Star.
London, England, 1817-08-28 00:00:00

INDIAN CNI.EFS.

The writer of this waspresent at a dinner given 'ay
General KNox, to a number of Indians, in tt,e hat
1789, at New York , they had come to the President
on a mission from their n-tions. The house was in
Broadway. A little before dinner two it. three ot the
Sachems, with their Chief or priocipal man, went into
the balcony at the front of the haute, the drawing.
room being up stairs. From this they had a view e,t
the city, the harbour, and Long Isl And. Ai:er re-
maining there a short time, they returned into a room,
apparenly dejected ; but the cliet more tliati the roe
General Knox took notice of it, and s ,id to him—
" brother I what has happened to y, u ? You look
sorry ; is there any thing to distres, r:t.;" He an-
swered, " I'll tell you, brother. I io• Eng
at your beautiful city, the g7eat v. a:. - ur lice
country, and see how .ea all arc. But ti:cit, coolt_
not help thinking, that this fine courtry and L:.it
great water were once our's. OtOr ancestors lived
here, they enjoyed it as their own p: .cc, it was :be
I gift of the GREAT SPIRIT to them a u t,
At last the white perpie came here •it I,:t .11Pi
They asked only to let them tie it • A lest t'.e
waters should carry it away— c • They
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then said some of their people wee - si‹ aslid
'permission to land them and pot then: •- ' •
ut the trees. The ice then came, and me) : not
go away. They then begged for a piece ut Lod to
build wigwams for the wintry; we granted it t.i them.
They then asked tor some corn to keep them trom
istarviiig ; we kindly furnished it theta; they promising
Ito go Away when the ice WAS gone. When this hap.
pened, we told thou they must go aNiy with their
big canoe; but they pointed to their hig gtit.s nand
their wigwams, and said they wouid stay thrte, and
we could not make them Ito away ; atter o•43ds more
came. They brought spirituous and intosicating li-
quors with ti-ern, of which the Indians became very
fond. They persoacl.d its to sell them some !mid.
Filially they drove us back, from time to time, into
the wilderness, lir from the water an fish and oysters;
they have destroyed the game; our people have wasted
away, and now we live Riiicrable and wretched, while
you are enjoying ow fine and beautifitl country.
This makes me sorry, brother ! and I cannot help it."

A writer in the Journal de: Weir pays a handseme
compliment (as lar as it goes) to ti:e En;lish
ratter. Speaking of the English and Fiench cance-
-1 twists, be says, "the English shew a brave spirit
even in this species of warfare: they attack the great
Lord, they strike the man in power; but the French
caricaturists insult only the feeble, and trample upon
the vanquished. They are like the wretches who
hide themselves during the battle, and when it is over
come from lurking holes and plunder the vtiondvd."
Tuesday an Inquest was held at the Sciread Eagle,
Charles-street, Middlesex Hospital, on the hotly at
Edward Spencer, a bricklayer. On Thursday last
the deceased was working at the house of Mr. Hubiri,
in Speldhurst-street, Brunswick-square, and happen-
ing to lose his hold he was precipitated into the area,
and in his course broke his back against r. projectinv.
He was brought to the Hospital, a ehe I,rgeted 3
few days and expired. Verdict— Accidenill Death.
Ireiterday an Inquest was held at the %Voice Horse.
Old Ford, St. Mary-I -'3ow, ol the lat•dy f I Ames
Taw, a lan boy seven years of age, son of Mrs.
Taper, widow, of Prestot's row. The dice, 3ed was
in the habit of_ climbing en a bank opposite :.is mo-
ther's house, and was so doing on Saturday
last,
when a cart loaded with lime, passing at the time,
the deceased fell backwards oa the road, and the
horse trod on his head ; the screams of a female neigh:-
boar brought the child's aunt to his assistance, and
she carried it in her apron to her house, where it died
directly. Verdict—Accidental Death.
An Inquisition' was taken yesterday at the Board.
room, St. James's, Clerkenwell, on the body of a
pauper, named John Cole, who had been allowed to
go and see his friends on Friday last. He returned
home in the evening, and in about five minutes after
he was found lying on his bed quite dead. Verdict—
Died of apoplexy.
Another Inquisition was tikes the Carved Lion,
Islington, on the body of Mr. Gillrhutcher. Lower.
street, Islington, who having been to market on Sa-
turday morning, returned home in apparent health
and spirits. He was entering his house, and fell
down and expired immediately. Verdict—Pied from
the rupture of an artery in the heart, by the Visitation
of GOD.

UNCIIITAINTY OE litlitAW bra I —Yesterday, at
halt past one o'clock, Mr. MAktra, a respectable pork-
man, opposite Kingsgate-street, in Holborn, was,
with his usual activity, attending on his customers ;
and at two o'clock became a corpse, leaving, without
a mor_;ent's warning, an interesting family of eight
children bereft of their support.
Tuesday morning as Mr. from Lower Brook-
street, a Gentleman highly respected, was proceeding
from his house in town on a visit to a part of his fa-
mily at Brighton, he was suddenly taken id in his
chaise, and alighted at Streatham for retterhment.—
He bad just given directions to his grand daughter
to order breakfast, when he fell back and instantly
expired. He was 67 years of age.