Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-05-18
,Com he .NashviQe Clarion.

!, ronn he .Naehrlle Clarion.
16st week the editor received the foI,ow;,
otter from George Colbert Itbre,tbs ,a'
guage not to be misunderstood. TrsI;co
badly requires that government Sbonn tat
The subject into immediate consideration
col5eT Ferry, Tennessee RireyA
March 8tA, 1872
My DEAR FRIEND,
have to inform you that my son Ptms,
has again been robbed By the white people, on
Monday last, these people came to the ba,t
of the Tennessee river, st tie ferry, and b,,
been a luikiHg about there for three DIVE
watching for an opportunity, as suppose. I'll
more horses, Which they could not we'll mis-,
getting, as they were Immediately in nv storL
range; and on leaving the place, they gather.
ed all the horses they could, and Oh their wav
they called d halt at my son Pitman's, he (Pjt.
man) being from home, they forced the dooyll
open and supplied themselves with as much
provisions and corn as they found necessary iol
take with them, and when they were going &C.
they fired their guns in the house and raised
the war hoop, and went off. There was an In
dian and anegro fellow, who were silent sDec.
tators of this unheard of nsolcnce, if il nsv
be SO called. The Indian man who was in the
house at the time, was threatened by several
armed men, who stood CentMel at .he door
whilst the others were busily employed in
| plundering the smoke house, corn crib. Sc. &r
tits supposed there were at least ten or twelve
of these men. Since this daring and open rob.
berry, capt James Underwood of Bear Creek,
has raised company to goround as far as our
land extends, and every man that he can End
within the boundary line of this nation with
arms, he IS authorised to take as prisoner to
the agent of this nation.
| We cannot bear to be treated in this con.
temptuous manner, by such damn rascQh,-
! We have spirit as well as they, and we VIII
not suffer 1t any longer-We have suffered
those people peaceably to go through our
country, under the pretence of hunting their
stock and to drive them off Now they have
got all off; they are daily driving off our stock,
and threatening our lives. We have COM
planned to our agent, but we had as well speak
| to child If the man who is authorised by
the government Of the United States, will not
see that Justice is done to the Indians as well
as the whltes-we will have to redress our
own grievances or die in deferce of our pro.
perry. Captain Underwood is authorised by
the nation, to drive all the stock that lie may
find within their boundary line 10 the agent
of this nation. When these people settled on
our land without our permission, and uDau-
thorIsed by the government, 'ye were SILENT
and when they were ordered CT by the go
vernment, they went off without losing any
thing by the Indians Of this nation. We do
not wish to interrupt, nor we 10 not intend to
interrupt any person, but il we ever should
be so lucky as to come on this lawIess set, we
certainly viii make them suffer for the re-
peated injuries done to us By them. They
have entirely ruined my son Pitman, they have
taken every horse he had, III consequence OF
which he is obliged to leave his farm.
l am, your friend &c. &c.
GEORGE COLBERT.