Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-07-13

wrongs that you do. We have heard ia
our own, house how you have beensrealstl4;
we Judge your sorrow by our own you
lssee brothers how things are, We feel sorry
| In our hearts, you our white brothers may
rely on our endeavors to find out.the bad
me tina. they may be punished !; we will
! use all possible means 70 accomplish The
same, desiring you in The mos.fricndly
issnauner, 10 use eyefy diligence 70 the same
purpose, since you have more power than.
we have, you can do more. brothers VIC
have seeA The things which these bad men
! left On our dead white brother we think
them 10 Be some Of the northern back ma
itions, since there is no birch bark grows In
our country. neither is there ever any in
use among Us; the rattles and sticks We
never use, but the Chipaways and other.
northern nations do the hair is from 40
/ old scalp signifying thar we have killed
some of you before and will killmore yet
the whole wasIeft to let you know who did
the murder. Brothers we are sorry, and
beg Of you TO believe Us innocent. Wehase
been TO see cur great father Jefferson we
have heard his words and put them in our
hear,s-we have made the golden chain Of
friendship sirepg beiweenus we fear that
some of your young men shro' wanton fol
~ or mistake, may murder some of us 10.
nocently, but this We hope, through your
care, will be avoided; We wish to pass a
mongst our white brothers in safety, as We
have beenused TO do, since on our part we
have given not the least cause Of offence.
We are working hard 10 gain plenty, it is
all that we employ ourselves at, at this
time, wishing ,oslive as our white brothers
do, thinking it'll best.
Brothers this is all we can say at this
time, you request two Ct our chiefs to meet
you and the Wyandot chiefs a. captain
MsPhersoa's three days hence, which We
will comply with, and bring our in,erpre-
ter.
Done in the council house, at upper
Oglase, where the shiefs were pre-.
sent and all their young men.
MAY so, 1907.
Interrogation Of ma,, late from GreenviNs.
Says he heard 10 news of the Chipawsys
going to kill the white people; tina, The
northern Indians are all gone but FIVE men
aud some Won sn-he says he never fre.
querted their councils, they being more Sc.
Get than the Shawanees. Es says tina,
some Chipaways came 10 his camp and
said they were displeased with the whites,
they having taken all their lands, they now
have none.
A true sentiment as Interpreted by Mr..
Francis Dechicat.
JAMES ROBINSON.
Present,
Capt. Moore.
Gap..M 'Pherson. +
Since the above, speech by general
Roundhsad, the head chief Of the Wyan-
dot nation, has been forwarded TO general
Whileman. 10 which Roundhead requests
The general to meet them at Graenville,
where he will put his Anger on the breast
of the Indian who murdered Bowyer.-
He says it was captain Black Huff, one of
the chiefs of the Shawance nation, thar
he is a bad man aad has done much mis-.
chief.
A friendly disposition appears to be e.
vinced by the Indian chiefs and The anxiety
thsy express in endcavoripg TO detect the
perPetraior of the crime, that justice May
be executed, We hope will cause.-the fears
uf the people 20 sub,iJr.
BOSTON, SJaly 6. e
BY an arrival at New Bedford, from Eng