The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-05-05
DOMESTIC.
FoRr SroppAnr. April rs

Fort soToDpAET> April rs.
p revenue boat or cutter has been man.
ned by the collector Of this pert, and srop-
ped down the river few days ago. fer the
purpose of catching SssHggierst We are
at loss to know whether boats will be seiz
ed before they reach this pot o. rot but
the movement indicates somtshis'. We
have understood that it is the intenttcn OF
the collector to seize and bring to this port
ALL vessels and crafts coming within the
district OF Mobile, which extends thirty
miles below the town of Mobile. IL is ex-
trcmely oppressive and haf1iat that a few
persons here and up the Tombigby have to
support the custom-house, when other parts
of the district receive ALI. their articles
free, and uncomnoded with, other custem.
house officers. We. have to pay heavy du-
ties. frequently lose our property, and if we
complain. the cry of q disafecteG, &c rest
less" " faconsis,ent," is sounded by those
who glory in oppressive acts. Let the whole
ot the eistrict be placed upon the samr
footing and we viii bow without a mnrlt ur>
E.csract eta litter from, Col. B. Hagykf,sS. to
a Sentieman az This place, dated Creek
Agency, .6hyfi !, 1912.
''Owing to the irregularity in.the arrival of
the mails, my attending 1T Fort Hawkins to
pay the Upper Creeks their stipend for the
last year, and accompanying the speaker OF
the Greek nation and some chiefs On a friend
ly visit to the governor of Georgia, j did not
receive your letter of the 18th glt. till my
return here the day before yesterday. We
had some chiefs of every town of the Upper
Creeks with us on the Goth. I heard of a
report among the Upper Greeks, that some
of the chiefs on the Black Warrior, had orr
glnated or circulated talks uHfriendly to-
wards the settlements in the forks of Ala
bama and Tombigbee. The report had also
been communicated to the governor OF
/, Georgia, by gentleman near st. Stephens.
| As soon as heard of it, com nunic ated it
10 the chiefs-their reply was in these
ords:-" The report was not groundless
tive men settled on che Black Warrior who
ought to have known better, had talked
| fooiishly; but as soon the talks began to
circulate, the chiefs of the nation put a stop
TO Tive have, as all people have, some
bad men among us, who frequently threaten
20 Go mischief, but they are restrained from
| acting by their chiefs. &c.'' White the ru-
rnour OF Indian hostility and the approach
/ OF war with Great Britain is around us, it
would be well for cur fellow citizens. parti-
cuiarly on the frontiers, to keep look out,
| and be as well prepared as they can for the
worst. The settlers hordering on this agen-
| cy, may rest assured / shall watch over their
| 'atety from Indian hostility, and cooperate
VIII them in repelling cher attacks at every
| II 'Zard he chiefs IN my determination
IN such case, that if they do not, without
delay, apprize me of the hostile intention of
any of their wild, ungovernable people, and
take measures to restrain them; or in the
event OF their Committing actual hostility,
and do not, without delay, punish them, l
shall view the hostility rs national act.
| and punish it accordingly.
Although the settlers on. the borders of
he Choctaw purchase are weak and ex-
Josed, their fellow citizens of Georgia are
strong, comparatively speaking, and are
ready and willing when called on, to be the
entering wedge to compel their red bre-
thren to the Observance of good neighbor-
hood. This is not the only hold have on
the red people. They are seriously engag-
ed in domestic concerns spinning, weaving,
farming, and stock raising; know the bles-
sings of peace, the curses of war; and their
! entire dependence on the United States for
their civilization and preservation as well
IS we
At kittoma, near s. Macrac's, Thomas
Meredith was Killed on the 25th III. and
mother man wounded bv Indians It is call
ID - aasacnao al, accident and by / ii -
mas Meredith, jun. son of the deceased, who
saw it. " murder" have the name of the
chief charged as principal, and laid the
complaint before the executive of the
Creeks, who left me yesterday for Took au-
Datche, ana will convene the chiefs OF the
Upper Greeks without delay, to cause JUS
tice to be done"