Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-07-09

| he was glad 70 Ind thar Mofeau was NOT &c
! cupablc as It was at Afa fuPpoftd.
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MIL MEMS.
{, Le4tNGTOS, (llEs. June 2.
! Jndidn C5ifff --On Saturday evening lah
twelve Chiefs, iepated from d,e Cfage Nation
! of Indians and two Bows, arrived IN this town,
en- their way to the CITY Of W Arlington, CT, viz
1 it to the PreGdeiit of the u. S.. 1t is fad the
! Object of reir yft is 70 enter into a treaty with
the u S. with whom they are delirons to be on
| friendly terms. Their towns are Gtuated up
wards Of goo miles Up the MFouri, on the. Or
age river The tribe confits of about fifteen
hundred warriors, who live in two settlements,
at no great diitance from each other. They are
Of a gigantic itatue, being all (te r1enJ above
FIX feet in height, and wei proportioned. They
are reprefented as feiociocS people, who with
to be at war with all the other tribes of Indians.
On their psfage down the M'fouri, five of
their party were killed by the saconias and Me
nard tribe of Indians. Several others returned
to ST. Louis, having fallen ilck. -
i M. Choutcau,a French gentleman of the FRI
refpe6tability, and a citizen of Loufana, and
who has for number of years had the excluG e
privilege of trading with the Oiages, has been
induced by capt. Lewis to accompany them,
There are alto in company, feveral young French
| gentlemen, who inrend applying to DC admired
| in the military academy. -
| The ,,arty left st. Louis the 18th ultimo, At
which time captains Lewis and Clarke were
there, and would leave it the 10Th, on their tour
! 10 explore Louiiana. Three men, who had
been for three years hunting in that country, and
whole knowledge of the different tribes of In
dams extended a comfortable .diltance. have
been engaged to go with capt. Lewis as guides
Thofc hunters relates that during their excur-
. Gons they iaw an Indian woman, who had been
/ taken prfoner from nation who live on the
rfhores OF the Pacific ocean.
I 1919 NEw-YoRK, USE rs.
N,os7by sf Imitation IN all Commercial Ccurtyii,5,
] 1t will be remembered, that foon after the com
mcncement of the prefent war, the rei,e6lablc
commercial hcufe of George Barclay and Company
Of ,hopt payment TO a very large amount,
by reafon of the diitur5ances on the continent
occaiioning an Interruption of the rcmittances.
/ A commiil,on of bankruptcy was taken out
againa them and they were declared bankrupts.
!: We are happy in being able TO Rate that Liv-
erpool paper of the Sd May, in our rone llion,
contains notification to the Joint and feparate
credtorsof George BARCLAY and George SkaIksld,
7 competing the firm of G. Barclay and Co. to APP.
ply TO George Barclay in Lopdon, and they
!, would be paid their ieyeral demands in txK
! Such conduct deierves to be recorded /,
/ ought 10 be initiated more frequently and if 70,
I men would regain that confidence in each 9TH
er, which is unfortunately and with too much
juitice deitroyed.-Pkaad 7,us american.
! BOSTON JoLr !.
| Intelligence has been received Of the Bsp.
tilt milton in Bengal, in letter from Mr.
Carey, dated December 6, 1899. heir con.
i Germs ieem TO fourth. Six natives, addition
al 10 thofe in former accounts, have been bap.
Z. titled and added TO the church, in contequence
Of iuficient proof that they are underifood and
received the golpeL One Of them Brahman
from the kingdom Of Aiia,n who had been 70,
ieveral years travelling deyosee. The nun.
1 Der of the. baptized natives is now twenty fix,
Whole conduct has been as irreproachabe as
could be expected, and their advances in knowl.
/ edge are comfortable. Some give hopes for
/ tacnts fit for public utelulnefs among their
countrymeu.
Gokool, one OF their number, has died late
" like chriitian, and re6ttcd the perfuaiion of
his friends mott fsedfaitiy, to ufs idolauous in
carnations for his cure, practice in which the
| Hindoos have great confidence.
| The copies Of the New Teltament are all diff
poicd of ); the iecond edition is in the prefs,
much improved, in confequcncc of the milton
aries having obtained more perfect knowledge
of the Bensalce language. Several tracts have
been tranhated nom Bengalre into hinditanec,
and are intended to be difpe'ied in the weitern
provinces of Bahar, Onde, Sc.
IMPORTANT LETTER
From a seu'Aaaa in London to hi, friend IN Nscv~
1'ork, dated -dt,a IS, 1904