Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-08-15
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From the Boston Centine,.
A SHORT EPISTLE

From, tie Boston Centinft.
A SHORT EPISTLE
To his honor William Gray, lieutenant
governor of Massachusetts /; the hon.
Samuel Dana, President Of the Senate
hon.Joseph Story, Speaker ofthe House
of Representatives hon. Thomas Ii.
Adams and Asa Clap, Counsellors /; the
hon William King, Major General,
and Senator, Sc.
MAY 1T PLEASE YOUR HONOBs,
Custom has sanctioned the practice OF
addressing great men by their proper
names. You, Of course, gentlemen, ought
not to be approached in any other manner:
And as the Executive Council will con-
vene this week, and it being 4 very busy
time with some Of you, shall not trou-
bic you with Lincolnian address shall
only state 10 you one fact, and ask ofyou.
particularly, an answer to one question.
The Fact / shall state is-That your
Chronicle has proclaimed to the world,
that all the Rogues, &c. Of the democratic
party. are Apostate Federalists ! The
question which you can answer is, Whe-
Their your party mean that the converse
of the proposition is also true, that all A
postate Federalists are Rogues?
Sal. uerbum. Yours, LACO.
Boston, .iugust7.
Gray, Dana, Story, Adams, Clap, and
King, had been FsderalistS.
ST. LOUIS, louisiana July II.
His excellency governor Howard arriv-
ed here on Thursday last, he set out yes
terday for the district Of st. Charles, and
intends 1--WE are informeD visiting the
northern frontier Of this territory. A
Pottowatan1ie accompanied by several In
dams, who arc in the habit of stroiIing
about the settlements, called to see gene.
raj Clark g; says that being up to the Pho
rias and having on his return, been in
formed that he would be killed if he kept
rowing through the neighborhood where
some OF his nation had lately killed the
Americans, he came to claim protection.
He knows that his people has done wrong,
that he is neither war or village chief,
but has lived amongst the whites and red
people, and has never been charged with
staining the earth with white mans blood,
says that several parties pass through
their village to so to war with the Osages,
that in returning they generally kill such
white men as they meet with; that they
have been spoken to by those chiefs who
wish to remain quiet, and have tried eve
ny means to prevent violence: Como,
their chief, is exerting himself to bring
down the mulderers, the party that COM
n,itted the late murder are Folls Avoins,
and reside above Millewakeie, three days
march n. W. from Chicago, and return
ed TO their towns Immediately after. He
further says. 81 would be glad you would
not have hard thought of all my ma
ton, we are like other people; good
and bad men make up our nation, and
it is difficult to keep the bad men from
listening to bad counsel and acting
wrong. The name of the Indians who
killed the young men in Shoal Greek,
and took the young woman prisoner,
are, Na-bou-it, or man erect, Esh-kai-pa-
ga, and Mee-na- quot, or the cloud.' Ma
bout was the principal, the others are ac-
cessaries, he Ma hou-it) complains that his
wife was violated by an American when
last ON the Mississippi and that he was
determined to be revenged. Como, their
chief, is waiting to collect all the muir
derers and is determined to bring them in
and give them up to the whites.
PHILADELPHIA, August 9.
CIN'CINcN.9TT