Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-08-07

OF Tie Indians, and the occupancy &c St. Mark.
aud cola-our opinion remaius uuclang-
ell, that so long as The Provinces of East aud
West Florida remain under the dominion OF
the Snanards, our frontiers will be disturbed
Inv lniian iscursion.-lt appears by a letter
from Major General FlO,d, q. the Executive
OF Georgia, under date the 18th OF June. that
about Tour weeks ago, party OF the settlers
on The Spanish side of the st. Marv's river
joined by few renegadce, from Georgia, set
out under command OF a man named Faitzaat
Spanish subject, for the Alatci,away country
tor the purpose OF pi0nderinS cattle. THIS
party, consisting of about twenty persons, had
succeeded in collecting about $50 head of cat.
lie, and had driven them within two days
march of ST. Mary's river, when at n. ht, seat
ed round their camp fire, they we've attacked
by "a number OF Indians, who killed eight of
the whites, amongst the number Nanzant.
Two or three of the party az IA little distance
nom the fire, looking tor their horses, escdp-
ed without joining in the action, and the stras-
glers came i'll separately, few days after
wards. This affair, thus perpctratcd principally
by Spanish subjects. will call down the
vengeance of the Iadians on our unprotected
wOineH and children. aud sur borders will
again he infested by the savagts. large
body ct Indians since, we understand, have
waited or Governor Coppinger, and declared
theirintentiOn tn break up all tae settlements
north OF st. Johns. The Governor, il seems
understanding General Jacksons way ofdong
business. has made some fine pacific speeches
t. those IndianS, and recommended them to
r,siain irhm hostility against the Georgian
so say the Gov ernOr's friends for him-and
has refused all aid and all munitions OF war
to the indians. Why, truly, Gov. Coppin.er
and his friends must suppose the pubic of
Georgia. and the officers OF the u. States,
very crcdulous TO place reliance ON those
deceiitui appearances; for, while Governor
CoppiugeI, * puhlicly refusing aud 10 The In
dams. the people st Augustine ARE furnish
ing them with blankets, powder aud lead !
This we are assured of, by gentleman OF
rcspectahiiiy, and truth. While Governor
CoppinSer, titen, is thus pretending to Str,ci
neutrality he is opening the gates To our
cucmN, and persuading them to receive, c!dn
desi,afty what he openly refuses. We under
stani! the hostility vi many Of tie people OF
ST. Augustine 10 the Americans, j. perfectly
understood Yet tie, would do we'll ia reflect,
that they are charciu. the riiie. and wacItiur
the scdlping Knife. mt against iIi, people OF
the L. SiateS-but for "A few miserable ana
defcuceless women aud children on our from
tier.-GoseinOr Coppinser cannot impose on
us in this way. Ii hr be in earnest. let him
restrain the Spanish subjects at the head OF
the st Mat>'s-or drive them from the pro
vince. Let him station force there, or avoY
his inability 10 do so. II he is sincere, in
desiring The Indians within his territory TO
keep peace with us. let IL" gates of St. Au
guSilne he closed against them and let not
his .ynsmrn, under his very nose do what
lie pseiends lac will not himself perform. IN
short, as Bonaparte used To say, his deStinies
must be fulfilled and we trust that ere long
he wili experience, the Jackson toRck
Republican.