Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-03-03

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iiiisv ayainit the white inFlab;,,.o y %,
regular warfare was carried o. i !,
ritoTy North Wei Of til. OH "s ia.
army unl,cr the Immediate or,ls.' O!a
Fc.icrsl Executive. Az ;r,sa.1 h
fare prevailed between tie nE,h;. Va.
filing in the nov Aafe Of Teon.r 'o'h.
the Southern Tribes and the esas, 'nl
the ita'coF Georgia were roul,4 '.fe b
on by the isredG4oic priac;;p Is Of 81. y al
lervatlon. Ilais it1,c WIS Go.i -.
frontier nearly four hundred m;Is, w
tent, tlinly lsttIed and lrimcdi,, u'.fs'
the eighbooTllood oFtwo of;ie n'a q
merous and waliike parions Who'll. I (.,i d.
ren's were itFuog along It's whole I. ,,,,;'
Actual hoaiI:fy quickly routed IT. ' 4.
pie OF thai coua'ry 70 ftole of rs,. r.
taarlon. The whole frontier va, a. l.
jetic1 to ioroai, thefls and n,g,,., w.
and the Innocent inhabitart laid E;.f
down to ref at nigh; uader an svn. ~
preheniion that before his eyes could MI.
the morrow's Sun, his ears would b. ~, Z
failed by the war hoop or the trc of Il.
favage foe. ' -
In this lituation ofafairs, comnani,,
ton was made by the Governor Of ca.
gia to the department. of War, G,ro,
the exiting ex;gencies ard reqaeaino i
ftrut,ion as to tie mode of mee,inS i,
impending evils. In the month Of O.,
Der 1892, the Secretary of War writes
to the Governor an anlwei in the fohr.
ing terms. Of The information vtg,
you may receive, lnaIl lub&aaiiate cIcr.
ly any hottie iefgns Of the Creeks again:
the frontiers Of Georgia, you will b
plealed TO take the lno& sfeaual meaus
for the defence thereof as nay be in YOU
power, and which the occaGon nav r.
Guirc." Here, Mr.. Chai,msn, il viii
be perceived there was given TO the Co.
vernon of Georgia a complete difcreiior
airy power to call into the field hch f,
number of troops as The occaGou rieh
render necefary for the defence Of III
frontiers. He was conGitated JUDGE d
the location, and Judge OF the exJend
the force which thar occaGon mghtnn
der exp-dient. In conformity with th
ample powers thus poftAtd, he called M
and employed ia defenGpe protection Ii:
militia, whole claims are now under TO-
velligat;on.
The danger to which our feultn:rn
were expofed did not ceaie. Such was
the fpirit ofhofility which at that peria
governed the Indian tribes that vba:
yer our frontier was left unprotected
there the unfortunate inhabitants bcc'n
afubjet Of laughter. The troops a
courls were retained 10 feryice. But On
The 3o,h Of May 1875, the Secretary
OF War writes 10 the Governor OF Geo..
gia directing the force which fhOuld IN f.
turc be defined for tie defence Of I'll
frontiers to be reduced to enc hun5T'
horfe and one hundred foot, in ad5iHs'
to the regular eitahllihulcnt already VI
that country ;-prchioiting at lbe ii@
time an ofeniive operation, and fe'G'
nizing the power ofthe fate authority
call out any adequate force in Gale Of ''''
al inyaGon OF fuch imminent dao5d
thereof as would not admit OF d'H'
This letter is confdersd by the prem
Secretary Of War in his report to Co'g'4
TO have coun,era6ted The orders gwen,
the a7th Of October in the pre''ons
year, and to have flfpended tie eV'"
of the Discretionary power gwen 70 "
governor by that letter. So early No.
ever as the 10th June following
Guiding lpace Of only ten days, a G%.
letter is written by the Gec:ctary Of ".
from whiah it appears that b:i9 ,1..
date of his laa of the goth OF Wy r.
communication Tad been made BY l@o,
vernon Of Georgia, but which n ,:,%
rived at the War OGce after me di'3'Y
Of that of the 3o:h Of May. a1 :. y,
n,unicatinn from tie Gnrernor had )