Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-12-17
lIromfhc Nen.york cOiumbian.l


FROM FORT Usage, Missouri crrtory.
Eitroct Of a letter from, lieutenant CRY, of the
Sie u. y. iWddIyto the editor, dated Fort OS-
age, oct. 81, 1916.
sorc time ago learned TINT party Of hunters
from B5ons Settlement, below MS, hrnng the
lie Mine River, the South.west the Miss onri
where they discovered grave, which they opened and
found IN body winch they supposed 10 have been
British offcefs, from tie dress curious learn
the parcnars and wrote John Monroe Esq. ofBocns
settlement who understood the principal OF the
hunting party from whom received the enclosed let
Ter, which YOU NAV use as you think proper.
1t Is 10 lie observed that band broke of from The
s1cs and Fox nllions of indians Mississippi some
time since. and have settled the Missouri, the
month of the Grand River aud frequently straw over i
the southwest side of line Missouri far as the river
Ic Mine. This band nj 'he Sars and Foxes have been
neutral during the late war and coud NOT q induced ,o
take mp arms against ihe United States the rest of their
nation did. If the body found that British Off
GER which II was generally supposed to have been il i
rrobaDlr that he had been Sent this band
IN nsrsnadc them take up against the L. states
where helai met his end The buttons being oil his coat
is no; extraordinary the Indians in this country are
tonn nibitons I" ornament their ears nccks, &c Il is
conuian among the Indians wien they bury their dead
~ tuSse WHO d,e among the they pay any respect 10
them 10 hurry them III thcrill dress. Had the enemy
nIrin. the late 60, this band Join them in this
quartet they wonld have bee: able 10 have destroyed
this whole frontier.
F" have wog: giving you except il is respec-
ta- the season, soil ana produce of this country. The
beginning O the sniuicr remarkably dry hut mel
Their too cold nor too hot. The latter part vi The season
has been very wet. We have about acres corn
tWrnips. about of POTATOES and cabbage and very
large garden tor the ofthe company aundatly sup
piled with All kinds ri vegetables whole crop
remarkably nne particularly turnps and cabbascs
ihe cabhages have grown To such size that
several Of the gentlemen of this post have been led r0
rnriosii To measure item. DIR. l. LoWTcy surgeon
This post sir. Reuben Lewis contractors agent and In
dian trader hrothc 10 thu late GOV. Lewis aud nvseif
measured some ofthcm, which found be Sirfcca
ff rOrHd the hcad on The outside Of tic bladcs the
blades twO tct seven inches II. pneth from the
staik I" The TOP and twenty-five inches IN width. This is
the size OF the largest could lind hut there are a
great macy his size that you coudony discover
thr largest byaciuai measurement"
The Letter from Mr. M0Hsoe lieutenant Guy, refer
Icd to above Is dated AZ Fort ni:sead, Howard COUNTY
Missouri critury September q and gives drscripti-
OF the rude tomb and OF me dead tIc fol
loving tenor
" was ont on hunting raity with some of INV neigh
bcrs about the 10th o juTe last, miles hence
an open prairie we spcda pen Of logs about ten feet
Might've covered over with earth mud Led hy
cur curiosity We threw OF the earth the top TO what
IL contained, and discovered the corpse OF in a sit
ting aos:Hre with mat Of playground il. We next took
Oh tie mat t. enable TO perceive who Inferred
lie hat on Black Gir hat. which by this time gnaw
e ~ mice he wore a IL on fine light hair had
sarstcOat IAN ucrTs) and elegant epauiett on each
shoulder There were no buttons his coat except
10 WHICH held on tbe epail,eus. The description nj
H'7e a. rot rccOllec:, that they were sampt
underneath -fhit0dciphi9. His wast:oat spotted
cashmere, iue figure AMI had covered nOuids had
nHnkccB psnalogiis with ie,, ln them aud pair OF neat
fashnnahe hoes lined snd bon d. lie bad an elegant
hsmhno cane, pith gold head, and ~ c. vrrv nicely
engravednppn it, fiiiIk he was upWafds feet high
" IS probable the body had been deposited there Tor
Il months or year pw 'ons j. impossible precisely
q ascer am. The IL al decaye IN lis ietf and
legs. dink re must have neeu ""red by the tJx Ind
ana, az twas alter their fashion 81 burial
-" lfhe military missionary sent ia extend Ei.h
alliance with influence The sayaacs OF whoever
he was. rsqaiesCai in D"abisss III i-ilh pteyer-
ted thf ,nsarlc % sons AMERICAN rcrT ssflcrs far
and most nrohabiv his Cauee) seem csuced NV the
marks o. respect they paid to his remains"