The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1810-01-03

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cHAnLEsToS, (s.c.) DEC. Is.
DIS7RE SSING ~
!. Arrived ship William Sx Henry, Hudson,
from Newport, in 3 days. On Saturday last,
in lat. 35, 90, long. IS, so, the William &
Henry fell in with the wreck ofthe sloop The
tis, Tabcr, from New Bedford for Savannah,
and took OFF from it, the Captain, and Messrs
A. Il. Taber, Braddock Clifford, Amos Killey,
and Thomas Snow, being the only survivors
out Of 34 souls, who were on board that YES
sci. The Thctis had sailed from New Bed
ford on the 10th Nov.--about o'clock in tie
evening of tho 23d, being then in lat. So, 8,
long. 67, 80, it blowing gale, the sloop was
upset by the sudden shifting Of the wind, or
what is commonly termed white squall--
% of the persons on board were washed from
the vessel, and instantly met watery grave !:
the Captain and eleven others, however, clune,
to the wreck, which lay in the same situation,
upon her beam ends, for AZ hours, during
which time two out of the twelve who had adj
hercd to the wreck, pcrishcd through the Sc
verify Of the weather, being unable to sustain
the hardships to which they were exposed.
After much exertion and peril the survivors
succeeded, by cutting away the rigging, in
righting the vessel ; but she was still full of
water and scarcely rising above its surface.
In this dreary condition they continued until.
the 7th day, when sea struck the wreck, and
swept nine out of the ten into the sea Capt
Taber, who was amongst those washed off,
fortunately rcgained the vessel, as did likewise
three others, but the other Ave sunk from
their view and were seen no more. These
unfortunate men, after being a second time
thus proyidcniially saved, continued upon the
wreck for ten days longer, being in all seven
teen days from The time the sloop upset du-
ring which time they subsisted upon raw po-
tstoes and some wine--when they were fortu-
nately discovered and taken of by Capt Hud-
son, from whom, and the passengers on board,
they received the most kind and humane at
tention. Among the persons who perished,
were Messrs. Nathaniel and Samuel Proctor,
and Samuel Wing, merchants the rest of
the persons lost, were mostly artizans, who
were going to- Georgia TO work during the
winter: nineteen of them We understand have
left families in New Bedford.
ST. LOUIS, MISSISSIPPI rERRIroRy, nov. 2.
Erfracf ora letter from, Mr., David Robinson,
dated Rors Usage, Nor. 8, 1909.
On the 4th Of this instant, hunting party
of the Usage tribe, consisting of eve men and
four women, crossed the Missouri river, from
the fort, to the northeast side they were sur
prised by party of the Iowsys, who killed
one man and two women, and another man is
missing, supposed to be killed some distance
from their camp. Next morning Capt Glenn
son, with detachment of fifteen men, Doc
tor Murray and myself, were conducted to the
fatal spot, by one of the party who had escar
ed we found one Indian and two women
butchered in most horrid manner we bu-
ried the dead and returned On the following
day Missouri IndI.n from the Ioway village,
called oyer the river for a canoe at the garri-
son one efthe defeated party khcw him, and
said he shot and chased him in the attack,
upon which he flashed his gun at him on the
sand bar. Captain Clemson sent Tor the Mis-
souri, Indian, and interrogated him closely,
suspccting him as spy he said he bore a
flag from the Ioways to the Osages, aclSnow-
lodging the guilt of the former in the muir
der of one of the latter, recently qp the RIue
river; he said it was the wish Of the low :
ays to cover the grave Of the dcsl with prs
sents, and be at peace; the Captain order
cd him to the Guard house, wpiting for fui-
ther information to save his lie. There is
war on all sides with the Indin.ss among them-
selves, and we are informed, The Sods are
now on the river not tar from this, and We
doubt their friendship TO the uhitc people.
E2iraet efcrother is'ssr from ste same place.
There has been another Usage killed. a
few miles above this, about two weeks ago,
said to be done by the Ottos From every in
formation can receive, and from what can
see, do not hesitate TO say, that With very
few exceptions, all the Indians on the Mis-
souri, are at the present time in Stale VIZ,
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