Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-08-20

press,y made for this occasion, and earn.
the whole off! Through the church 49,.
for considerable distance outside hob
to proceed through double line Of -,
diers, who permitted him TO pass with.
interruption, thinking Tim 10 be enpIovo,
in carrying the episcopal robes, &c, ,oN.
bishops house. The prela,e's serv,,,.
not finding in the sacristy either the H.,
teau or the ornaments. also believed ,b.,
the man was servitor of the conveD, ,ns
that he had carried them 70 the bishon's
The allusio" soon ceased; and po.b;,.
can equal peoples astonishmen, a, tie co,'
audacious. calculating habits of this s,c,;
legious thief, who completely escaped Nth
his prize, and bias not since been heard n
Newfoundland, May q.
On Saturday last, the curiosity Of II.
good people of this town, was gra,i6ed BY
an unexpSeted visit from one of the Rod
Indians native tribe, so called from ,bo
pigment Of red earth with which they ca.
lor their bodies.-The interesting strange,
is "a young woman, apparently about TWEEN.
ty and she is only the second of her tribe
which has been seen amongst the Anglo.
American people to the island, for the last
half century. 1t is fact worth recording
however difficult il may be found of belief
by our English brethren that in Newfound.
land the most ancient OF the British posses.
sions in America, connected with The "a.
rent country by stronger ties of depend.
ence than any other colony, Unidentified
with her in population, and almost united
by daily intercourse, that there should be
at this day, race of men. less known in
Great Britain than any other people upon
the surface of the discovered globe. To
what cause this extraordinary want of in.
formation is to be attributed we shall not
stop to inquire, but hasten to the more use.
fuI task of calling the attention Of the pub.
tic to the interesting subject which his thus
presented Itself. Il is well known that The
Red Indians are All aboriginal race of men.
who were found along the coasts OF tie
island, at the time Of its discovery By Eu.
ropeans but from the i'll usage they re.
ceived on all sides, they have for long
time been compelled to retire into the
interior, and to Hy from the face of every
animal in human form, as their certain
and most deadly enemy In the north Of
the island. they are frequently visited by
predatory parties of Esquineaux from The
I Labrador, and murdered wherever they
are met in the south they are literally
! hunted like wild deer by the Miemacs,
from the neighboring provinces, and slain
for The skins in which they are clothed -
and we may form probable estimate Of
the treatment they have been used to eSPe.
Renee from our own people upon tn" sea-
shores, from the fact that they fly their ap.
proach with the utmost precipitation and
horror, and the knowledge that until very
lately. il was not generally understood in
this island TO be punishable offence to
shoot an Indian.
In consequence of this babitual persecu'
ton and cruelty, which every well inform.
ed person in this island knows are moi eS.
aggeratej in the relation, we could not but
believe that the Red Indians were the most
ferocious and untractable of the savage
tribe--lmpelled by no motives but those
of hunger and hostility. And it iswIth no
less of astonishmcnt than pleasure, thai
we find. in the yonng woman which has
been brought amongst US, gentle beng
sensibly alive to every mild impression
and delicate propriety Of her sex.
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