Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-06-09

under Capt. Wright on the Chehaw Vii
lage, which had previously been supposed
TO be friendly.
have examined these communications
with the candor their Importance reQuis-
ed. Ii is unquesiionabiy your duty, as a.
gent. TO attend 10 the complaints of the red
people and cause Justice to be- done 10
them as far as your powers viii extend
II will also readily he acknowledged by
all, that my duty as Governor OF The
state, requires that should defend the
cause OF the whites, AS far as that cause
can be supported by the great principles
OF justice. AS yon have furnished ne
with the Indian account of this ,ransac-
ton, and assured me of the friendship TO-
wards the whites that existed anon.
them prior to The attack, feel il incum-
bent on me 'o cXplaint To YOU, aud through
YOU 10 the Nation over which YOU pre-
SIDE, the motives by which the officers
were actuated who conducted the .pier-
PRISE; and The grounds upon which they
vii attempt 10 justify the proceeding. or
eNienuate the guilt that may III The view
oil some men be attached 10 them. You
viii readily acknow ledge tire detided and
inveteratr hostility of those indians Which
belong To The villages under the immed,.
ate direction anu control OF the chiefs
fioPaunee and Phrlrmmee: and ihat the
order which emanaicd from this depart
ment iur their ci,astiscmcnt was both ne
crssary and proper. You are also well
| appr'zed, that the orders given confined
them specially 10 thai obieci-so far,
then, aS respects myself, !eel perfectly
justified i'll the measures adopted, ana
which deemed essentially necessary 10
prevent repetition OF the horrid murders
Il u 81.
dams on our unprotected frontier. will
now undertake 10 offer, in behalf of the
detachment, tie best apology for their
conduct that may be able 10 furnish,
| and which, am authorized 10 state, can
be supported by ample proot-When the
detachment was on their way 10, and
reached the neighborhood Of Fort Early,
they were crcdibly informed by several
persons of veracity, that the celebrated
old chief sioraumee (whose town had all
Joined the hostile party had removed, and
was al HAT time living i'll The village up
on which The attack was made, and Was
considered as their principal leader, and
that a great portion OF them was alleged
10 he under his immediate direction, al
thnugh part OF them a,iahl he with Nj IN
tosh. They therefore considered them
selves authorized 10 a;iackit, as being
ore of Hopaunees Iowns--,iie result
| need not mention, as you have seen The
! statements madeby Captains Wrigh, aud
Robinson, which am authorized by We
ry respectable testimony TO assure you,
was substantially true, except az TO the
| number reported TO have been killed,
which was fortunately incorrect.
Now, sir, if have been misinformed,
and given 81 wrong construction TO this
| affair, ! should like very much 10 have
more correct information but fit should
be founded in fact, what more can " on
or The Indians require, than for me To as
sure you, that regret The circumstance,
ami consider ii as one Of the misfUrtuneS
attendant on war, where Tie innocent ire
quently suffer in common with the guilty
This unfortunate affair has been shame
fully misrepreseuted by many of our CT
items, whose delicate feelings seem To
have forgotten the many wanton outrag
es that have been committed on our from
tier by the Indians, and wonld even co.
yer the whole state with disgrace, merely
because this small detachment have ia
this instance mistaken their orders, and
| carried their resentment 10 an improper
| extent.
The experience of all ages hath shown,
thai ii is much easier for us 10 complain
OF the conduct of others tand especially
those in responsible stations) than 10
correct our own.
have ascertained that the property
left bN the Indians, who were run off from
or near DIR. Birds store, OIL the Ccmuigee,
some time past, is now in the possession
of Mr.. Richard Smith, in the lower end of
Twiggs county, and will be delivered at
any time when proper application shall be
made.
You will please assure the red people
under Your care, that feel disposition
to maintain peace and friendship with
them OIL liberal terms.
have the honor TO be, very respectful
ly, your Ob't servant,
WEI. RABUN.
We lament 10 state that ThouIas ?.
Mofiet, esq promising young attor-
ney of this town, was killed lii duel,
fought on Friday last near Augusta, with
a Mr.. Woodbridge, of South Carolina. The
former was shot through tie head; the
latter severely wounded in The right arm.
We learn that Mr. Samuel Howard, SUI
perintendng engineer of the Steam Boat
Company, arrived safely at Darien about
the 9Th inst. having descended the Geo
nee TO ascertain the praciicability OF ma
vigatiBg ii with steam boats. His report
Is very favorable. A letter from bin has
been shewn 10 us, in which he says, ile
Aliamalia is most noble stream, capa-
bic OF the exeriions OF steam boats on Ii
large scale-and the Oconee is a very fine
river quite equal, if not superior to the
Savannah, rs high as Balls Ferry, twenty
miles by land below Miiiedgevilie; above
that, il assumes rather more unfavora-
bic character, Tie difficulties of which,
however, while the present spirit of this