Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-02-14

Madrid, Dec. si.-It is thought the Hing
will immediately submit the message of the
Cortcs to the Council of State Others saw
the Hing Is determined to retain the Ministry
in its Integrity, until the ordinary Cortes
placed its memhcrs in state of forma, accu-
sation. f" II the Ministry said the King,
must bc changed to-day, because Audalusa
is IN a state of revolt, Tomorrow there must he
further change on the demand of another re-
bel province"
This state of things causes some sensation.
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10 lhe Editors ofnie .Ntionoa Intsiiicea,cer
/ GENTLEMEN Several persons having ey-
pressed III earnest wish to see some account of
the late conference of the Indians with the Pre-
sideat the enclosed letter, Intended for dis
tant friend, is ut your service. l regret that
have not more leisure In make it more wor
my "t Tie puhc eye. A SUBSCRIBER.
Washington, FEB. 6, 1929.
ny Dear Friend: Happening to make a
morning visit TO the President two or three
days ago, j learnt that the Indians, now in
Washington, would be there in few minutes
for the purpose of having a talk with their
Great Father, and was tempted to wait and
witness spectacle tn me SD novel and inte-
resting. They accordingly soon arrived, and
were shewn into the ant-chamber to the right
i Il
found the whole thirteen, that is twelve men
and one woman, seated round the room, and
, MAJOR O'Fallon, the officer who has charge of
them, with foul"ur five other gentlemen, stand
ny at The fire place. They were all dressed
IN blue cloth sur!onts, with red cuffs aud canes
blue pantaloons and boots-in short in com
piete American costume, except that they
wore on their heads a sort of coronet bediI-
ened with red and blue foil, and stuck all
round with feathers of the gaycst colours. -
Their faces, too, were painted, though in a
less fantastic style than usual The suuaw
sat on IA sofa near her husband, dressed in
scarlet pan,aioons. and wrapped in a green
camblet cloak, without any ornament on her
long black hair. They consisted, as | was
told, Of the Pawnees, Kansas, Ottoes. Mahas.
and Missouries. The five chiefs were distin.
sulshcd by two silver epaulcttes, and the two
half chiefs by one. They were evidently not
easy in their new habiliments-thcir coats
seemed To pinch them about the shoulders
now and then they would take off their unea-
sy mead dresses, and one sought Temporary
relief by pulling off his boots.
Upon Major O'Fallon suggesting that they
! left The presents they intended for the Presi-
| dent, the young men were immediately des-
patched b. their chiefs, and the squaw by her
husband, for their intended tokens of friend
ship and good will. They returned i'm a few
minutes with Buffalo skins, pipes, moca SINS,
and leather head dresses. The PresideH. en-
tered, with the Secretary OF War, and taking
ms seat, delivered to them, through the inter
prefers, an eXtempore address, from notes held
in his hand-and as they used two dis .ct
languages, 1T was necessary that every sen
tence should be twice interpreted. TIE Pre-
sident told them he was glad tn See them
that, when he had met them before, he was
TOO much engaged in receiving his great couu-
ell to shew them the attention he wi-i.ed-
and that now he bad more leisure, and he
was as pleased TO see them i'm the dress of
their white brethren as he had been before in
that OF their own country. He adverted to
the visit they had made 10 our large towns
to our arsenals, navy yards, and the like, and
told them that as much as they had seen, it
could give them but faint idea of our num-
bers and strengthens the deer and the buffa
10 they might chance TO meet i'm passing thro'
their forests bore small proportion to those
they did not see. That they had met with
few OF our warriors, because they were not
wanted ut the seat of government, and because
we were at peace with all the world-but if
we were in state of war, all our citizens
would take arms into their hands and become
brave warriors. He enjoined them to pre-
serve peace with one another, and TO lis
ten to no voice which should persuade them
to dlstrust the friendship of the United States.
They were told that they should receive some
presents, and be conducted safely back to their
wives and children by Major O'Fallon, whose
advice they were told to consider as the adj
vice of their great father the President, and
were earnestly recommended to pursue
This address was interpreted, sentence by
sentence, and at the end of each, first those
who spoke one language, and then those who
spoke the other, gave, invariably, a sign of
assent, which was a sort of inarticulate sound
or grunt. Before the President had finished.
the Judges ofthe Supreme Court, and some
Others, happening to call on the President,
increased the number of attentive auditors.
When the President had finished, Major
OF. then told them their Great Father was
ready TO hear what they had TO say, and he
encouraged them To speak with the same free.
dom that they would use in their own village.
The principal Pawnee Chief then slept for.
ward, and, having shaken hands with the
President, the Secretary of War, and Major
OFailon, he delivered his Grafton, pausing,
however, after every two or three sentences,
until the interpreter could do his Office. He
appeared TO be about as years Of age, was
feet high had fine face and person, dig
niied gravity, and gestures which though y0-
lent and excessive, were never ungracefui,
and always appropriate. He was followed by
the four other Chiefs, each Of whom exhibit
ed style of oratory of his own, though they
all used the same vehement and significant
gestlculation. Short speeches were then made
by their tOllOwers-they brought their pre-
sents, and, laying them at the feet the Pre-
sIdent, made some pertinent remarks on each,