100
Government, we understand, has ordered i.l
regiments to this place ; one to ascend the h
ost
sissippi as far as Praire du Chien, the other to°,
probably to the mouth of the Yellow-stone' j
These measures, while the evince a forecast
character highly creditabley to Secretary CaliOui;i
also show the apprehensions of Government
00
attacking a hunting party. of the Yelkol'st°be
detachment, and other evidences of hostility, t •
Indians have given a prologue to the great (111“..116
they intend to act ; and if perchance the
o inf tiaiels'oetcaumofselsroasilerotirilidg.
high-minded
ictsheienfltne:P44:i
excite him to aim at a coalition 6111°11g brie
they Kings, they could be enabled to raise a In-,4
that will require a large portion of our 013'1--
army successfully to oppose them• „erne
They have been driven from the most e%'"
east to the west ermost verge of this vast fa-oirt:
dent--from the rising towards the settin:i -
ror centuries they have been accustomed "Lose
their territories contract at the touch of the heir
rican people—they have seen their nutnhers' "ioto
influence, and their possessions, diviltdie of
nothing, and themselves, the rightful oWner°...if
the soil, thriven from the resting place tit tui.

forefathers.
Will they not naturally suspect that an try is
blishment so tar in the heart of their coun,%/101,
d,
but the prelude to farther encroachments'
believing so,"
will they not identify aetiell
belief, and oppose what they believe to be
sion ? It then behoves the Constituted itub;,-ho
ties to take precautionary measures, in ortier.,;ol
prepared for any event. If the war should 'orate',
theyestilt, sooner or later, will be in 00 611-ust
and the more vigorous the incipient ofiefael.° A
the sooner will they be disposed to Peac,-.greal,
war with the Indians will be productive e` 7060
injury to themselves, and of corresponding,rele
to us : it will be the means of giving 1' urea-to•
blow to the prospects of the British Fur —f,tal
parry—and it will go to 'the source of thati,,a-fl9
British influence amongst the Indians, 5° c-tle'
evinced by the devastation of our frontier s(
ments, and the murder of women and childreeios
The Indians will be so greatly undeceivedt(oo
they will put no more confidence, repose 01"
,:co
faith on British prisoners—it will open theariiiihe
to their real interests. Cautionary posts
established at pro Fer distances, with effleienlroof
risons to prevent the North ;Vest and Hod6.tiots
Companies from entering into any v0111'6,,,1,4 of
with Americin traders, and St. Louis, ins(": fa(
Montreal, will become the focus of the ("Ikons
an account of the immense profits derive- se
which, we refer our readers to an interestingoo
tick on the fur trade, published in a late nein
of The Inquirer.* ter'
It will make the Indians respect our ehart/fr ,
and it would probably be the last Indian Wviind
consequence that we should be engaged irli Attie
if our soldiers and traders would blend the 14-te
and humane virtues with " the terrible 'rts
or
aspect of war," they would probably tilos
their affections from the British to theAuler.
Government. Julie
Perhaps, it may be asked, what will be
with the Indians under' such circumotanclogle
We answer, treat them as brothers,and 11;- thet
with the mass of white population ; or, $O4
be impracticable, affix certain boundarlesinoing
let the constituted anthorities say to the r
au
-
tide of emigration " thus far shalt thou B
ose
no further :" or, if they did transcend 111 nose•
mits, let them be answerable for- the. 4-
yiences. tbAregt
•In that article, instead of saying the British Nor rest
mpany employed 1200, it should have been 2000 's.ipe
On Saturday night Mr. LATcsaottn, the Berlin,
Messenger, was sent off with dispatches l°
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