Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-06-23

fellow citizens trading ia the Mexican
d~ominionS We have been favored
with the perusai of a letter from Dir.
William Christian, tone cs the compa-
nv whick left this place last spring for
Sante Fe,) to a gentle man of this town,
dated Alexandra, Louisiana. March 50,
which states that he left tue vicinity Of
Santa Fe on the ist Of November, Ia
king the route by the Pfecetynortb.
that being the nearest When he bal
arrived within twelve miles of the Pre-
cetynorthshe was met by i've Spaaiards
at full speed, who related TO hm that
a company If Americans had been de-
feated at that place, one Of them killed
aud o wounded, and one Spaniari
killed and Eve wounded, BY the Canaan
che Indians. After receiving this iulor-
ra'ios lie changed rs course, and
went into the town Of the Precstynorth.
where he asecrtained thatC Captain Glenn
Owen, Ia highly esteemed and respect
able citizen Of this county waskilisd,
and rhoms. Dudley oil Boon county,
dangerously %wouhoei, ans one hundred
and SEVENTY mules and horses taken
from the party BY tie Indians. Mr. T..
finding it impossible 10 trarel chat loute,
proceeded BY the Nay OF Durango, and,
after "a long and fssiguing ,ouguey Of
neatly five months. arrived AZ Alexsn
dria. lie was To lesre that place ia q
short time for Franklin; and, upon his
arrival, we shall lay before our rea-
ders such additional particulars as he
may Of possess.
BY this unfortunate event, aoeiety Is
deprived Of N oil its most valuable
members, and an amiabls family, OF tie
best of mea.
Experience has o tested the me-
ce.sity OF proceeding in large bodies 10
and from The New Mexican Provinces.
Those coNardly wretches, will never
attack a large party, So long as small
companies continue To travel iron that
country, we shall be constantly panied
the recital of similar horrible outragcs.
A company OF about eighty persons
left ,hi. place during the last week, for
Santa Fe with merchandise, for the
purpose of trading with the Inhabitants
Of ,he internal provinces Of Mexico.
a considerable number of wagons
and other vehicles were taken by them.
This party is composed principally Of
residents Of this town aud yiciaity, al
though a number are from 81. Louis
and other parts OF the state, AID several
from Kentucky.
The determined perseverance, with
which u citizens pursue this trade, a.
midst every encouragement, II worthy
of admiration, and we sincerely hope
they may meet with the most ample sue
cess. No danger. We think. need be
a~pprshended ON the pressn, occasion
from the indians; as, from = knowledge
of the charactes OF those composing the
company for prudence and bravery, A.
ny attack would be repealed, and the
sssailants have cause to repent their
Observation-Disclosures.
Lawrsnesburgh, (Ind.) Nay co.
From gentlemen who have recently re-
TUNED from Madison county, in this
state, we learn, that three of the per-
.ons Imprisoned at Fall Creek, for the
murder OF Logan, An Indian Chief, and
several otlerindisns,h have been brought
to the trial al the late session ofthe Cir
cult Court, in that county found gull
ty. and sentenced to be executed on
the Sd ofJune next There were seven
Imprisoned as concerned in this bloody
and u%nprovoked murder oil the unsus-
pecting Indians; two Of them were dis
missed on account Of their youth; a
thru (Thomas Harreil made bis es-
care from prison, aud has not yet been
spprehended; a fourth (Hudson) was
executed soms time since, and tire re-
naming three now avate the execution
OF a just sentence, to satisfy, with their,
lives, the outrage committed on tie
oil the country. Justice demands
the sacrifice; the blood of the murder
ed women and children speaks from the
ground, louder than language, aud
claims satisfaction Of The monsters; the
worst, the most debased that wet dis
graced the far character OF tire human
sons Of Columbia. The execution of
these persons viii give assurance 10 the
INDIANS, that their grievances and
wrongs are not 10 pass unnotieed by
their white %hrsihern, and that where
yer they are preferred TO the civil au-
thorities of the country, they viii have
justice s~cIupulously administered TO
them. AT the time this outrage was
FIST committed, considerable apprehen-
were entertained by the defence