Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-12-02
Trial Of Fire ossse Indians for al,u.der.

From the Arkansas Gazette uf Oct 20
Al tue late term at tie onpc,io Court vi the Ter.
rh"fy oil Aka sss, live Chiefs or Headmen OF ,i,,
Usage nation of indaas, VIZ f:
Cha-to-k iva She -pe-snc, (aiad BuGaLoe,)
Wa-na- -s!.rngcr, (Lue E,gleD
Na-s>-bs- sh'nger, (L'uie BeaI,)
Sha ku shiDgti (Lrte Raue Snake, and
He.sha ke.he-rce, {Cad,Io Kiicr,)
were indicted anG arI.igued Tor the murder on the
i'" November i1si- of Major CURTIS WELDops /.
c'iizcn Of this Territory, WHO was Engaged il, num-.
,ng on tie De La Blue, or Bme river ,ribu,a,x NJ
Red river, lying west ofIhe Territory OF Arkansas.
a!u within the tract OF country ceded by the U,e,i
States TO The Ctociaw Indians.
twas Clearly proven on the fria that the prison
ers COMPOSED part o!ih Chiefs Of Llealu,ep of a
parry OF Usage warriors, who started fo the noriI,
'Cra OF lie Canadian, branch OF the Arkansas win
,he avo"ed intention OF making Apun the Caddo
humans. lhi some ten days subsequent 10 the r de-
par,u.e, an attempt was made, by party Of O,ages,
on camp oi AMERICAN, French, ard haii-hreed
Vnapaw hunters, who were inaing on the De lu
Blue a country 10 which the o ages have M cI,;w
mat ~ that attack, Maj. WeIborn and three ohor
WINE men named Sloane, Lester, and Detetline
ana black man named Ben, beIoa.ing To Mr. =
lone Bairaqrc, were killed, t,er heads cuI .f and
ihe'r bodies shockngiy mingled and dsfisured Tina,
'nose o. ,ne hunting parry who escaped, dis.
persed, and found their way by different routes TO the
seiueaienis on the Arkansas. After their return
snu'e oi them went up to the trading house in I,e
Usage nahon, for the purpose of recovering their
o'ses 'hal bau been taken from them turipp The az,
! JACK anu ihey there found them IN the uos,ess;,n
o. we prisoners, some Of whom readily gave them nm.
| o'Hefs reused 10 do
Ii was aso proven, hai shortly a r,e, M ,.,. r.
ihe war parry 10 which the prisoners beInugeL ro
'hef caai'aign against The Caiio Indians . Co,oc,I
WAS neid az The camp Of C,errore The princi,al
cne' oi the Usage nation, which Mad Ruff, lo
(ihe only one spoke ihe suLl-ct1 adni,ted ,h =,
white n'en had been killed by his party bnr. sI :,
mao oeen done through mistake, they having taken
theni Tor Caddoes or other Indians with sbnn, III,
were al war. Little Eagle, also, when The hors
that lie had taken were demanded of him stae,l II. ~
| he had smseil, killed whire nian
II was lurihrr shown, ia eviJeuce that The us,aI
custom oi The Usage Indians, when going INFO bsttle
s, 'of me Chitts or head-mea Of The war marry t
remain snort distance ~ the rear, where they en-
pi"y he :" smoking their pipes and isyokiua
w. n.ehi opiTit TO give success their warr,or
Mad Bnffo, as stated in our l,st, WAS tr;eJ se,,.
ra,r iron his companions, aud coBvicird
ibe remaining four were tried together on Tues
Gay ''s': hie' Tue cause was subnnted TO the Jury
mey tenred Tor shot lime, and returned with
verdict gully, against Lne E,gic. Tie ren,,in,er
o ne prisoners, Little Bear, Lirile Ratio Snakc
anu C.ddo Killer, were acquitted, and, accordingly
,wmed'atey discharged from confinement by he
Cnuri. - 80
o. Thursday, Cfs-so-kHI.wa Tor Mad
ouui'o) ana "a-ns-shs- sh'rser, Tor Little E,gicJ
were again brought into Court 10 receive sentence
OF death, which was pronounced, 10 ye,y imp,es-
sire manner, hy Judge johnson. They are 20 be
hAnged on tuesday, the 2is day Of December next
when Mad Buffalo was asked What o.nse he b..
10 snow, why sentence Of death should not be psssed
upon hIm he made q long aud sensible speech 10
he Nuuft ~ The course Of which lie admitted ihat
"o "s,iVnEeu 10 me party who committed the murder
D"i nenIeu having any agency ~ IL himself fe said
MAJ ne WAS some distance Of IN cave al the tio,c
a. me Attack, AID HAT he had demonstrated aga;nst
H--ibat ne wastrieDdy To The Americans and w,.b
euto preserve peace aud harmony with hem
ISIS Cinei appears 10 he considerably advanced in
years, is large and well prDpurtioned Of fine and
commanding mien, aud shows iron, his ,ntrrest,oo
cOunenancc aud manner, that he possesses supe,;o,
mnd and great nieligencf, for one of his race Tie
sentence Of deail he received with The rreatest com,
posureJ and wihnyl bsfr1yrg the slightest euo,,o, ot
iedi LIE mode 81 his Jeai Ill that he ohiec,s o
and we understand, he declared 10 The ;ote1o,e,e,
ti be would Kill himself before the DIV aunni,,e,
4 log his execution arrives. ipderJ so determined s
We " AVOID The ignominious death thai awaits him
ns', on Friday evening last, I've made an a,Ioo,p on
w. ne, ny s'abbjng himself with = snail prn knit
! Nwmcp had bcen gwen 70 hia for The porpose nj
Iung 'ob"cco) 10 his LEFT breast opposite hrs hear
ine O,tde o. the knife, however, vas ton aho,, 10
ehecs me ohIeet which he evidently intended. and
ony 'ni,c'eu pretty deep wound, which 10 not con.
hNle Eaglc ~ also elderly man, b, of Isss ,,s.
PossessHg appearance Than his fellow pr;so,er WLs,
sNed ot his deieHce previous 10 rsceivog sea,c,c.
ne tep"ed, that he was poor n4n---n,oaning AZ svs
explained by the Interpreter, that he vas no c,,,o,
SOD therefore unable make a speech in HE GOO d.
leoce. liz says bat ie, and received his s.u,enc.
! IN saIlen silence WIS 'e"'e"ce
1bsqrosecut'n vas coaducisJ by Sam. c. l,os0s.