The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-11-23
[Vol. 1O.-----No. 50.

: hee and all of the neighboring isles, is co.
teemed tEe" Peter the Great OF the S,,Rti,
Se". lie has taken into his service abou, sc
Americans. & eight or ten English, Scotch
ana irish adventurers (; he has built pretty
strnng fort mounted with about 90 pieces OF
Cannon, in which he keeps his arms, ammu-
milton and merchandise; 2OD men noun.
guard regularly, armed with clean muskets
and bcyonets in good order His prime foi-
mister whom he calls Billy Pitt, is a fellow
OF great sagacity; with this Enan ne SUPER
intends the carpenters. ship wrights and
blacksNiths, attends the lading and uhlad-
ing his schrs. which trade as far as China.
His laws or taboos, are strictly adhered to-,
and breach is punished in MOST Sutnma-
~ .uahner stripes are the general punish :
rlent Tor small offences /; for the brearh of
the ea5oo, death is immediately inilicfef
! without much Ceremony. a single instances
which WAS relative to us, will pourtray the
power Of 'Tamahamah over his subjects
Almost every Englishman that arrives there.
| is anxious co purchase some reflex o.. their
unfortunate countrvman Cook--Aand the ma
tives have sold UPWARDS of so stones-each
stone berg the identicai sfonc which knock
ed TIE captain dowa. This traffic was for
SOME time carried on unlSnowti.to Ta,nsha-
NAH, but when informed OF it. he faboosd
and erected, ). temple on the spot where
Cock was killed--he next ordered that di-
vine honors should be paid him, nnd thai
no person should enter within TIE sacred
circle, unless he was purified, and on m
other account whatever was a stone to be
removed from the premises Not long after
this injunction, another English ,frtuoso
tempted poor man to sell an ilesaicck
stone. The circumstance was soon connmus
inicated to Tamahamah, who had the Gull
prit instantly dispatched
Fishing is the constant employment. oftbe.
men /; war is no more heard of there for
all the neighboring islands have been some
time conquered and are governed by chiefs
sent from Owhyhee. Some white men ARD
appointed chiefs--but the greater number
are OF such character a. not to be trusted.
the women, asin all savage countries, per-
form all kinds of servile labor. They collect
the bread truit, the banana and vans. chi
tivate the European seeds, and plant, spin,
weave and make their cloth, fabricate their
household and kitchen forniture, build shein
cabins, and in short perform every kind of
domestic labor. They are withal cheerful
and appear happy. possess elegant forms s.
Carriage, they would appear only for their
copper skins born to please. A tall. corpu..
lent woman, is esteemed "a beauty with
these people /; Tamafiamah's principle wifn
is about feet high, and three and a half
She was, as well as her husband, extremely
hospitable 10 strangers her majesty. ac-
companied By her nynaphs. would otter
dash amid the foaming pillows, swim round
the ship. and reach the shore in safety af-
ter sporting with the angry waves for Hours.
81. Lot.fs, Oct. 26.
A Barge asrived here few DAYS ao-
from Peoria; from the passengers we have
collected Some acc INT of General flow
ards expedition against the Indians Of III.
Illinois. On the fourth day about plight fall
after the arrival OF the arm boats at Peoria
and before the stcckade was finished N %.
80 Indians approached the camp but were
discovered before they reached within $50
yards OF the sentres; brisk firing com.
meDced on both sides with very I;ttls ef-
'ect. the immense quunttv If under wood
and weeds which surround tie new fore
prevented a charge from the garrison vic
were anxious to sgnalize themselves twc
or three discharges cf grape from one Of the
guns mounted on the Block house made
the Indians scamper off Gen. Howard had
| arrived with the mounted men from the
MissIssippi' Our Informant Could given,
information as to the movements az rho
troops, says they are in bigh health and spj
Iirts.
7 / Published by the. Collector Of Rait;uore-,
TO ALL To HON THESE PRESENTS
sHALL COME.
4, Thomas barclay. his Britennjc Ma
ljesty's agent for the relief of British snh-
Ijects detained in the United States of A
merica, and for carrying on EXCHANGES rs
prisoners Of war, DO certify, that David
Cleayiand, late mate of the American yes-
sci (Baltimore) at present pi soner ON
parole TO his Britannia Majesty, is duly ex-
changed and is hereby released from each
and every of the conditio ns prescribed in 81
| by bis parole.
In testimony whereof, have hereun-
| to set my hand, and affixed NV seal
| of office, at New York, this ninth
| day of November. iDthe year of our
| lord, one thousand eight hundred 8.
| thirteen.
THOMAS BARCLAY.
|
TO ALL TO WHOM THEsE PRESENTS
| SHALL COME
7. VNnt3oo Rr~ryo,, "a,