The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-12-10
From he l,ensrcoia Ga.tii..

From the Pensacola Gazette.
The following extrart of Il letter 10 the
edii"r Of this paper from Col. James Gads
den of ST. .3agustne, is So interesting tu
the friends of Pensacola, that ne ecnlars Ia
take the liberty of laying il hriorc nnr Tea
ders
Charleston, S. c. 10Th Stpt. 1921
Though combination or rircnmstan
ces have hitherto heckcd the advancement
ot Pensacola, II should not diminish a
coniidenee in lis future destiny rs an i'm
lportant commercial depot. The situation,
climate and iarbor of Pensacola. are all Ia
ynrable onrns of the future, and u few nc
! TIVE commercial men of capital, conld soun
de.rlope those resources, on which fair
calculations of suct ess have been formed
The settlements on the Choctawhaichie,
Chipola, Little River aud Tallahassee dis
tricts must operate fayoraby, for the agri
cultural products of the whole of the conn
Try east of Pensacola will be tributary To
that place, unless diverted from its natural
channels by the superior capital and enter
prize of the merchants Of Mobile and New
Orleans.
Pensacola will unques lonahly he the
naval depot for the south west liter a
somewhat minatt examination of the
Mexican Gulf, from Sabine 10 Charlottc's
Harbor, | can discover no estuary or bay,
which will compare with it in natural nd
santages, and the central position of Pen
sacnla, connected with its vicinity 10 The
interior and its capacity for defence, give it
a decided superiority"
Trial Of fee Usage Indians IN .1rkaasas,
For .Hu
LITTLE Rock, Oct. 26--At the late
term of the Superior Court Of the Terri
tory of Arkansas, fv. Chiefs, or Head Men,
of the O.agc natinn of Indians, VIZ
Cha TO kah maShe pe-she, Mad Bnfia-
lo.l
ia ma Sha stinger, Little EaGr,)
HI sa td 81 niger. (Lillle Brar.)
'Shd R.Shnger, Little Rattle Snake)
and
He sha ke here, (Caddo Kitler)
were indicted and airaigned for the muir
der, on the l7th of November last, of Mai
Curtis Uei5orn, citizen Of This Territory
y no was engaged in hunting on the DE Ia
Blue, or Blue river, tributary Of Red ri
yer, lying west of the Territory of Arkan
sas, aud within the tract of country ceded
by the United States 10 the Choctaw In
dams.
1t was CLEARLY proven on the trial, that
the prisoners composed part of the Chiefs
or Head Men oi party of Usage warriors,
who started from the north fork ofthe Ca
madam, branch of the Arkansas, with the
a,owcd intention of making war upon the
Caddo Indians thai some 10 days subse.
quent 10 their departure, AN attack was
made by party of Osases on "a camp of
American, French, and hall breed Quapaw
hunters, who were hunting IN the DE Ia
Blue, Il country Ia which the Osages have
no claim: that, in that attack, Mai. Ud
born and three other white men, named
Sloane, Lester, and Deteriine, and negro
man named Ben, belonging 10 Mr.. Antoine
Baraque, were killed, their heads cut of,
and their bodies shockinly maugled and
disfgured that those of the hunting par
ty who escaped were dispersed, aud found
their way by different routes To the settle,
ments on the Arkansas. After their return
some of them went up Ia the trading house
in the Usage nation, for the purpose of
recovering the horses that had bern taken
from them during the attack and
they there found themselves in the pos
session of the prisoners, some of whom rea-
dill, gave them up, while others refused To
do So.
II was also proven, lhat, shortly after the
return OF the var party 10 which the pri
soncrs hrlouged, from their campaign
against the Caddo Iadians, council was
held at the camp of Germ ,rr, the princi
pal chief Of tle Usage nation, AT which
Mad BntIitlo, the only one Of the prisoners
who spoke on the subject, admitted that
White men had been Killed by his party,
bat said it had been done through mistake,
they having taken them for Caddocs or
other Indians with nhnm they were ut
war. Little Eagle, also, when the horses
that he had taken were demanded OF him,
stated that he had himself killed white
man.
And it was further shown in evidence
that the usual cnstnn of ihe Usage Indians,
when going into battle, is for the Chiefs or
Head men of the war party to remain a
short distance in the rear, where they en-
plny themselves in smoking iheir pipes. and
invoking the Gteat Spsd t" give success To
their warriors.
Mad Buffalo, ms stated in our last, WAS
tried separate from his companions, aud
convicted.
The remaining four were tried together
on Tuesday last. After the can>e was
submitted To the jury, they retired Tor u
short time and returned with verdict of
guilty, against Little Easl". The remain
der ofthr prisoners, Little Bear, Little Rat
tlesnakc, and Caddo Killer, were acquitted,
and immediately discharged from coulinc-
ment by the Court
On Thursday last, Cha to kat M 81
pc she, or Mad Buffalo, and IA ~ 49,
shinger, or Little Eos. Were 1910 .ra.'
into court, to receive strfrrse = 3.gta,
which was pronounced, ~ Wy .a'ress