The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-08-25

which rested on this feeble effort. quickly
l vanished. HE door was instantly hacked
to pieces with tomahaw ks, and AS the stva
ses forced it open, She placed herself be-
hind it and implored their mercy. One OF
them Immediately exclaimed YES and
seized her arm ! He never quilted his hold
until the massacre and pi!iage were conn
lpietcd, although busiy employed with his
other hans! III pluhderng the house. Where
was there room III the breast OF this savage,
| At such time and whilst acting Il part in
such {. scene, for an emotion CT compassion !
II he was accessible t. sympathy, why was
| it not extended 90 the unfortunate Mrs
| Manly. who was at tine same time living in
bed with an infant of seven days old in her
arms! Strange as this fact is, 1t is in strict
conformity with the Indian chdracter.-
| They then collected S!i the horses, placed
her un. one ot them, crossed the river in bark
canoes, swimming the horses andtwo of the
Indians swimming after them, To drive them
forward. They then proceeded in Il south
east direction, and after travelling through
the Country OF the Chickasaws, at the end
OF fourteen DAYS, they arrived at the first
village ct the Greeks. whccc thev exhi5i co
| their scalps, smoaked the pipe with heir
cuuntrvWen, held wac dance, &c. They
| proceeded on TO otaer villages Were they
! met with the same reception, and PLAYED
! the same prAnks. She saws taac the did
men did hot participate IN these rejoicing> J;
bu5 that the young ones universally did -
| The third village appeared 10 be the place
OF their abode, for here they remained Sc
veral dayS-Hitherto she Ind been treaied
with tosbearance aud even with blindness
until, at length, her alarms for her person
al safety were aroused by the following CIR.
! cuUstanCes: The Indian who had taken
| her was seen To carry, constantly, Il large
| war club the Indians held long and ear
nsst conferences among themselves at the
| close of one of these Conferences an Indian
woman informed her by Signs that she was
co DE Knocked on the head Wi.h the club &
buried in ground, a; the same ,imc pointing
to space which appeared TO have been
| recently used in digging earth. She. imme-
diately took a cup and went towards the
spring, wi Il the apparent inteution of pro-
curing water-made her escape, with all
| the speed III her power, and soon found d
! hollow log iii which she concealed herself
| until night, when she resumed her flight and
thus continued secretng herself by day UNI
til the third day, having, iii all this time, ia
ken no kind of sustenance. On the third
day she supposed herself sufficiently distant
| from the Indians to prosecute her Journey
in the day time, with safety. Early on that
day She saw an Indian a short distance be
fore her, who Immediately ran up to her,
made signs to her that she must return, and
| freq ntly repeated the name OF Walker
which was at that time nintelligible to her.
When she obstnately refused to return, the
Indian uttered veil and another In..iau
soon med him, and again another. They
then all three made IA loud yell, ). prcsen,-
ly white man gallopped up to them
This man proved to be Walker, VIII Sc
name the Indian had so often repeated He
was in the Greek country for the purpose OF
purchasing cattle, and hearing of Mrs
Crawley's situation, had ransomed her for
the sum of twenty five dollars, and had EN-
Pioy ed these Indians to so in quest If her.
He conducted her to Fort st. Stephen,
where the ransom was reimbursed, & from
whence she was sent under the protection
of a Choctaw To Cobert's ferry on the Fen
nesSee. Mrs. Crawley states that Sc. era
other parties had previously reached tbe
nation, with white persons scAlps, and hat
the number Of scalps amounted III all tt
twenty four.
'Wieh these facts before us. what are
we to think of our friends the Creeks *
what confidence are We Ioplacc i'll the assu
rancesof our agent, Col. Hawkins in resard
to their friendly dispositions What
We to think OF those line letters of MS wi, eli
have been published, wherelA (ident,fy
himself with his reu brethren) he tells S
what pretty home-spun WE make o.
he has got hundred sheep, and expects
''on to get Merlno lam. and other such
stuff. / never saw this man, t!o not know
What may BIT the Color of has skin bde be
assured his inside is all Indian M ,. Crtw
ey informs IS that The oLd men alone (and
| his 10 doubt from prudential considerations
| efused to rejoice with the murderers 81
| Ter children. Now, every one knows, that
from their mode of life, few savages ever
tttain an advanced age. 1t would be an
ample all vance to admit that one out Of
zen OF the men are such as can, with any
propriety, be termed old men. 1t IS fan
men TO conclude that nine tenths of tn
Greek nation arc heartily willing to cut oui
: throats if they could. Yet Col. Hawkins
would persuade us that theSe outrages OF
humanity ought to be ascribed to a Je4v I'm,
SoUrrnabLe yoHng mtn alone. He has late
y written to judge L oulmin, for tie ex.
press purpose Of publication, containing, a.
he pre- ends, talk from the kiHPs, chi f
anu g001riorS u the Greek nation, wherein
they say, or are made TO say, that they
disdpprove Of these murders, that partIC.
nave been sent III pursuit Of the cuprit.
with directions u punish them. From the
expression sent in IIrsisif, sc. it might b;
iuterred that these villains have fed frou
justice, and that they did not dare TO sneW
their faces among their C0untrymen. Car
any orc VINO knows any thing OF Indian
manners, believe that one Of them who ma,
. taken scalp would hide it under abushei
so, 1t IS among them the only badge Of no