Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-10-07
From the Virginia Patriot.
AN TiQN.tkll.N.


IN the Virginia patriot Of the ls,
;ins; yn0 no.,c,, ADDER dale Ut the 7th
Ioi Jul, ~. H3'N.'. found in Ten
lnusscc, a0d hence an erroneous conclu-
islon NigAt Ee drawn, INA, the Romans
iWeir " His cau,ry. and constructed the
ifHiitica!'o,. ttt ~ lI0ut lis ~es,efn parts
los Vaiious il thea torn5, prihc'p AM
,ca;Guiatad efsec,s as might he expec.~d
ia. = 1T u,. - Civi yea and savage
,r'anGe & t.pio! Cd ohthe. several dcfences
- ;he orst 81 Wy rccoiI clinn. (ior
l1.r i0cuu..is are not ., this moment
49, -sihl J Ferdinand Dc So,o extended
Ii'- xMd,io,i into that country in l54&
/, q wh,ch ,heT- were TWO iourna 5
Il, u il has army ; one by private dog
zen, md t.le other Of high statuing in
bis UNl sH.te miiUaire.
1T ,at,er III their return TO opHiu
was pr; sented @ The Duke of Ava an.
uncetsruod, shrn in Madrid in 1887.
tibirtr vrars sfter had ragged some oi
'h0se f1uhtr'ts) woo et,i. in preservation,
th,y, ct he map Of that expenn,u,.
have copy but before had % aimee.
that oepy ~ "a hnowiea g Of that maj,
and lis ela'iye lournals, had compile.
d map nt my own conplias, OH a
larger seals /; one which nave no reasp.,
= It to ,iouoi, which satisfied my scrH,inie..
an,i " icH ! have found corr0oboraled hy
~ ycisonsl ,nvestie alton of our count,
- l,att, lad by all eviden and honorable
coina:;.vn t il truths, agreeint with the
resu',, q. nv several enquiries.
The y: ish g;vei nmcnt permitted,
as understood in Madrid, fifteen copies
only Of this important and racurate jour
nal to be printed for it, own purposes !;
and, Que of these, getting into he hanGs
of he British minis.ry ;lwas permitted 10
reach .he En-. ish a.suase, on similar
Conditions and views. 1t was from one
OF ,hcse Impressions in the library ofmy
friend. DR.. Be.jamiD Smith Barton, Of
Philadelphia, that made macy conclu-
sive comparisons, and derived much in
fprmatiol
Gen. De Soto landed in East Florida,
marched to the p,ssenr Ctickesaw coun-
II, then a"t@rtFfd ria Z, having e,ni
grated from SC in ca.se;iuer' i,
crucllies and .nl,lcu practised A,,,iual
them by Cortcz After tnev mad h,ipe,!
nm in the reduction of Mexico and A!ou
.'ezu'n@. Notwithstanding the aspect
!(and believe the hearty of De soto was
so far above that OF '-ortez, that the
Chckesaw permitted them TO enier
their tort, AND s,ahlr their cavalry i'll their
i 'ynty par, achs. Ii the course OF tina,
nlght, how scr, or shortly after, The sol
il.rs tound g prefix 10 lnarrei with the
natives: hey tone hi orave,g Oh both
sides; bur ,nrou III th;s treachery the
ipla,e was ba ii, with, the boss OF man
liiy 8 and horses.
I De 9.'o 'elAain l,n possession, did all
-, h.s plwer 20 conciliate the Indians
and Diet ;ched fupther north such troops
as he Could spare. The rest of them, M
druAr un4er indian guides, which tina,
greti General coald not have neglected
80 stLule III his interest, made for the
iiic4l u Tia Ntua, ic ;1noals, crossed ths
rivea, and for tired ten acres of ground or
ne bor:h bank % the Tennt .see, below
tine u.nuth Of Chowahala, on Elk river
!, into which S1lole, or Squi I'LL river fall
Jon the east.
i s'.,e ceutrr i,ae was left US a real
guard. and fortified themselves of
iishs sos,h bank Of the Tennessee
,e'ow Pcnshee, and river iill al
is, 5 fe.
N!'' right division took the Crecl
was patti. which leads from the Creet
, coustry to the plaoe where Nashviil.
! cav stau.s; passing the mead bran
.i2''es OF Ella river, the uppey turks o
: t;ueh river al the mouth Of Roche
,Elouse river. (whepe De Sotu's ad
Ance wi"'ere'D cropping their hog
sepuittale signifyiug a hog. 10 III.
r. ,ust OF what still retains tie appel
lstisn OF TIL seqa.tiate barren.. com
1 pretending the beads Of Ouch river