The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-04-05

British establishment at the rapids of the Mi
ami; (n) that the hostile operations Of the In
dams were concerted with the British agents
and officers; (o) that when certain tribes of
Indians " having completed the belts they
carried with scalps and prisoners, and being
without provisions. resolved on going hcrne.
1T was lameDtci that his majesty's posts
would derive no security from the late great
influx OF Indians into that part OF the country,
should they persist in their resolution of re
turning so soon ;''(k) that "thc British agents
were immediately to hold council at the
Glaze, in order to try if they could prevail
or the lake Indians to remain but that with
out provisions aud ammunition being sent 20
that place. 1t was conceived to be extremely
s''fhcult to keep them together :" (q) & that
colonei England was making great exer-
tons to supply the Indians with provisions"(r)
But the language Of the correspondence be-
comes at length so plain and direct, that il
seems impossible to avoid thel conclusion
OF a governmental agency, on the part of
,Sreat bi1eain, IN advising, aiding, and con-.
Quoting the Indian war, while she protested
friendship and peace towards the u. States
Scouts are sent, (says Mr.. Mckee, to colo
mel England,) to view the situation of the A.
merican army and qve now n1usser. one
Mousond Iadir-'s. Al the Lake Indians.
from Sngana downwartls, should not lose one
moment in joining their brethren, as every
accession of strength is an addition to their
spirits" (s) And again ' have been en-
ployed several days 10 endeavorins to fix the
Indians, who have been driven from their
villages and cornfelds, between the fort and
the bay. Swan Greek is generally agreed
upon, and will be very convenient place for
the delivery of provisions, &C." (t) Whether.
under the various proofs of the British agency.
IN exciting Indian hostilities against the Uni
ted States, in time of peace, presented in
the Course of the present narrative, the prince
regents declaration, that, before the war
began, policy the most opposite had been
uniformly pursued" by the British govern
ment, (u) is to be ascribed to want of in.
formation or want of candor, the American
government is not disposed, more particular
ly, to investigate.
But, independent of these causes of inst
complaint, arising in n time of peace, It will
be found, that when the war was declared
the alliance of the British government with the
Indians was avowed, upon principles. the most
novel, producing consequences the most
dreadful. The savages were brought into
the war, upon the ordinary footing of allies
without regard to the inhuman character Of
their warfare, which neither spares age nor
sex and which is more desperate towards
the captive, at the stake, than even towards
the combatant, in the field. 1t seemed to he
stipulation of the compact between the al
lies, that the British might initiate. but
should not control the ferocity of the savapes.
Whlie the British troops behold, without com
punction, the tomahawk and the scalpiny
knife, brandishcd against prisoners, old men
ana children. and even against pregnant wo-
men, and VIII e they exuitingly accent the
bloody scalps Of the slaughtered Americans
~ the Indian exploits in battle, are recoun-
ted and applauded by the British general or
ders Rank and station are assigned TO them
In the military movements of the British ar
my; and the unhallowed league was ratified.
with appropriate emblems, by INTERVIEWING an
American scalp, with the decorations Of the
mace, which the commander Of the northern
army of the u. States found in the legisla
Canada.
In the single scene, that succeeded the
battle of Frenchtown, near the river Rais;n.
where the American troops were defeated
by the allies, under the command of geo.
Proctor. there will be found concentrated
upon indisputable proof, an illustration of the
horrors OF the warfare, which Great Britain
has pursued, and still pursues in Cooperate
on with the savages of the south, as well as
with the savages of the north. The Ameri-
can army captulated, on the 22d January.
1873 ; yet, after the faith of the British COM
iiithuCi he'N OCCH plcuSSu, IN the terms of
the capitulation and while the British Off
GERS and soldiers, silently and exultingly.
contemplated the scene, some Of the Ameri
can prisoners of war were tomahawI,ed.
some were shot, and some were burnt. Ma
ny OF the unarmed inhabitants of the Michi-
gan territory were massacred their pro-
perty was piundered, and their horses were
destroyed. (zv) The dead bodies of the man
gled Americans, were exposed, unburied, to
be devoured by dogs and swine +" because,
as the British officers declared the Indians
would not permit the interment :" (r,) and
some of the Americans who survived the car
mage, had been extricated from danger, only
by being purchased at price, as a part of
the booty belonging to the Indians. But, to
complete this dreadful view of human tlenra-
witty, and human wretchedness, it is only ne
cessaTy to add, that an American physician.
who was dispatched with a flag of truce to
ascertain the situation of his wounded bre
thren, and two persons his companions. were
Intercepted by the Indians, in thcir humane
mission the privilege ofthe flag was-disre-
garded by the British officers the physician,
after being wounded, and one OF his conp
mons. were made prisoners I; and the third
person of the party was killed. an
But the savage. who had never known the
restraints of civilized life, and the pirate. WHO
had broken the bonds of society, were alike
the objects of British Cancellation aI,d alliance.
for the purposes of an unparalleled warfare.
A horde Of pirates and outlaws had formed
a confederacv and establishments m 81. -.