Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-09-08

From what has been. OF nigh. be. things which gov
hto thy statues FORM and !ook like gods below.
leave 10 learned fingers and wise hands,
She artist and his ape, to teach andtell
How well his conEoisseurs hip Understands
The graceful bend aud the voluptuous swell:
Let these describe The understandable
would not their vile breath shOnld crisp the stream
Wherein that image shall foF ever dwell
The uarntiied mirror OF the loveiiesl dream
That eve: left The sky on the deep sonl to beam.
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From the Frdnklia Gazette.l
EXTRACT FRo. a JOURNAL WRITTEN IN THE
CREEK NATION OF INDIANS
The government of the Greeks is in form
Republican; each town or village elect chief
or king, whose authority Is never disputed, so
long a. he Temains in office, and who repre-
Sents his town in the great council al which
the business of the nation is transacted, and
wherea speaker or head ma; OF the whole is
elected. The military authority is distinct and
subordinate to the civil. M'intosh, the cele
brated warrior. reports TO and receives orders
from the civil head OF the government. But
aliho their chiefs are thus elected they are
Invested with more power than any legitimate
sovereign III Europe, and the submission the
people pay to Their superors is SO Iemai able
that they freely submit 10 the most arbitrary
acts of the chiefs.
The chiefs of towns execute the laws in tie
most summary mjuner. Murder is punished
among them by putting the murderer to death,
If ne can be found If he abscond, they put TO
death his nearest male relation, which exone-
rates the original agereSsor, who may then
himself is not Executed for The crime, bnt they
put te death his sister or other near female re-
latlon. In many Instances, their laws make
relations responsible for each other, this has
create q among them great attention to tani
iy there is little social intercourse, EXCEPT
among those united by the ties OF blood. The
knowledge they have of the ramticaiiOns aud
branches, not only of their own family, but
of those OF the whole tribe, is surprising. No
heraidry office could be more correct or mi
mute than the heads OF some of their old men.
j was once asked by an Indian who spoke
little English, " You know me :" answered
No No" he exclaimed, " why my IA
ther killed six men in one battle - and was
astonished That ANY person should not know a
nan who was thus distinguished BY his ances-
tor. Ia one of The villages passed, there
had beena few days before a fracas, at which
q man was killed. The murderer was mmed
atey secured, ard the chief ordered him to
dig grave for the man he had killed and put
Him into it. After he had done this, he was
told TO put cow hide over The man; while
doing this the chief knocked him in the head
and bn'ie] them both to- ether, acting himself
as judge, jury. eXecutioner, and sexton.
Nothing marks 80 much tie barbarons, nm
civilized state of these Savages AS The manner
in which their women are treated. Poiygamy
is allowed among them, they are permitted to
have az many wives rs they axe able TO sup
port. The consent of the woman to marry is
never asked she must be bought from her fa-
tier, 10 him application is made, which it ac-
companied with presents, rs rarely refused,
and marriage takes place without the parties
having previously exchanged awOTd with each
other An assemblage of relations 10 drink or
60 dance, is all the ceremonial used on the
occasion. From this contract either party may
be divorced, by notifying three months before
hand, that wE7n the corn is rlpeued, IL is their
intention 10 part. The women are employed
in the most servile, mental drudgery, working
IN the field, cooking, pounding OF grinding
corn, ana drying fish are their principal occu.
pdjlous. widow is compelled TO remain sin
Ns- IL.
band.
Attachment to ardent spirits is a general
vice among these people TecumSch ondea-
yored III vain TO eradicate this iMyeterate pas
sion.
TecumSeli was the most extraordinary Tndi-
an that has ever appeared in their history. He
was 10y birth n Shawanesc, ana would have
been great man in any age or nation. Inde.
pendent Of tie most comSummate courage and
SKILL Is warrior, and all the characteristic
acuteness ct his race. he was endowed BY ma.
ture with the attributes Of mind necessary for
great political combinations. His acute un-
derstdndrg very early ~ life informed him.
that his cOuntrymen had lest their importance
that they were gradually yielding to the whites
who were acquiring an imposing influence
over Them. lnstigated by these copsidera-
ions. aud, perhaps, by ms natural ferocity
aud attachment TO war, he became decided
enemy 10 the whites and imhibed an invnci-
bic determination (he SURRENDERED il but with
his iite) TO regain Tor hiss country lie proud
l"depeUutUCe ne supposed sue Hdu iDst. FOR
number of years lie was foremost IN every
ACT of hostility committed against those lie
conceived were the oppiessOrs Of his country
men and was equally remarkable for intTepi-
dity, as skill, in many cOmbats that took place
under bis banner. Aware, at length. of the
extent, number, and power of the u. states,
be became fully convinced Of the tutiiity OF
aug slngleAndtiOu Of red men attempting 10
cope with them. tie formed therefore, lie
grand scheme Of uniting all tie tribes east of
tie Mississippi into hOstillt- against the u .
States. This was field worth, his great and
eptcrgrising gcuHs. lie commenced id The
year 1909, and in The execution at his project
D. dlspi Scd uuequ1lled adroilncss. elusiusnce
and courage. Tie iusiuuated hiinseB intO eve
~ trlbe trOn NicliiimaCknacs TO Georgia,
snd was invariably succeSslr' .n his 1tte2lpls
10 bring hem over 10 BIS virws re plaSed
upon d.i Their IT, liney. hu principally upUn
tl'er sUprr,iiliDp, aud sometimes assumed the
character Ola prophet, AID carried '.itp hm
n ird suck, 70 which, he attached tsttatu nt4q
t!Cdt rnPcftiCs. and iLc dcct Y.aure OF IS ilra
wa. considered as tie lOgnIng ot his laTly.
from hCurc the name Red stlcksaryi.tt to ;li,
Irdians hostile 10 thc U.Stltes tlaturtnuate
Is l"r Itcumvrh bit happd, for t.r Vnii.d
St2ieswaS 81, tbii before ius lln had become
Hstured, beiG,e mis- ARRANGEMENTS tor neral
hostility we're perfected, Drtp,p. iu fact. Ir
hsd properly organized o. brGgh into ts,.
tp,d Any ct his forces ms brother tntd@ pre-
mature attdck upoa tbp troops on tie Uuited
stetcs. Wdel Ihr command OF Coi Bowl, tn
tie sunnet Ol 1871. u tIrpeCdune, IN tVlut %
I've suffered signal defeat iEis disaster
mdrrcd the pf0sprct of the sailani fecnusCh
his oWn SOU WAS uusbakeu, but IL dduped
tiie aTdOT ol uls associates and 3.thOua h lna