Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1813-05-17
&" Horrid Indian BarL0rifies.o


the sympathy, which the unfortunate fate Of
tbue .erri,ory exrltes in the citizens OF lie u
ni1ed States generally, and on the frontier 81
his state parlicularl, We lie undersigned.
acting in behalf of a number of respectable
cltiz ms Of This city would be gra,fed IN be
lug possessed of he information YOU have go
t,ensmitled-and of your opinion whether II
would be improper for us to Cause the same
TO De published.
We have he honor to be most respectfully.
your obedient servants,
FIR. BLOODGooD,)
/ TOW NaEND. : Committee
G.. LANSING, }
The Hon. A y. WoopwARo
Judge OF the Sup. CourI.
Michigan Territory.
Judge Woodw ard. accordingly furnishes
them Copies of sundry letters, and Afii.sis
which lie had communicated to our Govern.
men,. with leave publish them
No Xxx is an Extract from Judge w. to
Gen. PRocr '. complaining ,ha, some of
the Prisoners, sfter he eapiinla.isn, Of in.
% 1918, h,d been to,nahasokel-some shot
and some burnt by the ssvsges And tina
"the houses of some of lie Inhabitants. IA
been burnt" and that some Of The Inb b.
;tants. American CIT zens, had been pillaged,
by the Ssvsges."
The mex, is M XIII. from General
Proc,er, calling III Judge Woodward to suo-
stantis,e his complaint l. ,,ss f,llows1
(Cory, NJ yyuI
cagdzs, eh gu Fec 1915
SlR--yIu will hase the goodness. l. a..
ONT d~y for The purpose # adducing be
fOrs Cot. Proctor, such proofs as you may
have. % sabstsnlia,e he assertions STATED
in your letter TO him. relative 10 The slaugh.
r of the enemy's lick and wounded, on the
ed 1anuayy isst.
have The honar to be, sir, your mos, ODE
dent ser,an,
(Signrdj J. w. NILE N. A.D.C.
augustus WoosVaa,d, Esq Deroi,
NJ. XXiV Is Judge Wood wards snsver,
from which the following is sn extract
(Copy,) No XXlV
Sand.gieh, Fe5 10. 1918.
SIR bad the honor 40 receive ON he
third day Of this IN NTH. a verbal message
from you, communicated to me by u .ior
Muir, requesting me TO endeavor IA procure
some evidence OF the massacre Of the Amer
icsn prisoners, on The pa day Of January
last.
l met with only few persons at Detroit.
who are inhabitants of the river Raisin, nor
was it altogether pleasant task to those. to
relate 10 these times. the scenes they have
beheid some of them. however. appeared
BIZ fore n, French magistrate, anj send you
j copies Of VIII It they have stated.
l. will occur to you, Immediately. that
what any Of them stste on the information of
others, though not direct evidence in itself,
leads 10 the source where it may be obtain.
ed.
1.-THE Judge proceeds-7
In communicating your message, Mi
Muir added something having relation TO \.
merlcsn citizens who might be willing 10
take the oath to the king l. will be obyi
| Gus to you, sir, thtt IN a s'ate Of open and de
c!d,ed SVay, subject u cuisen Of ore bntp can
nor uansfer his allegiance 10 he ofhe, ta,fy.
,D,thOw iacartgg The pesalfies ~ treason /; ana
SOhiie nothing can excuse his gVi!f, so neither d,e
THOSE innocent, uhO lay fem.btatisns before
him.
la pretty home thrust, st Gov. HuLr'
! Prociamslioh. Blu, they were bitter enc
/ mies. However. the Judge might have
spared him that cut, out of respect 10 the
Cabinet, which is said to have dictated il
Judge Woodward concludes his letter..
sckno wlodglng an error under which he had
lshored. 10y supposlng Cao,thatisn," on
he part of our Troops, instead Of AN uncon
dltional su,render) and "begging pardon
for the mistske."l
3" had the further honor ofreceiylng, or
The 8.h inst your verbal message bJ your AID
/ de camp, NJ. MLean, acGuaintlng me, that
there was no capl ulston on the 22d N K
I that the prisoners surrendered Il, d 9nttj,n,
itbeTeiore beg pardon tor tina, mistake"
have tie honor to tie, &c
(S;gredj n d WOODWARD
Col Henry Proctor, Sanauien"
GHerc follow the sffidavits, winch are
mostly Of hear say stories. No XIV we
give al large The Deponen, ii seems could
write his name