Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-05-27
DOMESTIC.
THE CREEKS


his wife and children and head them 10 ger revenge
Tor 1t, &c. We have conversed with gentleman
who came through the Creek Nation about ten
days ago, and who was with Mr.. Crowell on Sun
day week, by whom this statement of the remarks
oil Mr.. &. is in some degree confirmed His OBJ
servations to informant were 10 The effect
that If Governor Troup 20 march an army 10
chasise the Indians, he Grow e) would head the
latter in resisting them. From the same source we
learn that the hostile Indians had dispersed decar-
! Ing themselves satisfied with the vengeance they
had taken; that ii never their intention TO inter
iere with the whites; and that what they had done,
was IN satisfaction, according TO their usages, for
the mode In which M'Intosh and the other Chiefs
hao disposed OF their territory, without consulting
| them Nothing said which could induce The
/ belief that any resistance would be made to the
surrender olthe land, at the time provided by the
/ treaty.
The Macon Messenger of "Wednesday last. con-
tans several articles upon the subject of the disturb
RI ances, the murder of M'ln,osh, sc. OF which we
give as much as we think Is of interest The
editors give statement of the transactions, derived
from travellers who were Witnesses of the murder,
4 which they think may be depended on The ac-
count OF the attack upon the house, agrees in most
| particulars with that we have already published
! Some white men, travellers, who lodged in the
house at the time, were assured by tchite man,
that no harm was intended them. After the de-
suuctlon OF the house, the travellers were permitted
II IS said that upwards of a thousand Indians Were
III the vicinity, who aiding in the murder The
value OF the plumber of the General was near forty
thousand doilars-upwards of twenty thousand Ct
which was IN specie. The Chief who escaped with
| young NJ lntosh, is named kennard. The wife of
General VI Intosh, a Cherokee, afterwards went to
the hostile Indians 10 claim her property but recov-
cred only negro woman and her child. The In
dams informed her that they had acted under the
authority OF Little Prince, the Chiefs of the Ok
luskee and Mucktaw towns, and said that these
Chiefs received directions from Col. Crowcll. to
murder M iniosh. Respecting the part Little
Prince took In the affair, the accounts are contra
dictory.
The informant of the Messenger, goes on to
state, that at the same time Z party was sent TO
murder Col. Samuel Hawkins, chief, whom they
found about twenty-five miles from Gen NI'Intosh
He was taken and carried to the Muckfaw town
anc shot 1t is reported that his brother, BENJAMIN
f Hawkins, mas also been killed
The family of Cen M'Intosh and wife of Col
Hawkins, assisted BY Mr.. Bootwriaht and Mr.
FIournoy, have come over the Indian boundary, and
are now at the place of Gen. Ware in Fayette coun
! ~ 4e'n'S three hundred other Indians have also
Cohe IN Ior protection, and at the same Mace
About fifty Indians and two hundred whites beaJeI
by Cen Ware, have gone out 10 bring in their CAT
tie and other property.
vi the leading cause of the murder ofGen. NJ
intosh there can be no doubt; circumstance proba
has ppp
lated 10 us n talk was held in the presence of the
Agent, Just before the murder at which he informed
the Indians OF the ratification of the Treaty by the
president oil the u. States, which they had not he
lore believed. This produced considerable excite
lnent, and Mr. Crowell was severely blamed bv
mem Tor signing the Treaty as tcit7aeSS A son
oil tie big Warrior proceeding TO some extravaaan-
cies IN his talk, checked by the Agent in
manner more seUere than could be warranted At that
ume, by good policy. The talk was Immediately
broken up, and another held, from which all whites
were excluded, and those Indians known 10 be
inehdly 70 me treaty AT this talk, it is supposed
That the death OF NJ 'Intosh Little Prince The A.
gent and some others was decreed The chiefs
supposed by some 10 be the most forward in cans
ing the murders, are Ho-ith-li-wa-li, young chief
OF considerable talent and influence and The above
mentioned son of the Big Warrior
same paper Wv
aiany and contradictory reports have been in
circulation here since the murder of Gen. Min
tosh relative to the hostility of the Creek Indians
Ii was at hrst stated that two thousand Indians
were at hrst lying in wait to!k Col CroweU. the
agent we believe, however, from later infor-
nation, that there is no certainty of the existence
of any such party. The belief of it. amonp the In
dams friendly to the Agent, occasioned them. TO
me number OF four or five hundred, to flock Tn
him at the Chattahoochy, where they remain and
guard him every might've understand he does
not think himself in any danger, nor do we be-
leFe there IS any danger in travelling throupb tbe
NATION at tins time There three parties re-
ported VIZ NJ Intosh's friends the Ascnt's friends
and the hostile party But from ali the infor,na.
tlon we have been able to collect the whole nation
Is IN state OF the utmost confusion, without any
heau OF organization TO any party. Ii is said and i
Prooaoly true, that the intention of the n,Irderer
oil NJ lntosh was, and probably is vet TO assasi
nate all who signed the treaty thinking thereby
10 render void.--They arc likewise said IN de-
clare, that they will never leave their Gland On
'he Hfst news OF the disturbance considerable an
prehenslon was excited for the safety of the Aeon,
dno as 10 what course OF conduct would be pur-
u suea oy the Indians and to guard against anv SIR
PRISE, the Divisions of Major Generals WimberIv
ana Shorter were ordered to hold themselves in rea-
uIhesss 10 act as circumstances might require At
present we believe there is probability that anu
troops VIII be called out. The Indians If tbey
nave the disposition, too well aware of thor
weakness to attempt any other bostilities than Tho
NhinS oil some of their chiefs of which the s,ate
can take no cognizance.
There is, however, one view of The subject
ulat we cannot think of without establishment no
speak Of but in terms Of the strongest disa,,,
ton. This information was derived To- .'o
tiemah VINO stopped here Monday on his 1yav
rom alabama TO Augusta. He states that M
1enry CTowe told him, as he came along tba, !,
was DeleVed that his brother, the Agent was ac
ceSsary 10 the death of Gen. M'Intosb and tb,,
there was no doubt Of the fact. That he mr.. IT
Cro"eIi) believed that the Indians had been hmm
seq upon and cheated out ofther land and tb,t bo
"ouiu ieaVe MS wle and children and head them
" s'' revenge Tor H. Such unqualified ex-
preston and so shocking to the PRINCIPLES of Ina
mainly, leaves it in doubt Vyhetber in srel.;n ~
the imposition and the revenge he ,IIndeJ 90 tI
Creek Chiefs, the United States C1.;;