Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-07-13
IRON THE WERTERa STAR,
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came TO new settlement (betweep the
Big Miami and Mad.river, on the head Of
Los, creek, IN the Eth raagel made by
two mrn named William Morgan and
Bowyer, md shat, somahawked and scalp
ed Bowyer, Morgan no: being al home.
On the report Of which, there we're men
dispatched ia the different nations, inform
ing them Oh the murder, aud aledsi0g
that the chiefs had better come in and
confer Width whites, 10 order that the.
most stfecsuai steps might Be taken TO hnd
out the guilty and brig themto justice.
Accordingly some Of the chiefs and others
Of Ave NATIONS met the whites on the.shird
Of June --bat either from native bash.
fulncss, or other embarrassments 10 the
Indian speaker (who was Wyandot) liz.
sle or no satisfaction was rendered to the
whites, some Of whom, either by taking
1ad;an figures for resli,ies, or from other
causes, went away, under the impression
that the Indians had avowed the fact. and
from tokens left on the dead man, sup.
posed they meant 10 repeat the mischief;
on The report OF which a g,sas confusion
took place among the inhabitants OF that
I part OF the countrys who were with consi.
! derable difficulty prevented trom moving
of. 10 the mean time the Shawnes chiefs
being sensible that the speaker had not
done justice to their good intensiors to-
ward the whites, requested another con.
ference with them, which was granted, at
which the Indians brought forward copy
of the treaty made at Greenyile, with
number Of letters auI speeches sent by
the president and Others, and Showed a
sense of the duty enjoined on them by
those documents, and their determination
TO fulhif them, and as convincing proof
called on the whites wko had visited
them, to say whether ,hsy had no, found
them hard at labor, making and planting
extensive fields and other improvements,
sch as had been recommended by Gas they
said their grea, father the president, in
his letters TO them, which, said they, we
certainly would not have been doing if We
offended breach with our wLi,e brothe. 5,
and in relating facts, strengthened suspi.
cion which had been fixed GA one or more
OF some Indians that had hunted last win.
ter at the place, and on being told of the
probability of its being some of the party,
they declared they would do thsir utmost
to Aud the guilty persons and bring them
10 justice; on which, from the solemni,y
OF their declaration and the apparent SIM
cerisy Of their looks, the alarm has sub
sided, and the people have chiefly returned
TO their plantations and occupations.
The rcasors Of suspicion being fixed
on thar party of Indians are that it APP.
pears they had taken umbrage at one or
both the men on account of aomc injury
they Supposed they had done them, but
what il was not clearly understood or
known. But the chiefs seem very sensible
that private retaliation, even when real in.
juries are done is very unwarran,able
mode of proceeding, and promise to do
every thing ia their power to suppress it,
and beg of the whites (who possess more
knowledge ard power) to do the same. 81
"A number of The facts and circoms,an
ices related in the above statement, we know
to be true aud the rest We believe 10 be
: 80.
BENJAMIN. WHITEnIAN,
WILLIAM WARD.
June s, 1907.
Capt. Williarn Moore relates the cirs
sums.ances Of the murder of Bowyer to-
Francis Dschicat, who by interpretation
relates the same to chief Black Hoaf who
10 hasngue informs the indians in ge,
neral Of the same--his gestures and man.
ner of delivery denote him in my opinion
s 70 be no mean orator: his countenance is
plain. bat commanding of attention and
= respect The Indians in general express
themselves to be sorry for the death of the